Toonkel, Rebecca

Toonkel, Rebecca
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Assistant Professor, Humanities, Health and Society , Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

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rtoonkel@fiu.edu

overview

Rebecca L. Toonkel, Associate Professor of Medicine, received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004. She completed residency training in internal medicine at Columbia University of New York in 2007 and then went on to complete a three year basic science research fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine in 2010. In 2012, she completed a clinical fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Osteoporosis: A Small-Group Case-Based Learning Activity
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11176
- 2020
  
  Taking CBL to the Lecture Hall: a Comparison of Outcomes Between Traditional Small Group CBL and a Novel Large Group Team-Based CBL Teaching Method. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR. 30:227-233.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-019-00871-6 Web of Science: 000624424700043
- 2017
  
  Allogeneic Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis via Intravenous Delivery (AETHER) A Phase I Safety Clinical Trial. CHEST. 151:971-981.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.061 PMID: 27890713 Web of Science: 000402798000015
- 2015
  
  Therapeutic benefits of young, but not old, adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a chronic mouse model of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. 166:554-567.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2015.09.004 PMID: 26432923 Web of Science: 000366444400004
- 2010
  
  Sarcoidosis-associated fibrosing mediastinitis with resultant pulmonary hypertension: A case report and review of the literature
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1159/000243786
- 2004
  
  Erythropoietin-Deficient Anemia Associated with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type I
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10441
- 1999
  
  The psychosocial aspects of breast cancer
- 1999
  
  Infiltrating breast carcinoma smaller than 0.5 Centimeters: Is lymph node dissection necessary?
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990515)85:10<2206::AID-CNCR15>3.0.CO;2-7
- The influence of Hispanic ethnicity on nonsmall cell lung cancer histology and patient survival: An analysis of the Survival, Epidemiology, and End Results database
Book Chapter
- 2019
  
  Stem cell based therapy for lung disease preclinical evidence for the role of stem/stromal cells clinical application of stem/stromal cells in lung fibrosis. 119-130.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29403-8_7
- 2010
  
  The Gender-Specific Aspects of Lung Cancer. 260-269.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374271-1.00023-X
Conference
- 2009
  
  Genomics of Lung Cancer. 152-158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1513/pats.200807-076LC
Editorial Material
- 2018
  
  High Stakes Direct to Consumer Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Treatments for Lung Disease. CHEST. 1294-1295.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.01.051 PMID: 29884248 Web of Science: 000434249300009
- 2014
  
  Moving stem cell therapy to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. RESPIROLOGY. 950-951.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/resp.12364 PMID: 25124287 Web of Science: 000342129800003
Letter
- 2013
  
  Reply. 253-254.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201302-0244LE
- 1999
  
  Infiltrating breast carcinoma smaller than 0.5 centimeters: Is lymph node dissection necessary? [2] (multiple letters). 2186-2187.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991115)86:10<2186::AID-CNCR44>3.0.CO;2-0
Meeting Abstract
- 2016
  
  Safety And Tolerability Of Intravenous Bone Marrow-Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis-The Aether Study (nct 2013700). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.
  Web of Science: 000390749606204
Note
- 2003
  
  Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. 497-500.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.08.005
Review
- 2018
  
  Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00142 Web of Science: 000432590000003
- 2013
  
  Mesenchymal stem cells and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis potential for clinical testing. 133-140.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201207-1204PP
- 2010
  
  TGF-β signaling pathway in lung adenocarcinoma invasion. 153-157.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181c8cc0c

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