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Anne H. Rowley, MD
	a-rowley@northwestern.edu

Education
	Year	Degree	Institution
	1982	MD	SUNY Upstate Medical School
	1978	B.A.	Colgate University

Work Experience
	Period	Description	Organization
	October 1998 - Present	Attending Physician, The Division of Infectious Diseases	The Children's Memorial Hospital
	July 1993 - June 1998	Division Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases	Loyola University Medical Center
	January 1989 - June 1993	Attending Physician, The Division of Infectious Diseases	The Children's Memorial Hospital

Research Interests
	Our laboratory studies the pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease, the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed nations. Our goal is to determine the pathogenesis of the illness, so that a diagnostic test can be developed, therapy improved, and the illness ultimately prevented.

Recent Publications

Rowley AH et al (August, 2004). Detection of antigen in bronchial epithelium and macrophages in acute Kawasaki Disease by use of synthetic antibody. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Rowley AH et al (2001). Oligoclonal IgA response in the vascular wall in acute Kawasaki Disease. The Journal of Immunology.
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Brown TJ et al (2001). CD8+T cells and macrophages infiltrate coronary artery anerusyms in acute Kawasaki Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Rowley AH et al (2000). IgA plasma cell infiltration of proximal respiratory tract, pancreas, kidney, and coronary artery in acute Kawasaki disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Rowley AH et al (December, 1997). IgA plasma cells in vascular tissue of patients with Kawasaki Syndrome. The Journal of Immunology: 5946-5955.

Awards/Honors

1981 - Alpha Omega Alpha

1977 - Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Service
	October 2002 - Present	Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology/Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
	October 1998 - September 2002	Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology/Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
	July 1998 - September 1998	Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology/Immunology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
	July 1993 - June 1998	Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology/Immunology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
	January 1989 - June 1993	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School