Theresa Annette Laguna, MD, MSc

Theresa Annette Laguna, MD, MSc

Specialties

  • Children's Title: Division Chief, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
  • Academic Title: Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Research Center: Center for Respiratory Biology and Therapeutics
  • On Staff Since: February 2023
"I believe that “if you see it, you can be it.” As a Latinx woman and member of the LGBTQIA+ community in a leadership role in academic medicine, I have an opportunity to mentor and sponsor those coming after me. I strive to bring my authentic self to work every day and use my voice and leadership platforms to advance diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for patients, trainees and colleagues."

  • Biography

    Dr. Laguna received her undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of New Mexico and her M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her Pediatric Residency and Chief Residency at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. She completed her Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship training and obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Science at the University of Colorado. Upon completion of her training, Dr. Laguna was recruited to the University of Minnesota where she was the Co-Director of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center and Director of the Pediatric CF Program. She then moved to Chicago to be the Division Chief of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern University School of Medicine where she also served as the CF Center Director and Director of the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) Center of Excellence. Dr. Laguna was then recruited back to become the new Division Chief of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Laguna has built her research career in early lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF). Her NIH R01 and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) grant-funded work focuses on early infections in the CF airway and the role of anaerobic communities in the development of lung disease. She is a national mentor for the CFF and serves on NIH and CFF grant review study sections. She has been recognized for her teaching efforts as an Outstanding Faculty Educator by pediatric residents five times. She is active in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives locally, regionally, and nationally. Dr. Laguna has been active in many professional societies including the American Thoracic Society where she has served as Co-Chair of the DEI Advisory Group, Chair of the Program Committee and will be the incoming Chair of the Pediatrics Assembly.

    Board Certification(s)

    Pediatric Pulmonology

    Education

    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

    Residency

    Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

    Fellowship

    University of Colorado at Denver-GME, Aurora, CO

    Clinical Interests

    Cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, pulmonary complications of stem cell transplantation, interstitial lung disease, health disparities

    Research Description

    The development and progression of lung disease in CF and PCD, health disparities, DEI in the workforce. Dr. Laguna’s current funded research program investigates the impact of bacterial and fungal communities identified by next generation sequencing methods on inflammation and lung disease progression in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from the pediatric CF airway.

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