Email

lpandit@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Michael E.DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Clinic)

2002 Holcombe Blvd
3A-314
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 794-8985

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2008 - Houston, Texas United States

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Internship at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

06/2001 - Iowa City, Iowa United States

Internal Medicine

MD from University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School

01/2000 - Dallas, Texas United States

Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

06/2003 - Iowa City, Iowa United States

Internal Medicine

BS from Yale University

06/1996 - New Haven, Connecticut United States

Biology, History

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Lavannya M. Pandit is an Associate Professor (tenured) of Medicine in the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Section at Baylor College of Medicine, and full-time staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Houston, Texas. She is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, and specializes in the care of patients afflicted with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with her laboratory research focused on studying the physiologic and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular diseases. She received her Bachelors of Science from Yale University in Biology and her medical degree from The University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. After completing a residency in internal medicine from University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, and fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, she embarked on an NIH-sponsored research training fellowship prior to joining the Baylor Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep section faculty in 2008. She is a recipient of the Baylor College of Medicine Fulbright and Jaworksi Teaching award (2013) and a VA Career Development Award (2013-2018) supporting her research in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Lloyd EE, Pandit LM, Crossland RF, Marreli SP, Bryan RM Jr. "Endothelium-dependent relaxations in the aorta from K(2p)6.1 knockout mice." Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2013 July 1; 305 (1): R60-7.
• Pandit LM, Lloyd EE, Reynolds JO, Lawrence W, Reynolds C, Wehrens XHT, Bryan Rm "TWIK-2 Channel Deficiency leads to pulmonary hypertension through a rho-kinase mediated process." Hypertension AHA (epub). 2014 September 20; 114 :
• Pandit L, Bonilla DL, Eissa NT "Autophagy: a new frontier in research in lung diseases." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 March 1; 183 (5): 566-8.
• Kitagawa MG, Reynolds JO, Durgan D, Rodney G, Karmouty-Quintana H, Bryan R, Pandit LM. "Twik-2-/- mouse demonstrates pulmonary vascular heterogeneity in intracellular pathways for vasocontractility.." Physiol Rep.. 2019 7(1): : 13950. Pubmed PMID: 30632293

Funding

Career Development Award

(04/01/2014 - 03/31/2018) Grant funding from Veterans Affairs Biomedical Laboratory/Clinical Science

G6PD DEFICIENCY PREDICTS OUTCOMES FROM COVID-19 INFECTION AMONGST VETERANS AT HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERITY OF ILLNESS

(10/01/2020 - 06/30/2021) Grant funding from Veterans Affairs