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Aparna Swaminathan

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
DUMC 103000, Durham, NC 27710
Room 2077 MSRB II, 2 Genome Court, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2021 - Present Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2021 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published June 3, 2024
DCRI Unveils New Imaging and Translational Biomarker Evidence in Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lung Disease from the IPF-PRO/ILD-PRO Registry

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Recent Publications


The Epidemiology of Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema among Mid-Atlantic Veterans.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · October 2025 Rationale: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a unique phenotype with important prognosis and management implications in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (CPFE-IPF) and other forms of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (CPFE-fIL ... Full text Link to item Cite

An App Platform-Facilitated Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention for Outpatients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pilot Randomized Trial.

Journal Article Am J Hosp Palliat Care · July 2025 Rationale: Outpatients with interstitial lung disease often experience serious symptoms, yet infrequently receive palliative care. Objective: To determine the feasibility and clinical impact of a mobile application (PCplanner) in an outpatient setting. Met ... Full text Link to item Cite

Extent of lung fibrosis is of greater prognostic importance than HRCT pattern in patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis: data from the ILD-PRO registry.

Journal Article Respir Res · February 28, 2025 BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of patterns and quantitative measures of lung fibrosis on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in patients identified as having progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) has not been established. We investigated whether HR ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


"SERANATA" Study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GB002, Inc. · 2025 - 2030

PCORNet STAR CRN Phase 4

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · 2020 - 2028

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Education, Training & Certifications


Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine · 2012 M.D.