Meet the team behind the questions
Imaging breakthrough offers detailed view of tiniest lungs
Raouf Amin, MD Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

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Raouf Amin, MD

Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine 513-636-6771 raouf.amin@cchmc.org
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Carolyn Kercsmar, MD Co-Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine; Director, Asthma Center

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Carolyn Kercsmar, MD

Co-Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine; Director, Asthma Center 513-636-6771 carolyn.kercsmar@cchmc.org
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Michael Seid, PhD Director, Health Outcomes and Quality Care Research, Pulmonary Medicine and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence

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Michael Seid, PhD

Director, Health Outcomes and Quality Care Research, Pulmonary Medicine and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence 513-803-0083 michael.seid@cchmc.org
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Jason Woods, PhD Director, Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research

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Jason Woods, PhD

Director, Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research 513-803-4463 jason.woods@cchmc.org
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This was truly a team effort - by the principals and staff of the schools, the school nurses and clinics, which are supervised by the Cincinnati Health Department, the families and kids, and the hospital.

Theresa Guilbert, MD, MS on the success of using technology to manage asthma

For teens with tough-to-manage asthma, technology rules
It was very exciting to use a novel technique to further investigate and provide new insight into this relationship.

Erik Hysinger, MD, MS after study clears up the confusion about the relationship of Vitamin D and asthma

Vitamin D deficiency not a cause of asthma
Marc Schecter, MD Medical Director, Pediatric Lung Transplant Program

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Marc Schecter, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Lung Transplant Program 513-636-6771 marc.schecter@cchmc.org
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Stacey Ishman, MD, MPH Surgical Director, Upper Airway Center

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Stacey Ishman, MD, MPH

Surgical Director, Upper Airway Center 513-636-4356 UpperAirwayCenter@cchmc.org
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Our plans are to disseminate what we learned to other CF centers and other chronic disease programs, here in Cincinnati and elsewhere.

Thomas Boat, MD helping to identify the key needs of patients and families

CF WELL: Families join in designing program for a better life
A boost for gene therapy
Barbara Chini, MD Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program; Associate Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center

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Barbara Chini, MD

Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Program; Associate Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center 513-636-6771 barb.chini@cchmc.org
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Thomas Boat, MD Director, CF WELL, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

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Thomas Boat, MD

Director, CF WELL, Division of Pulmonary Medicine 513-636-6771 thomas.boat@cchmc.org
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Karen McDowell, MD Director, Infant Pulmonary Function Lab

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Karen McDowell, MD

Director, Infant Pulmonary Function Lab 513-636-6771 karen.mcdowell@cchmc.org
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Narong Simakajornboon, MD Director, Sleep Disorders Center; Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program

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Narong Simakajornboon, MD

Director, Sleep Disorders Center; Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program 513-636-6771 sleep@cchmc.org
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Christopher Towe, MD Director, Rare Lung Diseases Program

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Christopher Towe, MD

Director, Rare Lung Diseases Program 513-636-6771 christopher.towe@cchmc.org
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Robert Wood, PhD, MD Director, Pulmonary Bronchoscopy Department

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Robert Wood, PhD, MD

Director, Pulmonary Bronchoscopy Department 513-636-6771 roberte.wood@cchmc.org
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Assem Ziady, PhD Director, The Cystic Fibrosis Biomarker Analysis and Assay Development RDP Core

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Assem Ziady, PhD

Director, The Cystic Fibrosis Biomarker Analysis and Assay Development RDP Core 513-803-9094 assem.ziady@cchmc.org
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