Jesse Roman, M.D.

Jesse Roman, M.D. Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine Distinguished University Scholar University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-5241 - Academic Office 502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis; Lung cancer

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Pulmonary Disease

Education and Training

• Medical School: University of Puerto Rico

• Residency: San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center

• Fellowship: Washington University

Recent Publications

• Wongtrakool C, Wang N, Hyde DM, Roman J, Spindel ER. Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Alters Lung Function and Airway Geometry Through α7 Nicotinic Receptors. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print].

• Deng Z, Cheng Z, Xiang X, Yan J, Zhuang X, Liu C, Jiang H, Ju S, Zhang L, Grizzle W, Mobley J, Roman J, Miller D, Zhang HG. Tumor cell cross talk withtumor-associated leukocytes leads to induction of tumor exosomal fibronectin and promotes tumor progression. Am J Pathol. 2012 Jan;180(1):390-8. Epub 2011 Nov 7.

• Sueblinvong V, Neujahr DC, Mills ST, Roser-Page S, Ritzenthaler JD, Guidot D, Rojas M, Roman J. Predisposition for Disrepair in the Aged Lung. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Dec 14. [Epub ahead of print].

• Mehta AJ, Joshi PC, Fan X, Brown LA, Ritzenthaler JD, Roman J, Guidot DM. Zinc supplementation restores PU.1 and Nrf2 nuclear binding in alveolar macrophages and improves redox balance and bacterial clearance in the lungs of alcohol-fed rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Aug;35(8):1519-28. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01488.x. Epub 2011 Mar 29.

• Fioret D, Perez RL, Roman J. Management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun;341(6):450-3.

• Fioret D, Perez RL, Perez T, Roman J. A case of progressive lung fibrosis. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun;341(6):428-30.

• Roman J. The 2010 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation president's symposium: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Jun;341(6):427.

• Roman J, Ritzenthaler JD, Roser-Page S, Sun X, Han S. alpha5beta1-integrin expression is essential for tumor progression in experimental lung cancer. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2010 Dec;43(6):684-91. Epub 2010 Jan 15.

• White ES, Sagana RL, Booth AJ, Yan M, Cornett AM, Bloomheart CA, Tsui JL, Wilke CA, Moore BB, Ritzenthaler JD, Roman J, Muro AF. Control of fibroblast fibronectin expression and alternative splicing via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Exp Cell Res. 2010 Oct 1;316(16):2644-53. Epub 2010 Jul 13.

• Li P, Xiao HD, Xu J, Ong FS, Kwon M, Roman J, Gal A, Bernstein KE, Fuchs S. Angiotensin-converting enzyme N-terminal inactivation alleviates bleomycin-induced lung injury. Am J Pathol. 2010 Sep;177(3):1113-21. Epub 2010 Jul 22.