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Kenneth N. Olivier, MD, MPH - Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine

Kenneth N. Olivier, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Director, UNC Bronchiectasis/NTM Care and Research Center

Kenneth Oliver

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Marsico Lung Institute:
125 Mason Farm Road
CB#7248
Chapel Hill , NC 27599-7248

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Kenneth N. Olivier, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Director, UNC Bronchiectasis/NTM Care and Research Center

Areas of Interest

Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Primary Immunodeficiency Associated Lung Disease

About

Dr. Olivier’s main clinical and research focus is on bronchiectasis and chronic airway infections, particularly those caused by the environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). His research interests include the population distribution and characteristics of disease, host susceptibility and pathogenesis, and management optimization for chronic pulmonary NTM infections. Dr Olivier’s work on host pathogenesis has identified overlap between idiopathic bronchiectasis patients with NTM infections and gene variants associated with genetic disorders of mucociliary clearance (cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia), heritable connective tissue disorders (e.g. Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes) and primary immune deficiencies. He is an investigator in the NIH-funded Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium with a focus on primary ciliary dyskinesia and other causes of suppurative respiratory tract disease. Therapeutic development interests include both a bench focus on Mycobacterium abscessus preclinical model development, virulence and therapeutic targets and clinical trial optimization for novel antimicrobial therapeutics.

  • Undergraduate

    Louisiana State University

  • Medical School

    Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Keesler USAF Medical Center

  • Fellowship

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • MPH

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill