Department of Medicine Faculty

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Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Kelly is a University of Minnesota Assistant Professor of Medicine, general medicine hospitalist, and medicine and pediatrics primary care physician at the Community and University Health Care Center, where he also treats opioid dependence. He received his medical training at the Wayne State School of Medicine, and did his residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. He also was honored to serve as a Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota, VA site. He has been a buprenorphine-waivered provider since 2016. His primary research interests include quality improvement in both the inpatient and outpatient realms, as well as in education, especially in improving access to care for chemical health, both in and out of the hospital. He also has a focus on mentorship and coaching graduate and undergraduate medical education. Finally, he also is interested in improving health disparities locally and globally.

Clinical Summary

Hospital Medicine

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Dr. Kempainen has an avid interest in bronchiectasis, including both clinical research and patient care. Medical education is one of Dr. Kempainen’s primary scholarly interests. He has conducted research, has taught and developed curricula for a wide spectrum of medical providers. Dr. Kempainen works in the MHealth Cystic Fibrosis Center. 

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Administrator Info
Name: Emily Awes Anderson
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: awes0005@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Dr. Kesler's clinical work focuses on Critical Care Medicine. She practices primarily at University of Minnesota Medical Center and Fairview Southdale hospitals. Her academic work focuses on Global Health, simulation-based training for Disaster Response, and the allocation of scarce resources during mass casualty incidents.She directs the Graduate Medical Education and Research Program in the Medical School, which serves to mentor medical students who want to incorporate international experiences into their medical school education. From 2011 to 2019 she directed the University of Minnesota Humanitarian Simulation, a full-scale field exercise of a humanitarian disaster. During the COVID-19 pandemic she created the MHealth Fairview plan for operating under Crisis Standards of Care. She also served as the Chair of the Ethics and Scarce Resources sub-committee of the Minnesota Statewide Healthcare Coalition. She collaborated with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Covid Ethics Collaborative to create guidance for allocating scarce resources under Crisis and Contingency conditions, and currently sits on the MDH Scientific Advisory Team

Clinical Summary

I am especially interested in ethics and post-discharge quality of life for patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

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Dr. Wajahat Khalil is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He is Board-Certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Internal Medicine and is the Sleep Medicine Program Director for M Health-Fairview. His clinical expertise includes managing sleep disorders particularly in patients with advanced lung and heart diseases and use of Non-Invasive Ventilation. His research interests and recent work involved exploring and advancing use of telemedicine tools for timely diagnosis and provision of comprehensive sleep medicine clinical care.

Research Summary

Tele-Sleep Medicine, diagnostic tools and comprehensive management; Advanced obstructive lung disease and sleep; Circadian Biology and disorders; Non-invasive ventilation

Creative Activity Summary

Awards and Recognition Received
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians; Teacher of the Year, Hennepin Healthcare, Sleep Medicine Fellowship (2020-2021); VA-VISN 23 Director’s Network Star Award, Virtual Home Sleep Apnea Program (2020); Nominee, Physician of the Year Award, Veterans Affairs Health Services (2020); American Lung Association, Pulmonary Fellow Career Development Award (2007)

Service Summary

American Academy of Sleep Medicine; American College of Chest Physicians - Fellow; American Thoracic Society 

Clinical Summary

Sleep disordered breathing and advanced cardiopulmonary disease; Non-invasive ventilation;    Tele-ICU, Tele-Sleep diagnostics and comprehensive care

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Administrator Info
Name: GI Division
Phone: 612-625-8999
Email: gidivision@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 36, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Khoruts has trained at the University of Minnesota. In addition to completing his fellowship in gastroenterology, he also trained in basic immunology as a Howard Hughes Physician Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Marc Jenkins in the Department of Microbiology. He continued his early research focus on basic biology of T cells and autoimmunity, but subsequently has redirected his efforts into areas ofmicrobiota therapeutics.

