Organization: UNC / UNC Health

Clinical Interests Lung transplantation, lung cancer, Cyberknife (stereotactic radiosurgery) for lung cancer, esophageal cancer, airway diseases and problems. Because of a disability that limits prolonged standing, I no longer perform surgery, but am available for second opinions and advice. I perform bronchoscopy, interventional bronchoscopy, and participate in treatment planning for...

  Research in my laboratory has three interlinked focus areas: 1. IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION AND VACCINATION: Cutting-edge approaches to evaluate coronavirus and arbovirus antibody responses in those experiencing an infection and in vaccine recipients. We use the knowledge from these studies to design novel antigens for diagnostics, develop mAbs...

My research focuses on medical ultrasound technology development with a particular emphasis on developing new methods for interrogating the mechanical properties of tissue using acoustic radiation force. My work spans theoretical development, in silico and in vitro testing, pre-clinical demonstration, and pilot clinical implementation in application to delineating the structure...

SPECIALTIES Minimally invasive aortic surgery, endovascular aortic repair, thoracic aneurysms, fenestrated aortic repair, branched aortic repair, aortic transections, aortic dissections, abdominal aortic aneurysms, aortic iliac occlusive disease, carotid artery disease. RESEARCH Endovascular repair of aortic disease. Endovascular surgery, aortic aneurysm, carotid disease, aortic surgery, thoracoabdoominal aortic aneurysms, TAAA, complex Endovascular...

The overriding goal is to identify novel treatments for immune related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and trauma. Studies in addiction focus on alcohol use disorder and cocaine use disorder. Further description of these projects include: Prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD): The goal of this project...

Neurointerventional, Stroke, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Aneurysms, Vascular Malformations, Cerebrovascular Health

I am the Executive Director for the Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health in the OB/GYN and Pediatrics Department in the SOM as well as the Director of the Jordan Institute for Families in the School of Social Work and Co-Principal Investigator for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center...

Dr. Lalush has a primary focus on human-subject imaging research using PET, MRI, and X-ray CT. Currently, his active areas include PET-MRI neuroimaging, quantitative orthopaedic MRI imaging, and PET-MRI cancer applications. Applications of data science, machine learning, and deep learning are an important aspect of his work. As a longtime...

I have a longstanding interest in the mechanisms by which hepatotropic positive-strand RNA viruses replicate in the liver and cause diseases ranging from acute inflammatory hepatitis to cancer. My laboratory has focused on two viruses that are classified within different virus families, hepatitis A virus (HAV, a picornavirus) and hepatitis...