Kathleen Mahan

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Credentials

MD

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Ashley Fuchs
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: fuchs@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary

Dr. Kathleen Mahan specializes in caring for adults with cystic fibrosis, and other chronic lung diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, lung transplant. Her clinical expertise includes the management and care of complex critically ill patients in the medical intensive care unit. She strives to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to all of her patients. As the co-director of Med 7532, she is actively engaged in teaching future physicians through the medical school and in the hospital and clinics.

Research interests include studying the effects of COVID-19 within the CF population, evaluation and better understanding of the lung microbiome and its effects on patient outcomes, particularly those who have undergone lung transplantation, and exploration of alternative therapies to antibiotics for chronic lung disease.

Research Summary

• Lung microbiome
• Post-covid lung disease
• COVID and CF
• Alternative antimicrobials

Teaching Summary

• MED 7532 course co-director, medical student, resident and fellow education

Clinical Summary

Cystic fibrosis; Critical Care; Lung transplant