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

  • Thyrotropin secretion in thyrotoxic and thyroxine-treated patients: assessment by a sensitive immunoenzymometric assay. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1986 Aug; 63(2):349-55.. View in PubMed
  • Urinary immunoprecipitation method for estimation of thyroxine to triiodothyronine conversion in altered thyroid states. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1982 Oct; 55(4):666-70.. View in PubMed
  • A new method for measurement of the conversion ratio of thyroxine to triiodothyronine in euthyroid man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1981 Dec; 53(6):1218-22.. View in PubMed