AugustoALitonjuaMDMPH

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Lung Disease

Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Interim Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Join to view full profile

Dr. Litonjua is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

See Dr. Litonjua's full profile

Already have an account?

Office
601 Elmwood Ave
# 619816
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone+1 585-275-2464

Fax+1 585-275-8706

Education & Training

Channing LaboratoryFellowship, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, 1995 - 1998
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 1995 - 1997
West Virginia UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Brooklyn Hospital CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1992
University of the Philippines College of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1991 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1995 - 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Critical Care Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Trials

Examining the Role of Vitamin D in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
Completed
Randomized Trial: Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent Childhood Asthma (VDAART) Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

126 citations
The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART): Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy for...
Augusto A. Litonjua, Nancy E. Lange, Vincent J. Carey, Stacey Brown, Nancy Laranjo
Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2014-05-01
54 citations
The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort.
Emily A Knapp, Amii M Kress, Corette B Parker, Grier P Page, Kristen McArthur
American Journal of Epidemiology. 2023-08-04
73 citations
Association of the Infant Gut Microbiome With Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: An Ancillary Study to the VDAART Randomized Clinical Trial.
Joanne E. Sordillo, Susan A. Korrick, Nancy Laranjo, Vincent J. Carey, George M. Weinstock
JAMA Network Open. 2019-03-01

Journal Articles

Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio with Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US Veterans
Dawn L Demeo, Augusto A Litonjua, JAMA Network Open
Maternal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Is Associated with LEP DNA Methylation at Birth and in Childhood: An Epigenome-Wide Study in Project Viva
Matthew W Gillman, Emily Oken, Augusto A Litonjua, Nature
Original Article Dietary and Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Inversely Associated with Asthma and Atopy in Early Childhood
Robert S Zeiger, Diane R Gold, Avraham Beigelman, Augusto A Litonjua, Leonard B Bacharier, Scott T Weiss, Megan T Sandel, ScienceDirect

Other

Follow-up Reverses Findings for Prenatal Vitamin D and Childhood Asthma Risk
Augusto Litonjua, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
https://www.doximity.com/articles/4ac7f04b-502e-4f53-94e5-36133f05fb45
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-17

Authored Content

Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio with Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US VeteransJuly 2020
Follow-up Reverses Findings for Prenatal Vitamin D and Childhood Asthma RiskFebruary 2020
Follow-up Reverses Findings for Prenatal Vitamin D and Childhood Asthma RiskFebruary 2020

Press Mentions

The Risks of Aggressive Blood Sugar ControlMarch 3rd, 2020
Vitamin D in Pregnancy Doesn't Curb Kids' AsthmaFebruary 6th, 2020
Follow-up Study: No Prenatal Vitamin D Protection for Asthma by Age 6February 5th, 2020
Join now to see all

Grant Support

Multi-omic approaches to mechanisms of vitamin D, environmental influences, and the microbiome on asthmaNIH/OD2016–2023
Randomized Trial: Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation To Prevent Childhood AsthmaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2012
Gene By Environment Interactions In Asthma And AllergyNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2005–2009
Vitamin D In Obstructive Lung DiseasesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007–2008
Longitudinal Lung Function Changes--Aging/Genetics/RiskNational Institute On Aging2005–2008
Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms And AsthmaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1998–2002