- Winchester Center for Lung DiseaseFitkin Memorial Pavilion789 Howard Avenue, Ste 2nd FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
Jon Koff, MD
Biography
Jonathan Koff, MD, a pulmonary and critical care physician, is director of the Yale Medicine Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program. He chose pulmonary medicine in part because his grandfather had emphysema. “I wanted to better understand how the disease affected him,” he says.
Dr. Koff was drawn to cystic fibrosis, which is usually diagnosed in childhood, because he was intrigued by the complexity of this genetic disease, which causes recurrent lung infections, and digestive and nutritional problems, among other issues. He works with a multidisciplinary team that includes a nurse, a nutritionist, a physical therapist, a social worker, and respiratory therapists. “We continue to see our patients do better clinically with the multidisciplinary team-based care approach,” he says. He is optimistic about new treatments for cystic fibrosis, such as recently approved therapies that target specific genetic mutations.
An associate professor of medicine (pulmonary) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Koff also works in the medical intensive care unit at Yale New Haven Hospital, and conducts laboratory and translational research that focuses on viral infections in asthma and cystic fibrosis. He serves on the board of the Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Titles
- Associate Professor Term
- Associate Director, Fellowship Research, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Medical Director, Center for Phage Biology & Therapy, Yale University
- Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Education & Training
- FellowshipUniversity of California - San Francisco (2008)
- FellowshipUniversity of California - San Francisco (2008)
- MDCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2000)
- BAHamilton College, World Politics
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Clinical Research Scholars Program (CRSP): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2019)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Center Committee: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2019)
- Richard Matthay Excellence in Teaching; Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine Fellowship: Yale PCCSM (2018)
- Guest Editor, Clinics in Chest Medicine on Cystic Fibrosis: Clinics in Chest Medicine (2015), (2016)
- Liver Center Pilot Award: Yale Liver Center (2014)
- New Haven’s Finest: Connecticut Chapter, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2013)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Center Quality Award (presented to Yale CF Center by national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2011), (2017)
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08 HL0923288): NIH (2009)
- Adult Care Excellence (PACE) Award: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2009)
- 5th Year Fellowship Award (RT 49233N): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2008)
- UCSF (2019 - Present): Member
- UCSF (2015 - 2019): Member
- Board of Directors, Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2014 - Present): Member
- American Thoracic Society, Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Assembly Mentoring Program (2014 - Present): Mentor
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, American Journal of Physiology- Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Cytokine, Drugs, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Thorax, European Respiratory Journal (2010 - Present): Reviewer
- American Thoracic Society (2003 - Present): Member
- Khosravi A, Chen Q, Echterhof A, Koff J, Bollyky P. Phage Therapy for Respiratory Infections: Opportunities and Challenges. Lung 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38772946, DOI: 10.1007/s00408-024-00700-7.
- Rajagopalan G, Tolentino J, Sun Y, Hu B, Koff J. Role of Staphylococcus Aureus Superantigens in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Inflammation. 2024, a6673-a6673. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a6673.
- Zamora P, Reidy T, Armbruster C, Sun M, Van Tyne D, Turner P, Koff J, Bomberger J. Lytic bacteriophages induce the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines from human respiratory epithelial cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002566. PMID: 38652717, PMCID: PMC11037538, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002566.
- Murray T, Stanley G, Koff J. Novel Approaches to Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Cystic Fibrosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2024, 38: 149-162. PMID: 38280761, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.12.002.
- Würstle S, Lee A, Kortright K, Winzig F, An W, Stanley G, Rajagopalan G, Harris Z, Sun Y, Hu B, Blazanin M, Hajfathalian M, Bollyky P, Turner P, Koff J, Chan B. Optimized preparation pipeline for emergency phage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa at Yale University. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 2657. PMID: 38302552, PMCID: PMC10834462, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52192-3.
- Dagher R, Moldobaeva A, Gubbins E, Clark S, Alfajaro M, Wilen C, Hawkins F, Qu X, Chiang C, Li Y, Clarke L, Ikeda Y, Brown C, Kolbeck R, Ma Q, Rojas M, Koff J, Ghaedi M. Human iPSC-Based Model of COPD to Investigate Disease Mechanisms, Predict SARS-COV-2 Outcome, and Test Preventive Immunotherapy. Stem Cells 2024, 42: 230-250. PMID: 38183264, DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxad094.
- Zamora P, Reidy T, Armbruster C, Turner P, Chan B, Koff J, Van Tyne D, Bomberger J. 43 Bacteriophages that kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa induce heterogenous cellular responses in the airway epithelium. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2023, 22: s23-s24. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(23)00978-5.
- Castaneda D, Jangra S, Yurieva M, Martinek J, Callender M, Coxe M, Choi A, Diego J, Lin J, Wu T, Marches F, Chaussabel D, Yu P, Salner A, Aucello G, Koff J, Hudson B, Church S, Gorman K, Anguiano E, García-Sastre A, Williams A, Schotsaert M, Palucka K. Spatiotemporally organized immunomodulatory response to SARS-CoV-2 virus in primary human broncho-alveolar epithelia. IScience 2023, 26: 107374. PMID: 37520727, PMCID: PMC10374611, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107374.
