Margaret Gyetko, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Faculty Development
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Margaret R. Gyetko, M.D., received her medical degree from Michigan State University in 1981, completing both her residency (1982-84) and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine (1988) at the University of Michigan. She joined the U-M Medical School faculty in 1988.
Her clinical interests are focused on acute lung injury and immunologically mediated lung diseases, inflammatory lung diseases, and the role of lymphocyte populations in acute lung inflammation. Her research addresses lung inflammation and immune responses, with emphasis on the role of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA and the urokinase receptor (uPAR). Areas of investigation include the interaction of the uPA/uPAR system with cytokine networks, and the subsequent effects on immune and inflammatory responses; and the requirement for uPA/uPAR for leukocyte/lymphocyte activation and recruitment. Ongoing work in the laboratory investigates the uPA/uPAR system on the molecular and biochemical levels using both in vitro and in vivo models, including transgenic murine models.
Dr. Gyetko’s outstanding credentials in faculty affairs administration include seven years of service as the Department of Internal Medicine’s Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs. Dr. Gyetko’s commitment to addressing faculty issues includes service from 2002-2004 as chair of the Medical School’s Task Force to Evaluate the Instructional Track. At the University level, she was a member of the Gender in Science and Engineering Committee and currently serves on the Committee to Consider a More Flexible Tenure Probationary Period.
Contact Information
Margaret Gyetko, M.D.
M4115 Med Sci I, SPC 5624
1301 Catherine St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5624
734-615-6981
734-763-4936 fax
Email: mgyetko@umich.edu
