Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Faculty
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Helen Rieger
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: riege002@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174
Summary
Dr. Henke graduated from medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1983. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine in 1986 and fellowship sub-specialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 1989, both at the University of Minnesota. He is a professor in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division. Clinical activities and interests include subspecialty pulmonary clinic focusing on interstitial lung diseases. Dr. Henke's research program seeks to understand the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) at the basic science level. His research program focuses on identifying the underlying mechanisms driving IPF fibrotic progression. Recent discoveries include identification of pathological mesenchymal progenitor cells as a cell-of-origin for scar-forming IPF fibroblasts. The research program is currently focusing on elucidating epigenetic processes responsible for reprogramming IPF progenitor cells to their pathologic phenotype. Dr. Henke's research in IPF is supported by a NIH/NHLBI R01 Grant.
Clinical Summary
Interstitial lung disease with a focus on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Deep understanding of molecular pathogenesis is the key to finding cures to complex conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, emphysema and lung cancer. Maneesh Bhargava MBBS, PhD completed doctoral training in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology at the University of Minnesota. His research couples state-of the-art mass spectrometer studies with advanced computational algorithms to uncover novel mechanisms involved in acute and chronic lung diseases.
PACCS intensivists care for critically ill patients and teach medical trainees in three different hospitals in the Twin Cities. We also provide tele-ICU services to six other M Health-Fairview hospitals.