Benjamin T. Suratt, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine.

Room 230, HSRF
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
149 Beaumont Ave.
Burlington, VT. 05405

Voice: (802) 656-8979
Fax: (802) 656-8989

Email: benjamin.suratt@uvm.edu

• B.A. (1988) Biochemistry; Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
• M.D. (1993) Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY.
• Residency Training (1993-1996) Internal Medicine; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
• Fellowship Training (1997-2000); Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center/National Jewish Center, Denver, CO.
• Instructor (2000-2001); Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
• Assistant Professor (2001-2002); Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
• Assistant Professor (2002-Present), Department of Medicine, University of Vermont.

My research interests focus on three areas of clinical and basic science: the inflammatory complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the role of the bone marrow in circulating neutrophil homeostasis, and hematopoietic stem cell plasticity in derivation of pulmonary parenchyma during repair and remodeling.

• Neutrophil biology
• ARDS/ALI
• Ventilator-induced lung injury
• Bone marrow ablation & transplant
• Adult stem cell biology
• Pulmonary complications of transplant

Bibliography:

• Role of p38 MAP kinase in a murine model of pulmonary inflammation. (J Immunol 2000;164:2151-59)
   
   
•   Regulation of neutrophil clearance from the circulation: Anatomic site and effect of activation. (Am J Physiol 2001;281: L913-21)
   
•   Selective suppression of neutrophil accumulation in ongoing pulmonary inflammation by systemic inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase ( J Immunol 2002;169:5260-69)
   
   
•   Interferon-gamma for delayed pulmonary toxicity syndrome resistant to steroids. (Bone Marrow Transplantation, 31: 939-942, 2003.)
   
   
•   Human pulmonary chimerism following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 168:318-22, 2003.)
   
   
•   The in vitro production and characterization of neutrophils from embryonic stem cells. (Blood, 103:852-859, 2004.)
   
   
•   The role of the CXCR4/SDF-1 chemokine axis in circulating neutrophil homeostasis. Blood, in press.
   
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