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“We have in recent years expanded our research programs, established advanced pulmonary disease subspecialty clinics and successfully opened a lung transplantation program at Northwestern.”
– Scott Budinger, MD
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care strives to advance our knowledge of lung health and disease through a combination of education and research.
What We Do
Faculty: Meet the Team
View individual profiles of our faculty members and learn about their research and clinical specialties.
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) and Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Epidemiologic studies of cardiovascular disease, with a focus on health behaviors including diet, physical activity and sleep and in populations defined by race/ethnicity, age and gender.
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS is Director of the Northwestern Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Program where comprehensive care is provided to patients with asthma and COPD at all stages of severity. Dr. Kalhan additionally serves as medical director of the lung volume reduction program leading the multidisciplinary evaluation of patients for both bronchoscopic and surgical approaches to severe COPD. Dr. Kalhan attended college at Brown University in Providence, RI where he majored in modern American history. He subsequently entered medical school at Case Western Reserve Universit...
Research Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Airway inflammation in asthma and COPD. Effects of hypercapnia (elevated levels of CO2) on innate immunity and host defense in the lung. Effects of hypercapnia on airway biology.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Bronchoscopy, Exercise physiology, Lung cancer
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Cell and Developmental Biology
Asthma; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Pulmonary Thromboembolism; Sarcoidosis
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Medical Education
My clinic interests include general pulmonary disease, smoking related lung disease, and smoking cessation.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
I am an aspiring physician scientist in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. I received an MD and then completed residency in internal medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. I came to Northwestern for fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and then joined the faculty here as an instructor in 2017.
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Cell and Developmental Biology
Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Interstitial lung disease
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Historically, reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been thought to be cellular damaging agents, lacking a physiological function. Accumulation of ROS and oxidative damage have been linked to multiple pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer, and premature aging. This guilt by association relationship left a picture of ROS as a necessary evil of oxidative metabolism, a product of an imperfect system. Yet few biological systems possess such flagrant imperfections, thanks to the persistent optimization of evolution, and it appears that oxidative metabolism is no different...
News
Events
Pulmonary Morning Report - Mondays, 2020
September 28
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Tentative: Pulmonary Fellows' Core Conference - Summer/Fall 2020 ...
September 29
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
MICU Morning Report - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Fall/W...
September 29
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Diversity and Inclusion
The department works toward an environment of inclusion and support through the Diversity and Cultural Affairs Council and through several dedicated events and initiatives.
Housestaff Research Portal
Physician-Scientist Training & Resources
We offer a wide range of resources, mentorship opportunities and formal training programs to help our residents and fellows excel as physician-scientists. Explore all of the resources and hear from housestaff who are making research a major part of their career development plans.
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We invite your philanthropic partnership in helping us achieve our research and teaching missions each day.
You can contact Dave McCreery for more information on supporting the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at 312-503-6099 or david.mccreery@northwestern.edu