CU Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

CU Anschutz Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine now has an official Bluesky. We hope you can join us here to see the awesome work of our faculty, trainees and staff! You can find us at cu-psccm.bsky.social

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Be sure to check out trailblazing physician, educator, and storyteller Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP, at #ATS2025! Dr. Manning (@gradydoctor) will kick off ATS 2025 with an inspiring keynote on Saturday, May 17. The ATS thanks Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its support of the ATS 2025 Opening Ceremony. Register for ATS 2025 today! conference.thoracic.org/attendees/regi…

We never want to speak to early in Colorado, but Spring is here and lots of folks are getting back to their outdoor running regiments. Our own James Maloney, MD contributed to the below article on marathon runners.

We want to take a moment to appreciate and celebrate our administrative staff on National Administrative Professionals Day. Thank you for all you do to support our Division. We are also celebrating Earth Day, and were able to catch some of our Admin with their plants! 👩‍💼🌍🌱

Red Blood Cell Metabolic Responses During Acute Hypoxic Exercise in Healthy Adults Red blood cells in healthy humans demonstrate changes in acylcarnitines and 2,3-BPG during acute hypoxic exercise @ShelleyForbes_ @TimLahm @travisnemkov @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4b8tvu

Congratulations to Jennifer L. Taylor Cousar, MD, MSCS ATSF being announced as chair of the International Conference Committee for @atscommunity starting May 2025. Proud to have Dr. Taylor-Cousar on our team, thank you for all you do for your patients & our Pulmonary community.

This month four valuable members of our Pulmonary and Critical Care Division will be receiving awards at this years Department of Medicine faculty and staff awards. Congratulations to Shelly Forbes, MD; Natalie Held, MD; Eszter Vladar, PhD; and Stephanie Dawrs!

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Sergejs Berdnikovs, PhD is our new Professor in Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine. He brings a unique portfolio of research and expertise to our division and we are excited to welcome him.

5 years ago today, Denver was put on lockdown due to COVID. I spoke with 5 @CUDeptMedicine clinicians about the immediate effects the pandemic had, and its lingering impact on health care today. Please read what they had to say: news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-…

Our 8th annual CLB Summit included 2.5 days of informative, educational, and experiential presentations and discussions and a meet-and-greet. Thank you attendees and presenters. Next year’s Summit is tentatively slated for early March, 2026.

Our new paper featured in AHA Circulation, a timely publication as funding for science studying and addressing health disparities are being cut. I’m so proud to have been a part of this important work highlighting disparities in PE care. @CU_PSCCM ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Such an important topic and an excellent panel by Dr. Jane Reusch, my dedicated mentee Tristan Cobb, and his primary mentor Dr. @BrisaPenaUCD. So proud of them! @LudemanCenter #WomensHealthResearchDay2025 #mentorship #mentorshipmatters

Abbey Lara, MD and Nicholas Vuong, NP, MSN are featured in this recent article on how the Pandemic affected CU Clinicians, a retrospective after 5 years. The full article is below, thank you to the faculty who shared @CUDeptMedicine news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-… via @gotosage

It was a pleasure Joining @ColoradoMedPeds at the Howard University Residency Fair. Thank you to our Fellowship Director Tristan Huie, MD and our Business Services Manager Cheryl Loudd for representing our division. It was a great weekend!

More incredibly work by Sue Gu, MD and her collaborators. 👇

Our review on sex differences in the RV is online! Thanks to my co-authors from collaborations funded by the @CUDeptMedicine COLLABORATE Grant and the @LudemanCenter! #teamscience @BrisaPenaUCD @BKopeckyMDPhD @TimLahm @VagnozziRJ @CU_PSCCM @ATS_PC onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-…

Pulmonary fibrosis has met its match at CU Anschutz! 🫁 Dr. David Schwartz has spent decades researching this deadly lung disease & is working on a breakthrough therapy targeting its root cause. Could the next few years bring a cure? Read more: bit.ly/41geMr6 #LungHealth #MedTwitter

Thank you to @CUAnschutz distinguished professor Dr. David Schwartz for sharing his scientific journey studying pulmonary fibrosis during the recent Chancellor's Distinguished Research lectureship event. Wonderful to recognize and celebrate his many scientific accomplishments!