His Research focuses on improvements in clinical care of children with pulmonary hypertension as well as multicenter collaboration to benefit children with cystic fibrosis.
Keywords:
- Continue to develop a multidisciplinary team approach to the care of children with pulmonary hypertension.
- Work to better understand the complex, multifactorial pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular disease in children, particularly in infants born prematurely and in children with Trisomy 21.
- Further the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the clinical evaluation of children with pulmonary disease.
- Expand the diagnostic and therapeutic flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy evaluations available at Riley Hospital for Children.
Primary work is on both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical studies toward improvements in clinical care of children diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. Lead local investigator in multiple international multicenter collaborations investigating novel therapeutic agents to address the underlying physiologic disease process in patients with cystic fibrosis.
