Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Louisiana State University, 1988
• PhD, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1993
• MD, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1995

Training

• Residency, Pediatric Internship; Chief Residency in Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Sciences, 1995 - 1999
• Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 1999 - 2003

Licensure and Board Certification

• 1993 - 1996USMLE, Parts I, II, and III
• 1996 - 1999Arkansas State Medical Board
• 1998American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Certification
• 2003American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Certification, recertification 2013
• 2003 - PresTexas State Medical Board
• 2007Maintenance of Pediatrics Board Certification Exam
• 2021Missouri State Medical License (pending)

Honors and Awards

• LSU-S Academic Scholarship, Omicron Delta Kappa, Honor Society, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, 1985 - 1988
• Doctor-Patient Relationship Award, Shreveport Medical Society, 1995
• Debra H. Fiser Award for Excellence in Critical Care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 1998
• Donald E. Hill Memorial Award for Excellence in Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 1998
• Pediatric Research Fellowship Award, $90k (peer-reviewed competitive award for fellowship funding), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2000 - 2002
• Research Grant Awards, Children’s Medical Center Foundation (2002, 2003), 2002
• Outstanding Teacher. Award from Medical Student Class of 2010, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2007 - 2008
• Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in Dallas, D Magazine, Dallas, Texas. (2010, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021), 2010
• Research Mentor Award, CMC-Dallas Pediatric Residency training program, 2013
• Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award, awarded by the Society for Pediatric Research, 2022

Recent Publications view all (50)

Publication Co-Authors

Avraham Beigelman, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Michelle Gill, MD, PhD

