Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine-Pulmonary

Address
DUMC 2629
Durham, NC 27710

4309 Medical Park Drive, Suite 100
Durham, NC 27704

Appointment Telephone
919-668-7630

Office Telephone
919-613-5707

Fax Telephone
919-668-0494

Training

• MD, Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine), 2001

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (North Carolina), 2001-2004

Fellowship

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2004-2007

Clinical Interests
General pulmonary medicine with a specific focus on asthma, allergic airway disease, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis and COPD; diagnosis and management of obesity-related lung disease; research focus on the mechanisms by which obesity affects asthma severity and quality of life; clinical research in asthma

Research Interests
My research focus is asthma.  I perform clinical trials in asthma.  I am specifically interested in the role of adipokines (hormones of obesity) on airway inflammation in asthma.  I am conducting a clinical research study to determine if the airway inflammation in obese asthmatics is altered by weight loss via gastric bypass surgery. I am also performing a clinical trial assessing steroid responsiveness in obese asthma subjects.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Lugogo NL, Kraft M, Dixon AE. Does obesity produce a distinct asthma phenotype? J Appl Physiol. 2010 Mar;108(3):729-34. (2010) Abstract

Que LG, Yang Z, Stamler JS, Lugogo NL, Kraft M. S-nitrosoglutathione reductase: an important regulator in human asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug 1;180(3):226-31. (2009) Abstract

Lugogo NL, MacIntyre NR. Life-threatening asthma: pathophysiology and management. Respir Care. 2008 Jun;53(6):726-35; discussion 735-9. (2008) Abstract

Lugogo NL, Ginsburg GS, Que LG. Genetic profiling and tailored therapy in asthma: Are we there yet?  Curr Opin Mol Ther.  2007 Dec;9(6):528-37. (2007) Abstract

Lugogo NL, Kraft M. Epidemiology of asthma.  Clin Chest Med.  2006 Mar;27(1):1-15, v. (2006) Abstract