Sharmilee Nyenhuis, M.D.
840 S. Wood St. MC 719
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-996-8039
Fax: 312-996-4665
snyenhui@uic.edu
Education
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Illinois Medical
Center/Jesse Brown VA Hospital, Chicago, IL
M.D.: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor’s of Science in Biology: Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2006-2009
2003-2006
1999-2003
1995-1999
Certification and Licensure
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certified American Board of Allergy/Immunology
Illinois State Medical License (Active)
Wisconsin State Medical License (Active)
2006-2016
2008-2018
7/2011
10/2009
Professional Memberships and Activities
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
American Medical Association (AMA; Medical Student Sector)
Latin American Medical Student Association (LaRAMA)
-Secretary and Education committee chair
2008-present
2008-present
2006-present
2005-present
2000-2001
1999-2001
Honors and Awards
General Assembly Scholarship recipient
Winner of Millikin Undergraduate Research Symposium
John and Ula Leighty Science Scholarship recipient
2001-2002
1999
1998
Committee Assignments and Administrative Services
Hyper-Eosinophilic Syndrome Clinical Workshop
AAAAI Asthma/Elderly Task Force Committee
Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Education Committee
Latex Allergy Taskforce Committee at University of Illinois Medical Center
2007
2007
2006-2009
2005
Educational Activities
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Third year Medical Student Objective Structured Clinical Examination
(OSCE) at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public
Health
Teach medical students, Internal Medicine & Pediatric residents
o Allergy/Immunology Rotation
Basic Science Immunology Conference
o Present material from an Immunology textbook (Middleton’s
Allergy: Principles and Practice or Cellular and Molecular
Immunology Textbook) and lead discussion 3-4 times a
semester to Allergy/Immunology fellows
Research conference
o Present data from ongoing research project to faculty,
scientists, technicians, and fellows once a semester
Journal Club
o Present peer-reviewed journal article relevant to practice or
research to faculty, scientists, technicians, and fellows once a
semester
2007
Allergy/Immunology Grand Rounds
o Present a relevant topic to faculty, study coordinators, nurses,
2006-2009
2006-2009
2006-2009
2006-present
2006-present
community physicians, scientists, and fellows 1-2 times a year
 “Cat and Dog Immunotherapy”
 “Idiopathic Anaphylaxis”
 “Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis”
 “Physical Urticarias”
 “Mannose Binding Lectin Deficiency”
5/27/09
3/12/2008
11/7/2007
4/13/2007
12/1/2006
Grants
Current
 T. Franklin Williams Scholar
“Identification and impact of age related changes in neutrophils during an
asthma exacerbation”
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology/Association of
Specialty Professors
$75,000/yr for 2 years
 UIC Translational Technologies and Resources Core (TTRC) Grant
Use of TTRC services to perform cell separation on peripheral blood
samples from young and older asthmatics
$2,000
Past
 ATS/AAAAI GSK Fellow Career Development Award
“Age-related changes in anti-viral IFNs of young and older asthma
subjects”
Glaxo-Smith-Kline
$50,000
 AMA Seed Grant
“Age related changes in the innate immune system and asthma”
AMA (American Medical Association)
$2,500
2009
2009
2008
2007
Abstracts and Presentations
Posters
National/International Meetings
 American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
o “Characteristics of eosinophil and neutrophil inflammatory
mediators in aging asthma subjects”
 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC
o “Characteristics of eosinophil and neutrophil inflammatory
mediators in aging asthma subjects”
 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
o “Changes in eosinophilic function in aging asthma subjects”
 International Eosinophil Society Meeting, Snow Bird, UT
o “Changes in eosinophilic function in aging asthma subjects”
 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA
o “Mannose binding lectin deficiency in an adolescent with
recurrent infections and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura”
Oral Presentations
Local/Regional Meetings
 Wisconsin Allergy Society Annual Meeting Madison, WI
o “Churg-Strauss” Case presentation
 Wisconsin Allergy Society Annual Meeting Madison, WI
o “Mannose Lectin Binding Deficiency” Case presentation
2009
2009
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
Research Experience
Current Project
 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sameer Mathur, MD,PhD
o “Evaluation of changes in the immune system in aging asthma
subjects”
 Comparing inflammatory cell mediators and functional
innate immune responses in young and older asthma
subjects.
Past Projects
 University of Illinois-Chicago, Christopher Olopade, MD,MPH Principal
investigator
o “Study of Acid Reflux and Asthma (SARA)”
 University of Illinois-Chicago, Christopher Olopade, MD, MPH and
Pravin Muniyappa MD, Co-Investigators
o “Study intramuscular versus oral corticosteroids in acute
asthma exacerbation in the ED setting”
 Millikin University, Samuel Galewsky PhD, Principal Investigator
o “Developmental analysis of the slinky mutation in Drosophila
melanogaster”
2006-present
2004-2006
2002-2003
1997-1999
Publications
1. Scherer, AE, Chugh SM, and Galewsky S. “Analysis of a
Developmentally Regulated Enhancer Pattern Expressed in Apodemes
and Peripheral Nervous System in Drosophila melanogaster”
Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 1999;94(5)
2. Nyenhuis, SM and Gern, J.E. “Mannose binding lectin deficiency in an
adolescent with recurrent infections and idiopathic thrombocytopenic
purpura” J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119: S182.
3. Nyenhuis, SM, Schwantes BA, and Mathur SK “Changes in eosinophil
function in aging asthma subjects” J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:
S205.
4. Nyenhuis, SM. Schwates BA, and Mathur SK “Characteristics of
eosinophil and neutrophil inflammatory mediators in aging asthma
subjects” J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009; 123 (2): S201.
5. Nyenhuis, SM. “Barriers to Asthma Care” Allergy and Immunology
Report 2009; 5 (2): 10-15.
6. Mathur, SK, Nyenhuis SM. “Changes in Immune Function in Asthma in
the Elderly” Aging Health 2009: 5 (4): 551-559.
7. Nyenhuis, SM, Busse, WW. “Recalcitrant Asthma” In: Pawankar R,
Holgate S, and Rosenwaser L (eds) Allergy Frontiers: From Epigenetics
to Future Perspectives, Springer Japan, 2009.
8. Nyenhuis, SM, Busse, WW. “Novel Biologicals Alone and in
Combination in Asthma and Allergy” In: Lötvall J (ed) Advances in
Combination Therapy for Asthma and COPD, John Wiley and Sons
Limited UK, In Press.
9. Nyenhuis, SM, Schwantes EA, Evans M, Mathur SK. “AIRWAY
NEUTROPHIL INFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE IN OLDER ASTHMA
SUBJECTS “
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2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
In Press
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