Erika D. Lease, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Contact Information
University of Washington Medical Center
NN-429D UWMC
1959 N.E. Pacific, Campus Box 356522
Seattle, WA 98195-6522
edlease@uw.edu
Academic Office: (206) 598-1409
Fax: (206) 598-5305
Education and Training
BA, Romance Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1999
BA, Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 1999
MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 2004
Internship/Residency, Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC. 2004-2008
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University , Durham, NC. 2008-2012
Fellowship, Infectious Disease, Duke University, Durham, NC. 2009-2012
ACLS Certification, 2012
Clinical Interests
Clinically, my work is largely focused on the transplant population, specifically lung transplant patients both before and after transplant. I also practice as an Infectious Disease specialist dealing with the many infections encountered by any of the transplant recipients of solid organs (e.g. heart, lung, kidney, liver, etc.).
Representative Publications
Hansen KE, Pfeiffer CD, Lease ED, Balch AH, Zaas AK, Perfect JR, and Alexander BD. β-D-glucan Surveillance with Preemptive Anidulafungin for Invasive Candidiasis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study. PLoS One 2012; 7(8): e42282.
Lease ED and Alexander BD. Fungal Diagnostics in Pneumonia. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 32(6): 663-72.
Lease ED and Zaas DW. Update of infectious complications following lung transplantation. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2011; 17(3): 206-9.
Huang YC, Lease ED, and Beachey W. "Gas Exchange" in Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition.
Edited by Hess DR, MacIntyre NR, Mishoe SC, and Galvin WF. Saunders Publishing. 2011.
Huang YC, Lease ED, and Beachey W. "Acid-Base Balance" in Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition. Edited by Hess DR, MacIntyre NR, Mishoe SC, and Galvin WF. Saunders Publishing. 2011.
Huang YC, Lease ED, and Beachey W. "Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Sampling" in Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition. Edited by Hess DR, MacIntyre NR, Mishoe SC, and Galvin WF. Saunders Publishing. 2011.
Lease ED and Zaas DW. Complex bacterial infections pre- and post-transplant. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 31(2): 234-42.