#11: Wait! There’s a lung microbiome?!

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

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🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode our guest is Dr. Robert Dickson a Pulmonologist from the University of Michigan who studies the respiratory microbiome. We discuss how the lung microbiome differs in health, chronic illness and acute disease states like pneumonia, sepsis and ARDS. The lung microbiome has the ability to predict frequency of exacerbations and even severity and progression of certain lung diseases. We’ll explore all of this plus Dr. Dickson’s new paper published last month in Nature Microbiology, which had the surprise of finding gut bacteria in the lungs during critical illness. Please enjoy this wide ranging discussion

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to the Curb Siders, the internal medicine podcast that uses expert
0:18.1	interviews to bring you clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge.
0:22.1	I'm Dr. Matthew Wato.
0:24.2	Unfortunately, here again without my normal co-hosts, Dr. Tony Sideri, Stuart Brigham, and
0:31.0	the illustrious Paul Williams.
0:33.1	However, I think we have a great show for you today.
0:36.8	This episode is a little out of the ordinary for the Curb Siders because we're exploring
0:42.0	a much newer field and that was actually part of my goal for the show was to talk to people
0:47.3	who are doing some very interesting things in the world of medicine.
0:51.1	So our guest on this show is Dr. Robert Dixon.
0:54.6	He is an expert on the lung microbiome.
0:59.0	What we're going to get into is a lot of unanswered questions but very thought stimulating findings
1:06.1	that have come out of this early field.
1:09.9	Dr. Dixon is a pulmonary and critical care physician at the University of Michigan
1:14.1	where he studies the microbiome of the respiratory tract.
1:17.4	As an undergraduate, Dr. Dixon studied the classics and liberal arts at St. John's College
1:22.4	and received his medical degree from Duke University.
1:25.6	He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of
1:29.9	Washington and underwent fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Michigan
1:35.7	where he's been a member of the faculty since 2014.
1:39.1	In his lab, he uses techniques of microbiology and microbial ecology to study the lungs
1:44.4	in both health and critical illness and continues to practice and teach trainees both in the
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