Updated
January 23, 2006
NICHOLAS
CHIORAZZI
A. General Information
Marital
Status: Married;
M. Lorraine Dziadowicz Chiorazzi
Children: Anne (b.
1975) and Michael (b. 1980).
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Licensure: State of New
York (#108740)
State
of New Jersey (#MA 28191)
Board
Certification: Diplomate, American
Board of Internal Medicine
(#44401;
June 30, 1973)
Diplomate,
American Board of Allergy/Immunology
(#3020;
Oct. 3, 1989; re-certified Nov. 1999)
Diplomate
in Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
(#0111;
Oct. 1, 1990)
Diplomate
in Rheumatology, ABIM
(#44401;
November 1996)
B. Addresses And Telephone Numbers
Office: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North
Shore – LIJ Health System
350
Community Drive
Manhasset,
N.Y. 11030
Phone:
(516) 562-1085
Facsimile:
(516) 562-1022
Home: 18 Bliss
Avenue
Tenafly,
N.J. 07670
Phone:
(201) 871-0648
C. Educational Background
A.B. 1962‑1966 College of the Holy Cross
Worcester,
MA
M.D. 1966‑1970 Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington,
DC
D. Professional Appointments
Academic:
1974 Visiting
Investigator The
Rockefeller University
(Dr.
Henry G. Kunkel)
1974-1976 Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School
Cellular
Immunology (Drs. David H.
Katz
and
Baruj Benacerraf)
1976-1977 Postdoctoral Fellow The Rockefeller University
Human
Immunology (Dr. Henry G.
Kunkel)
1977-1982 Assistant Professor The Rockefeller University
(Immunology)
1982-1987 Associate Professor The Rockefeller University
(Immunology)
1984-1987 Deputy Head The Rockefeller
University
Laboratory
of Immunology
1987-1994 Adjunct Professor The Rockefeller University
1987-1996 Professor of Medicine Cornell University Medical
College
1987-1996 Member Graduate
School of Medical Sciences Immunology Cornell University Medical College
Program
1996-2000 Adjunct Professor Cornell University Medical
College of
Medicine
1993-1996 Adjunct Professor NYU School of Medicine
of
Medicine
1996-2005 Professor of Medicine NYU School of Medicine
and
of Pathology
2002-2005 Adjunct Professor Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
of
Cell Biology
2005-present Adjunct Professor NYU School of Medicine
of
Medicine and of Pathology
2000-2006 Director and CEO The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research North Shore – LIJ Health System
2005-present Professor Albert
Einstein College of Medicine
of
Cell Biology and of Medicine
2005-present Member Albert Einstein Cancer Center
Clinical:
1970-1974 Intern and Resident Cornell Cooperating Hospitals Straight Medicine (North Shore, Memorial, The New York and The Rockefeller University Hospitals)
1976-1978 Assistant Physician The Rockefeller University Hospital
New
York, NY
1978-1982 Associate Physician The Rockefeller University Hospital
New
York, NY
1980-1982 Adjunct Department of Rheumatic
Diseases
Hospital for Joint Diseases
New
York, NY
1983-1987 Clinical Fellow in The New York Hospital,
Allergy/Immunology Cornell University Medical Center
New
York, NY
1982-1987 Physician The Rockefeller University
Hospital
New
York, NY
1988-1993 Visiting Physician The Rockefeller University Hospital
New
York, NY
1987-2002 Chief, Division of North
Shore University Hospital Rheumatology & Allergy-
Clinical
Immunology Manhasset, NY
2002-present Attending Physician North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset,
NY
E. Professional Memberships
1974-present American College of
Physicians
1976-present American
Association of Immunologists
1976-present American Federation
for Clinical Research
1979-present New York Academy of
Sciences
1979-present American Rheumatism
Association
1981-present American
Association for the Advancement of Science
1984-present New York Rheumatism
Association
1986-present American Society
for Clinical Investigation
1986-present Founding Fellow,
American Rheumatism Association
1986-present Charter Member,
Clinical Immunology Society
1986-present The Harvey Society
1990-present American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
1992-present Fellow, American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
1994-present Association of
Subspecialty Professors
1995-1997
Councilor, The Henry Kunkel Society
1998-present American Society of
Hematology
1997-2002
Secretary, The
Henry Kunkel Society
2000-present Association
of American Physicians
2004-2005
Vice President/President-Elect, The Henry Kunkel Society
2005-present President,
The Henry Kunkel Society
F. Honors and Awards
1975-1977 Recipient National Research Service
Award, National
Institutes of Health
[Supervisor:
Baruj Benacerraf, M.D.]
