Pathology

John Kemp, MD

Portrait

Mailing Address

Office: C671 GH
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: +1 319 384 9611
Email: john-kemp@uiowa.edu

Office/Lab Address

Office/Lab: C612 GH
Iowa City IA, 52242
Phone: +1 319 384 9611

Education

BA, Political Science, Indiana University, 1971
MD, Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1975
Residency, Anatomic Pathology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1977
Fellowship, Immunology, Yale University, 1980
Residency, Laboratory Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1982

Appointments

Primary: Pathology

Center and Program Affiliations

  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics

Research Interests

autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, immunology, immunopathology, immunoregulation, immunotherapy

Research Summary

Administration:

As the Associate Chair for Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement, my goal is to facilitate innovation in Pathology as well as collaboration with other UIHC providers as we all seek to provide high quality medical care in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner. Education/Research:
Pathology Departments can and should play a much more significant role in the education of future biomedical scientists. In support of that goal, I created a new model course for teaching the pathogenesis of major human diseases to 1st and 2nd year graduate students in the biomedical sciences.
Service/Research:
Principal interests are basic Immunology and diagnostic Immunopathology. Prior research has involved autoimmunity, immunoregulation, immunodeficiency, immunotherapy, and the study of the structure of the human transferrin receptor gene.

Publications

  • Askeland, R, McGrane, S, Reifert, D, Kemp, J. Enhancing transfusion safety with an innovative bar-code-based tracking system. Healthc Q 12 Spec No Patient:85-9, 2009. [PubMed]
  • Askeland, R W, McGrane, S, Levitt, J S, Dane, S K, Greene, D L, Vandeberg, J A, Walker, K, Porcella, A, Herwaldt, L A, Carmen, L T, Kemp, J D. Improving transfusion safety: implementation of a comprehensive computerized bar code-based tracking system for detecting and preventing errors. Transfusion 48(7):1308-17, 2008. [PubMed]
  • Dee, F, Haugen, T, Wynn, P, Leaven, T, Kemp, J, Cohen, M. A Web-based database for pathology faculty effort reporting. Hum Pathol 39(4):489-97, 2008. [PubMed]
  • Bell, A M, Kemp, J D, Raife, T J. A comparative labor productivity analysis of blood collection centers. Transfusion 48(2):258-263, 2008. 
  • Reifert, D, Greene, D, Hillberry, C, Askeland, R, Kemp, J. Further data driven indications of enhanced patient safety with a barcode-based computerized tracking system. TRANSFUSION 48(2):285A-285A, SEP 2008.
  • Weydert, J, Nobbs, N, Feld, R, Kemp, J. A simple, focused, computerized query to detect overutilization of laboratory tests. Arch Pathol Lab Med 129(9):1141-3, 2005. [PubMed]
  • Kemp, J D, Bowser R.  PhD Graduate Training Programs in Pathology: 2003 report from the American Society for Investigator Pathology Workshop on Pathology Graduate Education. Hum Pathol 35(7);785-9, 2004.
  • Olakanmi, O, Rasmussen, G, Lewis, T, Stokes, J, Kemp, J, Britigan, B. Multivalent metal-induced iron acquisition from transferrin and lactoferrin by myeloid cells. J Immunol 169(4):2076-84, 2002. [PubMed]
  • Cerhan, J R, Wallace, R B, Dick, F, Kemp, J, Parker, A S, Zheng, W, Sellers, T A, Folsom, A R. Blood transfusions and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma subtypes and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 10(4):361-8, 2001. [PubMed]
  • Kovár, J, Kemp, J D. Unexpected effects of albumin on apoptosis induction by deferoxamine in vitro. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 36(3):151-2, 2000. [PubMed]