Biography

Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS is the Louis A. Simpson Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He additionally serves as co-director of the Center for Education and Career Development in the NUCATS Institute. Dr. Kalhan's research focus is in respiratory epidemiology. He leads large-scale epidemiologic cohort studies focused on lifecourse transitions from respiratory health to chronic lung disease. Dr. Kalhan's clinical practice is centered around providing comrehensive care to patients living with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) across all stages of severity. He sees patients in the multidisciplinary Northwestern Asthma and COPD Program which includes pulmonologists, allergists, interventional pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons who work together to formulate comprehensive therapeutic plans for patients with obstructive lung disease including advanced therapies such as lung volume reduction, targeted biologic therapies for asthma, and lung transplantation for advanced COPD.

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