Jason Konter MD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 414-7399jakonter@bmc.org
jkonter@bu.edu

Sections
General Internal Medicine
Biography
Dr. Konter specializes in treating chronic conditions such as sleep apnea, asthma, COPD, pulmonary hypertension, pneumonia, and other respiratory conditions. He is the medical director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham.
Education
Medicine, MD, Medical College of Georgia
Biology, BS, University of Georgia
Publications
Konter J, Baez E, Summer RS. Obesity: "priming" the lung for injury. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Aug; 26(4):427-9. PMID: 22449512.
Published on 12/7/2011Konter JM, Parker JL, Baez E, Li SZ, Ranscht B, Denzel M, Little FF, Nakamura K, Ouchi N, Fine A, Walsh K, Summer RS. Adiponectin attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury through suppression of endothelial cell activation. J Immunol. 2012 Jan 15; 188(2):854-63. PMID: 22156343.
Published on 12/1/2010Walkey AJ, Rice TW, Konter J, Ouchi N, Shibata R, Walsh K, deBoisblanc BP, Summer R. Plasma adiponectin and mortality in critically ill subjects with acute respiratory failure. Crit Care Med. 2010 Dec; 38(12):2329-34. PMID: 20890191.