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Emily Brawner, DO
Hometown Avon, Ohio
Medical School Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Program Riverside Methodist Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests smoking-related lung disease, smoking cessation and lung cancer Awards Minority Trainee Travel Award. International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, 2008. Publications 1. Lung Cancer Screening in 2008: A Review and Update. Emily J. Brawner DO, S. Patrick Nana-Sinkam MD and James R. Jett MD Respiratory Medicine CME, 2008. Abstracts 1. Emily J. Brawner and Namita Sood. PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND SPINA BIFIDA Chest Meeting Abstracts 2007 132: 681 2. MicroRNA 126 as a Tumor Suppressor in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. M.Crawford 1, E. Brawner DO 1, L. Yu PhD 2, G.A. Otterson MD 3, G.Nuovo MD 1, S. P. Nana-Sinkam MD 1.
National Presentations 1. Emily J. Brawner and Namita Sood. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Spina Bifida. Case Presentation American College of Chest Physicians International Conference 2007. 2. MicroRNA 126 as a Tumor Suppressor in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. M.Crawford 1, E. Brawner DO 1, L. Yu PhD 2, G.A. Otterson MD 3, G.Nuovo MD 1, S. P. Nana-Sinkam MD. International conference of the American Thoracic Society May 2008.

Aaron Bruns, MD
Hometown Richmond, Indiana
Medical School Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency Program Indiana University School of Medicine
Clinical Interests Critical care, COPD, Sleep Medicine
Research Interests COPD, proteomics Publications 1. Bruns AS and Parsons JP. Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm: Diagnosis and Treatment. Journ Clin Outcomes Management. 2007;14:211-219. 2. Bruns AS and Mastronarde JG. Imaging of Pleural Masses: Which to Choose? Respir Med 2008;102:328-331. 3. Diaz PT, Bruns AS, Ezzie ME et al. Optimizing Bronchodilator Therapy in Emphysema. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008;5:501-505. 4. Bruns AS, Lin S, Diaz PT. A Comparison of Exercise-Induced Hypoxia with Normoxia in COPD Patients. Amer J Resp Crit Care Med 2008;177:A285. 5. Bruns AS, Sood N. Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Epidural Abscess with Bacteremia and Multiple Lung Abscesses. Accepted for publication Am J Crit Care Med. Abstracts 1. Bruns AS, Lin S, Diaz PT. A Comparison of Exercise-Induced Hypoxia with Normoxia in COPD Patients. Amer J Resp Crit Care Med 2008;177:A285.
International Conferences 1. A. Bruns AS, Shin L, Diaz PT. A Comparison of Exercise-Induced Hypoxia with Normoxia in COPD Patients. ATS Abstract, presented 5/08 at International Conference, Toronto, CA
Local Conferences 1. Bruns AS. Exercise-Induced Hypoxia in COPD. Research in Progress, May 2008. 2. Bruns AS. Diagnosis and Management of Shock. FCCS lecture series June 2008. 3. Bruns AS. Acute Tricuspid Valve Thrombosis. Multidisciplinary Case Conference, April 2007

