The Faculty

The Section consists of 18 faculty members (16 physician-scientists and 2 scientists) who are committed to the training of outstanding physician-investigators and clinicians. The diversity of their training backgrounds and investigator interests assures outstanding training for Fellows. Our faculty along with laboratory technicians, and clinical research coordinators and nurses, form a research core that augments the fellowship training process. Additionally, several of our faculty members have joint appointments in The Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research allowing for close collaboration and other research ventures. 

R. Duncan Hite, MD Professor, Section Head

Clinical Interests:
ARDS, Sepsis, Quality Improvement, Palliative Care 

Research Interests:
ARDS net (PI), Surfactant and Phospholipases in Acute Lung Injury/ARDS 

Medical School:
University of Texas 

Fellowship:
University of California-San Diego 

Edward Haponik, MD Professor Fellowship Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care 

Clinical Interests:
General Pulmonary Medicine 
    
Research Interests:
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation, ICU Radiology 
    
Medical School:
Bowman Gray School of Medicine (Wake Forest) 
    
Fellowship:
Johns Hopkins University

Rodolfo Pascual, MD Assistant Professor, Associate Fellowship Program Director 

Clinical Interests:
Pulmonary Hypertension

Research Interests:
Translational Research in Asthma and COPD, Genomics, Epigenetics, Asthma and COPD Clinical Trials

Medical School:
Jefferson Medical College

Fellowship:
Thomas Jefferson University

Norman Adair, MD Associate Professor 

Clinical Interests:
General Pulmonary Medicine, Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Research Interests:
Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Physiology

Medical School:
University of Missouri

Fellowship:
University of Manitoba-Canada

Eugene Bleecker, MD Thomas H. Davis Professor of Pulmonary Medicine 

Clinical Interests:
Asthma and COPD

Research Interests:
Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Translational Research in Asthma and COPD, Severe Asthma Phenotypes, Asthma and COPD Clinical Trials

Medical School:
SUNY Brooklyn College of Medicine

Fellowship:
University of California-San Francisco

Jason Caldwell, DO Assistant Professor 

Clinical Interests:
Primary immune deficiency including CVID, Atopic Dermatitis, Immune dysregualtions syndrome

Research Interests:
Characterization of immune deficiency populations, Immunologic phenotypes in immune deficiency

Medical School:
University of South Fl A/I

Fellowship:
Touro University College of Osteopathic

Arjun “Raja” Chatterjee MD Assistant Professor 

Clinical Interests:
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Disorders, Military Medicine

Research Interests:
Clinical trials in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, Advanced Bronchoscopy Techniques

Medical School:
University of Cincinnati

Fellowship:
University of Maryland/WFU School of Med

Robert Chin, MD Associate Professor 

Clinical Interests:
General Pulmonary Medicine, Lung Cancer

Research Interests:
Lung Cancer Staging, Advanced Bronchoscopy Techniques

Medical School:
George Washington University

Fellowship:
Naval Regional Medical Center-CA

John Conforti, DO Associate Professor 

Clinical Interests:
Interventional Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Disorders, Exercise Physiology, General Pulmonary Medicine

Research Interests:
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedural pulmonary medicine, Advanced Bronchoscopy Techniques

Medical School:
Southern Univ. College of Osteopathic

Fellowship:
Tulane University

Mark Dykewicz, MD Professor, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program Director 

Clinical Interests:
Asthma, Rhinosinusitis, drug hypersensitivity

Research Interests:
Asthma, rhinitis, and rhinosinusitis

Medical School:
Saint Louis University

Fellowship:
Northwestern Medical University Hospital

Annette Hastie, Ph.D Associate Professor 

Research interests:
Patterns of inflammatory cells and mediators which identify phenotypic subgroups of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and association with cellular functional changes and gene variation. Airway epithelial cell function, cytoskeletal organization, cell-cell, and cell-matrix interaction, which remodel extracellular matrix and generate inflammatory mediators in repair and replacement following inflammatory injury, are also of interest.

PhD: University of Pittsburgh

Postdoctoral Fellowships: John Hopkins University School of Hygiene, Temple University

Wendy Moore, MD Associate Professor  

Clinical Interests:
Severe Asthma

Research Interests:
Translational Research in Asthma and COPD, Severe Asthma Phenotypes, Research Bronchoscopy, Asthma and COPD Clinical Trials

Medical School:
University of Maryland

Fellowship:
University of Maryland

Peter Morris, MD Associate Professor  

Clinical Interests:
Shock Resuscitation, Sepsis, Lung Injury

Research Interests:
CU Physical Therapy, Inflammation in Critical Illness

Medical School:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Fellowship:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Jill Ohar, MD Professor  

Clinical Interests:
COPD, occupational exposures, smoking cessation

Research Interests:
Translational Research in mesothelioma and COPD,

Medical School:
Medical College of PA

Fellowship:
Medical College of Virginia

Stephen Peters, Ph. D Professor  

Clinical Interests:
Asthma, COPD, Critical Care

Research Interests:
Translational Research in Asthma and COPD, Asthma and COPD Phenotypes, Evaluation of Novel and Emerging Therapies in Asthma and COPD via National Networks, Genetics and Pharmacogenetics

Medical School:
University of Pittsburg

Fellowship:
Johns Hopkins University

Michael C. Seeds, Ph. D Assistant Professor, Molecular Meds  

Research Interests:
Animals, cells/membranes/tissues, human, adult, genetics/genome, human, membranes/tissues/isola, respiratory system, basic mechanisms, molecular biology/molecular me, immunology/allergy/inflammation.

PhD:  Wake Forest University

One year Fellowship: WHUHS Infectious Diseases

Alexander Sy, MD Associate Professor  

Clinical Interests:
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, COPD, Critical Care Nutrition, Medical Informatics, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Central Line Infections,

Research Interests:
Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Critical Care Nutrition, Sepsis

Medical School:
University Philippine College

Fellowship:
St John's Mercy/Western PA Hospital

Stephen Zanders, DO Assistant Professor  

Clinical Interests:
Critical Care, Ultrasonography, OB/GYN, Critical Care, Difficult Airway

Research Interests:
Quality Improvement initiatives

Medical School:
St. Luke's Hospital- Bethlehem, PA

Fellowship:
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center