Dr. Jesse Roman is a Ludwig Kind Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at the Thomas Jefferson University. He received his M.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1983. After undergoing training in Internal Medicine at the San Juan VA Medical Center in Puerto Rico, he joined the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Roman has written extensively in the area of lung tissue remodeling and inflammation and the role of extracellular matrices in the control of cellular functions with over 120 original papers, book chapters, and review articles.