Kiran Devulapally, MD
Hometown Hyderabad, India
Medical School Gandhi Medical College, India
Residency Program Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Clinical Interests Critical care, sleep, interventional pulmonology
Research Interests Sepsis, tracheal stenosis, cardiovascular effects of sleep disordered breathing
Awards 1. Outstanding Teacher Award for Family Practice in 2002, 2003. 2. Outstanding Buckeye Award, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, 2007-2008. Presentations
1. Kiran Devulapally MD, Nitin Bhatt MD. Churg Strauss Syndrome with bronchial involvement and pulmonary parenchymal sparing: ACCP Oct 2007. 2. Kiran Devulapally MD, Shaheen Islam MD. Reposition and removal of Dumon and Polyflex stents with flexible bronchoscopy. 15th WCB/WCBE, March 2008,Tokyo, Japan.. 3. Kiran Devulapally MD, Shaheen Islam MD. Tunneled Pleural Catheters in Malignant Pleural effusion - A Single Center Experience. ATS, May 2008, Toronto, Canada.
Publications
1. Kiran Devulapally MD, Karen Wood MD. Diffuse Infiltrates Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ATS website case, March 2008.
Stephen Kirkby, MD (Chief Fellow 2008-09)
Hometown Columbus, Ohio
Medical School Penn State University College of Medicine
Residency Program OSU Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Research interests Cystic fibrosis, asthma
Clinical interests Cystic fibrosis, asthma, care of the adolescent/adult with congenital lung disease Publications 1. Kirkby, S., Shell, R. Difficult to Control Asthma in a 13 year-old Boy. American Thoracic Society Clinical Cases: Asthma. December, 2007 http://www.thoracic.org/sections/clinical-cases/pages/difficult-to-control-asthma-in-13-year-old-boy.html. 2. Aberegg SK, Kirkby S, Crowley M. ECMO for Respiratory Support in Adults. In Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice, 3/E, Glenn Gravlee, MD, Richard Davis, MD, Alfred Stammers, MD and Ross Ungerleider, MD, editors. Abstracts 1. Kirkby S, McCoy K, et al. Clinical and Genetic Characterization of Recent Mycobacterium Abscessus Isolates from a Central Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Population. Abstract submitted to 2008 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference; Orlando, FL.
2. Teague, Vanderlaan , Kirkby , Hayes, Washington, Roberts: Transition to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: caregiver perceptions. Conference Proceedings, Fifth International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology, E.D.K. Paris, 2002, p. 270. National Presentations "Acute Respiratory Failure Associate with Inhaled Colistimethate Sodium in an Adult with Cystic Fibrosis." North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. October 5, 2007. Anaheim, California. Awards Outstanding Fellow Award, 2006-7, Nationwide Children’s Hospital International Committees ATS Assembly on Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation, Planning Committee

Meghan McCullers, MD
Hometown Knightstown, Indiana
Medical School Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency Program University of Minnesota, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Clinical Interests Critical care, ethics Research Interests Epithelial injury and repair
Grants NIH T32, Mechanisms of lung inflammation. PI: Mark Wewers, MD Role: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Peer Review Reviewer for 2008 Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, case report section
Committees Biomedical Ethics
Awards Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Assembly travel grant, 2008 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society International Conference McCullers MK, Shao G, Lai JP, Macre J, Julian M, Knoell D, Crouser ED. Mitochondrial Proteins Promote Lung Epithelial Wound Closure Through Formyl Peptide Receptors. Poster Discussion Session 2008 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.

Leanne Strack, DO
Hometown Castalia, Ohio
Medical School Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Program Riverside Methodist Hospital
Clinical Interests Critical care
Research Interests ICU acquired weakness, mobility in critically ill patients
Committees Code Blue Quality Management Committee, 2007-08 Critical Care Quality Management Committee, 2007-08 Publications 1. Strack LK, Sarkar A, Exline MC, Wewers MD. Whole Blood Responses to Pathogenic Versus Nonpathogenic E. coli: Bacterial Killing Efficiency and Cytokine Profiling, 2008 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society. 2. Strack LK, Exline MC, Sarkar A, Wewers MD. Heat Inactivation of Human Serum: Its Effects on Whole Blood Bactericidal Activity Against E. coli and IL-1ß Production, 2008 OSUMC Research Day. Abstracts 1. Strack LK, Sarkar A, Exline MC, Wewers MD. Whole Blood Responses to Pathogenic Versus Nonpathogenic E. coli: Bacterial Killing Efficiency and Cytokine Profiling, American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. 2. Strack LK, Exline MC, Sarkar A, Wewers MD. Heat Inactivation of Human Serum: Its Effects on Whole Blood Bactericidal Activity Against E. coli and IL-1ß Production, 2008 OSUMC Research Day. International Conferences Strack LK, Sarkar A, Exline MC, Wewers MD. Whole Blood Responses to Pathogenic Versus Nonpathogenic E. coli: Bacterial Killing Efficiency and Cytokine Profiling, 2008 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society.
Local Presentations 1. Strack, LK. Airway Management Skills Station. FCCS lecture/lab series – June 2007. 2. Strack LK, Exline MC, Sarkar A, Wewers MD. Heat Inactivation of Human Serum: Its Effects on Whole Blood Bactericidal Activity Against E. coli and IL-1ß Production, 2008 OSUMC Research Day. 3. Strack, LK. Weakness in Critically Ill Patients. Research In Progress, June 2008.
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