Research Summary

As a physician-scientist I am most interested in translating basic scientific discoveries and ideas into clinical applications. My main focus since mid-2000s has been on development of treatments to repair antibiotic injury to intestinal microbial communities, also known as the ‘microbiota’. The most well recognized complication of treatment with antibiotics is Clostridioides difficile infection. However, the standard treatment for this infection is more antibiotics. In fact, the treatment doesn’t work in many patients and the infection keeps coming back.

Our program has developed therapeutic preparations of donor microbiota to treat patients with difficult C. difficile infections; these are commonly known as Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT), although we prefer the term Intestinal Microbiota Transplants (IMT). We manufacture IMT preparations as frozen liquid or encapsulated freeze-dried microbiota. The latter can be taken by mouth.

Microbiota therapeutics are classified as drugs by the FDA. However, they are clearly different from small molecule drugs and biologics. In fact, these therapeutics belong to an entirely novel class of drugs, which requires building a new pharmacologic discipline. I am intensely interested in all aspects of microbiota therapeutics pharmacology, including formulation, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.

There are many potential clinical applications of microbiota therapeutics. Our program is committed to support academic trials for a variety of applications. Some of the ongoing work is in the areas of ulcerative colitis, autism, advanced liver disease, and others. Microbiome research is applicable to many areas of medicine and we are happy to collaborate with clinical investigators.

The success of our program is built on team science. Microbiome research is complex, and our team includes expertise in computational biology, microbiology, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and others. A more complete description of the program can be found here.

Teaching Summary

Mucosal immunology; Clinical gastroenterology

Clinical Summary

Gastroenterology; Immune disorders involving the gastrointestinal tract; Microbiota therapeutics

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Emily Awes Anderson
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: awes0005@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Sarah Kiel attended medical school at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota followed by a Chief Residency. She subsequently trained at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for her pulmonary and critical care fellowship with an emphasis in lung transplant and cystic fibrosis. She is thrilled to return to the University of Minnesota's excellent center for CF and transplant care.At UPMC, she created a database evaluating outcomes in CF patients undergoing lung transplant to assist in evaluating pre transplant factors potentially affecting post transplant outcomes. She also led several small group sessions in the University of Pittsburgh medical school during their pulmonary physiology course. In her spare time, she usually has her nose stuck in a book and enjoys cooking with her husband and cat. She is excited to be part of the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Minnesota.

Research Summary

Post lung transplant care in Cystic Fibrosis Post lung transplant outcomes Care of Cystic Fibrosis patients in the era of highly effective modulators

Clinical Summary

Lung Transplant, Cystic Fibrosis, Critical Care

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

Summary
Dr. Kim is the Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease program and supervises ILD clinical trials. She established the University of Minnesota ILD database in 2010 to answer questions about natural history and outcomes of ILD. She led the ILD program to achieve recognition as a Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network site, which identifies pulmonary fibrosis centers that provide leading clinical care and research. She also organizes the University of Minnesota Pulmonary Fibrosis Patient Education Day, a biennial free symposium for patients and families with pulmonary fibrosis that provides the latest updates in pulmonary fibrosis care and research. Her clinical expertise centers on treating patients with interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, IgG4-related lung disease, airway-centered interstitial fibrosis, scleroderma lung disease, other connective tissue disease-related lung diseases and rare ILDs. Her research interests include natural history and outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pharmacogenomics of anti-fibrotic medications, non-pharmacologic treatments for ILDs, and clinical trials in ILD.

Research Summary

Natural history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; clinical predictors of disease progression and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; clinical research in interstitial lung diseases. Predictors of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IgG4-related lung disease; risk factors for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; treatment ourcomes of pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung diseases; airway-centered interstitial fibrosis; biomarkers of disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; multiple ongoing and completed clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Clinical Summary

All ILDs. Our ILD clinic provides comprehensive, patient-centered care for patients. Our ILD nurse and clinic coordinators work closely with the ILD physicians to ensure that patients get the best care available. We also provide opportunities for patients to participate in studies if they choose.

