Assistant Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Charlie Bengtson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and continued on at the University of Kansas Medical Center completing a residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicne. After completion of his clinical training he was awarded a post-doctoral research fellowship through the National Center for Advancing Translational Science during which time he obtained a Masters in Clinical Research.
Clinically, he focuses on caring for adults with cystic fibrosis. He also maintains an interest in translational research, studying the impact of airway inflammation on outcomes in those with CF. He has received funding from the NIH and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for this work.