Overview
My passion is for leveraging health care data and innovative technologies to advancing excellence and equity in health care. I dually-enrolled in both a Bachelor's and Master's program in public health at the University of Georgia studying epidemiology and then continued my training at Emory's school of medicine and UT Southwestern's internal medicine residency. Now, I am enrolled as a research fellow in Duke's division of pulmonary and critical care, where I have the opportunity to advance my research career as well as become an expert clinician in pulmonary medicine. I am proud to bring my passion for excellence and equity in care to both my research and my clinical practice.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate in the Department of Medicine
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2023 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Pulmonary Disease in the Older Adult: A Review of Interstitial Lung Disease.
Journal Article Clin Geriatr Med · November 2025 Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a group of diverse conditions of critical importance to the care of the older adult that can cause pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory failure, and death. Aging and geriatric principles are key factors in the epidemiology, ... Full text Link to item CiteThe 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 CiteRacial disparities in lung function by pulmonary function testing among lung transplant candidates and race-specific reference equations.
Journal Article JHLT Open · May 2025 Non-White patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) experience racial disparities in lung transplant waitlist mortality. Race-specific equations for spirometry may contribute by underestimating restriction severity in non-White candidates. We analyzed ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Emory University, School of Medicine ·
2017
M.D.