- Rajagopalan G, Sun Y, Hu B, Harris Z, Stanely G, Koff J. Protracted Pulmonary Inflammation in IFN-gamma Deficient Mice Recovering From Cytokine Release Syndrome. 2023, a1386-a1386. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a1386.
- Geyer J, Krupa K, Harris Z, Sun Y, Sharma L, Würstle S, Hu B, Stanley G, Rajagopalan G, Pellot E, Koff J, Robinson J. A Novel Zinc (II) Porphyrin Is Synergistic with PEV2 Bacteriophage against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. Antibiotics 2023, 12: 735. PMID: 37107097, PMCID: PMC10135120, DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12040735.
- Consortium T, Files D, Aggarwal N, Albertson T, Auld S, Beitler J, Berger P, Burnham E, Calfee C, Cobb N, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Eklund M, Esserman L, Friedman E, Gandotra S, Khan K, Koff J, Kumar S, Liu K, Martin T, Matthay M, Meyer N, Obermiller T, Robinson P, Russell D, Thomas K, Wong F, Wunderink R, Wurfel M, Yen A, Youssef F, Darmanian A, Dzierba A, Garcia I, Gosek K, Madahar P, Mittel A, Muir J, Rosen A, Schicchi J, Serra A, Wahab R, Gibbs K, Landreth L, LaRose M, Parks L, Wynn A, Ittner C, Mangalmurti N, Reilly J, Harris D, Methukupally A, Patel S, Boerger L, Kazianis J, Higgins C, McKeehan J, Daniel B, Fields S, Hurst-Hopf J, Jauregui A, Swigart L, Blevins D, Nguyen C, Suarez A, Tanios M, Sarafian F, Shah U, Adelman M, Creel-Bulos C, Detelich J, Harris G, Nugent K, Spainhour C, Yang P, Haczku A, Hardy E, Harper R, Morrissey B, Sandrock C, Budinger G, Donnelly H, Singer B, Moskowitz A, Coleman M, Levitt J, Lu R, Henderson P, Asare A, Dunn I, Barragan A. Report of the first seven agents in the I-SPY COVID trial: a phase 2, open label, adaptive platform randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine 2023, 58: 101889. PMID: 36883141, PMCID: PMC9981330, DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101889.
- Patton M, Orihuela C, Harrod K, Bhuiyan M, Dominic P, Kevil C, Fort D, Liu V, Farhat M, Koff J, Lal C, Gaggar A, Richter R, Erdmann N, Might M, Gaggar A. COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation. Critical Care 2023, 27: 34. PMID: 36691080, PMCID: PMC9868503, DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04312-0.
- Hahn A, Sami I, Chaney H, Koumbourlis A, Del Valle Mojica C, Cochrane C, Chan B, Koff J. Bacteriophage Therapy for Pan-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Persons With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 2023, 11: 23247096231188243. PMID: 37515541, PMCID: PMC10387758, DOI: 10.1177/23247096231188243.
- Sun Y, Hu B, Stanley G, Harris ZM, Gautam S, Homer R, Koff JL, Rajagopalan G. IFN-γ Is Protective in Cytokine Release Syndrome-associated Extrapulmonary Acute Lung Injury. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2023, 68: 75-89. PMID: 36125351, PMCID: PMC9817908, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0117oc.
- Winzig F, Gandhi S, Lee A, Würstle S, Stanley G, Capuano I, Neuringer I, Koff J, Turner P, Chan B. Inhaled Bacteriophage Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Achromobacter. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2022, 95: 413-427. PMID: 36568830, PMCID: PMC9765334.
- Murray T, Stanley G, Koff J. Novel Approaches to Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2022, 43: 667-676. PMID: 36344073, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.06.008.
- Harris ZM, Sun Y, Joerns J, Clark B, Hu B, Korde A, Sharma L, Shin HJ, Manning EP, Placek L, Unutmaz D, Stanley G, Chun H, Sauler M, Rajagopalan G, Zhang X, Kang MJ, Koff JL. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition Is Protective in Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury. Oxidative Medicine And Cellular Longevity 2022, 2022: 9518592. PMID: 36193076, PMCID: PMC9526641, DOI: 10.1155/2022/9518592.
