Jonathan S. Lopresti, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Overview

A native of Los Angeles, Dr. LoPresti received both his medical degree and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Southern California. He first joined the Trojan family in 1974 as a biology undergraduate and finished his residency at the LAC+USC Medical Center ten years later. Dr. LoPresti has contributed to over fifty presentations, recently lecturing on a case of an aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer arising in the third trimester of pregnancy. In addition, he has had leadership roles in the American Thyroid Association and has been published in numerous journals, abstracts and book chapters.

Awards

  • Department of Medicine, USC: Attending of the Year for Internal Medicine, 1997
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC: Professor of the Year for Fourth Year Students, 1998
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC: Faculty Teaching Award, Year II, 2015
  • Keck School of Medicine of USC: Faculty Teaching Award, Year IV, 2015

Publications

  • Measuring thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin autoantibody in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Apr; 4(4):223-33.. View in PubMed
  • Clinical impact of thyroglobulin (Tg) and Tg autoantibody method differences on the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Oct; 90(10):5566-75.. View in PubMed
  • A consensus report of the role of serum thyroglobulin as a monitoring method for low-risk patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Sep; 88(9):4507-8.. View in PubMed
  • Follicular lesions of thyroid: a 5-year fine-needle aspiration experience. Cancer. 2000 Dec 25; 90(6):335-41.. View in PubMed
  • Detection of residual and recurrent differentiated thyroid carcinoma by serum thyroglobulin measurement. Thyroid. 1999 May; 9(5):435-41.. View in PubMed
  • Serum thyroglobulin autoantibodies: prevalence, influence on serum thyroglobulin measurement, and prognostic significance in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Apr; 83(4):1121-7.. View in PubMed
  • Laboratory tests for thyroid disorders. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1996 Aug; 29(4):557-75.. View in PubMed
  • Multiphasic thyrotropin responses to thyroid hormone administration in man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1995 Mar; 80(3):854-9.. View in PubMed
  • 3,5,3′-Triiodothyronine (T3) sulfate: a major metabolite in T3 metabolism in man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1994 Mar; 78(3):688-92.. View in PubMed
  • Myxedema coma. A form of decompensated hypothyroidism. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1993 Jun; 22(2):279-90.. View in PubMed