DanielDillingMDFACP, FAST, FCCP

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Lung Transplantation Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Loyola University Medical Center

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Office
2160 S First Ave
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone+1 708-327-2181

Fax+1 708-327-2424

Summary

Dr. Daniel Dilling is Professor of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine and a pulmonologist affiliated with Loyola University Medical Center, Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, and RML Specialty Hospital. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (where he also trained) and has been in practice since 2005. He specializes in the care of patients with lung transplants, interstitial lung diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), and other rare lung diseases.

Loyola Medicine's 1,000th Lung Transplant

On April 27, 2019, Jim Segreto became Loyola Medicine's 1,000th lung transplant patient. This is his story.

Record-breaking day for lung transplants at local medical center

One patient is a judge. Another is a 21-year-old whose medical odyssey was chronicled in a documentary. A third is a teacher. They are among the five.

What it's like to get a lung transplant

After suffering from a debilitating lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Diane Williams received a life-saving lung transplant at Loyola Medicine.

A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Dilling

Dr. Daniel Dilling, medical director of Lung Transplantation, talks about the evaluation process to place a patient's name on the waiting list.

Even after diagnosis and treatment for LAM, a rare lung disease, Meghan leads an

When Meghan needed to know why she couldn't keep up with her active lifestyle, Loyola Medicine pulmonologist Daniel Dilling, MD, was able to help

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A hereditary condition called Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) can cause bleeding problems, low vision, albinism and, in some patients, pulmonary fibrosis

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Loyola Medicine Performs Its 1,000th Lung Transplant

MAYWOOD, Ill., May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Loyola Medicine's groundbreaking lung transplant program has reached a major new milestone

Daniel Dilling, MD, FACP, FAST, FCCP

View the physician profile for Daniel Dilling, MD, FACP, FCCP, a pulmonologist at Loyola Medicine.

Education & Training

Loyola University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2005
Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
Loyola University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1998
University of Notre DameB.A., Anthropology and Preprofessional Studies, 1994

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2001 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Distinguished CHEST Educator American College of Chest Physicians, 2021-2022
Laureate Award American College of Physicians, 2009
Leadership Development Recognition Award American College of Chest Physicians, 2009
Clinical Research Award American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, 2005
Magis Awards (6) 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (housestaff inductee) 2004
Robert Carlson Award 2001
Lambda Alpha, Anthropology Honor Society 1994
Notre Dame Scholar 1990
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Clinical Trials

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease Prospective Outcomes Registry Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Recruiting
Multicenter Interventional Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Early Disease Trial Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 01
Recruiting
Phase 3
A Study to Assess Pulsed Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Subjects With Pulmonary Fibrosis at Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 14
Terminated
Phase 3
Autoantibody Reduction for Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Start of enrollment: 2018 Sep 04
Recruiting
Phase 2
JUNIPER: A Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Safety, Biological Activity, and PK of ND-L02-s0201 in Subjects With IPF Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 18
Completed
Phase 2
Testing the Efficacy and Safety of BIO101 for the Prevention of Respiratory Deterioration in COVID-19 Patients Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 26
Terminated
Phase 2, Phase 3
Safety and Efficacy of Saracatinib In Subjects With Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Increasing Lung Transplant Availability Using Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) at a Dedicated EVLP Facility Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 15
Completed
Not Applicable
Evaluation of Oral ORIN1001 in Subjects With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1
Clinical Trial of Inhaled Molgramostim Nebulizer Solution in Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP) Start of enrollment: 2021 May 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Prospective Treatment Efficacy in IPF Using Genotype for Nac Selection (PRECISIONS) Trial Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 17
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Contact
Study of TTI-101 in Participants With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Start of enrollment: 2023 May 15
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

