Len Hudson


  Leonard D. Hudson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research
Director of Research Training
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine



OFFICE ADDRESS
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Campus Box 359762
Seattle, WA 98104

lhudson@u.washington.edu
Academic Office: (206) 744-3533
Fax: (206) 744-8584
Clinic Appointments: (206) 744-3123


EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.S. in Zoology, Washington State University, Pullman, 1960.

M.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1964.

Internship in Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, Second Cornell Medical Division, New York, NY, 1965.

Residency in Internal Medicine, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 1966-67.

Fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases (American Thoracic Society Fellowship), University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, 1971.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
To improve our understanding of the epidemiology of acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). To investigate the evolution of the inflammatory process in the blood and the lung to better understand the pathogenesis of lung injury. To investigate new treatment options for patients with, or at risk for ALI and/or ARDS.

These investigations will allow early identification of patients at particularly high risk for development of ALI/ARDS, as well as identifying the inflammatory mechanisms involved in their time course interactions and correlation with clinical characteristics or events. These data are necessary for the appropriate design of clinical intervention trials. The ultimate goal of providing this information would be to enhance our ability to identify specific interventions which are likely to beneficially affect patients at high risk for ARDS and MODS.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Matute-Bello G, Liles WC, Radella II F, Steinberg KP, Ruzinski JT, Hudson LD, Martin TR.  Modulation of neutrophil apoptosis by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor during the course of acute respiratory distress syndrome.  Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1-7

The ARDS Network.  Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.  N Engl J Med 2000; 342: 1301-1308

Park WY, Goodman RB, Steinberg KP, Ruzinski JT, Radella F II, Park DR, Pugin J, Skerrett SJ, Hudson LD, Martin TR.  Cytokine balance in the lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:1896-1903

Rubenfeld GD, Caldwell E, Peabody E, Weaver J, Martin DP, Neff M, Stern EJ, Hudson LD.  Incidence and outcomes of acute lung injury:  Results from the King County Lung Injury Project.  N Engl J Med 2005;353:1685-1693

The NIH NHLBI ARDS Network (Hudson LD, writing committee member and study co-chair).  Efficacy and safety of corticosteroids for persistent acute respiratory distress syndrome.  N Engl J Med 2006; 354:1671-1684

Treggiari MM, Martin DP, Yanez ND, Caldwell E, Hudson LD, Rubenfeld GD.  Effect of intensive care unit organizational model and structure on outcomes in patients with acute lung injury.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 2007; 176:685-690

Schnapp LM, Vaught M, Park DR, Rubenfeld G, Goodman RB, Hudson LD.  Implementation and impact of a translational research training program in pulmonary and critical care medicine.  Chest 2008 Nov 18 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19017887

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