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Administrator Info
Name: Ashley Spain
Email: spain044@umn.edu

Summary
Dr. Michael Kim joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics as a hospitalist after completing his bachelor's degree, Medical School, and residency training at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Dr. Kim did his residency at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Programs. From 2005-2006, Dr. Kim served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Kim also has extensive international experience having completed a global health course in tropical medicine at the University of Minnesota, and an elective rotation in internal medicine and pediatrics at Chiang Mai University Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dr. Kim is a Pediatric hospitalist at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and will work with Dr. Abe Jacob on improving inpatient care delivery and building the general pediatric inpatient service.

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Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

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Dr. Jonathan Kirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency training at Hennepin County Medical Center in Internal Medicine. His clinical interest is the inpatient care of adults, along with a focus on medical education, program development for underserved populations and global health research. He has worked in Hospital Medicine in Ithaca, NY and at the University of North Carolina where he was Associate Director of the Hospital Medicine Program. He has also worked in Farmworker Health in New York and North Carolina. He served as a Fulbright Scholar from 2017-2018 in Cali, Colombia. He is a Core Faculty of the Global Health Pathway here at the University of Minnesota and directs the Inter-professional Migrant Health Rotation.

Clinical Summary

Hospital Medicine; Global Health; Quality Improvement; Rural Health; Ultrasound Research; Mobile Health; Mentoring; Resident Scholarship Education

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Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Trained in New York City with experience in dealing with a diverse group of patient population.

Research Summary

Medical Education

Clinical Summary

LGBTQ healthcare; Global medicine; patterns of emerging diseases

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Administrator Info
Name: Becca Johnson
Phone: 612-624-9996
Fax: 612-625-4410
Email: joh07913@umn.edu
Mail: Mayo Memorial Building, MMC 250, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
After graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1988, Dr. Kline completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and its affiliated sites. Following completion of her residency she worked in General Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine for one year at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. She then began her Infectious Disease Fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical Center and affiliated sites. She also completed her Masters in Public Health during her ID fellowship with an emphasis in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Dr. Kline then for joined the Internal Medicine faculty in 1994 and is currently a Professor. In addition she has been the Medical Director for Infection Control at the University of Minnesota Medical Center since 1996. She helped establish the Antibiotic Management Team at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in 2007. She currently is the Co-Director of the General Infectious Disease service and the Physician Director of Antimicrobial Management for the ID Division. She also is Co-Director of the HIV Family Clinic in the Delaware Street Clinic. She is the Hospital Epidemiologists for the University of Minnesota Medical Center.

Research Summary

Her research interests include the epidemiology of healthcare associated infections and prevention of these infections. In addition to her work on Infection Control and Antibiotic Decision Support systems Susan Kline is currently conducting a randomized clinical trial, "Effectiveness of Screening and Decolonization of S. aureus in Surgery Outpatients". She recently completed another RCT in 2013, "A Trial for the Safety and Effectiveness of a Novel Antimicrobial-Coated Foley Catheter for Reduction of CAUTI".

Clinical Summary

Her clinical interests include general infectious diseases, TB, tropical infectious diseases and HIV/AIDs, including prevention of perinatal transmission of HIV. She sees patients in the Delaware Street Clinic and does ID consultations in the University of Minnesota Medical Center; Antibiotic Management Team

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My interest is in onconephrology, monoclonal protein related kidney disease and glomerulonephritis.

Research Summary

Clinical characteristics of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance Kidney disease in cancer patients Glomerulonephritis Peritoneal dialysis

Clinical Summary

Onconephrology; Glomerulonephritis; Peritoneal dialysis; Hypertension

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Administrator Info
Email: endofixer@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 101, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Jacob Kohlenberg graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2015 and completed an Internal Medicine Residency and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. He joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 2021. Dr. Kohlenberg is a scholar in the National NIH K12 Diabetes-Docs: Physician-Scientist Program and he leads a research team focused on improving the care of people with type 1 diabetes.

Research Summary

The prediction and prevention of diabetic ketoacidosis in people with type 1 diabetes using machine learning models and clinical intervention strategies. 

