Gregory Downey, MD
Enriched profileExecutive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, National Jewish Health · National Jewish Health
Gregory Downey is Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, National Jewish Health at National Jewish Health. OpenAlex indexes 334 publications with 21,561 citations (h-index 79); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 18 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Gregory Downey, MD, is Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, National Jewish Health. The public record shows 334 publications with 21,561 citations (h-index 79), centered on Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies, 8 NIH-funded awards (1987–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2023 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Top research focus: Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 5 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 10 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 195.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 18 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Saracatinib in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sponsor: National Jewish Health
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202512 payments
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEDProgram year20251 payment
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedProgram year20221 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Respiratory
63.1%beta2-Adrenergic Agonist32.8%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa53%Ventolin Hfa48%Part D<11 patientsCorticosteroid30.3%Arnuity Ellipta100%Part D<11 patientsCancer & immunology
18.9%Kinase inhibitor18.9%Ofev100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
18%Corticosteroid18%Prednisone100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 18 Oct 2026
8 NIH research awards on record, funded 1987–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- 1/2 Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab in Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
National Jewish Health
FY2026$1,000,770UG3HL183035 - Repurposing Pyrvinium as an Inhalation Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Oleolive, Inc.
FY2025$309,418R41HL180136
Publications
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Considerations in Selecting Venues for the American Thoracic Society International Conference: Balancing Competing Priorities of the Society's Diverse Membership.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Letter2023 - Be the Change: Advancing Lung Health and Closing the Global Healthcare Gap.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Editorial2022 - Reply: Experimental Acute Lung Injury in Animals: With Age Comes Knowledge.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
Letter2022 - PTPα promotes fibroproliferative responses after acute lung injury.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
Article2022
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Efficacy and Safety of Sirolimus in LymphangioleiomyomatosisArticle1,105 citations2011
- 03Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species as signaling molecules regulating neutrophil functionArticle708 citations2006
- 04Mechanics of Stimulated Neutrophils: Cell Stiffening Induces Retention in CapillariesArticle597 citations1989
- 05Neutrophil activation and acute lung injuryArticle428 citations2001
Network
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/gregory-downey-md
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Mentions by others
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cts-sct.ca/speaker/dr-gregory-downey-2
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nationaljewish.org/doctors-departments/gregory-p-downey
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thoracic.org/about/newsroom/press-releases/conference/leadership-for-2022-2023.php
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Background & recognition
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →nationaljewish.org ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →nationaljewish.org ↗
- Board certification in Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases, and Critical Care
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Awards & honors
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- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →nationaljewish.org ↗
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Medicine
Pediatrics, and Immunology and Genomic Medicine, National Jewish Health
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National Jewish Health
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University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Media & interviews
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