Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Certifications Committees Honors Memberships Professional Activities Publications Research Reviewing

Professional Activities - Luis A. Ortiz

Invited Lectures (past 5 years)

  1. “Silicosis: Academic experience at the University of Pittsburgh”. University of Alabama at Birmingham. January 2007.

  2. “The contribution of bone marrow mesenchyma during lung injury and repair”. Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee. February 2007.

  3. “Section Chair: Stem Cells: Are we close to cell therapy?” 2007 International Conference. American Thoracic Society. San Francisco, California. May, 2007.

  4. “Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) block T-cell proliferation via production of Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist”. 2007 International Conference. American Thoracic Society. San Francisco, California. May, 2007.

  5. “Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist mediates the anti-inflammatory effects of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells during lung injury”. Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference 50th annual meeting. Aspen, Colorado. June 2007.

  6. “Use of bone marrow stroma in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis”.  Division of Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Miami.  Miami, Florida.  August 2007.

  7. “Silicosis”.  2007 National Conference of the National Coalition of Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinics.  Oglebay State Park, West Virginia.  September 2007.

  8. “An Update in the stem cells of the lung”.  Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine at the University of Utah.  Salt Lake City, UT.  December, 2007.

  9. "Bone Marrow Mesenchyma and Pulmonary Fibrosis". Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. August, 2008.

  10. “CD44 regulation of mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in fibrotic lung”. 15th International Colloquium on Lung and Airway Fibrosis.  Sunset Beach, North Carolina,  October, 2008.

  11. “Anti-inflammatory properties of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in pulmonary fibrosis”. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California San Francisco.  San Francisco, CA.  November, 2008.

  12. “Modulation of bleomycin induced lung injury by bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells” American Physiological Society. Annual meeting experimental biology FASEB 2009. New Orleans, LA, 2009.

  13. “Novel treatments for pulmonary fibrosis: Stem cells and all the Jazz”. American Thoracic Society. San Diego, California. May, 2009.

  14. “S1P receptors mediate mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) migration”. American Thoracic Society. San Diego, California. May, 2009.

  15. “TNF protects macrophages from silica induced apoptosis”. Society of Toxicology. Salt Lake City, Utha. February 2010.

  16. "The role of stem cells in the pathogenesis and treatment of silicosis". Division Pulmonary Medicine Tulane Health Science Center. New Orleans, Louisiana. May 2010.

  17. "Regulation of the Innate Immunity by Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchyma as Potential Treatment for Environmentally Induced Lung Injury". Division Pulmonary Medicine University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. September 2010.

  18. "Regulation of macrophage biology by mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) involve mitochondrial transfer". 16th International Colloquium on Lung and Airway Fibrosis. Busselton, Western Australia, Australia, October 2010.

  19. "Mesenchymal stem cell secretome in pulmonary fibrosis". Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester. Rochester, New York. December 2010.

  20. "Mesenchymal stem cell secretome: mitochondrial transfer and microRNA shuttle". Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center at Scott & White, Temple, Texas. March 2011.

  21. "Mesenchymal Stem Cells" Postgraduae course (PG27) Functional analysis of stem cells: getting ready to translate. American Thoracic Society. Denver, Colorado. May 2011.

  22. "Mesenchymal stem cell transfer of mitochondria via the secretome" Featured speaker of the mini symposium (B18) Mitochondrial function in pulmonary health and disease. American Thoracic Society. Denver, Colorado. May 2011.

  23. "The mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) secretome involves mitochondrial transfer. American Thoracic Society. Denver, Colorado. May 2011.

Visiting Professorships

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas. June, 1995.
 
Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Rome (La sapienzzia)
Rome, Italy. November, 1995.
 
Department of Pathology
Istituto de Patologia Generale de la Universidad de Siena
Siena, Italy. November 1995.

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut. December 2005.

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA. November 2008.

Secondary Appointments

Associate Professor
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014