Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a condition characterized by high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which can lead to heart failure and other serious complications. Recent studies have suggested potential benefits of the ketogenic diet for patients with pulmonary hypertension. At National Jewish Health, our research programs aim to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Here is an overview of our pulmonary hypertension research programs:
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research Center: This center provides specialized care for patients with pulmonary hypertension, combining clinical expertise with cutting-edge research to advance treatment and improve patient outcomes.
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research: Researchers investigate various aspects of pulmonary hypertension, including its causes, progression and response to treatment. Investigators focus on the underlying mechanisms of the condition, such as endothelial dysfunction, vasoconstriction and remodeling of the pulmonary arteries. Research efforts are aimed at developing and optimizing therapies to improve disease management.
- Clinical Trials and Studies: Our physician-scientists conduct clinical trials to evaluate new and emerging treatments for pulmonary hypertension, working to identify more effective therapies and improve patient outcomes.
- Pulmonary Hypertension Research Advancements: Use of the ketogenic diet to improves pulmonary hypertension patient outcomes. Mechanism for sex differences in pulmonary hypertension patient outcomes.
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Derek Abbott, MD, PhD
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Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD
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Vivianne Allsop, MD
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Mark S. Aloia, PhD
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Scott Alper, PhD
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Ankie Amos, MD, FACC
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Kathleen Anderson, PT, DPT
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Bjorn Anderson, MD, RhMSUS
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Misbah Azeem, MD
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Arash Babaei, MD
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Ron Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
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Erin Bammann, MD, MPH
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David Baraghoshi, PhD
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Amy Barley , DO
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Jamie Barr, PhD
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CJ Bathgate, PhD
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Bruce G. Bender, PhD
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Evgeny V. Berdyshev, PhD
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David A. Beuther, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Mark Boguniewicz, MD
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Melanie Bongiovanni, MSN, APRN, CPN, CPNP-PC
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Nicole Borroff, RDN, CLC
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Preston E. Bratcher, PhD
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James P. Bridges, PhD
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Maggie Britton, PhD
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James Brock, DO
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Kevin K. Brown, MD
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Erin Brychel, OTR/L
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Amy Cacace, MD
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Rick Carlson, DO
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Laurie L. Carr, MD
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Chris Celechovsky, MD
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Divya Chauhan, MD
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Ashish Chawla, MD
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Nicholas Cheronis, MD, MPH
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Aspen Christen, MS, CCC-SLP
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Hong Wei Chu, MD
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Lisa C. Cicutto, PhD, RN
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Matthew Clary, MD
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Claire M. Coeshott, PhD
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Cameran Collins, PA-C
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Carlyne D. Cool, MD
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Tyler J. Couch, MD
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Ronina A. Covar, MD
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Luz D. Cowell, AGPCNP-C
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James D. Crapo, MD
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James L. Crooks, PhD, MS
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Charles L. Daley, MD
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Erica Danik, PA
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Elizabeth A David, MD, MAS
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Brian J. Day, PhD
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Alicia C. Della Volpe, MD
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Hans Dooms, PhD
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Gregory P. Downey, MD, FRCPC
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Debra S. Dyer, MD, FACR
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Christopher K. Dyke, MD, FACC
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Jared J. Eddy, MD, MPhil, MSc, FIDSA
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Julie Engle, PT
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Jennifer Faber-Gerling, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC
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Rafael Sobrano Fais, PhD
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Elizabeth M. Fan, PA-C
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Trey Farmer, PhD
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Jenna Federico, MS, CCC-SLP
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Neide Fehrenbacher, MD
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Evans Fernández, MD, MS
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Chris Fine, MD, FACC
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Tasha E. Fingerlin, PhD
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James H. Finigan, MD
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Daniel S. Fink, MD
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Harry D Fischer, MD
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Stephen K. Frankel, MD, FCCM, FCCP
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Andrew M. Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
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Fernando Jose Fuentes, MD, FACP, FCCP, DABFM
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Jessica Galant-Swafford, MD
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Fabienne Gally, PhD
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Manuel Galvan, PhD