- Files DC, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Aggarwal NR, Asare AL, Beitler JR, Berger PA, Burnham EL, Cimino G, Coleman MH, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Gandotra S, Gibbs KW, Henderson PT, Ittner CAG, Jauregui A, Khan KT, Koff JL, Lang J, LaRose M, Levitt J, Lu R, McKeehan JD, Meyer NJ, Russell DW, Thomas KW, Eklund M, Esserman LJ, Liu KD, Esserman L, Calfee C, Liu K, Coleman M, Matthay M, Beitler J, Mittel A, Asare A, Yen A, Jauregui A, Crippa A, Suarez A, Serra A, Amin A, Rosen A, Dzierba A, Discacciati A, Haczku A, Barker A, Weisman A, Daniel B, Morrissey B, Ittner C, Jones C, Creel-Bulos C, Angelucci C, Files D, Russell D, Ng D, Burnham E, Youssef F, Chaparro-Rojas F, Harris G, Barot H, Su H, Garcia I, Sutter J, Dodin J, McKeehan J, Lee J, Kazianis J, Reilly J, Koff J, Detelich J, Lang J, Muir J, Thomas K, Khan K, Gosek K, Nugent K, Gibbs K, Yee K, Rodrigues L, Macias L, Orr L, Boerger L, Rosario-Remigio L, Kufa L, Huerta L, Tanios M, Reyes M, Eklund M, LaRose M, Adelman M, Juarez M, Jung M, Meyers M, Sternlieb M, Cobb N, Aggarwal N, Mangalmurti N, Meyer N, Jones P, Berger P, Henderson P, Saban P, Marshall P, Robinson P, Yang P, Madahar P, Nair R, Sonti R, Lee R, Wunderink R, Wahab R, Lupu R, Lu R, Kumar S, Auld S, Fields S, Wong F, Gandotra S, Pearson S, Whealon S, Albertson T, Obermiller T, Oliver T, Darmanian A, Schicchi J, Martinez E, Sarafian F, Nguyen J, Weiler-Lisowski B, Wyatt J, Blevins D, Melendrez M, Lopez B, Tzehaie H, Amosu O, Simonson A, Patel C, Levitt J, Hardy E, Lindgren B, Peterfreund G, Landreth L, Parks L, Aggarwal N. I-SPY COVID adaptive platform trial for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: rationale, design and operations. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e060664. PMID: 35667714, PMCID: PMC9170797, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060664.
- Uthaya Kumar DB, Motakis E, Yurieva M, Kohar V, Martinek J, Wu TC, Khoury J, Grassmann J, Lu M, Palucka K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Williams A. Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2022, 322: l822-l841. PMID: 35438006, PMCID: PMC9142163, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2021.
- Calfee C, Liu K, Asare A, Beitler J, Berger P, Coleman M, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Eklund M, Files D, Gandotra S, Gibbs K, Henderson P, Levitt J, Lu R, Matthay M, Meyer N, Russell D, Thomas K, Esserman L, Mittel A, Dzierba A, Madahar P, Serra A, Rosen A, Garcia I, Muir J, Schicchi J, Darmanian A, Wahab R, Gosek K, Auld S, Adelman M, Nugent K, Harris G, Creel-Bulos C, Yang P, Detelich J, Spainhour C, Cobb N, Sonti R, Orr L, Robinson P, Sarafian F, Martinez E, Jones P, Nguyen J, Obermiller T, Weiler-Lisowski B, Kufa L, Saba P, Wyatt J, Youssef F, Tanios M, Blevins D, Macias L, Suarez A, Reyes M, Jung M, Melendrez M, Rosario-Remigio L, Su H, Friedman E, Angelucci C, Chaparro-Rojas F, Sternlieb M, Sutter J, Whealon S, Nair R, Lopez B, Amosu O, Tzehaie H, Wunderink R, Patel C, Simonson A, Dodin J, Oliver T, Lupu R, Meyers M, Albertson T, Haczku A, Hardy E, Morrissey B, Juarez M, Pearson S, Lee R, Amin A, Jauregui A, Fields S, Ng D, Daniel B, Yee K, Jones C, Burnham E, McKeehan J, Ittner C, Reilly J, Mangalmurti N, Rodrigues L, Weisman A, Khan K, Wong S, Yen A, Peterfreund G, Kumar S, Marshall P, Huerta L, Lindgren B, Lee J, Barker A, Lang J, LaRose M, Landreth L, Parks L, Barot H, Koff J, Kazianis J, Boerger L. Clinical trial design during and beyond the pandemic: the I-SPY COVID trial. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 9-11. PMID: 35058620, PMCID: PMC8922451, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01617-x.
- Chan BK, Stanley G, Modak M, Koff JL, Turner PE. Bacteriophage therapy for infections in CF. Pediatric Pulmonology 2021, 56: s4-s9. PMID: 33434411, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25190.
- Conrad D, Billings J, Teneback C, Koff J, Rosenbluth D, Bailey B, Jain R. Multi-dimensional clinical phenotyping of a national cohort of adult cystic fibrosis patients. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2020, 20: 91-96. PMID: 32948498, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.08.010.