1977-1980 Fellow National Arthritis
Foundation
1980-1982 Edwin S. and Department of Rheumatic
Diseases
Rose
F. Wolfson Hospital for Joint
Diseases
Scholar
1980-1982 Marcia Whitney The Rockefeller University
Schott
Scholar
in
Clinical Science
1986 Elected as Member, The American Society for
Clinical Investigation
1986
Elected as Founding Fellow, The American Rheumatism
Association / American College of Rheumatology
1992 Elected as Fellow, The American Academy of
Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
2000 Elected as Member, The Association of
American Physicians
2000
Recipient, Scientific Leadership Award from The
S.L.E. Foundation, Inc.
2003
Recipient, Binet-Rai Medal for Outstanding
Excellence in CLL Research
2005 Elected as Fellow, The American College of
Physicians
G. Institutional Responsibilities
Teaching:
1986-1989
Co-Moderator Course on Clinical Immunology
The
Rockefeller University
1987-2000 Co-Director Rheumatology Training Program
North
Shore University Hospital
1988-1996 Member
Immunology Cornell Graduate School
Program of Medical Sciences
1997-2004 Lecturer Department of Pathology
Immunology
Course NYU School of Medicine
Clinical
Care:
Special
interest in caring for and studying patients with disorders of B cell
activation and maturation - autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, and certain
adult immune deficiencies and lymphoproliferative disorders.
Administration:
Chief,
Division of Rheumatology & Allergy-Clinical Immunology (6/87 – 2/2000)
Co-Director,
Rheumatology Training Program (7/88 – 2/2000)
Member of NSUH Committees:
1. Research,
Clinical Investigation, and Publications Committee
2. Animal
Care and Use Committee
3.
Subspecialty Fellowship Committee
4.
Department of Medicine Research Review Committee
The Picower Institute
for Medical Research Animal Care Committee (through March 1, 1997).
North
Shore - LIJ Health System Representative to Scientific Advisory Committee of
the Academic Medicine Development Company (AMDeC), NY, NY (2002 - 2004)
North
Shore - LIJ Health System Representative to Board of Directors of the Academic
Medicine Development Company (AMDeC), NY, NY (2002 - 2005)
Director
& CEO, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore – LIJ
(2/2000 – 1/1/2006)
Research:
Director
of research laboratory that focuses on cellular and molecular immunology and
their relationships to:
1. Activation and immunoregulation of B lymphocytes in health and disease (autoimmunity and B cell lymphoproliferative disorders, in particular chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
2. Structure/function relationships of human
antibodies and autoantibodies
H. Research Support
1.
Active NIH funding:
PHS
NIH RO1 CA 81554
“B
Cell Repertoires in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Aging”
Principal
Investigator
$900,242
(total direct costs) – current no cost extension
1999-2006
PHS NIH RO1
CA 87956
“B-CLL
Subgroups: Maturation Stage and Gene Expression”
Principal
Investigator
$1,088,960
(total direct costs) – current no cost extension
2001-2005
PHS NIH MO1
RRO18535
“General Clinical Research Center”
Principal
Investigator
$11,669,144
(estimated total direct costs)
7/1/2003 –
6/31/2007
PHS NIH SO7
RR18137-01
“IRB Oversight and Educational Enhancement Program” Total direct costs: $199,680 – currently no cost extension 9/1/2002 - 8/31/2005
2.
Prior NIH funding:
PHS NIH RO1
AI 10811
"Serologic,
Cellular, and Molecular Studies of Autoantibodies"
Principal
Investigator
$892,725
(total direct costs)
1984-2002
PHS NIH RO1
AI 21061
"Studies
of Human Hybridomas Making Monoclonal Antibodies"
Principal
Investigator.
$303,828
(total direct costs)
1984‑1988
PHS NIH PO1
AI 19080
"Allergy
and Clinical Immunology Program"
Co-Principal
Investigator of Joint Program Project between
The
Rockefeller University and New York Hospital/Cornell Medical College
(with Dr. Gregory Siskind)
$617,508
(total direct costs)
1984-1988
PHS NIH RO1
AI 35984
“Human
B Cell Ag Receptor Complex: Structure and Function”
Principal
Investigator
$426,055
(total direct costs)
1994-1997
PHS NIH RO1
AR 44124
“Anti-DNA-Specific
B Cell Tolerance in SLE”
Principal
Investigator
$156,800
(total direct costs)
1996-1999
I. Trainees
Pre-Doctoral/Medical Students
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