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Jeffrey Galvin, MD
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Nick Galyon, DO
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Marjorie Patricia George, MD
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Anne Getz, MD
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Sohini Ghosh, MD
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Kristen Glisinski, MD
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John Goff, MD
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Nir M. Goldstein, MD, FCCP
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Elena Goleva, PhD
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Magdalena Maria Gorska, MD, PhD
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David E. Griffith, MD
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Andrea Grilli, MD
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Steve D. Groshong, MD, PhD
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Daniel Groves, MD
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Yakira M Gruber, PT, DPT, OCS
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Vamsi P. Guntur, MD, MSc
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Arnav Gupta, MD
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Elizabeth Gyorkos, PA-C
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Michelle Haas, MD
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Lauren Harshman, PT, DPT
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Chafen Watkins Hart, MD
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Gabrielle Heckman, MSN, CRNA
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Paul R. Heitzenrater, CTRS
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Marina Hendrickson, PA
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Peter M. Henson, MD, BVMS, PhD
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Glenn A. Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC
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Katherine Hisert, MD, PhD
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Mark Holley, MD
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Kristen E. Holm, PhD, MPH
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Carrie A. Horn, MD
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Jeremy T. Hua, MD, MPH
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Hua Huang, MD, PhD
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Jessica Hui , MD
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Tristan J. Huie, MD
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Patrick S. Hume, MD, PhD
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Stephen M. Humphries, PhD
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Ivana Ilic, MD
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William J. Janssen, MD
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Destiny Jara, CCLS
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Shelby R. Jenkins, OTR
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Maggie Jennings, MS, CCC-SLP
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Richard B. Johnston Jr, MD
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Christopher B. Jones, MD
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Homi Kapadia, MD
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Shannon H. Kasperbauer, MD
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Stuart S. Kassan, MD
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Rohit K. Katial, MD
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Erika Kaye, MBA-HA, MS, CCC-SLP
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Rebecca C. Keith, MD
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Jeffrey Kern, MD
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Ashoke (“Ash”) Khanwalkar, MD
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Reeti Khare, PhD
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Byung Eui Kim, MD, PhD
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Darlene Kim, MD, FACC
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Jeffrey B. King, MD
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Todd T. Kingdom, MD
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Rene’e J. Klamut, RN
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Seth Kligerman, MD, MS
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Elizabeth Klopper, MPH, MMSc, PA-C
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Minisha Kochar, MD
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Chase Kornegay, MD
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Matthew Koslow, MD
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Elizabeth Kozora, PhD
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Richard Kraus, PA-C
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Silpa D. Krefft, MD, MPH
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Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF
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Bruce J. Lanser, MD, MPH
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Joseph Lauro, MD
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David J. Lee, MD
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Vivian Lee, MD, MSc, MS
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Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, MD
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Donald Y M Leung, MD, PhD
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Li Li, MD, PhD
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Ali Likover, MA, CCC-SLP
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Sherstin T. Lommatzsch, MD
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Steven E. Lommatzsch, MD
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Mark Lott, PhD
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David A. Lynch, MB
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Kenneth E. Lyn-Kew, MD
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Michelle MacDonald, MS, RDN, CDE
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Sean Maddock, MD
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Lisa A. Maier, MD, MSPH, FCCP, ATSF
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Susan M. Majka, PhD
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Barry J. Make, MD
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Adriel J. Malavé, MD
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Kenneth C. Malcolm, PhD
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Mehrnaz Maleki Fischbach, MD
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Vipin Malik, MD
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Mark Mallozzi, MD, MPH
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Laurie A. Manka, MD
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Philippa Marrack, PhD, FRS
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Richard J. Martin, MD
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Robert J. Mason, MD
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Patrick Mason, PT, DPT
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Karina Mora Massad, MD
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Alexandra McCubbrey, PhD
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Lia McGibbon, DO
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Richard T. Meehan, MD, FACP
