Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Faculty Members

Aldo T. Iacono, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

Department: Division
Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Special Interests: Aerosolized cyclosporine as anti-rejection medication; preventing complications of lung transplantation
Medical Degree: University of Bologna
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital; SUNY Downstate
Fellowship: SUNY Stony Brook
Certification: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Critical Care Medicine

Biography:

Dr. Iacono recently joined the University of Maryland faculty from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he served as Medical Director of Lung Transplantation. Dr. Iacono has established a national reputation as an outstanding transplant pulmonologist and a translational investigator focusing on novel anti-rejection therapy. He has been a leader in developing aerosolized antirejection therapy to reduce the incidence of chronic lung transplant rejection and minimize systemic side effects of antirejection medications.

Current Research Interests:

Complications of lung transplantiation
Markers of lung transplant rejection
Novel anti-rejection therapies
Aerosolized anti-rejection therapy for lung transplant patients

Current Research Funding:

NIH R01 HL59490, “Aerosol Cyclosporine As Prevention of Allograft Rejection” (PI: Iacono) Years: 1997-2001. Direct cost: 1,706,795, Total Budget: 2,376,085
Chiron, “Commercialization of Aerosol Cyclosporine” (PI: Iacono); Years: 2004-present. Total Budget: $110,000

Education:

MD University of Bologna (1985)
House Staff Training; Brooklyn Hospital, SUNY Downstate (1989)
Fellowship training: SUNY Stony Brook (1992)

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