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Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Committed to caring for patients with lung disease and for
those who are critically ill.
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Dear Alumni and Friends,
I’m honored to be addressing all of you with my inaugural newsletter as the new Chief of Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Michigan. I was humbled to take the reigns from Dr. Theodore Standiford on January 1, 2022. I am fortunate to be surrounded by an amazing group of faculty, all focused on our tripartite academic mission of patient care, education, and research.
It has been a challenging two years for us given the added strain of the pandemic. Everyone banded together to carry a greater load than I ever thought possible. While no one knows the future, it is my sincere hope that we will be able to take a moment now to regroup and re-engage to focus on what we do best: translating research into cures for patients.
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We recently partnered with the American Thoracic Society to share just a small fraction of the work we are doing. Please take a moment to watch the video.
On behalf of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine division, thank you for your ongoing interest and support. We look forward to engaging with you more soon.
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My best,
MeiLan Han, MD, MS
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Michigan Medicine
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Join Us!
2022 Michigan Medicine ATS Reception
May 17 | 7:00-9:00PM
Burma Love Downtown
8 Mint Plaza, San Francisco, California
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Questions? Please contact our development partner, Andrea LaFave:
(517) 404-4934 | atajlafave@umich.edu
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2022 ATS
Writing Successful Research Project Grants
MAY 14 | 8:00-4:00PM
pre-registration required
Thomas Valley, MD, MSc is co-chair of a post-graduate course at this year's American Thoracic Society conference. The course will help participants develop competitive R01 grant proposals and combine didactics with hands-on practice. Key topics will include: writing a compelling research plan, developing a team of investigators, and creating a budget.
Participants will gain an appreciation of the review process through participation in a mock study section and will interact throughout the day with a diverse group of expert faculty composed of previous awardees, experienced mentors, and grant reviewers from various funding bodies.
The session is ideal for faculty considering or in the midst of preparing R01 proposals. We hope you can join us!
To learn more and register, click here.
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New Therapies in COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | In an interview with WoodTV 8, Rachel Zemans, MD discusses her team's recent work published in the The American Journal of Pathology finding that some people who experienced a severe COVID-19 infection had a breakdown in a specific cell cycle in their lungs, leaving them scarred and preventing the lungs from healing. Learn more. | |  |
COVID-19’s Faces of Health Care: Challenges Faced, Sacrifices Made Over Two Pandemic Years
| Jakob McSparron, MD and other front line healthcare workers reflect on the pandemic and how their lives have changed. Learn more. | | |
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A Study in Mice Suggests that Lung Scarring Could Also Compromise the Immune System
Bethany Moore, PhD, senior author on study that provides insight into the intersection between fibrosis and infection. Learn more.
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Stem Cells and Their Role in Lung Transplant Rejection
Vibha Lama, MBBS, MS and her lab identify cells that appear to play a pivotal role in creating the scarring characteristic of chronic rejection following a lung transplant. Learn more.
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Shining a Spotlight on the Lung Health Crisis Made Evident by the COVID-19 Pandemic | In the op-ed page in the Los Angeles Times, MeiLan Han, MD, MS wrote that lung failure leads to COVID tragedies, but lung disease was a crisis even before the pandemic. Learn more. | | |
Size Matters in Microbiome Studies | Robert Dickson, MD and collaborators find that the measure of bacterial density matters both from a methodological perspective and from a clinical one. Learn more. | | |
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Pulmonary and Critical Care CME
Home Mechanical Ventilation: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Friday, September 16, 2022
Inn at St. John's, Plymouth, Michigan
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Save the Date
34th Annual Update in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
November 3-4, 2022
Inn at St. Johns, Plymouth, Michigan
Respiratory Care for ALS: ALS WE CARE Online Course for Clinicians
On-Demand Course, Summer 2022
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Deployment Related Respiratory Disease | |
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Pulmonary and Critical Care faculty at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System are expanding efforts to investigate deployment related respiratory disease.
On the basic science front, Michigan Medicine researcher, Seagal Teitz-Tennenbaum, recently published a paper in the American Journal of Pathology titled, "Sustained Club Cell Injury in Mice Induces Histopathologic Features of Deployment-Related Constrictive Bronchiolitis" describing a murine model of deployment-related constrictive bronchiolitis.