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Robert A. Meguid, MPH, MD
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Jessica Mehrara, FNP-C
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Kristi Melton, MSN, RN, NE-BC
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Sarah Mendon, PA-C
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Jenna Milliron, NP-C
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John D. Mitchell, MD
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Michael P. Mohning, MD
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Camille M. Moore, PhD
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Kara Mould, MD, MPH
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Kelly Mowrey, RN, MS, ANP-C
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Jennifer Moyer Darr, LCSW
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Nathan Murphey, NP
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Rao Mushtaq, MD, FACP
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Joshua Nardin, DO
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Harold S. Nelson, MD
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Michael Nevid, MD
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Christine Nguyen, DO
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Jerry A. Nick, MD
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Amy O'Connell, MS, CCC-SLP
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J. Tod Olin, MD, MSCS
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Claudia Onofrei, MD, MSc
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Kanao Otsu, MD, MPH
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Karin A. Pacheco, MD, MSPH
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Girish Paranjape, DO, ABFM, CAQSM
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Cristina Penaranda, PhD
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Pranav Periyalwar, MD, FACG, FASGE
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Irina Petrache, MD
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Katherine Pratte, MSPH, PhD
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Joey Pryor, MD
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Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, MPH
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Lilliana Radoshevich, PhD
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Emma Ragan, PA-C
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Sandhya Rai-Sherpa, MD, PhD
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Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD
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R. Lee Reinhardt, PhD
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Clara Restrepo, MD
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Sarah Rhoads, MD
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David W H Riches, PhD
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Melissa Robinson, DO
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Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH
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Kevin Rurak, MD
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Milene Saavedra, MD
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Kimberly Sack, MS, PT
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Howard Saft, MD, MS
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Michael Salem, MD, FACS
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Robert A. Sandhaus, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Smarika Sapkota, MD, RhMSUS
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Lauren E. Sarnat, MD
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Robert S. Schreiner, DO
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Michael D. Schwartz, MD, FCCM
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Jennifer Sederberg, NP
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Cheri Seeley, MS, PA-C
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Max Seibold, PhD
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Amy Silverberg, MD
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Brian M. Smiley, MD
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Elizabeth Devon Smith, PhD
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Jamey Smyser, RPA
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Joshua J. Solomon, MD
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Neil Sondhi, MD
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Evan L. Stepp, MD
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Kristen Steslow, MD, PhD
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Matthew J. Strand, PhD
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Jillian Strober-Horowitz, MS, OTR/L
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Raphael Sung, MD, FACC, FHRS
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Jeff Swigris, DO, MS
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Jinny Tavee, MD
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Jennifer L. Taylor, MD, MSCS
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Trish Taylor, NP
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David Tinkelman, MD
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Neil W. Toribara, MD, PhD
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Sheila Tsai, MD
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Chandler Tucker, RDN
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Jessica VanderKwaak, CRNA
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Conner Vergoz, MA, CCC-SLP
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Brian Vestal, PhD
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Kalie M. VonFeldt, PA-C, MS
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Stacey Wall, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC
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Yongbao Wang, PhD
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Eileen Wang, MD, MPH
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Richard W. Weber, MD
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Ryan Webster, MD
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Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc
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Kelly Wecker, LPC, ATR
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Elizabeth Weihe, MD
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Howard D. Weinberger, MD, FACC
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Catherine Wittman, MD
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James Woodrow, MD
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Megan Woolard, ANP-BC
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Elizabeth Wynn, PhD
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Kathleen Yan, MD
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Soonho Yoon, MD, PhD
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Renee Young, DO
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Zulma X. Yunt, MD
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Allison Zangle, PT, DPT
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Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, MPhil, PhD
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Lauren Zell-Baran, PhD, MPH
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Gongyi Zhang, PhD