Jonathan Witonsky, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Dr. Jonathan Witonsky is an allergist and immunologist who cares for children and adolescents with atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food allergy. His research interests lie in the application of clinical, socioenvironmental, and genomic data to predict asthma-related outcomes among pediatric populations facing a disproportionate burden of the condition.

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Dr. Witonsky earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in allergy and immunology at UCSF.

Awards

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• Catalyst Award, American Lung Association, 2023-2024
• Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Award, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH, 2023-2024
• Training in Clinical Research Master’s Program Outstanding Thesis Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2022
• Clinical Research Informatics Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2021-2023
• Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 2020-2021
• Distinction in Research in Translational Science, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2017
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2016

Education & Training

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• Allergy and Immunology Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2022
• MAS Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 06/2022
• Pediatrics Residency University of California, San Francisco 06/2019
• MD Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine 05/2017

Grants and Projects

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• Improving Prediction of Asthma-related Outcomes with Genetic Ancestry-informed Lung Function Equations, NIH/NHLBI, 2023-2028

Publications (10)

Top publication keywords:
Forced Expiratory VolumeHaplotypesVital CapacityAir PollutantsSocietiesOmalizumabAnti-Asthmatic AgentsChildSpirometryRespiratory Physiological PhenomenaAir PollutionPollenEmergency Service, HospitalAsthmaHospitalization

• Race/Ethnicity and Clinical Prediction Algorithms for Childhood Asthma.
  NEJM evidence 2023 Witonsky J, Burchard EG
• Similar response to omalizumab in children with allergic asthma from different racial backgrounds.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2023 Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Millette LA, Holweg CTJ, Ko J, Raut P, Borrell LN
• Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023 Bhakta NR, Bime C, Kaminsky DA, McCormack MC, Thakur N, Stanojevic S, Baugh AD, Braun L, Lovinsky-Desir S, Adamson R, Witonsky J, Wise RA, Levy SD, Brown R, Forno E, Cohen RT, Johnson M, Balmes J, …
• Genetic Ancestry to Improve Precision of Race/Ethnicity-based Lung Function Equations in Children.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022 Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Eng C, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG
• Race- and Ethnicity-Based Spirometry Reference Equations: Are They Accurate for Genetically Admixed Children?
  Chest 2022 Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Eng C, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG

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• Racial/ethnic differences in eligibility for asthma biologics among pediatric populations.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2021 Wohlford EM, Huang PF, Elhawary JR, Millette LA, Contreras MG, Witonsky J, Holweg CTJ, Oh SS, Lee C, Merenda C, Rabin RL, Araojo R, Mak ACY, Eng CS, Hu D, Huntsman S, LeNoir MA, Rodríguez-Santana JR, …
• Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine - A Time for Reckoning with Racism.
  The New England journal of medicine 2021 Borrell LN, Elhawary JR, Fuentes-Afflick E, Witonsky J, Bhakta N, Wu AHB, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Lenoir MA, Gavin JR, Kittles RA, Zaitlen NA, Wilkes DS, Powe NR, Ziv E, Burchard EG
• The association of environmental, meteorological, and pollen count variables with asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the Bronx.
  The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2018 Witonsky J, Abraham R, Toh J, Desai T, Shum M, Rosenstreich D, Jariwala SP
• Genetic Determinants of Telomere Length in African American Youth.
  Scientific reports 2018 Zeiger AM, White MJ, Eng C, Oh SS, Witonsky J, Goddard PC, Contreras MG, Elhawary JR, Hu D, Mak ACY, Lee EY, Keys KL, Samedy LA, Risse-Adams O, Magaña J, Huntsman S, Salazar S, Davis A, Meade K, …
• A haplotype map of the human genome.
  Nature 2005 International HapMap Consortium