Thomas W Ferkol, MD
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
For Patients:
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For Referring Physicians:
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2Nd Floor Suite C
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.454.2694

Suite 110
Saint Louis, MO 63141
314.454.2694
Education
Internship: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University Cleveland
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna PPO |
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Baxter Regional PHO |
BCBS of IL PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
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Cigna PPO |
CMR (Care Management Resources) |
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Community Care Network PPO |
CorVel PPO |
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Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
Coventry HMO/POS |
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Coventry PPO |
Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
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First Health |
Great-West HMO/POS |
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Great-West Open Access |
Great-West PPO |
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Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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HealthCare USA MC+ |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
IPA Secondary to Medicare |
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Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
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Medicare |
Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
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Mercy Health Plan PPO |
MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
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MultiPlan PPO |
PPO Next/HealthStar |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Providers Network of America |
Quincy Health Care Management |
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St. John's Health System Tertiary |
Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
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Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
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United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
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United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
USA Managed Care Org |
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Wellborn HMO |
Mutations of DNAH11 in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia with normal ciliary ultrastructure.Knowles MR, Leigh MW, Carson JL, Davis SD, Dell SD, Ferkol TW, Olivier KN, Sagel SD, Rosenfeld M, Burns KA, Minnix SL, Armstrong MC, Lori A, Hazucha MJ, Loges NT, Olbrich H, Becker-Heck A, Schmidts M, Werner C, Omran H, Zariwala MA; for the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium.Thorax. 2011 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22184204
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsCiliopathies: The Central Role of Cilia in a Spectrum of Pediatric Disorders.Ferkol TW, Leigh MW.J Pediatr. 2011 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 22177992
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsThe emerging genetics of primary ciliary dyskinesia.Zariwala MA, Omran H, Ferkol TW.Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Sep;8(5):430-3.
- PMID:
- 21926394
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsDiagnostic yield of nasal scrape biopsies in primary ciliary dyskinesia: A multicenter experience.Olin JT, Burns K, Carson JL, Metjian H, Atkinson JJ, Davis SD, Dell SD, Ferkol TW, Milla CE, Olivier KN, Rosenfeld M, Baker B, Leigh MW, Knowles MR, Sagel SD; for the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011 Jan 31. doi: 10.1002/ppul.21402. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 21284095
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsHitting the target: new treatments for cystic fibrosis.Davis SD, Ferkol TW.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Dec 15;182(12):1460-1. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 21159902
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsEffect of polarized release of CXC-chemokines from wild-type and cystic fibrosis murine airway epithelial cells.Farberman MM, Ibricevic A, Joseph TD, Akers KT, Garcia-Medina R, Crosby S, Clarke LL, Brody SL, Ferkol TW.Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2011 Aug;45(2):221-8. Epub 2010 Jul 16.
- PMID:
- 20639462
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsPrimary ciliary dyskinesia in Amish communities.Lie H, Zariwala MA, Helms C, Bowcock AM, Carson JL, Brown DE 3rd, Hazucha MJ, Forsen J, Molter D, Knowles MR, Leigh MW, Ferkol TW.J Pediatr. 2010 Jun;156(6):1023-5. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
- PMID:
- 20350728
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAquagenic wrinkling of the palms in cystic fibrosis: comparison with controls and genotype-phenotype correlations.Berk DR, Ciliberto HM, Sweet SC, Ferkol TW, Bayliss SJ.Arch Dermatol. 2009 Nov;145(11):1296-9.
- PMID:
- 19917960
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsClinical and genetic aspects of primary ciliary dyskinesia/Kartagener syndrome.Leigh MW, Pittman JE, Carson JL, Ferkol TW, Dell SD, Davis SD, Knowles MR, Zariwala MA.Genet Med. 2009 Jul;11(7):473-87. Review.
- PMID:
- 19606528
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citations[18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for lung antiinflammatory response evaluation.Chen DL, Bedient TJ, Kozlowski J, Rosenbluth DB, Isakow W, Ferkol TW, Thomas B, Mintun MA, Schuster DP, Walter MJ.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep 15;180(6):533-9. Epub 2009 Jul 2.
- PMID:
- 19574441
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAirway inflammation in cystic fibrosis.Elizur A, Cannon CL, Ferkol TW.Chest. 2008 Feb;133(2):489-95. Review.
- PMID:
- 18252915
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsTransmission of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus between patients with cystic fibrosis.Elizur A, Orscheln RC, Ferkol TW, Dunne WM Jr, Storch GA, Cannon CL.J Pediatr. 2007 Jul;151(1):90-2.
- PMID:
- 17586197
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsPanton-Valentine Leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.Elizur A, Orscheln RC, Ferkol TW, Atkinson JJ, Dunne WM Jr, Buller RS, Armstrong JR, Mardis ER, Storch GA, Cannon CL.Chest. 2007 Jun;131(6):1718-25. Epub 2007 Mar 30.
- PMID:
- 17400676
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsRegulation of systemic and local neutrophil responses by G-CSF during pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.Gregory AD, Hogue LA, Ferkol TW, Link DC.Blood. 2007 Apr 15;109(8):3235-43. Epub 2006 Dec 21.
- PMID:
- 17185469
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsQuantifying pulmonary inflammation in cystic fibrosis with positron emission tomography.Chen DL, Ferkol TW, Mintun MA, Pittman JE, Rosenbluth DB, Schuster DP.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 15;173(12):1363-9. Epub 2006 Mar 16.
- PMID:
- 16543553
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsEnergy cost of activity and exercise in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.Johnson MR, Ferkol TW, Shepherd RW.J Cyst Fibros. 2006 Jan;5(1):53-8. Epub 2005 Dec 15.
- PMID:
- 16360343
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsDelivery of CFTR by adenoviral vector to cystic fibrosis mouse lung in a model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection.Van Heeckeren AM, Scaria A, Schluchter MD, Ferkol TW, Wadsworth S, Davis PB.Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Apr;286(4):L717-26. Epub 2003 Sep 26.
- PMID:
- 14514520
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsInflammatory response in airway epithelial cells isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.Aldallal N, McNaughton EE, Manzel LJ, Richards AM, Zabner J, Ferkol TW, Look DC.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Nov 1;166(9):1248-56.
- PMID:
- 12403695
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]