- Kale SD, Mehrkens BN, Stegman MM, Kastelberg B, Carnes H, McNeill RJ, Rizzo A, Karyala SV, Coutermarsh-Ott S, Fretz JA, Sun Y, Koff JL, Rajagopalan G. “Small” Intestinal Immunopathology Plays a “Big” Role in Lethal Cytokine Release Syndrome, and Its Modulation by Interferon-γ, IL-17A, and a Janus Kinase Inhibitor. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 1311. PMID: 32676080, PMCID: PMC7333770, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01311.
- Rajagopalan G, Coutermarsh-Ott S, Sun Y, Hu B, Harris Z, Stanley G, Koff J. IL-17A and IFN-gamma Play Distinct Roles in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Induced by a Staphylococcal Superantigen. 2020, a7708-a7708. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2020.201.1_meetingabstracts.a7708.
- Kortright KE, Chan BK, Koff JL, Turner PE. Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Cell Host & Microbe 2019, 25: 219-232. PMID: 30763536, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.01.014.
- Kalinowski A, Galen B, Ueki I, Sun Y, Mulenos A, Osafo-Addo A, Clark B, Joerns J, Liu W, Nadel J, Dela Cruz C, Koff J. Respiratory syncytial virus activates epidermal growth factor receptor to suppress interferon regulatory factor 1-dependent interferon-lambda and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Mucosal Immunology 2018, 11: 958-967. PMID: 29411775, PMCID: PMC6431552, DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.120.
- Wong CK, Smith CA, Sakamoto K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Goldstein DR. Aging Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis and Increases Influenza-Induced Mortality in Mice. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 199: 1060-1068. PMID: 28646038, PMCID: PMC5557035, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700397.
- Talwalkar JS, Koff JL, Lee HB, Britto CJ, Mulenos AM, Georgiopoulos AM. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Modulators: Implications for the Management of Depression and Anxiety in Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2017, 58: 343-354. PMID: 28576305, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2017.04.001.
- Koff J. Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2016, 37: i. DOI: 10.1016/s0272-5231(15)00164-1.
- Cystic FibrosisKoff, J.L.; Cystic Fibrosis; Clin Chest Med. Mar;37(1):xv-xvi., 2016
- Koff JL. Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2015, 37: xv-xvi. PMID: 26857777, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2015.12.001.
- Zhang PX, Cheng J, Zou S, D'Souza AD, Koff JL, Lu J, Lee PJ, Krause DS, Egan ME, Bruscia EM. Pharmacological modulation of the AKT/microRNA-199a-5p/CAV1 pathway ameliorates cystic fibrosis lung hyper-inflammation. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 6221. PMID: 25665524, PMCID: PMC4324503, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7221.
- Kalinowski A, Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Ballon-Landa E, Knoff D, Galen B, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2014, 307: l186-l196. PMID: 24838750, PMCID: PMC4101792, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2013.
- Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Kalinowski A, Ballon-Landa E, Lanier L, Nadel J, Koff J. Respiratory virus-induced EGFR activation suppresses IRF1-dependent Interferon-λ and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Journal Of Cell Biology 2013, 202: 2026oia89. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.2026oia89.
- Ueki IF, Min-Oo G, Kalinowski A, Ballon-Landa E, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. Respiratory virus–induced EGFR activation suppresses IRF1-dependent interferon λ and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2013, 210: 1929-1936. PMID: 23999497, PMCID: PMC3782052, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121401.
- Sayah DM, Koff JL, Leard LE, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP. Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection. Clinical Transplantation 2012, 27: e64-e71. PMID: 23278569, PMCID: PMC3558613, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12054.
- Koff JL, Shao MX, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Multiple TLRs activate EGFR via a signaling cascade to produce innate immune responses in airway epithelium. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2008, 294: l1068-l1075. PMID: 18375743, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00025.2008.
- Nakanaga T, Nadel JA, Ueki IF, Koff JL, Shao MX. Regulation of interleukin-8 via an airway epithelial signaling cascade. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2007, 292: l1289-l1296. PMID: 17220369, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00356.2006.
- Koff JL, Shao MX, Kim S, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Pseudomonas Lipopolysaccharide Accelerates Wound Repair via Activation of a Novel Epithelial Cell Signaling Cascade. The Journal Of Immunology 2006, 177: 8693-8700. PMID: 17142770, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.12.8693.
- Diaz J, Koff J, Gotway M, Nishimura S, Balmes J. Case Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006, 114: 759-762. PMID: 16675433, PMCID: PMC1459932, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8489.
- Aage J, Petersen K, Djurhuus C, Koff J, Vinter-Jensen L, Gregersen H. Endoscopic Sclerotherapy in Porcine Esophagus Changes Luminal Cross-Sectional Area and Wall Distensibility Dose- and Time-Dependently. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 1998, 43: 521-528. PMID: 9539646, DOI: 10.1023/a:1018802922374.
- Winchester Center for Lung DiseaseFitkin Memorial Pavilion789 Howard Avenue, Ste 2nd FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
Biography
Jonathan Koff, MD, a pulmonary and critical care physician, is director of the Yale Medicine Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program. He chose pulmonary medicine in part because his grandfather had emphysema. “I wanted to better understand how the disease affected him,” he says.