Clinical Summary

• Diabetes Mellitus
• General Endocrinology

Bio

Suma H. Konety, MD, MS is a professor of medicine who specializes in cardio-oncology, cardiac imaging, and women's heart health. Dr. Konety directs the cardio-oncology clinic at the University campus, where patient-centered cardiovascular care is provided to patients with active cancer and to cancer survivors. Dr. Konety's research interests include prevention and early diagnosis of cardiac toxicity caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As a cardiac epidemiologist, Dr. Konety serves as a co-investigator for several NIH-funded population studies including MESA and ARIC studies.

Research Summary

With a master's degree in epidemiology, Dr. Konety studies data relating to cardiac outcomes in the general population and to women.

Clinical Summary

Women's heart health; Epidemiology

Bio

I obtained my Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon. I did my Internal Medicine residency training at the American University of Beirut (2007-2010). Afterwards, I joined Duke University in Durham, North Carolina where I did another three years of residency in Internal Medicine. I did my nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (2013-2015). I also did a Glomerular Disease Study & Trial Consortium (GlomCon) Fellowship (2021-2022).I joined the American University of Beirut, Lebanon from 2015 to 2022. I served as a Vandyke Medical Educator at the school of Medicine and the Nephrology Fellowship Program Director from 2018 to 2022. I find great pleasure in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.I joined the University of Minnesota as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in May 2022. I am American Board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. My clinical interests include glomerular diseases, pregnancy-related kidney diseases, monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS), improving care for chronic kidney disease patients and conservative kidney management.

Research Summary

Glomerular Diseases Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) Conservative Kidney Management Pregnancy-related Kidney Diseases Conflict Nephrology Medical Education

Clinical Summary

Glomerular Diseases; Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS); Conservative Kidney Management; Pregnancy-related Kidney Diseases

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Administrator Info
Name: Ms. J. Knapp
Phone: 612-626-1422
Fax:  612-625-6919
Email: jknapp@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 480, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Kratzke graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in 1986. Between 1986 and 1988, he did research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the laboratory of Dr. Jeff Ross. He was a Medical Oncology Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health from 1988 to 1991, and stayed at the NCI doing research with Dr Frederick Kaye until 1994. From 1993 through 1994, Dr. Kratzke was also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. From 1994 to 2004, he was a Staff Physician at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in the Section of Hematology/Oncology.

Research Summary

Dr. Kratzke is a member of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program at the Masonic Cancer Center. He has spent his entire career in translational mesothelioma and lung cancer research beginning during his fellowship at the NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch (John Minna, Director). Based on his accomplishments in 2004 he was awarded the John Skoglund Chair for Lung Cancer Research at the University of Minnesota. In recent years he has redirected his research interests to the dual projects of oncolytic virotherapy and targeting cap-mediated translation for lung cancer or mesothelioma therapy. In addition, he holds leadership roles in the Alliance for Cancer Clinical Trials (Alliance) including directing thoracic oncology correlative science projects and serving as Vice-chair of the Respiratory Committee for this NIH sponsored organization. He has worked on numerous lung cancer projects for the CALGB including analyses of patient outcomes, biomarkers, and staging. He is active in the oversight and analysis of both the Alliance lung cancer tissue bank and PLCO tissue and blood samples. During the course of his career, he has mentored numerous fellows and trainees in the study of mesothelioma and lung cancer including funded researchers at institutions such as Stanford University, the University of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis VA Medical Center among others.

Clinical Summary

Mesothelioma; Lung Cancer

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Administrator Info
Email: endofixer@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 101, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Megan M. Kristan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine, and then completed an Internal Medicine residency and Chief Residency at Georgetown University Hospital. She completed an Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition fellowship at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Kristan’s clinical focus is diabetes mellitus with specific emphasis on cardiometabolic risk mitigation. Her research has covered multiple areas within endocrinology, including diabetes and heart failure, COVID-19 and diabetes, as well as immunotherapy effects on thyroid function. She has presented at numerous national and international research conferences and authored multiple peer-reviewed articles. She has focused her career on medical education through creating interactive educational sessions, developing an Endocrine scholars’ program for medical students and residents, and providing individualized education and mentorship. 

