Marie E Egan MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Respiratory) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyYale Medical Group
Stem Cells and Tissue Repair
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Membrane Proteins - Ion Channels | Membrane Protein Sorting and Trafficking | Epithelial Transport of Ions and Solutes | Physiology of Human Disease | Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Pediatrics: Pediatric Respiratory Medicine: Pediatric Asthma Program; Cystic Fibrosis Program, Pediatric | Pediatric Specialty Center
Research Interests
Cystic fibrosis clinical studies; Cystic fibrosis basic science research (ion transport, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) function); Cystic fibrosis translational research studies (strategies to bypass the basic defect)
Clinical Interests
Acute and chronic respiratory diseases; Asthma; Cystic fibrosis; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Pneumonia; Congenital anomalies; Flexible bronchoscopy; Chronic ventilation; Sleep/sleep studies
Education
- M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine , 1986
Selected Publication
- Bruscia E., PX. Zhang, A. Satoh, C. Caputo, R. Medzhitov, A. Shenoy, M.E. Egan D.S. Krause. Abnormal trafficking and degradation of TLR4 underlie the elevated inflammatory response in cystic fibrosis, Journal of Immunology. 186: 6990-6998, 2011. (D.S.K. and M.E.E. contributed equally to this project and each should be considered as senior author.)
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Society of Distinguished Teachers(2002) , Yale University School of Medicine
Articles

July/August 2011
Marie Egan
Marie E. Egan, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and of cellular and molecular physiology, has won the Hartwell...

Sept/Oct 2012
Center treats cystic fibrosis in adulthood
In the mid-1950s, children with cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that causes thick mucus to clog the lungs and...


