- Ongoing Research Projects: Some of our ongoing projects are listed:
Pulmonary Physiology
- CPET exercise results in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis
- Effect of DLCO as a predictor of outcome
Interstitial Lung Disease
- Heme, genetics and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Incidental liver findings on CT in IPF
- Outcomes in patients with a diagnosis of unknown interstitial process role of multidisciplinary conference
Intensive Care
- Is sedation a factor in failure of timely extubations for patients who are placed on CPAP?
- The effects of precedex (Dexmedetomidine) on heart rate in patients with cirrhosis
- Accelerated Critical Therapy Now (ACT NOW) in the Emergency Department: An Outcomes Evaluation
- The impact of an early intervention team in the ED for ICU boarders
- Critical Care Delivery Solutions in the Emergency Department: The Evolution of Models for Caring for ICU Boarders
- Validity of a post-extubation dysphagia screening tool
- Correlation between VAIM testing and IVC
Interventional Pulmonology
- Risk factors for acute rejection seen by bronchoscopy in lung transplant patients
- Role of bronchoscopy and chest PT for treating mucous plugging and secretion clearance
- Robotic Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: A Multicenter Pilot and Feasibility Study
- Ten year follow-up of subjects from 3 landmark randomized controlled Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) Studies BT 10+ Study
COVID-19
- Racial differences in a Detroit, Michigan ICU population of COVID-19 patients
- Convalescent plasma for COVID-19 hypoxic patients not ventilator-dependent
- ICU experience and outcomes in patients admitted with COVID-19
Pulmonary Hypertension
- An Open-Label Extension Study of UT-15C in Subjects with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Association between clot distribution (peripheral, central, saddle) on RV strain recovery
Education/Quality Improvement
- SPARQ: Systematic Process to Advance Research and QI projects
- The Impact of a Novel Ambulatory Curriculum on Pulmonary Fellowship Training
- Optimization of patient-specific inhaler regimens: A pharmacy-pulmonology collaborative pilot program
- QI Project to increase timely extubations after passing CPAP trial
COPD
- Roflumilast or Azithromycin to prevent COPD Exacerbations (RELIANCE)
- COPD Exacerbations Amongst Patients Who Use Proton Pump Inhibitors
- Relationship between cognition and depression on COPD readmissions
Interstitial Lung Disease
- Heme, genetics and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Incidental liver findings on CT in IPF
- Outcomes in patients with a diagnosis of unknown interstitial process role of multidisciplinary conference
2. Publications:
One of the strengths of our fellowship is the vast amount of opportunities for research and publications. Our hospital continues to be a large center for multicenter studies, as well as for original studies. Our fellows are exposed to nationally and internationally renowned faculty with experience in publications. Here is the list of our most recent publications: