Welcome

Welcome to the webpage of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Over forty part-time and full-time clinician-teachers, physician-scientists, and PhD scientists in this academic division engage in patient care, teaching, and research at one or more of its five sites: Emory University Hospital, Crawford Long Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital.

The division offers a wide range of clinical services including general and specialized ambulatory clinics, in-patient pulmonary consultation, and critical care services. In addition, it provides specialized services related to allergy/immunology, pulmonary rehabilitation, lung transplantation, the management of chronic respiratory failure and ventilator dependency, and the evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing, among many others. These activities are delivered as self-standing enterprises or as components of multi-disciplinary comprehensive clinical-research centers like The Cystic Fibrosis Center, The Center for the Treatment and Study of Interstitial Lung Diseases, The Emory Sleep Center, The Emory Asthma Center, and The Critical Care Studies Center.

The division is also actively involved in teaching with a commitment to the development of physician-scientists involved in clinical, epidemiological, translational, and basic science research. The training program accepts four academically-oriented fellows per year to undergo a three-year training program in pulmonary/critical care medicine complemented by a strong research component. Research during training is supported by a T32 Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health, funds from investigator-initiated grants, and grants provided by private foundations.

The research enterprise of the division covers a broad range of topics ranging from the basic mechanisms of lung development and the factors that control lung inflammation, injury, and repair/regeneration, to clinical/epidemiological studies in asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, tuberculosis, and sepsis. This work is currently funded by federal (National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense), industry and biotechnology companies, and private foundation grants. It involves the use of diverse statistical and epidemiological techniques needed for the analysis of large national databases, and for conducting multicenter clinical trials. In addition, it takes advantage of sophisticated basic science methodologies including DNA macro- and microarrays, gene and protein delivery techniques, strategies for the inhibition of gene/protein functions, and models of lung disease using genetically-engineered animals. This research is performed within large multi-disciplinary research programs like that of The Alcohol and Lung Biology Research Center, The Pulmonary Vascular Biology Program, and The Center for Translational Research of the Lung.

Today, the Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine is considered one of the top academic pulmonary/critical care programs in the country. Its progress has been possible due to the vision of its leaders during the 1990s, the continuing hard work and dedication of its faculty and trainees, the commitment for excellence of its staff, and the invaluable support of its partners within the McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center, the Department of Medicine, and others within the Emory School of Medicine including the Departments of Pathology, Radiology, Surgery, and Pediatrics. I am proud of the division’s accomplishments and of its unyielding commitment to patient care, research, and training of the next generation of pulmonary/critical care physicians. But mostly, I am proud to work hand-in-hand with some of the most talented researchers, teachers, and clinicians in the country.

Jesse Roman