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Researchers at UVA Health are hoping that their latest efforts will lead to an approach to detecting patients at risk of interstitial lung disease, an increasingly common condition that is a leading reason for lung transplants.
Led by Dr. John Kim, they believe that certain biological indicators in the blood — already useful in predicting the survival of ILD patients — can also be used to predict whether people will develop the disease at all.
“Oftentimes when patients are diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, they already have a lot of damage to their lungs that may not recover and limits how effective treatments can be,” said Kim. “Our goal is to identify treatments that can prevent ILD, and an important step to do this is identify adults at risk of developing this disease in the future.”
“I work in a rare and uncommon set of diseases called interstitial lung diseases. These can be deadly with a high mortality, and I’ve had the benefit of living through two approved therapies, with more coming, from an era that had none.” —Imre Noth, MD, Professor of the Department of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Taison Bell’s thoughtful approach to life helps him balance some of the “intense” aspects of being an “intensivist.”
Kyle Enfield, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care.
This UVA Health team worked to launch a new, comprehensive program for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
Drew Harris, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean of Continuous Education, UVA School of Medicine
January 1, 2025, marks a major transition in the leadership of continuing medical education at the University of Virginia. Karen Rheuban, MD, stepped down from her role leading the Office of Continuing Medical Education as part of a planned two-year phased retirement. Senior Associate Dean for Education Meg Keeley, MD, is pleased to announce that Drew Harris, MD, has accepted the position of Assistant Dean of Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Harris, a pulmonologist with a keen interest in rural health and building community-academic partnerships, has served on the CE Advisory Committee and as an educational program course director.
Dr. Harris brings a wealth of experience that will be invaluable in his new role. He has built a longstanding relationship with a federally qualified health center in far southwest Virginia, leading the largest black lung clinic in the country. This partnership focuses on multidisciplinary clinical care, education, research, and advocacy. Additionally, Dr. Harris has served as the medical director of the student and faculty clinic at UVA Wise for several years.
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At some point in your life, you have likely been told, “Don’t go outside — you’ll catch a cold.”
“Everyone’s grandmother probably has said something like that,” said UVA Professor of Medicine, Dr. Kyle Enfield in an interview with 8News on Wednesday.
However, according to experts like Dr. Enfield, that’s not necessarily true. Each winter, cases of covid, flu and RSV spread at heightened rates as people hide indoors.