Sangeeta Bhorade, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program

Dr. Sangeeta Bhorade has been involved with the advancement of lung transplantation as an option for adults with end-stage lung disease and pulmonary vascular disease. She and her team provide pre- and post-transplant care for about 15 new lung transplant patients each year.

An active researcher, Dr. Bhorade has been the co-investigator on grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health and other respected organizations. She recently completed a multi-center lung transplant clinical trial that is evaluating novel immunosuppression regimens in lung transplantation. Committed to improving transplant success rates, Dr. Bhorade is studying the effects of various therapies on reducing infection and rejection in lung transplant patients. She is interested in identifying predictors and risk factors for chronic rejection, the major obstacle to long-term survival after lung transplantation.

In addition, Dr. Bhorade actively participates on several international lung transplant committees. She has been invited to speak at several national and international transplant conferences. Dr. Bhorade has published dozens of papers and abstracts on transplant-related topics in respected medical journals, including the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and the American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine.

Practice Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

150 E. Huron Street
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60611

Year Started Practice

1998

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care Medicine

Medical School

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Internship, Residency, and Fellowship

The University of Chicago Medicine

Memberships

American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American Medical Women's Association
American Society of Transplant Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Chicago Medical Society
Illinois State Medical Society
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Language Spoken

English

Email

sbhorade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 834-1119

Office Fax

(773) 702-6500

Office Postal Address

Sangeeta Bhorade, MD
The University of Chicago Medicine
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6076
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Pulmonary medicine
• Lung transplantation
• Immunosuppresion
• Interstitial lung disease
• Pulmonary hypertension

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Read More About Dr. Bhorade

When pulmonary fibrosis left Lisa Wright in need of a new lung, she turned to the University of Chicago. Dr. Bhorade and a multidisciplinary transplant team guided Wright through the transplant process -- an approach that Wright credits for her quick recovery. Read the story.

Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Bhorade's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.