119 citations
Disseminated Ureaplasma infection as a cause of fatal hyperammonemia in humans
Ankit Bharat, Scott A. Cunningham, G. R. Scott Budinger, Daniel Kreisel, Charl J. DeWet
Science Translational Medicine. 2015-04-22
268 citations
Updated International Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Diagnostic Criteria and Surveillance and Management Recommendations.
Hope Northrup, Mary E. Aronow, E. Martina Bebin, John Bissler, Thomas N. Darling
Pediatric Neurology. 2021-07-24
272 citations
Nintedanib in patients with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases—subgroup analyses by interstitial lung disease diagnosis in the INBUILD trial: a randomise...
Athol U. Wells, Kevin R. Flaherty, Kevin K. Brown, Yoshikazu Inoue, Anand Devaraj
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2020-05-01

Journal Articles

First Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Time for Screening High-Resolution Computed Tomographic Imaging to Look for Cystic Lung Disease?
Dilling DF, Ann Am Thorac Soc, 1/1/2017
Alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2, 8-sialyltransferase 1 can support immune responses toward tumors overexpressing ganglioside D3 in mice
Eby, J, Barse L, Henning SW, Rabelink JWE, Klarquist J, Gilbert ER, Hammer AM, Fernandez MF, Yung N, Khan S, Miller HG, Kessler ER, Garrett-Mayer E, Dilling DF, Hoeben..., Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 1/1/2016
ALN-RSV01 for prevention of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after respiratory syncytial virus infection in lung transplant recipients
Gottlieb J, Zamora MR, Hodges T, Dilling D, et al, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2016
Accuracy of high resolution CT chest in diagnosing diffuse cystic lung diseases
Gupta N, Dilling DF, et al, Eur Resp J, 1/1/2015
Disseminated Ureaplasma infection as a cause of fatal hyperammonemia in humans
Bharat A, Cunningham SA, Scott Budinger GR, Kreisel D, DeWet CJ, Gelman AE, Waites K, Crabb D, Xiao L, Bhorade S, Ambalavanan N, Dilling DF, Lowery EM, Astor T, Hachem..., Sci Transl Med, 1/1/2015
Heavy alcohol use in lung donors increases the risk for primary graft dysfunction
Lowery EM, Kuhlmann EA, Mahoney EL, Dilling DF, Kliethermes SA, Kovacs EJ, Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 1/1/2014
Positioning ganglioside D3 as an immunotherapeutic target in lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Gilbert ER, Eby JM, Hammer AM, Klarquist JS, Barfus AJ, Boissy RE, Picken MM, Love RB, Dilling DF, LePoole C, Am J Pathol, 1/1/2013
A Current Viewpoint of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Supporting Immunotherapeutic Treatment Options
Dilling DF, Gilbert ER, Picken MM, Eby J, Love RB, LePoole IC, Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., 1/1/2012
Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Correlates to the Type of Lung Transplantation
Fisichella PM, Davis CS, Shankaran V, Gagermeier J, Dilling D, Alex CG, Kovacs EJ, Joehl RJ, Love RB, Surg Endosc Percutan Tech, 1/1/2012
The Prevalence and Extent of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease After Lung Transplantation
Fisichella PM, Davis CS, Gagermeier J, Dilling D, Alex CG, Dorfmeister JA, Kovacs EJ, LoveRB, Gamelli RL, J. Surg Res., 1/1/2011
Nocardia Bacteremia Associated With Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Hertz B, Dilling D, Garrity E, Fed Pract, 1/1/2011
Advances in Lung Transplantation
Dilling DF, Glanville AR, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2011
A review of the potential applications and controversies of non-invasive testing for biomarkers of aspiration in the lung transplant population
Davis CS, Gagermeier J, Dilling DF, Alex C, Lowery E, Kovacs EJ, Love RB, Fisichella PM, Clinical Transplantation, 1/1/2010
Melanoma associated antigen expression in lymphangioleiomyomatosis renders tumor cells susceptible to cytotoxic T cells
Klarquist J, Barfuss A, Kandala S, Reust M, Braun R, Hu J, Dilling DF, McKee M, Boissy R, Love R, Nishimura M, LePoole C, Am J Pathol, 1/1/2009
Book Review: Pneumonia Before Antibiotics: Theraputic Evolution and Evaluation in Twentieth Century
Dilling DF, Ann Intern Med, 1/1/2007
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Books/Book Chapters

Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases
Chapter: Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Diffuse Cystic Lung Diseases
Dilling DF, Ruoss SJEditors: Nishant Gupta, Kathryn A Wikenheiser-Brokamp, Francis X McCormack.Springer2020
Non-Invasive Ventilation and Weaning: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Psychological Issues of Ventilator-Assisted Individuals.
Bieniek LL, Dilling DF, Schoenhofer BEditors: Hodder Arnold.2010

Abstracts/Posters

"Placental Transmogrification Of The Lung Mimicking Lymphangioleiomyomatosis"
Dilling DF, International Rare Lung Diseases Research Conference and LAMposium, Covington, KY, 1/1/2016
De Novo Anti-HLA Class II Donor Specific Antibodies after Lung Transplantation Are Associated with Mortality after Lung Transplant Failure.
Bahar B, Dilling DF, Du Z, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), 1/1/2016
Placental Transmogrification Of the Lung Mimicking Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Fernandez Castillo JC, Dilling DF, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2016
Suicidal Ideation in Lung Transplant Recipients: An Assessment of Pre-Transplant Risk Factors Through 4 Case Studies.
Samsi M, Zaluda L, Dilling DF, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2016
De novo anti-HLA-class II donor specific antibodies are associated with patient mortality after lung transplant failure.
Bahar B, Dilling, DF, Du, Z, Human Immun, 1/1/2016
Incidental Primary Malignant Neoplasms in Explanted Lungs at Transplantation.
Sojitra P, Muralidhar A, Quddus S, Dilling DF, Mehrotra S, Ananthanarayanan V, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2015
Assessment of Thromboembolism in the Explanted Lungs of Systemic Sclerosis Patients Undergoing Lung Transplantation.
Gagermeier J, Littlejohn E, Ananthanarayanan V, Fisichella P, Dilling DF, Picken MM, Schwartz J, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2015
"An Unusual Case of Cystic Lung Disease"
Dilling DF, LAM Foundation 17th Annual International Research Conference (LAMposium), Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
"Ganglioside D3: A New Immunotherapeutic Target for Tuberous Scloerosis"
Dilling DF, LAM Foundation 17th Annual International Research Conference (LAMposium), Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
A Single Center Experience in the Use of Eurotransplant Donor Scoring on Donor Lung Utilization.
Mahoney E, Dilling D, Schwartz J, Lowery E, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2014
Nutrition And Anastomotic Dehiscence In Lung Transplantation Recipients.
Fisichella P, Jawahar A, Dilling D, Lowery EM, Schwartz J, Gagermeier, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2014
Improving the Adequacy of Enteral Nutrition in Critically ill Patients Utilizing a 24-Hour Volume-Based Feeding Protocol: A Pilot Study in an Academic Tertiary Care Ce...
Varber E, Schimpf K, Kinn T, Martin J, Clark K, Pudelek B, Dilling DF, Palmer LB, Handu D, Eiden K, J Parenter Enteral Nutr, 1/1/2014
Cultural Competence And Cross-Cultural Communication In The Medical Intensive Care Unit: Evaluation Of Patient Satisfaction With Care And Decision-Making Before An Edu...
Dilling DF, Hatchett L, Vujnic S, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2014
Targeting Gd3 In Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Eby JM, Klarquist J, Miller H, Khan S, Picken MM, Love RB, Hoeben RC, Dilling DF, LePoole IC, Gilbert ER, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2013
Evaluation Of Physician Trainees' Perceptions On Importance Of Cultural Competence In The Medical Intensive Care Unit.
Vujnic S, Dilling DF, Simpson KP, Hatchett L, Buchcic BA, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2013
Vaccination with GD3 synthase provides tumor protection against melanoma in mice (P4461).
Hammer A, Eby J, Gilbert E, Kahn S, Dilling D, Schwartz J, LePoole I, J Immunol, 1/1/2013
GD3 Expression And Existing Immune Responses To The Antigen In Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Gilbert ER, Eby J, Klarquist J, Picken MM, Love RB, Dilling DF, LePoole IC, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2012
Analysis of Neural and Vascular Structures across the Airway Anastomosis in Lung Transplant Recipient.
Duarte A, Myers A, Dilling DF, Love RB, Valentine VG, Campbell G, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2011
Quantitative Analysis Of Neural And Vascular Structures Across The Airway Anastomosis In Lung Transplant Recipients.
Duarte AG, Myers AC, Dilling DF, Love RB, Campbell G, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), 1/1/2011
Safety of high dose vitamin D therapy in lung transplant recipients.
Ball C, Dilling D, Alex C, Camacho P, Am Soc Bone and Mineral Research, 1/1/2011
Successful Pregnancy Without Disease Progression in a LAM Patient.
Gilbert ER, Dilling DF, CHEST, 1/1/2011
"Incidence of Tacrolimus-Associated Hyperammonemia in a Cohort of Lung Transplant Recipients"
Dilling DF, International Conference of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2010
Incidence of Tacrolimus-Associated Hyperammonemia in a Cohort of Lung Transplant Recipients.
Rusinak J, Greenhalgh E, Dilling DF, Wigfield CH, Gagermeier JP, Love RB, Alex CG, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2010
Peri-Operative Hyperglycemia and Acute Cellular Rejection 12 Months after Lung Transplantation.
Indacochea S, DePorre A, Dilling DF, Emanuele NV, Gagermeier JP, Wigfield CH, Alex CG, Love RB, Emanuele MA, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2010
Subtherapeutic Ganciclovir Levels Result in Resistant CMV in Lung Transplantation Patients.
Gagermeier JP, Alex CG, Dilling DF, Rusinak J, O'Keefe P, Lurain NS, Wigfield CH, Love RB, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2010
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Lectures

