Mark Looney, MD

Education

Professional Experience

• 1995
  NIH Medical Student Research Fellow, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 1998-2001
  Intern and Resident, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• 2001-2004
  Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• 2004-present
  Attending Physician, Moffitt-Long Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
• 2004-2005
  Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• 2006-2011
  Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• 2008-2011
  Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of California, San Francisco
• 2011-present
  Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
• 2011-present
  Member, UCSF Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Honors & Awards

• 1994
  Summa cum laude, Lipscomb University
• 1995
  McGraw-Hill Award for Academic Achievement, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 1996
  Herman Bensdorf Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 1997
  Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 1998
  Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Graduate Award, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 1998
  Faculty Medal for Academic Achievement, University of Tennessee, Memphis
• 2002
  Will Rogers Fellowship Award, University of California, San Francisco
• 2004
  GlaxoSmithKline Pulmonary Fellowship Award
• 2009
  Carl Booberg Research Award, American Thoracic Society
• 2010
  Jean Julliard Prize, International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
• 2013
  Member, The American Society for Clinical Investigation

Selected Publications

1. Santhosh L, Babik J, Looney MR, Hollander H. Whither the Pulmonary Ward Attending? Preserving Subspecialty Exposure in United States Internal Medicine Residency Training. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Apr; 14(4):565-568.
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2. Lefrançais E, Ortiz-Muñoz G, Caudrillier A, Mallavia B, Liu F, Sayah DM, Thornton EE, Headley MB, David T, Coughlin SR, Krummel MF, Leavitt AD, Passegué E, Looney MR. The lung is a site of platelet biogenesis and a reservoir for haematopoietic progenitors. Nature. 2017 Mar 22.
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3. Hamid U, Krasnodembskaya A, Fitzgerald M, Shyamsundar M, Kissenpfennig A, Scott C, Lefrancais E, Looney MR, Verghis R, Scott J, Simpson AJ, McNamee J, McAuley DF, O'Kane CM. Aspirin reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary inflammation in human models of ARDS. Thorax. 2017 Jan 12.
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4. Panka BA, de Grooth HJ, Spoelstra-de Man AM, Looney MR, Tuinman PR. Prevention or Treatment of Ards With Aspirin: A Review of Preclinical Models and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Studies. Shock. 2017 Jan; 47(1):13-21.
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5. Toy P, Kleinman SH, Looney MR. Proposed revised nomenclature for transfusion-related acute lung injury. Transfusion. 2016 Dec 26.
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6. Roubinian NH, Hendrickson JE, Triulzi DJ, Gottschall JL, Chowdhury D, Kor DJ, Looney MR, Matthay MA, Kleinman SH, Brambilla D, Murphy EL. Incidence and clinical characteristics of transfusion-associated circulatory overload using an active surveillance algorithm. Vox Sang. 2016 Dec 21.
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7. Rossaint J, Kühne K, Skupski J, Van Aken H, Looney MR, Hidalgo A, Zarbock A. Directed transport of neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles enables platelet-mediated innate immune response. Nat Commun. 2016 Nov 15; 7:13464.
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8. Chong SZ, Evrard M, Devi S, Chen J, Lim JY, See P, Zhang Y, Adrover JM, Lee B, Tan L, Li JL, Liong KH, Phua C, Balachander A, Boey A, Liebl D, Tan SM, Chan JK, Balabanian K, Harris JE, Bianchini M, Weber C, Duchene J, Lum J, Poidinger M, Chen Q, Rénia L, Wang CI, Larbi A, Randolph GJ, Weninger W, Looney MR, Krummel MF, Biswas SK, Ginhoux F, Hidalgo A, Bachelerie F, Ng LG. CXCR4 identifies transitional bone marrow premonocytes that replenish the mature monocyte pool for peripheral responses. J Exp Med. 2016 Oct 17; 213(11):2293-2314.
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9. Henry TS, Naeger DM, Looney MR, Elicker BM. Dyspnea and Pulmonary Hypertension with Diffuse Centrilobular Nodules. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Oct; 13(10):1858-1860.
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10. Naikawadi RP, Disayabutr S, Mallavia B, Donne ML, Green G, La JL, Rock JR, Looney MR, Wolters PJ. Telomere dysfunction in alveolar epithelial cells causes lung remodeling and fibrosis. JCI Insight. 2016 Sep 08; 1(14):e86704.
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11. Toy P, Kleinman SH, Looney MR. Reply to concerns regarding dropping the term "possible TRALI". Transfusion. 2016 Sep; 56(9):2394-5.
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12. Headley MB, Bins A, Nip A, Roberts EW, Looney MR, Gerard A, Krummel MF. Visualization of immediate immune responses to pioneer metastatic cells in the lung. Nature. 2016 Mar 24; 531(7595):513-7.
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13. Mallavia B, Liu F, Sheppard D, Looney MR. Inhibiting Integrin avß5 Reduces Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in an Orthotopic Lung Transplant Model in Mice. Am J Transplant. 2016 Apr; 16(4):1306-11.
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14. Caudrillier A, Mallavia B, Rouse L, Marschner S, Looney MR. Transfusion of Human Platelets Treated with Mirasol Pathogen Reduction Technology Does Not Induce Acute Lung Injury in Mice. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0133022.
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15. Looney MR. Selectin' for NETs. Blood. 2015 Jul 9; 126(2):129-30.
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16. Ortiz-Muñoz G, Looney MR. Non-invasive Intratracheal Instillation in Mice. Bio Protoc. 2015; 5(12).
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17. Sayah DM, Mallavia B, Looney MR. Reply: neutrophil extracellular traps in primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 May 1; 191(9):1089.
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18. Bose O, Baluk P, Looney MR, Cheng LE, McDonald DM, Caughey GH, Krummel MF. Mast cells present protrusions into blood vessels upon tracheal allergen challenge in mice. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0118513.
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19. Roubinian NH, Looney MR, Kor DJ, Lowell CA, Gajic O, Hubmayr RD, Gropper MA, Koenigsberg M, Wilson GA, Matthay MA, Toy P, Murphy EL. Cytokines and clinical predictors in distinguishing pulmonary transfusion reactions. Transfusion. 2015 Aug; 55(8):1838-46.
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20. Sayah DM, Mallavia B, Liu F, Ortiz-Muñoz G, Caudrillier A, DerHovanessian A, Ross DJ, Lynch JP, Saggar R, Ardehali A. Neutrophil extracellular traps are pathogenic in primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Feb 15; 191(4):455-63.
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