Dr. Koff was drawn to cystic fibrosis, which is usually diagnosed in childhood, because he was intrigued by the complexity of this genetic disease, which causes recurrent lung infections, and digestive and nutritional problems, among other issues. He works with a multidisciplinary team that includes a nurse, a nutritionist, a physical therapist, a social worker, and respiratory therapists. “We continue to see our patients do better clinically with the multidisciplinary team-based care approach,” he says. He is optimistic about new treatments for cystic fibrosis, such as recently approved therapies that target specific genetic mutations.
An associate professor of medicine (pulmonary) at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Koff also works in the medical intensive care unit at Yale New Haven Hospital, and conducts laboratory and translational research that focuses on viral infections in asthma and cystic fibrosis. He serves on the board of the Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Titles
- Associate Professor Term
- Associate Director, Fellowship Research, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Medical Director, Center for Phage Biology & Therapy, Yale University
- Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Education & Training
- FellowshipUniversity of California - San Francisco (2008)
- FellowshipUniversity of California - San Francisco (2008)
- MDCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2000)
- BAHamilton College, World Politics
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Clinical Research Scholars Program (CRSP): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2019)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Center Committee: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2019)
- Richard Matthay Excellence in Teaching; Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine Fellowship: Yale PCCSM (2018)
- Guest Editor, Clinics in Chest Medicine on Cystic Fibrosis: Clinics in Chest Medicine (2015), (2016)
- Liver Center Pilot Award: Yale Liver Center (2014)
- New Haven’s Finest: Connecticut Chapter, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2013)
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Center Quality Award (presented to Yale CF Center by national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2011), (2017)
- Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08 HL0923288): NIH (2009)
- Adult Care Excellence (PACE) Award: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2009)
- 5th Year Fellowship Award (RT 49233N): Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2008)
- UCSF (2019 - Present): Member
- UCSF (2015 - 2019): Member
- Board of Directors, Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (2014 - Present): Member
- American Thoracic Society, Respiratory, Cell, and Molecular Biology Assembly Mentoring Program (2014 - Present): Mentor
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, American Journal of Physiology- Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Cytokine, Drugs, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Thorax, European Respiratory Journal (2010 - Present): Reviewer
- American Thoracic Society (2003 - Present): Member
- Khosravi A, Chen Q, Echterhof A, Koff J, Bollyky P. Phage Therapy for Respiratory Infections: Opportunities and Challenges. Lung 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38772946, DOI: 10.1007/s00408-024-00700-7.
- Rajagopalan G, Tolentino J, Sun Y, Hu B, Koff J. Role of Staphylococcus Aureus Superantigens in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Inflammation. 2024, a6673-a6673. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a6673.
- Zamora P, Reidy T, Armbruster C, Sun M, Van Tyne D, Turner P, Koff J, Bomberger J. Lytic bacteriophages induce the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines from human respiratory epithelial cells. PLOS Biology 2024, 22: e3002566. PMID: 38652717, PMCID: PMC11037538, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002566.
- Murray T, Stanley G, Koff J. Novel Approaches to Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Cystic Fibrosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2024, 38: 149-162. PMID: 38280761, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.12.002.
- Würstle S, Lee A, Kortright K, Winzig F, An W, Stanley G, Rajagopalan G, Harris Z, Sun Y, Hu B, Blazanin M, Hajfathalian M, Bollyky P, Turner P, Koff J, Chan B. Optimized preparation pipeline for emergency phage therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa at Yale University. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 2657. PMID: 38302552, PMCID: PMC10834462, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52192-3.
- Dagher R, Moldobaeva A, Gubbins E, Clark S, Alfajaro M, Wilen C, Hawkins F, Qu X, Chiang C, Li Y, Clarke L, Ikeda Y, Brown C, Kolbeck R, Ma Q, Rojas M, Koff J, Ghaedi M. Human iPSC-Based Model of COPD to Investigate Disease Mechanisms, Predict SARS-COV-2 Outcome, and Test Preventive Immunotherapy. Stem Cells 2024, 42: 230-250. PMID: 38183264, DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxad094.
- Zamora P, Reidy T, Armbruster C, Turner P, Chan B, Koff J, Van Tyne D, Bomberger J. 43 Bacteriophages that kill Pseudomonas aeruginosa induce heterogenous cellular responses in the airway epithelium. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2023, 22: s23-s24. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(23)00978-5.
- Castaneda D, Jangra S, Yurieva M, Martinek J, Callender M, Coxe M, Choi A, Diego J, Lin J, Wu T, Marches F, Chaussabel D, Yu P, Salner A, Aucello G, Koff J, Hudson B, Church S, Gorman K, Anguiano E, García-Sastre A, Williams A, Schotsaert M, Palucka K. Spatiotemporally organized immunomodulatory response to SARS-CoV-2 virus in primary human broncho-alveolar epithelia. IScience 2023, 26: 107374. PMID: 37520727, PMCID: PMC10374611, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107374.
