Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Clinical Asthma Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
Dr. Katherine Cahill is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Asthma Research. Dr. Cahill received her degree in biology from Pepperdine University (California) and her medical degree from Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Jersey). She completed an internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center followed by a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, Massachusetts. After 5 years on Faculty at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, she moved her family to Nashville in 2018 to join the Center for Asthma Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Cahill studies the mechanisms of adult asthma with a primary interest in severe asthma phenotypes including aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) and obesity-associated asthma. Dr. Cahill has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and to the editorial board of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In 2021, Dr. Cahill was recognized by the American Thoracic Society with the Jo Rae Wright Award for her contribution to science. Dr. Cahill leads local and national research clinical trials in respiratory disease. Through her research efforts supported by the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Cahill aims to develop new treatment options and improve the quality of life for adults with asthma. Dr. Cahill is board certified in allergy and clinical immunology and sees patients at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program. Her clinical interests include the evaluation and medical management of adult-onset asthma, AERD, NSAID drug allergy, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and eosinophilic diseases.
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Evaluation and Treatment of Primary Immunoglobulin Deficiency Disorders in Rhinosinusitis
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time