Research Summary

• Cardiometabolic Disease
• Diabetes Mellitus
• COVID-19 and Diabetes

Teaching Summary

Social Determinants of Health/Health Equity, General Endocrinology, Practical Diabetes Care

Clinical Summary

Diabetes Mellitus, General Endocrinology, Pituitary, Women’s Health

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Krohn is an internal medicine and pediatric hospitalist and Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. She completed medical school and residency here in internal medicine and pediatrics. She completed the Stanford University - NBC News Fellowship in Global Health and Media in 2013 and spent two years working with Health Frontiers in Laos, teaching in the country's internal medicine and pediatric residency programs. Dr. Krohn believes everyone should be equipped with the tools they need to understand their health and to make healthy choices. As the Director of Online Content for our Global Medicine Program, Dr. Krohn works to ensure that providers know how to care for people from diverse backgrounds including underrepresented minorities, immigrants, and refugees right here in Minnesota. As the "thread" lead for medical communications with lay audiences in our Becoming a Doctor course for third and fourth-year medical students, Dr. Krohn teaches students strategies to improve their ability to talk with anyone about their health.

Research Summary

Medical Education How people outside of the field of medicine learn about medicine Medical Journalism

Clinical Summary

Global Health; Hospital Medicine; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics; Refugee/Migration Health

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Administrator Info
Name: Helen Rieger
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: riege002@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Dr. Kubbara's background is in Pulmonary and Critical Care with expertise in Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Vasculitis, and Medical Intensive Care. He completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship from the University of Toleda (2015-2018). He has one year of experience at the Mayo Clinic Rochester in critical care, and one year in academic Pulmonary Critical Care at the University of Nevada Reno. Dr. Kubbara also has one year of community Pulmonary & Critical Care between Mayo Clinic Eau Claire & Aspirus Wausua Hospital. In addition, he had an advanced fellowship in Interstitial Lung Disease & Vasculitis from Mayo Clinic.

Research Summary

ILD/Vasculitis Shock Mechanical Ventilation

Clinical Summary

Interstitial Lung Disease; Pulmonary Vasculitis; Medical Intensive Care

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Administrator Info
Name: Ms. J. Knapp
Phone: 612-626-1422
Fax:  612-625-6919
Email: jknapp@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 480, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Kulkarni is a Medical Oncologist specializing in thoracic malignancies. His research is focused on developing novel biomarkers of immunotherpay response. Dr. Kulkarni also has interest in evaluating the role of microbiome in cancer development and treatment. He also acts as site Principal Investigator for several cancer therapy clinical trials. He joined the faculty in 2020 after completing his fellowship at the University of Minnesota.

Research Summary

Dr. Kulkarni has special interest in evaluating the role of gut and tumor Microbiome in cancer development and treatment. He also has interest in precision oncology trials and early phase clinical trials. 

Clinical Summary

Thoracic Malignancies

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Helen Rieger
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: riege002@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Anupam Kumar MD FCCP is the Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation program at University of Minnesota Medical Center. His areas of expertise involve lung transplantation, interstitial lung diseases and rare lung disorders. He is driven by a strong desire to provide best outcomes for those with advanced lung diseases and those who are in need of organ transplantation. His contributions to the field of medicine encompass clinical research, peer-reviewed published articles, and editorial responsibilities for text books and journals. He is a regular speaker at national conferences focused on pulmonary and critical care.

Research Summary

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Connective Disease Interstitial Lung Diseases; Pulmonary alveolar Proteinosis; Cystic Lung Diseases; Primary graft dysfunction; Lung transplant rejection

Creative Activity Summary

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)-CHEST; The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT); American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Service Summary

Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE), American College of Chest Physicians, (2023); Faculty of the Year, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine (2022-2023); Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE), American College of Chest Physicians (2022); Cleveland Clinic, “Excellence in teaching for academic year 2014-2015”

Clinical Summary

Diagnosis and management of interstitial lung diseases including pulmonary fibrosis of all types, connective tissue disease lung disorders, sarcoidosis, rare lung disorders, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), assessment for lung transplant candidacy, optimization for lung transplantation, post-transplant management, intensive care unit management, cardiothoracic critical care, advanced bronchoscopy.

