Meet Our Members

The Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics brings together basic science and clinical researchers across Seattle Children’s in pulmonary, otolaryngology, surgery, critical care, neonatology, respiratory therapy and pathology.

Our researchers have made scientific discoveries that have changed to lives of children with cystic fibrosis, asthma and other respiratory conditions and diseases and are world leaders in global respiratory health research.

Membership with the Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics is available for all Seattle Children's investigators. To learn more about becoming a member of the center or inquire about collaboration opportunities, send us an email.

Leadership

Jason Debley, MD, MPH

Dr. Jason Debley​Jason S. Debley, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics, is an attending physician in the Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division at Seattle Children's Hospital and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his MD from Northwestern University Medical School and completed his pediatrics internship and residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Seattle Children’s and earned an MPH from the University of Washington. He has clinical expertise in severe asthma, recurrent wheezing of early childhood, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, restrictive lung diseases of childhood and the management of chronic respiratory failure.

As a physician-scientist Dr. Debley's research has spanned clinical, epidemiologic, basic and mechanistic patient-oriented translational asthma research. His work over the past two decades has concentrated on investigation of the role of the airway epithelium in asthma pathobiology, with focus areas including study of innate immune responses of airway epithelial cells to respiratory viruses and aberrant epithelial regulation of airway remodeling responses. He built a translational research program wherein primary bronchial airway epithelial cells are obtained from children with asthma and healthy children undergoing elective surgical procedures at Seattle Children’s Hospital. This infrastructure is a unique resource in the United States, providing a steady source of primary bronchial airway epithelial cells from carefully characterized children with asthma that are used to conduct mechanistic research to advance our understanding of the role of airway epithelial responses in asthma and to identify novel therapeutic targets.

Gail Deutsch, MD

Dr. Gail Deutsch​Gail Deutsch, MD, associate director of the Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics, is a pediatric pathologist in the Division of Laboratories at Seattle Children’s Hospital and a professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Pittsburgh and fellowship in pediatric pathology at Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her clinical expertise is in pediatric, developmental and pulmonary pathology, with a specific interest in diffuse lung disease. She has been active in the Children’s Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease Research Network (chILDRN) since its inception in 2004 and onboarded Seattle Children’s Hospital as an enrollment site for the chILD National Registry.

Dr. Deutsch’s research focuses on characterizing key pathologic findings in lung disorders presenting early in life, including those manifesting with altered lung development and cell differentiation. She has an extensive background in protocol development for acquisition, processing, storage and characterization of a variety of specimens for basic and translational research. She is a long-standing co-investigator of the Human Tissue Core for the NIH-funded Molecular Atlas of Lung Development Program (LUNGMAP), where she provides expertise in procuring and evaluating normal and diseased lungs for research studies. She is medical director of the Research Laboratory Services Core (RLS) at Seattle Children’s Hospital which supports a wide breadth of studies utilizing biospecimens for research.

Members

Matthew Farris Abts, MD Matthew Farris Abts, MD
Michael Barbour, PhD Michael Barbour, PhD
Sara K Berkelhamer, MD Sara K Berkelhamer, MD
Randall A Bly, MD Randall A Bly, MD
Thomas V Brogan, MD Thomas V Brogan, MD
Maida Lynn Chen, MD Maida Lynn Chen, MD
Jonathan David Cogen, MD, MPH Jonathan David Cogen, MD, MPH
Mary Elizabeth Crocker, MD, MPH Mary Elizabeth Crocker, MD, MPH
Chelsea Susanne Davis, MD Chelsea Susanne Davis, MD
Amy Beth Dettori, MD Amy Beth Dettori, MD
Gail H Deutsch, MD Gail H Deutsch, MD

Associate Director, Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics

Robert DiBlasi, RRT-NPS, FAARC Robert DiBlasi, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Laurie Christine Eldredge, MD, PhD Laurie Christine Eldredge, MD, PhD
Laura Elizabeth Ellington, MD, MS Laura Elizabeth Ellington, MD, MS
Seth Friedman, PhD Seth Friedman, PhD
Ron Gibson, MD, PhD Ron Gibson, MD, PhD
Christopher H Goss, MD Christopher H Goss, MD
Nicole Mayer Hamblett, PhD Nicole Mayer Hamblett, PhD

Co-Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center

Sonya Heltshe, PhD Sonya Heltshe, PhD

Director of Biostatistics, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Development Network Coordinating Center, Seattle Children's Research Institute

Luke Hoffman, MD, PhD Luke Hoffman, MD, PhD
Sarah Christine Hofman DeYoung, MD Sarah Christine Hofman DeYoung, MD
Kaalan E Johnson, MD Kaalan E Johnson, MD
BreAnna Kinghorn, MD, MS BreAnna Kinghorn, MD, MS
Amornluck Krasaelap, MD Amornluck Krasaelap, MD
Theresa Annette Laguna, MD, MSc Theresa Annette Laguna, MD, MSc
Deborah Rachel Liptzin, MD, MS Deborah Rachel Liptzin, MD, MS
Erin Walker MacKintosh, MD Erin Walker MacKintosh, MD
Amalia Magaret, PhD Amalia Magaret, PhD
Susan G Marshall, MD Susan G Marshall, MD
Meghan E McGarry, MD, MAS Meghan E McGarry, MD, MAS
John K McGuire, MD John K McGuire, MD
Katie R Nielsen, MD, MPH Katie R Nielsen, MD, MPH
Thida Ong, MD Thida Ong, MD
Robin Ortenberg, MD Robin Ortenberg, MD
Sanjay R Parikh, MD Sanjay R Parikh, MD
Michael Keith Pickens, DO Michael Keith Pickens, DO
Weston Thomas Powell, MD, PhD Weston Thomas Powell, MD, PhD
Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, MD, MPH Mihai Puia-Dumitrescu, MD, MPH
Kathleen Ramos, MD, MS Kathleen Ramos, MD, MS
Bonnie W Ramsey, MD Bonnie W Ramsey, MD
Gregory J Redding, MD Gregory J Redding, MD
Stephen Ray Reeves, MD, PhD Stephen Ray Reeves, MD, PhD
Joan S Roberts, MD Joan S Roberts, MD
Margaret Rosenfeld, MD, MPH Margaret Rosenfeld, MD, MPH
Lincoln S Smith, MD Lincoln S Smith, MD
Amanda Michele Striegl, MD, MS Amanda Michele Striegl, MD, MS
Demet Toprak, MD Demet Toprak, MD
Amelie O Von Saint Andre- Von Arnim, MD Amelie O Von Saint Andre- Von Arnim, MD
Delphine Yung, MD Delphine Yung, MD

Fellows

Drake Bouzek, MD

Drake Bouzek, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow

Daphne Cheng, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow

Patricia dela Cruz, MD, PhD

Patricia dela Cruz, MD, PhD
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Fellow

MacKenzie Wyatt, BS, MD

MacKenzie Wyatt, BS, MD
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow

Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics

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Physical Address

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Mailing Address

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Seattle, WA 98145-5005