Thomas Ferkol, MD

EMAIL: thomas_ferkol@med.unc.edu

PERSONAL WEBSITE: https://www.med.unc.edu/pediatrics/pulm/research

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THOMAS FERKOL, MD
Chief, Division of Pulmonology
Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Ferkol is a pediatric pulmonologist with over thirty years of experience, who has special expertise in suppurative lung diseases, like cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. An American Lung Association Edward Livingston Trudeau Scholar and recipient of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation LeRoy Matthew’s Physician-Scientist Award and PCF Foundation Golden Cilium Award, his research has largely focused of genetic and molecular factors that contribute to chronic airway infection, inflammation, and epithelial injury, with nearly thirty-years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health. He currently co-leads the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium, an established, multicenter collaborative that is defining the genetics, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of inherited, suppurative lung diseases. He has served on numerous international review groups and study sections, and written or co-authored over 200 original articles, scholarly reviews, and book chapters. Finally, Dr. Ferkol is a past-president of the American Thoracic Society, an international professional organization of over 15,000 members worldwide, only the second pediatrician to serve in this capacity during the 120-year history of the organization.