On the clinical front, the team is launching a novel Post-Deployment Respiratory Health Clinic which will evaluate veterans with concerns about their post-deployment respiratory health and incorporate patient’s being seen as part of our multi-Veterans Affairs collaborative Post-Deployment Cardio Pulmonary Evaluation Network.
Michigan Medicine pulmonary fellow, Caroline Davis, has been instrumental in establishing a national case conference focused on the care of veterans with deployment-related lung disease and has two manuscripts in revision describing her research and the multi-VA collaborative described above.
These efforts coincide with President Biden’s recent announcement during the State of the Union intending to improve the understanding of health effects of toxic smoke from military burn pits and other exposures experienced during deployment.
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Alexander Rabin, MD and team published a case in the Clinical Problem-Solving series of the New England Journal of Medicine involving a patient with deployment related respiratory disease. Learn more. | |
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A project led by Drs. Michael Sjoding and Robert Dickson have entered a unique, NIH funded partnership with Ann Arbor startup Xoran Technologies to develop a portable chest CT scanner. In the picture, pulmonary team members and Xoran engineers work in Michigan Medicine's Critical Care Medical Unit (CCMU) are learning how to safely move patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation into and out of the scanner.
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Elizabeth Viglianti, MD, MPH, MSc and her team published their work in the Journal of Critical Care Medicine titled, "Serum Levels of Acylcarnitines and Amino Acids Are Associated with Liberation from Organ Support in Patients with Septic Shock Looking at Metabolomics and the Persistently Critically Ill". Learn more.
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Andrew Admon, MD, MPH, MSc published a paper in Annals of American Thoracic Society titled, "Beyond Confounding: Identifying Selection Bias in Observational Pulmonary and Critical Care Research". Learn more.
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Alexander Rabin, MD and Emily Harlan, MD published their work in the Annals of American Thoracic Society titled, "Small Devices, Big Problems: Addressing the Global Warming Potential of Metered Dose Inhalers". Learn more.
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Andy Admon, MD, MPH, MSc has been given an appointment in the Department of Epidemiology in U-M School of Public Health in recognition of his causal inference work.
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Robert Dickson, MD was named program director of Michigan Medicine's NIH Multidisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease and Rachel Zemans, MD was named associate program director. The program, which has been in existence since 1993, is designed to train outstanding MD and PhD scientists for investigative careers as full-time members of a faculty of a medical school or university, or for careers in full-time research. Learn more.
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Mikel Haggadone, PhD named a winner of a University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School 2021 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.
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MeiLan Han, MD, MS received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society.
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Vibha Lama, MD, MS was elected to the American Association of Physicians (AAP).
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Mike Sjoding, MD received the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation Impact Award which recognizes outstanding faculty whose work has impacted health policy or practice at the local, state, national, or global level.
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Thomas Valley, MD, MSc won the American Thoracic Society Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly Early Career Achievement Award.
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Rachel Zemans, MD elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Membership in the ASCI is attained through a process of nomination and election, as mandated by the ASCI’s bylaws.
American Thoracic Society (ATS) Appointments
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Andrew Admon, MD, MPH, MSc accepted a presidential appointment to the Board of Directors and was selected to chair the ATS Members in Transition and Training Committee.
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Gifts to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division are essential to our mission, it allows us to be at the forefront of cutting edge research, educating the next leaders in the field and providing the best care to our patients. Gifts can be made through multiple vehicles such as cash, securities, pledges, payroll deduct, etc. Please visit our giving page for more information on funds that support our mission or contact our development partner, Andrea LaFave at 734-763-6173 or at ajlafave@umich.edu.
The Joseph P. Lynch III Endowed Fellowship Fund
The Joseph P. Lynch III Endowed Fellowship fund provides support for fellowship activities, including support for travel and participation in scientific meetings and other educational activities. The ultimate goal is for the fund to reach $500,000 to ensure that the program continues to provide the best to our fellows. Please consider supporting to help reach our goal! The division continues to match contributions up to $100,000. To give, please click here.
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