- Rajagopalan G, Sun Y, Hu B, Harris Z, Stanely G, Koff J. Protracted Pulmonary Inflammation in IFN-gamma Deficient Mice Recovering From Cytokine Release Syndrome. 2023, a1386-a1386. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a1386.
- Geyer J, Krupa K, Harris Z, Sun Y, Sharma L, Würstle S, Hu B, Stanley G, Rajagopalan G, Pellot E, Koff J, Robinson J. A Novel Zinc (II) Porphyrin Is Synergistic with PEV2 Bacteriophage against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections. Antibiotics 2023, 12: 735. PMID: 37107097, PMCID: PMC10135120, DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12040735.
- Consortium T, Files D, Aggarwal N, Albertson T, Auld S, Beitler J, Berger P, Burnham E, Calfee C, Cobb N, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Eklund M, Esserman L, Friedman E, Gandotra S, Khan K, Koff J, Kumar S, Liu K, Martin T, Matthay M, Meyer N, Obermiller T, Robinson P, Russell D, Thomas K, Wong F, Wunderink R, Wurfel M, Yen A, Youssef F, Darmanian A, Dzierba A, Garcia I, Gosek K, Madahar P, Mittel A, Muir J, Rosen A, Schicchi J, Serra A, Wahab R, Gibbs K, Landreth L, LaRose M, Parks L, Wynn A, Ittner C, Mangalmurti N, Reilly J, Harris D, Methukupally A, Patel S, Boerger L, Kazianis J, Higgins C, McKeehan J, Daniel B, Fields S, Hurst-Hopf J, Jauregui A, Swigart L, Blevins D, Nguyen C, Suarez A, Tanios M, Sarafian F, Shah U, Adelman M, Creel-Bulos C, Detelich J, Harris G, Nugent K, Spainhour C, Yang P, Haczku A, Hardy E, Harper R, Morrissey B, Sandrock C, Budinger G, Donnelly H, Singer B, Moskowitz A, Coleman M, Levitt J, Lu R, Henderson P, Asare A, Dunn I, Barragan A. Report of the first seven agents in the I-SPY COVID trial: a phase 2, open label, adaptive platform randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine 2023, 58: 101889. PMID: 36883141, PMCID: PMC9981330, DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101889.
- Patton M, Orihuela C, Harrod K, Bhuiyan M, Dominic P, Kevil C, Fort D, Liu V, Farhat M, Koff J, Lal C, Gaggar A, Richter R, Erdmann N, Might M, Gaggar A. COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation. Critical Care 2023, 27: 34. PMID: 36691080, PMCID: PMC9868503, DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04312-0.
- Hahn A, Sami I, Chaney H, Koumbourlis A, Del Valle Mojica C, Cochrane C, Chan B, Koff J. Bacteriophage Therapy for Pan-Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Persons With Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 2023, 11: 23247096231188243. PMID: 37515541, PMCID: PMC10387758, DOI: 10.1177/23247096231188243.
- Sun Y, Hu B, Stanley G, Harris ZM, Gautam S, Homer R, Koff JL, Rajagopalan G. IFN-γ Is Protective in Cytokine Release Syndrome-associated Extrapulmonary Acute Lung Injury. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2023, 68: 75-89. PMID: 36125351, PMCID: PMC9817908, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0117oc.
- Winzig F, Gandhi S, Lee A, Würstle S, Stanley G, Capuano I, Neuringer I, Koff J, Turner P, Chan B. Inhaled Bacteriophage Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Achromobacter. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2022, 95: 413-427. PMID: 36568830, PMCID: PMC9765334.
- Murray T, Stanley G, Koff J. Novel Approaches to Multidrug-Resistant Infections in Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2022, 43: 667-676. PMID: 36344073, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.06.008.
- Harris ZM, Sun Y, Joerns J, Clark B, Hu B, Korde A, Sharma L, Shin HJ, Manning EP, Placek L, Unutmaz D, Stanley G, Chun H, Sauler M, Rajagopalan G, Zhang X, Kang MJ, Koff JL. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition Is Protective in Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury. Oxidative Medicine And Cellular Longevity 2022, 2022: 9518592. PMID: 36193076, PMCID: PMC9526641, DOI: 10.1155/2022/9518592.
