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Office
200 Hawkins Dr
Iowa City, IA 52242Phone+1 319-335-9825Fax+1 319-335-8318
Education & Training
- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1975 - 1978
- Johns Hopkins UniversityChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1975
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1975
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1971 - 1972
- Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1971
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1970
- Colby CollegeBA, 1966
Certifications & Licensure
- IA State Medical License 1983 - 2026
- MD State Medical License 1972 - 1978
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Tow Humanism in Medicine University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2012
- President and Provost Teaching Award for Excellence University of Iowa, 2004
- Alpha Omega Alpha 1997
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 269 citationsChallenges and Opportunities Facing Medical EducationPeter Densen
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. 2011-01-01 - 27 citationsHigh prevalence of complement component C6 deficiency among African-Americans in the south-eastern USA.Z.-B. Zhu, T. P. Atkinson, K. T. Hovanky, Suresh B. Boppana, Y. L. Dai
Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2000-02-01 - 7 citationsThe complement system in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and complocentric membranoglomerulopathies.Bradley W. Ornstein, John P. Atkinson, Peter Densen
Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 2012-09-01
Journal Articles
- Multicenter Comparison of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Anticapsular Polysaccharide Antibody Levels Measured by Using a Standardized Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent A...Gheesling, L.L., Carlone, G.M., Pais, L.B., Holder, P.F., Maslanka, S.E., Plikaytis, B.D., Achtman, M., Densen, P., Frasch, C.E., Käyhty, H. Mays, J.P., Nencioni, L., ..., J. Clin. Microbiol., 32:1475-1482
- Reduced C8? Messenger RNA Expression in Families with Hereditary C8? Deficiency.Warnick, P.R., and Densen, P, J. Immunol., 146:1052-1056
- Infectious Consequences of Complement Deficiency States.Densen, P, Clin. Immunol. Newsl., 11(1):5-10
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Complement C5a Produces Vasoconstriction in Atherosclerotic but not in Normal Primates In Vivo.Lopez, J.A.G., Mügge, A., Densen, P., Piegors, D.J., Armstrong, M.L., and Heistad, D.D, Clin. Res., 38:830A
- Differential Expression of C8 Subunits: Primary Role of C8?Densen, P., and McRill, C, Clin. Res., 35:613A
- C5b-8 Promotes Alternative Pathway C3 Convertase Decay on Neisseria.Densen, P., and McRill, C.M, Fed. Proc., 46:1196
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Lectures
- Meningococcal Disease: a collision between genomes.Landspitali University Hospital
- Challenges in medical curricular assessment, revision and evaluation.Amman, Jordan
- Medical Learning Communities: What are they and why now?Amman, Jordan
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Other
- How Iowa Can Best Serve AIDS Patients.Densen, P., Nauseef, W.M., Clark, R.A., Kirchhoff, L.V., Stapleton, J.T., Wilson, M.E., Britigan, B.E., Davis, K., and Herring, P, The Des Moines Register
- The Association of Inherited Defects of the Complement Cascade and Bacterial Infection in Iowa - 1984-1989.Densen, P, Epi-Gram, 5(1):4-5
- Is the AIDS Epidemic Ending?Densen, P., and Stapleton, J, Epi-Gram, 5(3):1-3
Press Mentions
- Three of the Biggest Challenges Nurses Face Today and One Critical SolutionFebruary 11th, 2020
- Becoming a Physician Requires a Peripheral BrainJanuary 27th, 2017
- Top 11 Ways Physicians Can Get the Most Out of CME on a BudgetJune 7th, 2016
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