{"id":3865,"date":"2016-02-05T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2023-06-06T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:58:36","slug":"henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/henderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Program Directors: Ashley Henderson, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>Dr. Henderson is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine and is Program Director of the Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program.<\/p>\n<div class='image-section'>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/henderson-image2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image2\"><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ashley Henderson, MD<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p\/>\n<h4><em>What is your clinical expertise?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>I am a pulmonologist and intensivist (pulmonary and critical care).  <\/p>\n<h4><em>What is your current role in the Department of Medicine?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p> I am an Associate Professor and I have several roles:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Clinician\u2014I work mostly in the medicine intensive care unit for inpatient work, I have my own pulmonary clinic, precept fellows<\/li>\n<li>Administrative\u2014I am the program director for our fellowship program (pulmonary and critical care, a combined program)<\/li>\n<li>Teaching\u2014I am the block director for the respiratory block in the Foundation Phase of the TEC curriculum (formerly 1st and 2nd year medical school) as well as the <span>medical sciences co-director<\/span> of the Foundation phase.  I am also involved in teaching in several other ways, but these are my \u201cbig\u201d titles\/roles<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">Research\u2014<span>I also am involved <\/span><span>with COPD epidemiology studies looking at COPD in Hispanics as well as an ANCA-vasculitis project and a small medical education project.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><em>What current project or initiative at UNC are you involved in that you are excited about?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span>I am involved with many exciting things, but I have a two key changes of late:  <\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p><span>1) I have a relatively new collaboration with the renal vasculitis clinic, which is our start towards a true multidisciplinary clinic for these patients that have an illness involving multiple organs simultaneously. 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