- Files DC, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Aggarwal NR, Asare AL, Beitler JR, Berger PA, Burnham EL, Cimino G, Coleman MH, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Gandotra S, Gibbs KW, Henderson PT, Ittner CAG, Jauregui A, Khan KT, Koff JL, Lang J, LaRose M, Levitt J, Lu R, McKeehan JD, Meyer NJ, Russell DW, Thomas KW, Eklund M, Esserman LJ, Liu KD, Esserman L, Calfee C, Liu K, Coleman M, Matthay M, Beitler J, Mittel A, Asare A, Yen A, Jauregui A, Crippa A, Suarez A, Serra A, Amin A, Rosen A, Dzierba A, Discacciati A, Haczku A, Barker A, Weisman A, Daniel B, Morrissey B, Ittner C, Jones C, Creel-Bulos C, Angelucci C, Files D, Russell D, Ng D, Burnham E, Youssef F, Chaparro-Rojas F, Harris G, Barot H, Su H, Garcia I, Sutter J, Dodin J, McKeehan J, Lee J, Kazianis J, Reilly J, Koff J, Detelich J, Lang J, Muir J, Thomas K, Khan K, Gosek K, Nugent K, Gibbs K, Yee K, Rodrigues L, Macias L, Orr L, Boerger L, Rosario-Remigio L, Kufa L, Huerta L, Tanios M, Reyes M, Eklund M, LaRose M, Adelman M, Juarez M, Jung M, Meyers M, Sternlieb M, Cobb N, Aggarwal N, Mangalmurti N, Meyer N, Jones P, Berger P, Henderson P, Saban P, Marshall P, Robinson P, Yang P, Madahar P, Nair R, Sonti R, Lee R, Wunderink R, Wahab R, Lupu R, Lu R, Kumar S, Auld S, Fields S, Wong F, Gandotra S, Pearson S, Whealon S, Albertson T, Obermiller T, Oliver T, Darmanian A, Schicchi J, Martinez E, Sarafian F, Nguyen J, Weiler-Lisowski B, Wyatt J, Blevins D, Melendrez M, Lopez B, Tzehaie H, Amosu O, Simonson A, Patel C, Levitt J, Hardy E, Lindgren B, Peterfreund G, Landreth L, Parks L, Aggarwal N. I-SPY COVID adaptive platform trial for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: rationale, design and operations. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e060664. PMID: 35667714, PMCID: PMC9170797, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060664.
- Uthaya Kumar DB, Motakis E, Yurieva M, Kohar V, Martinek J, Wu TC, Khoury J, Grassmann J, Lu M, Palucka K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Williams A. Bronchial epithelium epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity forms aberrant basaloid-like cells in vitro. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2022, 322: l822-l841. PMID: 35438006, PMCID: PMC9142163, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00254.2021.
- Calfee C, Liu K, Asare A, Beitler J, Berger P, Coleman M, Crippa A, Discacciati A, Eklund M, Files D, Gandotra S, Gibbs K, Henderson P, Levitt J, Lu R, Matthay M, Meyer N, Russell D, Thomas K, Esserman L, Mittel A, Dzierba A, Madahar P, Serra A, Rosen A, Garcia I, Muir J, Schicchi J, Darmanian A, Wahab R, Gosek K, Auld S, Adelman M, Nugent K, Harris G, Creel-Bulos C, Yang P, Detelich J, Spainhour C, Cobb N, Sonti R, Orr L, Robinson P, Sarafian F, Martinez E, Jones P, Nguyen J, Obermiller T, Weiler-Lisowski B, Kufa L, Saba P, Wyatt J, Youssef F, Tanios M, Blevins D, Macias L, Suarez A, Reyes M, Jung M, Melendrez M, Rosario-Remigio L, Su H, Friedman E, Angelucci C, Chaparro-Rojas F, Sternlieb M, Sutter J, Whealon S, Nair R, Lopez B, Amosu O, Tzehaie H, Wunderink R, Patel C, Simonson A, Dodin J, Oliver T, Lupu R, Meyers M, Albertson T, Haczku A, Hardy E, Morrissey B, Juarez M, Pearson S, Lee R, Amin A, Jauregui A, Fields S, Ng D, Daniel B, Yee K, Jones C, Burnham E, McKeehan J, Ittner C, Reilly J, Mangalmurti N, Rodrigues L, Weisman A, Khan K, Wong S, Yen A, Peterfreund G, Kumar S, Marshall P, Huerta L, Lindgren B, Lee J, Barker A, Lang J, LaRose M, Landreth L, Parks L, Barot H, Koff J, Kazianis J, Boerger L. Clinical trial design during and beyond the pandemic: the I-SPY COVID trial. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 9-11. PMID: 35058620, PMCID: PMC8922451, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01617-x.
- Chan BK, Stanley G, Modak M, Koff JL, Turner PE. Bacteriophage therapy for infections in CF. Pediatric Pulmonology 2021, 56: s4-s9. PMID: 33434411, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25190.
- Conrad D, Billings J, Teneback C, Koff J, Rosenbluth D, Bailey B, Jain R. Multi-dimensional clinical phenotyping of a national cohort of adult cystic fibrosis patients. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2020, 20: 91-96. PMID: 32948498, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.08.010.
- Kale SD, Mehrkens BN, Stegman MM, Kastelberg B, Carnes H, McNeill RJ, Rizzo A, Karyala SV, Coutermarsh-Ott S, Fretz JA, Sun Y, Koff JL, Rajagopalan G. “Small” Intestinal Immunopathology Plays a “Big” Role in Lethal Cytokine Release Syndrome, and Its Modulation by Interferon-γ, IL-17A, and a Janus Kinase Inhibitor. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 1311. PMID: 32676080, PMCID: PMC7333770, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01311.