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Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Kuross completed his medical training in 2017 at Touro University California and then completed his residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Internal Medicine. He started working as a Hospitalist at the University of Minnesota in 2020 and has recently joined the Addiction Medicine team practicing clinical addiction medicine. His teaching interests include addiction medicine, high value care, resident education and management of complex patients.

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Administrator Info
Name: GI Division
Phone: 612-625-8999
Email: gidivision@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware ST SE, MMC 36, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. John R. Lake is a Professor of Surgery and Medicine. He is the Section Head for Hepatology in the Department of Medicine. He is also the Executive Medical Director for Solid Organ Transplantation at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. He also serves as senior staff for liver at the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to moving to the University of Minnesota in 1998, he helped start and was the Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lake's research interests include liver allocation, predictors of outcomes following liver transplantation and the development of new treatments for patients with liver disease. He has authored more than 258 articles and more than 27 book chapters. He is a past Editor for the journal Liver Transplantation and is on the Editorial Boards for several other scientific journals. In addition, Dr Lake is a past-president of the American Society of Transplantation. He is a past-president of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network. He is also the past-chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine Test and Policy Committee on Transplant Hepatology.

Research Summary

• Liver transplant allocation
• Predictors of outcomes following liver transplantation
• Development of new treatments for patients with liver disease

Clinical Summary

Liver disease; Liver transplantation

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Helen Rieger
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: riege002@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Dr. Lambert holds a B.A. from Middlebury College, a Ph.D. in Occupational Epidemiology and an M.D. from the University of Minnesota. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lambert's research focuses on lung cancer risk prediction models and tobacco biomarkers. She works in the medical intensive care unit at both the University of Minnesota Medical Center and Fairview Southdale Hospital where she is involved in medical education for both the internal medicine and pulmonary critical care fellowship programs. She also works in the Lung Transplant Clinic and outpatient pulmonology clinic at the MHealth Fairview Clinical and Surgical Center (CSC).

Research Summary

• Lung cancer
• Biomarkers
• Risk prediction models

Teaching Summary

• Lung cancer
• Biomarkers
• Risk prediction models

Clinical Summary

• Lung cancer
• Lung transplant
• Medical Education

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Kathleen Lane, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She earned her medical degree at the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Minnesota. She is a graduate of the U of M's Resident Leadership Academy and the Clinician Educator Pathway. She is passionate about medical education, assessment, curriculum development, and clinical reasoning. To those ends, she is the course director for the Acting Internship in Internal Medicine, an Assessment and Coaching Expert (a role that includes coaching students in becoming competent in the AAMC's 13 core EPAs), and Education Lead for the Hospitalist Section. She is involved in research projects centering on clinical reasoning, diagnostic error, and feedback.

Research Summary

Medical Education Clinical Reasoning Feedback

Clinical Summary

Hospital Medicine

Bio

Dr. Lange is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota. She holds the Tickle Family Land Grant Endowed Chair of Breast Cancer Research. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy in 1991. She holds memberships in the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), The Endocrine Society (ES) and Women in Endocrinology (WE). Dr. Lange serves as teaching faculty in the U of MN Department of Pharmacology Graduate Program, the Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MICAB) Graduate Program, the Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development (GCD) Graduate Program, and the MSTP (MD/PhD Combined) Program. She has served on several NIH Study Sections including Biochemical Endocrinology, Metabolic Physiology, Tumor Cell Biology, and Molecular Oncogenesis. She is on the Board of Scientific Advisors to the NIEHS. Dr. Lange is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Endocrinology (The Endocrine Society - Oxford Academic Journals)

