Research Faculty

Amy Ahasic

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Kathleen Akgun

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Danielle Antin-Ozerkis

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Connective tissue disease/autoimmune disease associated interstitial lung disease; genetics of interstitial lung diseases; lung transplantation

Hilary Cain

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director of Clinical Activities, Pulmonary Section, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, VA CT Healthcare System, West Haven

Research Interests:Obstructive airways diseases: COPD and asthma

Geoffrey Chupp

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Yale Center for Asthma and Airways Disease (YCAAD)
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Pathogenesis of airway diseases with a focus on asthma and asthma severity; Chitinases in the development and severity of asthma; Expression and genotype-phenotype relationships of novel inflammatory molecules

Lauren Cohn

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Chronic inflammation in asthma; Mechanisms of mucus metaplasia; Airway epithelial functions in airway diseases and host defense

Geoffrey Connors

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Charles Dela Cruz

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Pathogenesis of COPD and Emphysema; Viral and Bacterial Lung Infections in the Pathogenesis of Lung Diseases; Chitinases and Chitinase-Like Proteins in Pulmonary Infections; Role of Interleukin-15 in the Lung

Jack Elias

Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Research Interests:Cell and Molecular biology of lung injury and repair; Asthma; COPD; Pulmonary fibrosis; acute lung injury; Cytokines; Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Transgenic mice; genetically modified mice; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Inflammation

Wassim Fares

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Lloyd Friedman

Clinical Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Clin Prof Int Med Pulmonary

Research Interests:tuberculosis; AIDS; asthma

Mridu Gulati

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Pulmonary Occupational Medicine; Interstitial Lung Disease

Erica Herzog

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Translational Lung Research Program
Co-Director, Yale Fibrosis Program
Assistant Director, Medical Student Research, Department of Medicine

Research Interests:Pulmonary fibrosis; Semaphorins; Regulatory T cells; Plexin C1; Bioengineering

Shyoko Honiden

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Program

Research Interests:Hyperglycemia in critically ill patients; Management of acute liver failure in the ICU; therapeutic hypothermia in acute liver failure

Min-Jong Kang

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Jonathan Koff

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

Research Interests:Airway epithelial inflammation; innate immunity; mucosal immunology; EGFR signaling

Meir Kryger

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Sleep medicine, sleep apnea therapy, treatment compliance, outcomes research

Chun Geun Lee

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Asthma; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Pulmonary Angiogenesis; Vascular Remodeling; Pulmonary Hypertension

Patty J Lee

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Interim Section Chief (1/1/10 - 6/30/12)

Research Interests:Oxidant-induced acute and chronic lung injury; Toll-like receptors in lung and endothelium; Lung-targeted RNA interference; Heme oxygenase-1 in lung and vascular injury

Praveen Mannam

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Innate Immune Mechanisms of Sepsis and Lung Injury

Peter Marshall

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director, Medical Step-Down Unit
Medical Director, Respiratory Care - Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Risk stratification of patients with pulmonary embolism; Major pulmonary embolism treatment; therapeutic hypothermia; status asthmaticus

Gaetane Michaud

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Complex Airway Disorders; Pleural Disease; Lung Cancer

Vahid Mohsenin

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Yale Center for Sleep Medicine

Research Interests:Mechanisms of cardiovascular complications and hypertension in sleep apnea

Margaret Pisani

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Associate Director, Winchester Chest Clinic

Jennifer Possick

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Jonathan Puchalski

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Thoracic Interventional Program (TIP)

Carrie Redlich

Professor of Medicine (Occupational Medicine)
Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program

Research Interests:Occupational lung diseases; isocyanate exposure and asthma; biomarker research

Carolyn Rochester

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Medical Director, Yale COPD Center

Francoise Roux

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Sleep Study Services at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Haven

Research Interests:Cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea

Jonathan Siner

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Medical Director - Medical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests:Vascular Growth Factors; Sepsis pathophysiology; Host Response to Viral Infections

Shervin Takyar

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Lynn Tanoue

Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Winchester Chest Clinic
Medical Director, Yale Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Program
Associate Medical Director, Respiratory Care, YNHH
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Interim Section Chief (7/1/12 - present)

Research Interests:Lung Cancer

Terence Trow

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Research Interests:Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Combination Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Biomarkers to follow treatment success in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Christine Won

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Director, Sleep Program at Veterans Affairs CT Healthcare System

Henry Yaggi

Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)