LAM Clinics

The LAM Foundation is always seeking to help improve the care and treatment of all LAM patients.  Strategically positioned based on the number of patients in a geographic area and combined with physicians who have an interest in LAM at institutions who value research in rare diseases, LAM Clinics are located in 24 hospitals or medical centers across the United States.  In order to become a LAM Foundation approved LAM Clinic, an application must be submitted and undergo a rigorous review by the Foundation’s LAM Clinic Committee before being accepted into the network.

The purpose of the LAM Clinic program is to improve outcomes by focusing referrals to specific institutions with the necessary infrastructure, promoting multidisciplinary care, ensuring quality, facilitating cooperative trials and research projects and to train future LAM caregivers.

In some cases the LAM Clinic Director may become the LAM patient’s primary pulmonologist, but in many cases do not, due to geographic constraints or a long-standing physician/patient relationship.  In either case, LAM patients are encouraged to be seen in the LAM Clinic nearest to them, at least once per year for evaluation and inclusion in possible studies or clinical trials.   An attitude of “shared care” exists among the LAM Clinic Directors and the patients’ local pulmonologists.  Because LAM is so rare, the LAM Clinic Directors are an excellent resource for more information on the diagnosis, care and treatment of LAM patients.  

Alabama (Birmingham) - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Clinic Director:  Joseph Barney, MD   
205.996.9405

Arizona (Scottsdale) - Mayo Clinic
Clinic Directors:  Laszlo Vaszar, MD  
480.301.7149

California (Los Angeles) - University of California
Clinic Directors:  Joseph Lynch, MD / David A. Zisman, MD
310.825.8599
Scheduling:  Olivia Lupian
310.206.7858

California (San Diego) - University of California
Clinic Director:  Gordon Yung, MD
619.543.7300

California (San Francisco) - University of California
Clinic Directors:  Harold Collard, MD / Paul Wolters, MD
415.206.8314
Scheduling:  Sally McLaughlin
415.353.2577

California (Stanford) - Stanford University Medical Center
Clinic Director:  Stephen Ruoss, MD
650.725.7061
Scheduling:  Monica Gutierrez
650.723.6983

Colorado (Denver) - National Jewish Health
Clinic Directors:  Gregory P. Downey, MD / Kevin K. Brown, MD
Scheduling:  Peggy Hammond
303.398.1436  

Florida (Jacksonville) - Mayo Clinic
Clinic Directors:  Charles Burger, MD / Augustine Lee, MD
904.953.2381 / 904.953.2861
Scheduling:  Tonya Zeigler, RRT
904.953.2282

Florida (Miami) - University of Miami
Clinic Director:  Marilyn Glassberg, MD
305.243.6388
Scheduling:  Emmanuelle Simonet
305.243.3728

Georgia (Atlanta) - Emory University School of Medicine
Clinic Directors:  Srihari Veeraraghavan, MD, FCCP / Gerald Staton, MD
Scheduling:  Trina Laney/Tyria Washington
404.778.5736 / 404.778.5734

Illinois (Chicago) - Loyola University Medical Center
Clinic Directors:  Dan Dilling, MD / James P. Gagermeier, MD  
Scheduling:  Donna Morin
708.216.4946

Massachusetts (Boston) - Tufts Medical Center
Clinic Director:  Geraldine Finlay, MD
617.636.7751
Scheduling:  Cheryl Lockhart-LaRonde
617.636.6377

Michigan (Ann Arbor) - University of Michigan
Clinic Directors:  MeiLan Han, MD, MS / Kevin R. Flaherty, MD, MS
734.936.5047
Scheduling:  Ann Durance
734.998.5759

Minnesota (Rochester) - Mayo Clinic
Clinic Directors:  Jay Ryu, MD / Eric J. Olson, MD
507.284.2447
Scheduling:  Sharon Peterson / Hope St. Jean
507.284.3822

Missouri (St. Louis) - Washington University School of Medicine Barnes Jewish
Clinic Directors:  Adrian Shifren, MD / Mario Castro, MD, MPH
314.454.8764 / 314-362-6904
Scheduling:  Melissa Schertz
314.747.9523 / 314.454.8917

New York (New York) - Presbyterian/Columbia
Clinic Director:  Jeanine D’Armiento, MD, PhD
212.305.3745

Ohio (Cincinnati) - University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Clinic Directors:  Francis McCormack, MD
513.558.4831
Scheduling:  Lisa Davis
513.475.7510

Ohio (Cleveland) - Cleveland Clinic
Joseph Parambil, MD
216.444.7567

Oregon (Portland) - Oregon Health and Science University
Clinic Director:  Alan Barker, MD
Scheduling:  Donna Kido
503.494.7680

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) - University of Pennsylvania
Clinic Directors:  Robert Kotloff, MD / Maryl Kreider, MD, MSCE
Scheduling:  Lou Ann Pizzo
215.349.5488

South Carolina (Charleston) -  Medical University of South Carolina
Clinic Directors:  Charlie Strange, MD / Steve Sahn, MD
843.792.2153 / 843.792.3161
Scheduling:  Amie Finley / Julie Driggers
843.792.6569 / 843.792.3167

Tennessee (Nashville) - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Clinic Director:  Lisa Young, MD
615.343.4761
Scheduling: 
615.322.2386

Texas (Dallas) - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Clinic Directors:  Carlos Girod, MD / John Fitzgerald, MD
214.648.9095
Scheduling:  Vicki Dias
214.645.7003/214.645.2100

Texas (Houston) - University of Texas Health Center
Clinic Director:  Khalid Almoosa, MD
832.325.7222
Scheduling:  Laci Soper
832.325.7396

Washington (Seattle) - Swedish Medical Center
Clinic Directors:  George Pappas, MD / Derel Finch, MD
206.386.9500
Scheduling:
206.320.6500