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630 West 168^th Street

P&S 9-449

New York, NY 10032

Phone: 212-305-7757

rff5@columbia.edu

Robert Foronjy, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Education and Training

1986-1990 B.S., B.A., St. Joseph’s University

1991-1995 M.D., Temple School of Medicine

Positions and Appointments

1995-1998 Resident in Internal Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

1998-2001 Fellow in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University

2001-2003 Instructor of Medicine , Columbia University

2003-present Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University

Honors and Awards

1995 Alpha Omega Alpha Member

1998 American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate

2000 Department of Medicine Fellow Teaching Award

2000 American Board of Pulmonary Medicine Diplomate

2001 American Board of Critical Care Medicine Diplomate

2003-06 Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute’s Young Clinical Investigator Award

Publications

1. Foronjy R., and D'Armiento J. The role of collagenase in emphysema. Respir Res. 2000;2(6):348-52.

2. Shiomi, T., Okada, Y., Foronjy, R., Schiltz, J., Jaenish, R., and D'Armiento, J. Emphysematous changes are caused by degradation of type III collagen in transgenic mice over expressing tissue collagenase. Experimental Lung Research. 2003. 29(1): 1-15.

3. Foronjy, R, Okada Y., Cole, R and D’Armiento, J. Progressive Adult-Onset Emphysema In Transgenic Mice Expressing MMP-1. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2003 May;284(5):L727-37.

4. Foronjy, R., Mercer, B., Maxfield, M., Okada, Y., Powell, C. and D'Armiento, J. Structural Emphysema Does Not Correlate with Lung Compliance: Lessons from the Mouse Smoking Model (accepted Experimental Lung Research).

5. Klotz, S., Foronjy, R., Dickstein, M., Gu, A., Garrelds, I., Danser, A.H., Oz, M., D’Armiento, J., Burkoff, D. Mechanical Unloading During LVAD Support Increases Left Ventricular Collagen Cross-linking and Myocardial Stiffness (accepted Circulation).

6. Wise, B., Connett, J., D’Armiento, J., Foronjy, R., Friedman, P., Goldin, J., Louis, T., Mao, J., Muindi, J., O’Connor, G., Ramsdell, J., Ries, A., Roth, M., Scharf, S., Schluger, N., Sciurba, F., Skeans, M., Walter, B. and Wendt, C. Clinical, Functional, Biochemical and Imaging Outcomes from the Feasibility of Retinoid Treatment for Emphysema (FORTE) Study (submitted American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine).

Abstracts

1. [2001][C23] [Poster: 204] Benign Mesenchymal Tumor Gene, HMGI-C As A Diagnostic Marker In Lymphangiomyomatiosis (LAM)R.F. Foronjy, N. Kolesnikova, J. Wilt, P. Simonelli, B. Thomashow, M. Ginsburg, L. Schulman, J.D. Armiento, K. Chada, New York, NY, New Brunswick ,NJ. American Thoracic Society 2001.

2. [2002][B53] [Poster: D6] MMP-1 Expression Enhances Hyperoxic Lung Injury In Transgenic Mice R. Foronjy, Y. Okada and J. D’Armiento Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY; Department of Pathology, Keio University, Japan. American Thoracic Society 2002.

3. [2002][A36] [Poster: C135] Emphysematous Changes Are Caused By Degradation Of Type III Collagen In Transgenic Mice Overexpressing MMP-1 R. Foronjy, M.D., T. Shiomi, M.D. *, Y. Okada, M.D., Ph.D., J. Schiltz, R. Jaenish, Ph.D., S. Krane, M.D., and J. D’Armiento, M.D., Ph.D.# Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, Keio University, Japan *, The Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, MA 02114. American Thoracic Society 2002.

4. [2002][LB1] [Poster: C32] A Transgenic Mouse Model Of Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) (1) J. D'Armiento, (1) M. Szabolcs, (1) N. Kolesnikova, (2) M. Zaidi, (1) R. Foronjy and (2)K. Chada. (1) Columbia University, N.Y., (2) UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson. American Thoracic Society 2002.

5. [2003][A098] [Poster: 104] Progressive Adult-Onset Emphysema in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human MMP-1 in the Lung R. Foronjy, Y. Okada, R.C. Cole, J.M. D'Armiento. Poster Discussion Session. American Thoracic Society 2003.

6. An Analysis of Changes in Lung Inflammation, Protease Expression and Physiology in a Murine Cigarette-Smoke Induced Model of Emphysema R. Foronjy, M. Maxfield, Y. Okada and J. D’Armiento. American Thoracic Society 2004.

7. Transgenic Expression of Human CuZn Superoxide Dismutase Prevents Cigarette Smoke-Induced Inflammation and Emphysema Formation R. Foronjy, O. Mirochnitchenko, V. Lemaitre, Y.Jia, M. Inouye, Y. Okada and Jeanine D’Armiento. American Thoracic Society 2005.

Additional Scientific Presentations

1. Emphysematous Changes Are Caused By Degradation Of Type III Collagen In Transgenic Mice Overexpressing MMP-1; Lung Club; Cornell University, New York, New York; October, 2002.

2. The Role of Superoxide Dismutase in COPD; Lung Club; Cornell University, New York, New York; October, 2004.