1. Dill-McFarland KA, Schwartz JT, Zhao H, Shao B, Fulkerson PC, Altman MC, Gill MA. Eosinophil-mediated suppression and Anti-IL-5 enhancement of plasmacytoid dendritic cell interferon responses in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022. PMID:35413355 
2. McCauley KE, Flynn K, Calatroni A, DiMassa V, LaMere B, Fadrosh DW, Lynch KV, Gill MA, Pongracic JA, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Liu AH, Johnson CC, Kim H, Kattan M, O'Connor GT, Bacharier LB, Teach SJ, Gergen PJ, Wheatley LM, Togias A, LeBeau P, Presnell S, Boushey HA, Busse WW, Gern JE, Jackson DJ, Altman MC, Lynch SV, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases–sponsored Inner-City Asthma Consortium.. Seasonal airway microbiome and transcriptome interactions promote childhood asthma exacerbations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022. PMID:35149044 
3. Vesper S, Wymer L, Kroner J, Pongracic JA, Zoratti EM, Little FF, Wood RA, Kercsmar CM, Gruchalla RS, Gill MA, Kattan M, Teach SJ, Patel S, Johnson CC, Bacharier LB, Gern JE, Jackson DJ, Sigelman SM, Togias A, Liu AH, Busse WW, Khurana Hershey GK. Association of mold levels in urban children's homes with difficult-to-control asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021. PMID:34606833 
4. da Silva Antunes R, Sutherland A, Frazier A, Schulten V, Pomés A, Glesner J, Calatroni A, Altman MC, Wood RA, O'Connor GT, Pongracic JA, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Gruchalla RS, Gill M, Liu AH, Zoratti E, Kattan M, Busse PJ, Bacharier LB, Teach SJ, Wheatley LM, Togias A, Busse WW, Jackson DJ, Sette A. Heterogeneity of magnitude, allergen immunodominance, and cytokine polarization of cockroach allergen-specific T cell responses in allergic sensitized children. Clin Transl Allergy. 2021;11(8):e12073. PMCID:PMC8514843  PMID:34691392 
5. Rudman Spergel AK, Sever ML, Johnson J, Gill MA, Schulten V, Frazier A, Kercsmar CM, Lovinsky-Desir S, Searing DA, Sette A, Shao B, Teach SJ, Gern JE, Busse WW, Togias A, Wood RA, Liu AH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Inner City Asthma Consortium.. Development of nasal allergen challenge with cockroach in children with asthma. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2021;32(5):971-979. PMID:33606312 
6. Altman MC, Flynn K, Rosasco MG, Dapas M, Kattan M, Lovinsky-Desir S, O'Connor GT, Gill MA, Gruchalla RS, Liu AH, Pongracic JA, Khurana Hershey GK, Zoratti EM, Teach SJ, Rastrogi D, Wood RA, Bacharier LB, LeBeau P, Gergen PJ, Togias A, Busse WW, Presnell S, Gern JE, Ober C, Jackson DJ, NIAID Inner City Asthma Consortium.. Inducible expression quantitative trait locus analysis of the MUC5AC gene in asthma in urban populations of children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021. PMID:34019912 
7. Rowe RK, Pyle DM, Farrar JD, Gill MA. IgE-mediated regulation of IL-10 and type I IFN enhances rhinovirus-induced Th2 differentiation by primary human monocytes. Eur J Immunol. 2020;50(10):1550-1559. PMID:32383224 
8. Sheehan WJ, Krouse RZ, Calatroni A, Gergen PJ, Gern JE, Gill MA, Gruchalla RS, Khurana Hershey GK, Kattan M, Kercsmar CM, Lamm CI, Little FF, Makhija MM, Searing DA, Zoratti E, Busse WW, Teach SJ, NIAID-sponsored Inner-City Asthma Consortium.. Aeroallergen Sensitization, Serum IgE, and Eosinophilia as Predictors of Response to Omalizumab Therapy During the Fall Season Among Children with Persistent Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020;8(9):3021-3028.e2. PMID:32376491 
9. Jackson DJ, Bacharier LB, Calatroni A, Gill MA, Hu J, Liu AH, Wheatley LM, Gern JE, Gruchalla RS, Khurana Hershey GK, Kattan M, Kercsmar CM, Kim H, O'Connor GT, Patel S, Pongracic JA, Wood RA, Busse WW. Serum IL-6: A biomarker in childhood asthma? J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;145(6):1701-1704. PMID:32004524 
10. Jackson DJ, Bacharier LB, Calatroni A, Gill MA, Hu J, Liu AH, Wheatley LM, Gern JE, Gruchalla RS, Khurana Hershey GK, Kattan M, Kercsmar CM, Kim H, O'Connor GT, Patel S, Pongracic JA, Wood RA, Busse WW. Serum IL-6: A biomarker in childhood asthma? J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;145(6):1701-1704.e3. PMCID:PMC7282967  PMID:32004524 
11. Chen F, Rowe RK, Gill MA, Farrar JD. Type I interferon suppresses memory Th2 cell cytokine secretion from allergic subjects. Allergy. 2020;75(3):695-698. PMID:31541610 
12. Chow TG, Gill MA. Regulation of allergic inflammation by dendritic cells. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020;20(1):56-63. PMID:31789871 
13. McCauley K, Durack J, Valladares R, Fadrosh DW, Lin DL, Calatroni A, LeBeau PK, Tran HT, Fujimura KE, LaMere B, Merana G, Lynch K, Cohen RT, Pongracic J, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Gill M, Liu AH, Kim H, Kattan M, Teach SJ, Togias A, Boushey HA, Gern JE, Jackson DJ, Lynch SV. Distinct nasal airway bacterial microbiotas differentially relate to exacerbation in pediatric patients with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019;144(5):1187-1197. PMID:31201890 
