Christine M. Bojanowski, MD

After completing a National Institutes of Health Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) fellowship with the Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, Dr. Bojanowski received her medical school training at George Washington University School of Medicine. She then completed a dual residency program in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO), followed by Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where she was appointed to the institution’s T-32 research training grant.  She joined Tulane faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2018.

Dr. Bojanowski’s clinical interests, in addition to critical care, include cystic fibrosis, non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, chronic lung infection, and transitions in pediatric to adult lung disease.  She is the Co-Director of the Tulane Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and a recent recipient of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE) award. She has received board certifications in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Adult Pulmonary Disease and Adult Critical Care Medicine. She sees patients at Tulane University Medical Center and University Medical Center-NO. She will be seeing patients at East Jefferson General Hospital.

A former Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Roadmap Scholar (2019-2021) and recipient of the prestigious Gilead Research Scholar Award in Cystic Fibrosis (2021-2023), Dr Bojanowski is a current scholar of the Dean’s Faculty Physician-Scientist Pipeline Program. Her primary research interests are in upper airway/lung immunology and host response to chronic sinopulmonary infections with important pathogens such as Staphylococcus Aureus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. She is an active member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). With an interest in early career development and in promoting the next generation of physician-scientists, she has held leadership roles on a national level through the ATS.