Jorg Goronzy, M.D., Ph.D.

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Jörg J. Goronzy received his medical degree from the University of Aachen and his Dr. med. from the University of Bonn in Germany in 1979. He completed a Dr. habil degree in Medical Sciences at the University of Heidelberg in 1988. He did clinical training as a resident at Hannover Medical School in Germany and completed a fellowship in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University Medical Center in California. From 1990 to 2003, Dr. Goronzy was on the faculty of the Mayo Medical and Graduate School, where during the last four years he was Professor of Medicine and Immunology. At the Mayo Clinic, he served as the Codirector of the Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapeutics Program in the Department of Medicine. In 2004, Dr. Goronzy joined the Emory University School of Medicine as Professor of Medicine and Codirector of the Kathleen B. and Mason I. Lowance Center for Human Immunology. Dr. Goronzy is a leading researcher in the field of immunobiology of autoimmune disease. His research has focused on molecular pathways regulating the function of T lymphocytes in protective and pathologic immune responses. Dr. Goronzy's work on how humans generate, select and maintain immuno-competent cells over lifetime has led to insights into mechanisms of immune aging and the effect of aging on autoimmunity and the ability to generate protective immune responses. Among his awards are the Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology and the Department of Medicine Outstanding Investigator Award from the Mayo Foundation. A member of several professional societies and research committees, Dr. Goronzy was elected to the American Association of Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is author or coauthor of over two hundred publications. He serves on editorial boards and is associate editor of Arthritis Research &Therapy, Autoimmunity, and Arthritis and Rheumatism.