The Institute for Airway Sciences (IAS) is a collaboration of basic scientists and clinicians dedicated to studying the biology of the airway with the goal of moving innovative science into clinical practice.
The IAS introduces novel therapies for the management of airway disease by transitioning innovative science into clinical trials. We positively impact the lives of patients by instituting new therapies for those with disorders of the sinus, laryngotracheal airway, and lungs. We will find a way to overcome these diseases that heretofore affect our patients.
Directors
Eric M. Genden, MD, Clinical Director, Isidore Friesner Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Charles Powell, MD, Clinical Director, Professor of Medicine and System Division Chief for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Ya-Wen Chen, PhD, Scientific Director, Isidore Friesner Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Members
Otolaryngology
Mark Courey, MD
Umit Dasdogen, PhD
Satish Govindaraj, MD
Alfred Iloreta, MD
Benjamin Laitman, MD, PhD
Pulmonary Medicine
Udit Chaddha, MBBS
Jamie Hook, MD
Jaymin Kathiriya, PhD
Monica Kraft, MD
Patty Lee, MD
Hideo Watanabe, MD, PhD
Transplantation
Paolo Cravedi, MD, PhD
Sander Florman, MD
Amir Horowitz, PhD
Daniel Laskey, MD
Scott Scheinin, MD
Harish Seethamraju, MD
Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Elena Ezhkova, PhD
Allison May, PhD
Sarah Millar, PhD
Marek Mlodzik, PhD
Michael Rendl, MD
Zhe Ying, PhD
Genetics and Genomics Sciences
Alexander Tsankov, PhD