14. Altman MC, Gill MA, Whalen E, Babineau DC, Shao B, Liu AH, Jepson B, Gruchalla RS, O'Connor GT, Pongracic JA, Kercsmar CM, Khurana Hershey GK, Zoratti EM, Johnson CC, Teach SJ, Kattan M, Bacharier LB, Beigelman A, Sigelman SM, Presnell S, Gern JE, Gergen PJ, Wheatley LM, Togias A, Busse WW, Jackson DJ. Transcriptome networks identify mechanisms of viral and nonviral asthma exacerbations in children. Nat Immunol. 2019;20(5):637-651. PMCID:PMC6472965  PMID:30962590 
15. Goleva E, Babineau DC, Gill MA, Jackson LP, Shao B, Hu Z, Liu AH, Visness CM, Sorkness CA, Leung DYM, Togias A, Busse WW. Expression of corticosteroid-regulated genes by PBMCs in children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019;143(3):940-947.e6. PMCID:PMC8210855  PMID:30059697 
16. Rowe RK, Gill MA. Targeting Antiviral Pathways for Treatment of Allergic Diseases. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018;7(suppl_2):S54-S56. PMID:30590620 
17. Gill MA, Liu AH, Calatroni A, Krouse RZ, Shao B, Schiltz A, Gern JE, Togias A, Busse WW. Enhanced plasmacytoid dendritic cell antiviral responses after omalizumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018;141(5):1735-1743.e9. PMCID:PMC6013066  PMID:28870461 
18. Ağaç D, Gill MA, Farrar JD. Adrenergic Signaling at the Interface of Allergic Asthma and Viral Infections. Front Immunol. 2018;9:736. PMCID:PMC5904268  PMID:29696025 
19. Gill MA, Schlaudecker EP. Perspectives from the Society for Pediatric Research: Decreased Effectiveness of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine. Pediatr Res. 2018;83(1-1):31-40. PMID:28945700 
20. Sorkness RL, Zoratti EM, Kattan M, Gergen PJ, Evans MD, Visness CM, Gill M, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Liu AH, O'Connor GT, Pongracic JA, Pillai D, Sorkness CA, Togias A, Wood RA, Busse WW. Obstruction Phenotype as a predictor of asthma severity and instability in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018;142:1090-9. PMID:29146272 
21. Brown KR, Krouse RZ, Calatroni A, Visness CM, Sivaprasad U, Kercsmar CM, Matsui EC, West JB, Makhija MM, Gill MA, Kim H, Kattan M, Pillai D, Gern JE, Busse WW, Togias A, Liu AH, Khurana Hershey GK. Endotypes of difficult-to-control asthma in inner-city African American children. PLoS One. 2017;12(7):e0180778. PMCID:PMC5501607  PMID:28686637 
22. Rowe RK, Pyle DM, Tomlinson AR, Lv T, Hu Z, Gill MA. IgE cross-linking impairs monocyte antiviral responses and inhibits influenza-driven T_H1 differentiation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017;140(1):294-298.e8. PMCID:PMC5794014  PMID:28087327 
23. Rowe RK, Gill MA. Effects of Allergic Sensitization on Antiviral Immunity: Allergen, Virus, and Host Cell Mechanisms. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2017;17(2):9. PMID:28233152 
24. Bajwa G, DeBerardinis RJ, Shao B, Hall B, Farrar JD, Gill MA. Cutting Edge: Critical Role of Glycolysis in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Antiviral Responses. J Immunol. 2016;196(5):2004-9. PMCID:PMC4761472  PMID:26826244 
25. Teach SJ, Gill MA, Togias A, Sorkness CA, Arbes SJ Jr, Calatroni A, Wildfire JJ, Gergen PJ, Cohen RT, Pongracic JA, Kercsmar CM, Khurana Hershey GK, Gruchalla RS, Liu AH, Zoratti EM, Kattan M, Grindle KA, Gern JE, Busse WW, Szefler SJ. Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015;136(6):1476-1485. PMCID:PMC4679705  PMID:26518090 
26. Yang IV, Pedersen BS, Liu A, O'Connor GT, Teach SJ, Kattan M, Misiak RT, Gruchalla R, Steinbach SF, Szefler SJ, Gill MA, Calatroni A, David G, Hennessy CE, Davidson EJ, Zhang W, Gergen P, Togias A, Busse WW, Schwartz DA. DNA methylation and childhood asthma in the inner city. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015;136(1):69-80. PMCID:PMC4494877  PMID:25769910 
27. Bird A, Feldman M, Arneson A, Dougherty I, Brown L, Burk C, Kulis M, Burks W, Gill M. Modified peanut oral immunotherapy protocol safely and effectively induces desensitization. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2015;3(3):433-5. PMID:25609341 
28. Rowe RK, Gill MA. Asthma: the interplay between viral infections and allergic diseases. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2015;35(1):115-27. PMID:25459580 
29. Datta R, Kuruvilla M, Gill M, de la Morena MT. Association of skin necrosis with subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014;113(2):232-3. 
30. Huber JP, Gonzales-van Horn SR, Roybal KT, Gill MA, Farrar JD. IFN-α suppresses GATA3 transcription from a distal exon and promotes H3K27 trimethylation of the CNS-1 enhancer in human Th2 cells. J Immunol. 2014;192(12):5687-94. PMCID:PMC4104489  PMID:24813204 
