Vibha N. Lama, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor

Education and Training: M.D., Dayanand Medical College, Punjab University, India Senior House Officer, Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK; M.S. in Biostatistics and Clinical Study Design, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI Residency: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Chief Residency: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Clinical and Research Training: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Major Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, lung transplant Major Research Interests: Pathogenesis and treatment of Bronchiolitis Obliterans, role of prostaglandins in fibroproliferation, predictors of survival in patients with interstitial lung disease.

· Lama VN, Moore BB, Christensen P, Toews GB, Peters-Golden M. Prostaglandin E2 synthesis and suppression of fibroblast proliferation by alveolar Epithelial cells is cyclooxygenase-2-dependent. Am J Cell Mol Biol. 2002 Dec: 27(6):752-8.

§ Lama VN, Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Colby TV, Travis WD, Long Q, Murray S, Kazerooni EA, Gross BH, Lynch III JP, Martinez FJ. Prognostic value of desaturation during a six minute walk test in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168: 1084-1090.

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