Faculty
The Chair of the Department of Pediatrics is: Michael W. Konstan, MD.
The Pediatric Pulmonology Division Faculty are as follows:
- James F. Chmiel, MD, MPH
- Interim Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy/Immunology,
- Director, LeRoy W. Matthews Cystic Fibrosis Center
- Academic interests include airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis and asthma, anti-inflammatory agents, clinical and translational research in CF and asthma
- Daniel I. Craven, MD
- Director, Fellows Course
- Director, Technology Dependent Clinic
- Co-Director, Rainbow Asthma Center
- Academic interests include asthma, technology dependent children, lung disease associated with sickle cell anemia and Down Syndrome
- Elliott Dasenbrook, MD
- Associate Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, clinical and translational research in cystic fibrosis
- Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD
- Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, gene therapy, basic science and translational research in CF
- Dorr G. Dearborn, MD, PhD
- Director and Chair, Svetland Institute of Environmental Health
- Academic interests include mycologic toxicology
- Meeghan A. Hart, MD
- Director, Infant Pulmonary Function Laboratory
- Academic interests include infant pulmonary function testing, chronic lung disease of prematurity, cystic fibrosis, patient based research
- Leigh A. Kerns, MD
- Academic interests include Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, immune deficiencies, asthma, food and insect allergies, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis
- Michael W. Konstan, MD
- Chair, Department of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine and Case Medical Center/Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
- Director, Bryan Pulmonary Diagnostic Center
- Academic interests cystic fibrosis, clinical and translational CF research
- Laura Milgram, MD
- Medical Director, Rainbow 5
- Academic interests cystic fibrosis, asthma
- Carol L. Rosen, MD
- Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Center, UHC (trained in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine)
- Academic interests include sleep disordered breathing
- Kristie Ross, MD
- Director, Pediatric Pulmonology Training Program
- Co-Director, Rainbow Asthma Center
- Academic interests include asthma, health disparities, obesity, clinical asthma research
- Eli Silver, MD
- Academic interests include Allergy & Immunology, food hypersensitivity/food challenges, pediatric asthma, atopic dermatitis
- Robert C. Stern, MD
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, clinical research
- Steven Strausbaugh, MD
- Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
- Co-Director, Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, clinical research, transition of care in adolescents
Basic Science Faculty:
- Tracey L. Bonfield, PhD
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, asthma, acute lung injury, and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Calvin U. Cotton, PhD
- Academic interests include (bicarbonate transport, ion transport in epithelia
- Mitchell L. Drumm, PhD
- Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine and Case Medical Center/Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
- Academic interests include Cystic Fibrosis, genetics and therapeutics
- Thomas Gerkin, PhD
- Academic interests include structure of biologically important molecules, mucin
- Craig Hodges, PhD
- Academic interests include mouse models of Cystic Fibrosis
- Thomas Kelley, PhD
- Academic interests include cell signaling in cystic fibrosis
- Carol Liedtke, PhD
- Academic interests include regulation of epithelial cotransporters
- Aura Perez, MD
- Academic interests include inflammation in cystic fibrosis, genomics
- Assem Ziady, PhD
- Academic interests include cystic fibrosis, epithelial cell redox reactions, proteomics, cystic fibrosis