Maneesh Bhargava, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

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Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician (also at Southdale MICU)
MD, Medical School, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India
Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Residency, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, India
Fellowship, University of Minnesota and Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis
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Research Summary/Interests
Our research focus is to improve outcomes in acute and chronic lung diseases. We are using a combination of tools to understand the basic mechanisms by which the lung repairs itself. A goal of these studies is to predict outcomes in lung diseases and develop therapeutic interventions to modify mortality.
Since its initial description in 1967, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) has remained a frequent cause of respiratory failure requiring supportive care in the intensive care unit. Our laboratory is using state-of-the-art tools to perform the large-scale study of proteins in cases with ARDS, to identify the biological processes and pathways that are selectively activated in cases that survive. We expect that these studies will result in novel therapy in ARDS by identifying the biological process that participate in lung repair. We are also pursuing studies in Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome, a non-infectious form of lung injury that occurs in blood and marrow transplant recipients.
We are also collecting biological specimens from patients with Sarcoidosis. Our goal is to characterize comprehensively the protein profile in these patients and begin to understand why Sarcoidosis has such varied clinical presentation, response to treatment and unpredictable course. These studies are designed to develop biomarkers that will inform us about diagnosis and prognosis in Sarcoidosis.
In collaboration with investigators at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, we have applied the novel SWIFT-MRI algorithm in imaging of lung tissue. These studies performed in an experimental model of ARDS show promising findings that we expect to translate in human subjects with acute and chronic lung disease.
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Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Medicine; Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis; Interstitial Lung Diseases; Medical Critical Care; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)