TomasGanzMDPhD

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor of Medicine and Pathology

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Tomas Ganz, MD, is a pulmonology specialist based in Los Angeles, CA, with subspecialties in Critical Care Medicine and Pleural Disease. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center from 1982 to 1983, following a residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. Dr. Ganz graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 1978. His professional experience encompasses biomedical research on host defense, iron metabolism and anemias. He has authored more than 400 publications, including the discovery and characterization of hepcidin and erythroferrone and their role in iron metabolism, contributions to the understanding of the pathogenesis of iron overload in β-thalassemia, and recommendations for diagnosis and management of iron deficiency.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1982 - 1983
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1981
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1978

PubMed

Journal Articles

New Thiazolidinones Reduce Iron Overload in Mouse Models of Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Β-thalassemia
Tomas Ganz, MD, Haematologica
Erythrocytes and Erythroblasts Give up Iron
Tomas Ganz, MD, Blood
Anemia of Inflammation
Lawrence T Goodnough, Tomas Ganz, Blood

Abstracts/Posters

A Novel Sandwich ELISA to Quantify Erythroferrone in Mouse Serum
Tomas Ganz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
Normal Hemoglobin Concentrations in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Associated Neocytolysis-Mediated Hemolysis and Inflammation Mediated Suppression of Expected Elevated H...
Tomas Ganz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Calcium Is an Essential Cofactor for Metal Efflux by the Ferroportin Transporter Family
Tomas Ganz, MD, Nature, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019

Lectures

When Bone Mineral Disease and Anemia Management Collide
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/8/2019
Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) - Blood Cells` Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation Prevent Polycythemia
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018

New Biovanta Study Shows Best Efficacy in Treating Common ColdDecember 2nd, 2024
Reader Responses: Should a Pregnant Patient with Hemochromatosis Receive Iron?September 1st, 2020
The Adult Murine Intestine Is Dependent on Constitutive Laminin-γ1 SynthesisDecember 17th, 2019
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