Laura E. Crotty Alexander
Laura E. Crotty Alexander
Credentials:
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MD
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Current Position(s):
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VA Staff Physician and Researcher
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UCSD Associate Professor of Medicine
Personal Statement:
Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander went to a public high school in L.A. county before attending Duke University for both undergraduate studies and medical school. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at Harvard, and a postdoctoral fellowship in Host Defense and Bacterial Virulence at UCSD. She is currently a Staff Physician and Researcher at the VA San Diego, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSD. Dr. Crotty Alexander is a Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist with clinical and research-based interests in e-cigarettes. She studies the effects of e-cigarettes on airway inflammation, organ and innate immune function, and the effects of cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapor on bacterial virulence. She has been recognized for her clinical expertise via selection as a San Diego Top Doctor in 2017 and as the American Lung Association Lung Healthcare Provider of the Year for 2020.
Professional History:
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Massachusetts General Hospital Internal Medicine Residency 2003-2006
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Harvard Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program 2006-2010
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UCSD Faculty 2011-current
Education:
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Duke University
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Duke University School of Medicine
Honors/Awards:
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2020 American Lung Association Lung Healthcare Provider of the Year
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2018 ATS Fellow
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2017 San Diego Top Doctors
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2017 ATS Emerging Leaders Program
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2016 ATS Rising Star, Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) Assembly
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2016 ATS Presidential Commendation
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2015 ATS Young Investigator Award, presented at the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Meeting
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