Ramana Sidhaye, MD

Description

Dr. Sidhaye is a Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with a joint appointment in Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the School of Public Health and in Biomedical Engineering. She is an expert in the diagnosis and management of lung diseases including COPD and asthma as well as management of critical illness and ventilatory support. Her lab is focused on studying lung epithelial responses to insults from non-infectious particles such as cigarette smoke and particulate matter as well as infectious insults such as virus and bacteria.  A primary focus of the lab is in epithelial monolayer integrity and quantitative analysis of epithelial dysfunction with the goal of driving the epithelium towards health. Dr. Sidhaye serves as the co-director of the Physician Scientist Pathway in the Osler Residency Program at Johns Hopkins. She received her M.D. from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She completed her residency at Northwestern and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins.