Dr. Jussi J. Saukkonen MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
725 Albany Street Shapiro 9, Suite B Boston MA, 02118About
Dr. Jussi Saukkonen practices Pulmonology in Boston, MA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Saukkonen manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Board Certification
Allergy and ImmunologyAmerican Board of Allergy and ImmunologyABAI
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Costimulation of CD28- T cells through CD3 and beta1-integrins induces a limited Th1 cytokine response.
- Differential roles of Toll-like receptors in the elicitation of proinflammatory responses by macrophages.
- [Incidence of free nucleotides in dormant and growing tissue].
- Effect of 5-fluorouracil on a uracil-requiring mutant of Escherichia coli.
- Patterns of cellular controls operating in bacteriophage reproduction. I. Effect of 5-fluorouracil in the multiplication of several coliphages.
- Effects of fluoropyrimidines on the synthesis of bacterial proteins and nucleic acids.
- Patterns of cellular controls operating in bacteriophage reproduction. II. Effect of 5-fluorouracil on metabolic events in bacteria infected with coliphage T2r.
- [Nobel Prize winners in medicine and physiology 1962].
- [Molecular biology, the chemical basis of genetics].
- Acid-soluble nucleotides of Staphylococcus aureus. III. Studies on the mode of action of penicillin.
- Acid-soluble nucleotides of Staphylococcus aureus. II. Methods of preparation.
- Serological crossreactivity between a ribitol teichoic acid and a component of Escherichia coli.
- Concentration of blood group anti-sera. A simple technique.
- INEXPENSIVE AND PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY.
- Acid-soluble nucleotides of Staphylococcus aureus: massive accumulation of a derivative of cytidine diphosphate in the presence of penicillin.
Awards
- 1994 Local Hero Award American Lung Association Of
Fellowships
- Boston University, Fellow:Pulmonary/Critical Care 1989
- Boston University Medical Ctr Hospital, Fellow:Allergy and Immunology 2000
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