Dr. Shigeki Saito's grant application entitled “Defining the Roles of Fibulin-5 in Pulmonary Fibrosis”, submitted for pilot funding to the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center, was recently selected for funding by the LA CaTS Center Executive Council.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Yasin Khan has been named the Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program at University Medical Center New Orleans. He will be working alongside the other members of the program committee to provide this highly specialized form of life support to our patients with advanced respiratory and cardiac failure. Dr. Khan is a recent addition to our section, having joined us from Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto where he gained expert training and experience in several modes of extracorporeal life support and advanced mechanical ventilation. Congratulations, Dr. Khan!
Congratulations to our 3rd-year fellow, Dr. Jackie Choa, for having the winning abstract at the annual Tulane SOM Scholarship Day! Well done, Dr. Choa!
Overall, the section of Pulm/CCM had great representation at Scholarship Day. Fellows, Dr. Sandra Okoli and Dr. Diana Espinoza-Barrera, both contributed to poster presentations as well!
We are pleased to announce that Derek Pociask, PhD, has accepted the position of Director of Graduate Education for the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. Dr. Pociask will undertake efforts to advance the quality and diversity of the school of medicine graduate programs and will develop and expand programs to involve undergraduate and medical students with research opportunities. Dr. Pociask will also work collaboratively with the Assistant Dean of the BMS program to develop programs that enhance opportunities for PhD students, as well as other aspects of the PhD and MD/PhD programs. Congratulations Derek for being selected for this key role!
Dr. Pociask is an Assistant Professor in the John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, And Environmental Medicine. After earning his Ph.D. in the Department of Pathology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 2000, he undertook his post-doctoral training here at the Tulane University school of Medicine. In 2006 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh where he established his research program centered around pulmonary mucosal immunology and infectious models of lung injury and repair. Since moving back to Tulane in 2016, he has been actively engaged in the BMS PHD program as well as undergraduate, Masters and Medical Students.
Dr. Pociask is an Assistant Professor in the John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, And Environmental Medicine. After earning his Ph.D. in the Department of Pathology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 2000, he undertook his post-doctoral training here at the Tulane University school of Medicine. In 2006 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh where he established his research program centered around pulmonary mucosal immunology and infectious models of lung injury and repair. Since moving back to Tulane in 2016, he has been actively engaged in the BMS PHD program as well as undergraduate, Masters and Medical Students.
Dr. Pociask is an Assistant Professor in the John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, And Environmental Medicine. After earning his Ph.D. in the Department of Pathology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in 2000, he undertook his post-doctoral training here at the Tulane University school of Medicine. In 2006 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh where he established his research program centered around pulmonary mucosal immunology and infectious models of lung injury and repair. Since moving back to Tulane in 2016, he has been actively engaged in the BMS PHD program as well as undergraduate, Masters and Medical Students.
