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Pulmonologists from the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (PACCSM) are among the nation's leaders in treating all acute and chronic lung conditions. PACCSM possesses strong translational programs of clinical and research excellence in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute lung injury, interstitial lung disease, sleep medicine, cystic fibrosis, lung transplantation and advanced lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, HIV associated lung disease, critical care medicine and the functional genomics of lung diseases.
We welcome the opportunity to tell you more about our efforts in 2023 and invite you to learn more about our exceptional team and our various clinical, research, and educational programs. We hope you will consider voting for UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in the upcoming U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" survey.
Alison Morris, MD
Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Clinical and Translational Research
Division Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Center for Medicine and the Microbiome
UPMC Chair in Translational Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is proud to be nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report for excellence in pulmonology and lung surgery.
Second Annual Awardees of the KARAT Catalytic Grants Announced
William Bain, MD; Faraaz Shah, MD, MPH; Mark Snyder, MD; and Joo Yoon, MD, all of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, received awards to facilitate their transition to R-level funding.
Faculty Honored by the ASCI for their Commitment to Research
Mark Snyder, MD, is among the 50 recipients of 2023’s Young Physician-Scientist Awards. The ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Awards recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
Richard Ramonell, MD, is one of 25 recipients of the ASCI Emerging Generation Awards. The Emerging Generation Awards (E-Gen Awards) recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research, giving them access to the Joint Meeting and longitudinal programming over a two-year period.
Faculty Elected to ASCI and AAP Reflecting their Dedication to Biomedical Research
Melanie Königshoff, MD, PhD, ATSF, FERS, professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, was inducted this April into The American Society of Clinical Investigation. One of the top honor societies of physician-scientists, the ASCI honors investigators who have made landmark discoveries in biomedical research to help translate findings in the laboratory or advance clinical practice.
Menthol Flavor Makes Vape Juice More Toxic, Damaging to Lungs | UPMC Physician Resources
Senior author Kambez H. Benam, DPhil, and team’s study suggests that menthol additives could be just as dangerous as vitamin E acetate, which was strongly linked to lung injury in users of e-cigarettes and vapes.
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) hosted its annual meeting May 19-24, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Numerous members of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine attended and contributed to meaningful sessions, lectures, and abstracts.
Collaborating with Dr. Toren Finkel on the project is Melanie Königshoff, MD, PhD, ATSF, FERS, professor of Medicine and associate chief of Research in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, and Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS, ATSF, professor of Medicine, Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Endowed Chair for Pulmonary Research, and vice chair for Basic and Translational Science.
A Recap of the 2023 Pittsburgh-Ireland International Lung Conference | UPMC Physician Resources
The University of Pittsburgh Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine was proud to lead this conference with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, and University College Dublin, all institutions with cutting-edge respiratory research and clinical excellence.
Faculty Awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Awards for Aging-related Research
The Division’s Yuan Liu, PhD, was awarded $250,000 for his research “Targeting NAD+ in Late-stage Alzheimer’s.”
The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC will expand care for people with long COVID, thanks to a new grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grants, announced last month, are the first of their kind. The department awarded nine organizations funding of up to $1 million per year for the next five years to study science-based best practices to treat long COVID.
Vaping and Lung Injury | UPMC Physician Resources
Go inside UPMC’s new Vaping Clinic and learn vital information about vaping and lung injury from Shikha Gupta, MD, and Divay Chandra, MD, MSc.
Vaping Robot | UPMC Physician Resources
In this UPMC Physician Journal feature, see a vaping robot created by a team led by Kambez H. Benam, DPhil. Officially called the Human Vaping Mimetic Real-Time Particle Analyzer, this robot enables researchers to better predict the toxicity of e-cigarettes and additives that impact human health without the need for testing in humans.
Journey to Lung Transplant | UPMC (upmcphysicianresources.com)
Chadi A. Hage, MD, discusses how to recognize the current trends in lung transplantation in the U.S., explains the proper timing and criteria of referring patients with end stage lung disease for lung transplant, and more.
John McDyer, MD, and Jonathan K. Alder, PhD, discuss how to increase awareness of the influence of telomere dysfunction on health and disease, define the most common clinical manifestation of patients with telomere-mediated disease, and more.