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photo Daniel I. Sullivan, MD

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: sullivandi@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-2210

Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore, NW628
3459 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-2210
Fax: 412-692-2260
E-mail: sullivandi@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Stacie Truszkowski
Email: truszkowskisl@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-624-7225
Fax: 412-624-1670
Education and Training
Education
BS, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, 2009
MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2014
Training
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2017
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2020
Research Interest
Dr. Sullivan's focus is on the role of epithelial-derived chemokines in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He works primarily with cell and animal-based models of disease in an effort to develop novel therapeutics for fibrosing lung diseases.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Sullivan is interested in augmenting the progression of interstitial lung disease. He nurtures this clinical interest by seeing patients at the Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung disease where clinical trials of therapeutics are underway.
Educational Interest
Dr. Sullivan's educational interest is in increasing the application of scientific principles to the management of patients.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Jiang, M., Roth, M. G., Chun-On, P., Sullivan, D. I., Alder, J. K. Phenotypic Diversity Caused by Differential Expression of SFTPC-Cre-Transgenic Alleles. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2020; 62(6): 692-698.
Sullivan, D. I., Kass, D. J. Signals and signposts: Biomarkers in IPF and PAH at the crossroads of clinical relevance. Respirology. 2019; 24(11): 1044-1045.
Sullivan, D., Ahn, C., Gao, A., Lacelle, C., Torres, F., Bollineni, S., Banga, A., Mullins, J., Mohanka, M., Ring, S., Wait, M., Pelts, M., Duddupudi, P., Surapaneni, D., Kaza, V. Evaluation of current strategies for surveillance and management of donor-specific antibodies: Single-center study. Clinical Transplantation. 2018; 32(7).
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: The role of the epithelial-derived chemokine, CXCL12, in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: F32 HL152503
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2022
Notable Achievements
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship, 2013