- Rajagopalan G, Coutermarsh-Ott S, Sun Y, Hu B, Harris Z, Stanley G, Koff J. IL-17A and IFN-gamma Play Distinct Roles in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Induced by a Staphylococcal Superantigen. 2020, a7708-a7708. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2020.201.1_meetingabstracts.a7708.
- Kortright KE, Chan BK, Koff JL, Turner PE. Phage Therapy: A Renewed Approach to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Cell Host & Microbe 2019, 25: 219-232. PMID: 30763536, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.01.014.
- Kalinowski A, Galen B, Ueki I, Sun Y, Mulenos A, Osafo-Addo A, Clark B, Joerns J, Liu W, Nadel J, Dela Cruz C, Koff J. Respiratory syncytial virus activates epidermal growth factor receptor to suppress interferon regulatory factor 1-dependent interferon-lambda and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Mucosal Immunology 2018, 11: 958-967. PMID: 29411775, PMCID: PMC6431552, DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.120.
- Wong CK, Smith CA, Sakamoto K, Kaminski N, Koff JL, Goldstein DR. Aging Impairs Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis and Increases Influenza-Induced Mortality in Mice. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 199: 1060-1068. PMID: 28646038, PMCID: PMC5557035, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700397.
- Talwalkar JS, Koff JL, Lee HB, Britto CJ, Mulenos AM, Georgiopoulos AM. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Modulators: Implications for the Management of Depression and Anxiety in Cystic Fibrosis. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2017, 58: 343-354. PMID: 28576305, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2017.04.001.
- Koff J. Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2016, 37: i. DOI: 10.1016/s0272-5231(15)00164-1.
- Cystic FibrosisKoff, J.L.; Cystic Fibrosis; Clin Chest Med. Mar;37(1):xv-xvi., 2016
- Koff JL. Cystic Fibrosis. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2015, 37: xv-xvi. PMID: 26857777, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2015.12.001.
- Zhang PX, Cheng J, Zou S, D'Souza AD, Koff JL, Lu J, Lee PJ, Krause DS, Egan ME, Bruscia EM. Pharmacological modulation of the AKT/microRNA-199a-5p/CAV1 pathway ameliorates cystic fibrosis lung hyper-inflammation. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 6221. PMID: 25665524, PMCID: PMC4324503, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7221.
- Kalinowski A, Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Ballon-Landa E, Knoff D, Galen B, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. EGFR activation suppresses respiratory virus-induced IRF1-dependent CXCL10 production. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2014, 307: l186-l196. PMID: 24838750, PMCID: PMC4101792, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2013.
- Ueki I, Min-Oo G, Kalinowski A, Ballon-Landa E, Lanier L, Nadel J, Koff J. Respiratory virus-induced EGFR activation suppresses IRF1-dependent Interferon-λ and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Journal Of Cell Biology 2013, 202: 2026oia89. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.2026oia89.
- Ueki IF, Min-Oo G, Kalinowski A, Ballon-Landa E, Lanier LL, Nadel JA, Koff JL. Respiratory virus–induced EGFR activation suppresses IRF1-dependent interferon λ and antiviral defense in airway epithelium. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2013, 210: 1929-1936. PMID: 23999497, PMCID: PMC3782052, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121401.
- Sayah DM, Koff JL, Leard LE, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP. Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection. Clinical Transplantation 2012, 27: e64-e71. PMID: 23278569, PMCID: PMC3558613, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12054.
- Koff JL, Shao MX, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Multiple TLRs activate EGFR via a signaling cascade to produce innate immune responses in airway epithelium. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2008, 294: l1068-l1075. PMID: 18375743, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00025.2008.
- Nakanaga T, Nadel JA, Ueki IF, Koff JL, Shao MX. Regulation of interleukin-8 via an airway epithelial signaling cascade. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2007, 292: l1289-l1296. PMID: 17220369, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00356.2006.
- Koff JL, Shao MX, Kim S, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Pseudomonas Lipopolysaccharide Accelerates Wound Repair via Activation of a Novel Epithelial Cell Signaling Cascade. The Journal Of Immunology 2006, 177: 8693-8700. PMID: 17142770, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.12.8693.
- Diaz J, Koff J, Gotway M, Nishimura S, Balmes J. Case Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006, 114: 759-762. PMID: 16675433, PMCID: PMC1459932, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8489.
- Aage J, Petersen K, Djurhuus C, Koff J, Vinter-Jensen L, Gregersen H. Endoscopic Sclerotherapy in Porcine Esophagus Changes Luminal Cross-Sectional Area and Wall Distensibility Dose- and Time-Dependently. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 1998, 43: 521-528. PMID: 9539646, DOI: 10.1023/a:1018802922374.
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