Research Summary

The Lange Lab is focused on the role of steroid hormone receptors (SRs) in breast and ovarian cancers. Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptors (PRs) are ligand-activated and context-dependent transcription factors that are essential for development of the breast and reproductive tract. Altered sex hormone levels contribute to cancer risk in these tissues and drive metabolic and cell fate transitions associated with rapid tumor progression. The presence of abnormally activated ERs and imbalanced/activated PR and GR isoforms in hormone-driven tumors can dramatically influence response to endocrine or other therapies. Our overarching research goal is to better understand how SR+ breast cancers and other hormone-influenced cancers of reproductive tissues escape endocrine (i.e. SR-blocking) or other molecular targeted therapies that primarily target signaling pathways that are active in proliferating cancer cells.Ongoing projects encompass the following research themes and their molecular mechanisms:• ER and PR isoform signaling cross talk in luminal breast cancer progression• Ligand-independent actions of p-SRs and p-SR-containing complexes in breast cancer• Altered SR actions in the context of ESR1 mutations or BRCA1/2 loss or mutation• Cellular "stress" sensing by phospho-GR in triple negative breast cancer progression• Fallopian tube transformation and early SR+ serous ovarian cancer progression• Cell fate plasticity (cell cycle exit/entry into G0) and breast cancer stem cell biology• Mechanisms of and biological role of cancer cell dormancy/quiescence and senescence• SR and signaling pathway regulation of breast cancer stem cell populations and biology• Breast cancer metastatic cell dissemination as circulating tumor cell/stem cell clusters.

Research Interest: Solid Tumors

Bio

Dr. Langland received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and graduated from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He completed both a Family Practice residency at Fairview/St. Mary's Hospitals and an Internal Medicine residency at Abbot-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. From 1983 to 2010 he practiced general internal medicine in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. From 2004 to 2012 he was a member of the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice including its president in 2011. He completed a Bush Fellowship in Sports Medicine and is certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Sports Medicine. His interests include aging, obesity, musculoskeletal medicine and the therapeutic and prophylactic use of exercise in health care.

Clinical Summary

Aging; Musculoskeletal Medicine; Therapeutic and prophylactic use of exercise; Obesity

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Went to medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences with a long history of tutoring through college and medical school. Underwent medical residency in Internal Medicine at Hennepin Healthcare, graduated in Spring of 2022. 

Research Summary

• Medical Education
• Bioethics
• Gender-affirming care
• Informed Consent
• Patient-centered Data Collection
• LGBTQ+ interaction with the healthcare system
• HIV prevention 

Teaching Summary

• Clinical Medicine
• Physical Exam
• Bioethics
• LGBTQ+ Medicine
• Gender-affirming Care

Clinical Summary

• Clinical Ethics
• Nephrology
• Palliative Medicine
• LGBTQ+ Medicine

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Zach Lauer is an internal medicine physician who specializes in the care of adult hospitalized patients. His interests include medical education and bedside teaching.

Research Summary

Medical Education

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

Summary
Dr. Lee finished her Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at the University of Minnesota and is excited to serve as one of the global health chief residents this year, 2021-2022. She became interested in health inequities and the intersections between health, education, and policy after opportunities to volunteer at Chicago public schools during college which led to a year of AmeriCorps service in Houston, TX. This led to her MPH training which helped her develop skills and interest in epidemiology and public health data analysis. During residency, the global health community at the University of Minnesota brought many opportunities to learn more about global health and working with refugee populations present in the Twin Cities. She has worked on projects investigating how to further improve healthcare that we provide for Limited English Proficiency patients, specifically in regards to working with interpreters.

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Administrator Info
Name: Admin
Phone: 612-624-9996
Fax: 612-625-4410
Email: idimdivision@umn.edu
Mail: Mayo Memorial Building, MMC 250, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
Dr. Leuck is an infectious diseases physician with a focus on medical education and on finding better treatments for biofilm-related infections including left ventricular assist device (LVAD) infections and prosthetic joint infections. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and studied plant science at Brown University prior to attending the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. She then moved to Minneapolis for residency and fellowship training at the University of Minnesota.