31. Sorkness CA, Wildfire JJ, Calatroni A, Mitchell HE, Busse WW, O'Connor GT, Pongracic JA, Ross K, Gill MA, Kattan M, Morgan WJ, Teach SJ, Gergen PJ, Liu AH, Szefler SJ. Reassessment of omalizumab-dosing strategies and pharmacodynamics in inner-city children and adolescents. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2013;1(2):163-71. PMCID:PMC4254887  PMID:24565455 
32. Pyle DM, Yang VS, Gruchalla RS, Farrar JD, Gill MA. IgE cross-linking critically impairs human monocyte function by blocking phagocytosis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013;131(2):491-500.e1-5. PMCID:PMC3564054  PMID:23374271 
33. Durrani SR, Montville DJ, Pratt AS, Sahu S, DeVries MK, Rajamanickam V, Gangnon RE, Gill MA, Gern JE, Lemanske RF Jr, Jackson DJ. Innate immune responses to rhinovirus are reduced by the high-affinity IgE receptor in allergic asthmatic children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;130(2):489-95. PMCID:PMC3437329  PMID:22766097 
34. Gill MA. The role of dendritic cells in asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;129(4):889-901. PMID:22464668 
35. Huber JP, Ramos HJ, Gill MA, Farrar JD. Cutting edge: Type I IFN reverses human Th2 commitment and stability by suppressing GATA3. J Immunol. 2010;185(2):813-7. PMCID:PMC2927323  PMID:20554961 
36. Gill MA, Bajwa G, George TA, Dong CC, Dougherty II, Jiang N, Gan VN, Gruchalla RS. Counterregulation between the FcepsilonRI pathway and antiviral responses in human plasmacytoid dendritic cells. J Immunol. 2010;184(11):5999-6006. PMCID:PMC4820019  PMID:20410486 
37. Guiducci, C, M Gong, Z Xu, M Gill, D Chaussabel, T Meeker, JH Chan, T Wright, M Punaro, S Bolland, V Soumelis, J Banchereau, RL Coffman, V Pascual, and FJ Barrat. TLR recognition of self nucleic acids hampers glucocorticoid activity in lupus. Nature. 2010;465:937-41. PMID:20559388 
38. Gill MA, Welliver RC. Motavizumab for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2009;9(10):1335-45. PMID:19764889 
39. Gill MA, Long K, Kwon T, Muniz L, Mejias A, Connolly J, Roy L, Banchereau J, Ramilo O. Differential recruitment of dendritic cells and monocytes to respiratory mucosal sites in children with influenza virus or respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Infect Dis. 2008;198(11):1667-76. PMCID:PMC2696361  PMID:18847373 
40. Davis AM, Hagan KA, Matthews LA, Bajwa G, Gill MA, Gale M Jr, Farrar JD. Blockade of virus infection by human CD4+ T cells via a cytokine relay network. J Immunol. 2008;180(10):6923-32. PMCID:PMC2387070  PMID:18453613 
41. Loo YM, Fornek J, Crochet N, Bajwa G, Perwitasari O, Martinez-Sobrido L, Akira S, Gill MA, García-Sastre A, Katze MG, Gale M Jr. Distinct RIG-I and MDA5 signaling by RNA viruses in innate immunity. J Virol. 2008;82(1):335-45. PMCID:PMC2224404  PMID:17942531 
42. Gill MA, Palucka AK, Barton T, Ghaffar F, Jafri H, Banchereau J, Ramilo O. Mobilization of plasmacytoid and myeloid dendritic cells to mucosal sites in children with respiratory syncytial virus and other viral respiratory infections. J Infect Dis. 2005;191(7):1105-15. PMID:15747246 
43. Rolland A, Guyton L, Gill MA, Cai YH, Banchereau J, McClain K, Palucka AK. Increased Blood Myeloid Dendritic Cells and DC-poietins in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. J Immunol. 2005;174(5):3067-71. PMID:15728521 
44. Park SH, Gill MA, Dopheide JA. Visual compatibility of risperidone solution and lithium citrate syrup. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2003;60(6):612-3. PMID:12659069 
45. Gill MA, Blanco P, Arce E, Pascual V, Banchereau J, Palucka AK. Blood dendritic cells and DC-poietins in systemic lupus erythematosus. Hum Immunol. 2002;63(12):1172-80. PMID:12480261 
46. Inagaki K, Inagaki M, Kataoka T, Sekido I, Gill MA, Nishida M. A wide interindividual variability of urinary 6beta-hydroxycortisol to free cortisol in 487 healthy Japanese subjects in near basal condition. Ther Drug Monit. 2002;24(6):722-7. PMID:12451288 
47. Montgomery MJ, Beringer PM, Aminimanizani A, Louie SG, Shapiro BJ, Jelliffe R, Gill MA. Population pharmacokinetics and use of Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate currently recommended dosing regimens of ciprofloxacin in adult patients with cystic fibrosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001;45(12):3468-73. PMCID:PMC90855  PMID:11709326 
48. Arce E, Jackson DG, Gill MA, Bennett LB, Banchereau J, Pascual V. Increased frequency of pre-germinal center B cells and plasma cell precursors in the blood of children with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Immunol. 2001;167(4):2361-9. PMID:11490026 
49. Blanco, P, AK Palucka, M Gill, V Pascual, and J Banchereau. Induction of dendritic cell differentiation by IFN-alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus. Science (New York, N.Y). 2001;294:1540-1543. PMID:11711679 
50. Gill MA, Schutze GE. Citrobacter urinary tract infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18(10):889-92. PMID:10530585