Nicholas J. Kenyon, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Kenyon's clinical interests focus on asthma, non-invasive markers of airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sepsis. His research interests include airway inflammation and fibrosis, lung physiology, environmental effects on lung function, the role of nitric oxide in airway diseases, asthma, COPD and lung injury.

Title:

Associate Professor, Co-Director, UC Davis Asthma Network (UCAN), Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program

Specialty:

Pulmonary and Critical Care, Internal Medicine

Address:

UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
2825 J St., Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95816

Education:

University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, Vermont
M.D. 1994

UC Davis
Davis, California
M.S. 2005

Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts
B.A. 1988

Residency:

Chief Resident, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
1997-1998
Internal Medicine

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
1994-1997
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1998-2001
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 2002
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 2001

Professional Memberships:

American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Physiological Society
American Thoracic Society
California College of Chest Physicians
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Internal Medicine, 2005
American Association of Bronchology Award, Outstanding Abstract, American College of Chest Physicians Conference, 2000
American College of Chest Physicians, Best Case Presentation - Bronchoscopy, 2000
University of Wisconsin, Henry M. Castello M.D. Memorial Award to "Outstanding First-Year Resident", 1995
Parkinson's Disease Foundation Summer Fellowship, Columbia University, 1991

Select Recent Publications:

2009 Kenyon NJ, Liu R, O'Roark EM, Huang W, Peng L, Lam KS. An alpha4beta1 integrin antagonist decreases airway inflammation in ovalbumin-exposed mice. Eur J Pharmacol, 603:138-46.

2009 Bratt JM, Franzi LM, Linderholm AL, Last MS, Kenyon NJ, Last JA. Arginase enzymes in isolated airways from normal and nitric oxide synthase 2-knockout mice exposed to ovalbumin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 234:273-280.

2009 Zeki, AA, Temple LM, Last JA, NJ Kenyon. Simvastatin Inhibits Airway Hyperreactivity: Implications for the Mevalonate Pathway and Beyond. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 180:731-740.

2009 D. Asmuth, T. Wun, N. Mullen, E. Garcia, E. Chedin, E. Whitney, M. Gillis, K.Anderson, A. Tarantal, N. Kenyon, F.R. Curry, L. Berglund. UC Davis CTSA: Coming of Age. Integrated programs put the spotlight on clinical and translational science. Clinical and Translational Science, 2:98-101.

2009 S. DeCruz, N.J. Kenyon, C.E. Sandrock. Bench to Beside Review: The role of nitric oxide in sepsis. Expert Reviews in Respiratory Medicine, 3(5):511-521.

2008 G. Schuster, N.J. Kenyon, C.B. Stephensen. Vitamin A Deficiency Decreases and High Dietary Vitamin A Increases Disease Severity in the Mouse Model of Asthma. Journal of Immunology, 180:1834-1842.

2008 Y. Lim, V.T. Vasu, G. Valacchi, S. Leonard, H.H. Aung, B.C. Schock, N.J. Kenyon, C.Li, M.G. Traber, C.E. Cross. Severe vitamin A deficiency modulates airway allergic inflammatory responses in the murine asthma model. Free Radical Research, 42(4):387-396.

2008 N. J. Kenyon, J.M. Bratt, A. M. Linderholm, M.S. Last, J.A. Last. Arginase I and II in lungs of mice exposed to ovalbumin: Sources and Consequences. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 230:269-275.

2008 M. Molina, W. Zhao, S. Shankar, M. Schivo, N.J. Kenyon, C.E. Davis. Design-of-Experiment Optimization of Exhaled Breath Condensate Analysis Using a Miniature Differential Mobility Spectrometer (OMS). Analytica Chimica Acta, 628(2):155-161.