Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Ahmet Uluer is a medicine and pediatrics trained pulmonologist and Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at the combined Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center. After graduating from the Kansas City University School of Medicine and Biosciences, he completed his Med-Peds Residency at the Cleveland Clinic where he also served as Chief Resident. His clinical and research interests involve all aspects of cystic fibrosis care, including quality improvement initiatives, transitional care and outcomes research. He is particularly interested in exercise, including supporting a team of 10 people with CF run the Boston Marathon, and its impact on respiratory health, as well as depression and anxiety for those facing chronic illness. He is also interested in complications related to chronic pulmonary therapies in an aging CF population, including nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity. He completed translation research project while earning my Master’s in Public Health degree at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, looking at urinary biomarkers associated with kidney injury. He is also Director of the Bridges Adult Transition Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, providing age-appropriate care and transitional care support to all adult survivors of congenital or pediatric acquired chronic illness. He leads another multi-disciplinary team of providers working on transitional care processes and outcome measures for those with childhood-onset chronic diseases and along with other collaborators, working on building the capacity for them to be cared for in an adult medical home.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM ET