Lavannya
Middle Name
Mundayatil
Pandit, M.D., M.S.
Middle Name
Mundayatil
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Lavannya
Middle Name
Mundayatil
Pandit, M.D., M.S.
Middle Name
Mundayatil
Associate Professor
Phone
Phone
Positions
- Associate Professor
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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)
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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
- Rajagopal K, Bryant AJ, Sahay S, Wareing N, Zhou Y, Pandit LM, Karmouty-Quintana H. "Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension: Heracles meets the Hydra.." Br J Pharmacol. 2020 March 3; : Pubmed PMID: 32128790
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
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