Research Summary

Treatment of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) infections Bacteriophage therapy for biofilm-related infections Treatment of COVID-1

Clinical Summary

Infectious Disease

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Administrator Info
Name: GI Division
Phone: 612-625-8999
Email: gidivision@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 36, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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I am a Transplant Hepatologist who has obtained additional training in Critical Care medicine. My passion is the treatment of critically ill patients with liver disease, particularly those with acute liver failure, and management of hospitalized patients before and after liver transplantation. My research focus is acute liver failure as well as outcomes in the pre and post transplant period.

Research Summary

• Acute Liver Failure
• Hepatitis B Advocacy
• Coagulopathy in Liver Disease
• Hospital Management of Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Hepatic Manifestations of Telomere Biology Disorders

Clinical Summary

Cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, auto-immune liver disease, drug-induced liver injury, liver transplantation, liver cancer, hospitalized patients with liver disease, liver disease in persons with HIV/AIDS

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Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

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I am currently working on incorporating feedback training into curriculum for medical students as well as improving access to women's health education. Other interests surround patient education and improving community health literacy.

Research Summary

Medical Education

Clinical Summary

Hospital Medicine; Women's Health

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Administrator Info
Name: GI Division
Phone: 612-625-8999
Email: gidivision@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 36, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Dr Lim graduated from medical school at University College, Cork in Ireland. After working in Europe and Australia, he moved to the United States to pursue his postgraduate training. Dr Lim completed internal medicine and gastroenterology training at the University of Vermont. Dr Lim then completed subspecialty training in transplant hepatology at Columbia University in New York. Dr Lim's clinical interests include cirrhosis, quality care in patients with cirrhosis who are admitted to the hospital, and liver transplantation.

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Administrator Info
Name: DHM Admin Team
Email: dhmadmin@umn.edu
Phone Number: 612-624-0579
Fax Number: 612-624-3189

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Dr. Julia Lister is dedicated to caring for adults and children admitted to the hospital, with experience in academic projects such as research and quality improvement. She also has interests in medical education, mental health/wellness, and health disparities.

Research Summary

Hospital-based quality improvement

Clinical Summary

Transitions of care; Caring for adults with congenital/childhood disease; Healthy lifestyles and nutrition; Point of care ultrasound

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I have a broad background in physiology, with specific training and expertise in research areas such as ion channel mechanisms, patch clamp electrophysiology, Mg homeostasis, mitochondria, and ER stress. I have carried out electrophysiological experiments to study nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junctions, voltage-gated cardiac sodium channel and other cardiac ion channels. I have been working on different cardiac disease mouse models (hypertension, MI, HFpEF) and cell models (acutely isolated/cultured cardiomyocytes and human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes). Recently, I am focusing on studying Mg deficiency-induced cardiac diastolic dysfunction (DD) and Mg supplementation on improvement of DD and HFpEF.

Research Summary

Mg deficiency-induced cardiac diastolic dysfunction and HFpEF

Clinical Summary

Arrhythmia, Cardiac arrhythmia, Cardiac electrophysiology, Heart failure, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

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Dr. Hong Liu has extensive experience in translational cardiovascular research and her main research interest is the role of oxidative stress in the development of heart failure and arrhythmia. Current project is to investigate the relation between inflammation and diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Research Summary

Oxidative Stress Diastolic Dysfunction Arrhythmia Diabetes Inflammation

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Administrator Info
Name: Admin
Phone: 612-624-9996
Fax: 612-625-4410
Email: idimdivision@umn.edu
Mail: Microbiology Research Building, 1st floor mail room, MMC 2821, 689 23rd Ave S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455

Summary
My past focus and future professional goals include researching the pathogenesis of depression in HIV-infected persons, the impact of mental health on HIV care engagement, and HIV treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings of sub-Saharan Africa. During my infectious disease fellowship, I was engaged in clinical and translational research at Makerere University in Uganda and am continuing this work into my faculty position.

Research Summary

The pathogenesis of depression in HIV-infected persons The impact of mental health on HIV care engagement HIV treatment outcomes in resource-limited settings of sub-Saharan Africa.

Clinical Summary

Native American Care; General Infectious Diseases; HIV