Jill Ann (Musika) Ohar, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Section on Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Indiana University 1969-1970
Muhlenberg College B.S. 1970-1973
Medical College of Pennsylvania M.D. 1973-1977
Research & Clinical Interests
Primary area of interest is the genetics of inhalational diseases such as COPD, asbestosis and mesothelioma. Additional interests include Asthma and Smoking Cessation.
Selected Publications: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Fitzgerald RH Jr, Spiro TE, Trowbridge AA, Gardiner GA Jr, Whitsett TL, OConnell MB, Ohar JA, Young TR. Prevention of venous thromboembolic disease following primary total knee arthroplasty. A randomized, multicenter, open-label, parallel-group comparis of enoxaparin and warfarin. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2001 Jun;83-A(6):900-6.
Xu J, Meyers DA, Sterling DA, Zheng SL, Catalona WJ, Cramer SD, Bleecker ER, Ohar J. Association studies of serum prostate-specific anigen levels and the genetic polymorphisms at the androgen receptor and prostate-specific antigen genes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Jul;11(7):664-9.
Xu J, Zheng SL, Komiya A, Mychaleckyj JC, Isaacs SD, Hu JJ, Sterling D, Lange EM, Hawkins GA, Turner A, Ewing CM, Faith DA, Johnson JR, Suzuki H, Bujnovszky P, Wiley KE, DeMarzo AM, Bova GS, Chang B, Hall MC, McCullough DL, Partin AW, Kassabian VS, Carpten JD, Bailey-Wilson JE, Trent JM, Ohar J, Bleecker ER, Walsh PC, Isaacs WB, Meyers DA. Germline mutations and sequence variants of the Macrophage Scavenger Receptor 1 gene are associated with prostate cancer risk in Caucasian and African-American men. Nature Genetics. 2002 Oct;32(2):321-5.
Selected Publications: INVITED REVIEWS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Donohue JF, Ohar JA. New combination therapies for asthma. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 2001 Mar;7(2):62-8.
Ohar JA and Espiritu JDR. Mesothelioma: An Emerging Epidemic. Pulmonary Perspectives. 2001;18:1-3.
Ruppel G and Ohar JA. Spirometry Made Simple. Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care. 2001 Nov;10(9):65.
Donohue JF, Ohar JA. Inflammation and Treatment in Asthma and COPD. PCCU online.
Ohar JA and Bleecker ER. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Guidelines: Treatment of Asthma. Current Review of Asthma. 2003,14:123-134.