EDUCATION
M.D. (Medicine) 1991, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan
 

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Internship, 5/91-10/91, Internal Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
Resident, 11/91-3/93, Internal Medicine, Matsui Hospital, Kanonji, Japan
Fellow, 4/93-5/94, Subspeciality Training in Gastroenterology Tokushima Prefectural Hospital,
     Tokushima, Japan
Internship, 4/96-4/97, National Physician Program, US Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
Resident, 6/98-6/01, Internal Medicine, University of Hawaii affiliated Hospitals, Honolulu, HI
Fellow, 7/01-6/04, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Locum tenens, 7/04-8/04, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; Seto Health
     Clinic, Marugame, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellow, 9/04-11/04, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION (by examination)
Licensed Physician, Japan, #336295, 1991
Board Certification, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), 1996
Licensed Physician, State of Iowa, #34009, 2001
Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), 2001
Board Certification, American Board of Pulmonary Medicine (ABPM), 2004
Board Certification, American Board of Critical Care Medicine (ABCCM), 2005

EMPLOYMENT

10/10 - Present Lovelace Fellow, COPD Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
8/10 - Present Assistant Professor of Medicine, Veterans Administration/University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2006 - 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
2004 - 2006 Associate, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
1998 Staff Member, Internal Medicine, Kyoritsu Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
1997 - 1998 Staff Member, Internal Medicine, Seto Health Clinic, Marugame, Japan
1994 - 1996 Staff Member, Internal Medicine, Takamatsu Municipal Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan

HONORS AND AWARDS
Noguchi Medical Research Institute Scholarship for sub-internship at Kuakini Medical Center,
     University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, 1997
Top 10% in Internal Medicine Certifying Examination, 2001
The Best Case in the Pleural Category for the Affiliate’s Forum at CHEST 2002 November 2-7,
     2002 in San Diego, CA, 2002
Top nine fellow teams among all pulmonary fellowship programs in U.S. in the CHEST
     Challenge competition at CHEST 2002 November 2-7, 2002 in San Diego, CA, 2002
Top nine fellow teams among all pulmonary fellowship programs in U.S. in the CHEST
     Challenge competition at CHEST 2003 November 25-30, 2003 in Orlando, FL, 2003
American Lung Association, Research Training Fellowship Award, 2004-2006
Parker B. Francis Fellowship Award, 2005-2008
Carver Collaborative Pilot Grants, 2008-2010
NIH K08 Award, 2008-2013
American Federation for Medical Research, Midwestern Region Scholar Award, 2009
Central Society for Clinical Research, Travel Award, 2009
Central Society for Clinical Research, K08 Award Grant, 2009
Central Society for Clinical Research, Travel Award, 2010
Central Society for Clinical Research, K08 Award Grant, 2010



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Medical Association
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Central Society for Clinical Research
American Federation for Medical Research

 

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REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Kishimoto, N. and T. Nyunoya: Alveolar Hemorrhage, Skin Eruption, and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Accompanied by Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Cytoplasmic Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody. The Japanese Journal of Thoracic Diseases (Japanese) 34: 790-795, 1996.

     

  2. Nyunoya, T., T. Gross, C. Rooney, S. Mendoza and J. Kline: Massive Pleural Transudate Following a Vertebral Fusion in a 49-Year-old Woman. Chest 123(4): 1280-1283, 2003.

     

  3. Nyunoya, T., L. S. Powers, T. O. Yarovinsky, N. S. Butler, M. M. Monick and G. W. Hunninghake: Hyperoxia Induces Macrophage Cell Cycle Arrest by Adhesion-Dependent Induction of p21Cip1 and Activation of the Retinoblastoma Protein. J. Biol. Chem. 278(38): 36099-36106, 2003.

     

  4. Haft, G. F., S. A. Mendoza, S. L. Weinstein, T. Nyunoya and W. Smoker: Use of Beta-2-Transferrin to Diagnose CSF Leakage Following Spinal Surgery: A Case Report. Iowa Orthop. J. 24: 115-118, 2004.

     

  5. Truong, S. V., M. M. Monick, T. O. Yarovinsky, L. S. Powers, T. Nyunoya and G. W. Hunninghake: Extracellular Signal-Related Kinase Activation Delays Hyperoxia-Induced Epithelial Cell Death in Conditions of Akt Downregulation. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 31(6): 611-618, 2004.

     

  6. Nyunoya, T., M. M. M. Monick, L. S. Powers, T. O. Yarovinsky and G. W. Hunninghake: Macrophages Survive Hyperoxia via Prolonged ERK Activation Due to Phosphatase Down-regulation. J. Biol. Chem. 280(28): 26295-26302, 2005.

     

  7. Nyunoya, T., M. M. Monick, A. Klingelhutz, T. O. Yarovinsky, J. R. Cagley and G. W. Hunninghake: Cigarette Smoke Induces Cellular Senescence. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 35(6): 681-688, 2006.

     

  8. Monick, M. M., L. S. Powers, C. W. Barrett, S. Hinde, A. Ashare, D. J. Groskreutz, T. Nyunoya, M. Coleman, D. R. Spitz and G. W. Hunninghake: Constitutive ERK MAPK Activity Regulates Macrophage ATP Production and Mitochondrial Integrity. J. Immunol. 180(11): 7485-7496, 2008.

     

  9. Groskreutz, D. J., M. M. Monick, E. C. Babor, T. Nyunoya, S. M. Varga, D. C. Look and G. W. Hunninghake: Cigarette Smoke Alters Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Apoptosis and Replication. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 41(2): 189-198, 2009.

     

  10. Nyunoya, T., M. M. Monick, A. L. Klingelhutz, H. Glaser, J. R. Cagley, C. O. Brown, E. Matsumoto, N. Aykin-Burns, D. R. Spitz, J. Oshima and G. W. Hunninghake: Cigarette Smoke Induces Cellular Senescence via Werner’s Syndrome Protein Down-regulation. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 179(4): 279-287, 2009.