"Approach to Pneumothorax and Pleurodesis"
Covington, KY - 1/1/2016
"Preventing Damage in COPD: Focusing on Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency"
Waukegan, IL - 1/1/2016
"COPD: Take a Fresh Look at an Increasing Problem"
Waukegan, IL - 1/1/2016
"Lung Transplantation: Past, Present, Future"
1/1/2016
"Interventional Options for COPD-LVRS, Bronchoscopic Therapies and the Future: Lung Transplant"
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
"New Therapies for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"
Oakbrook Terrace, IL - 1/1/2015
"Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Take a Fresh Look at an Old Problem"
Jacksonville, IL - 1/1/2015
"Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis, New Drugs, and Transplant"
Maywood, IL - 1/1/2015
"Diagnosing and Managing COPD: Making Each Breath Healthy"
Joliet, IL - 1/1/2015
"Advances in COPD Treatment: Lung Transplantation"
Rolling Meadows, IL - 1/1/2015
"Lung Transplantation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"
Melrose Park, IL - 1/1/2014
"COPD: Clearing the Way for Better Patient Outcomes"
Munster, IN - 1/1/2014
"Is This LAM or Something Else"
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
"Lung Transplantation: Before and After"
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
"Rapamycin Analogues and Lung Transplantation"
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
"Lung Transplant-Making The Decision"
Cincinnati, OH - 1/1/2013
"Advanced Lung Disease and Transplantation"
Melrose Park, IL - 1/1/2013
"Flexible Bronchoscopy: Diagnostics (Systemic Visual, Nomenclature, Bronchoalveolar Lavage)"
1/1/2012
"Hands-on Workstation: Diagnostic Bronchoscopy"
1/1/2012
"Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: An Orphan Disease, Adopted"
1/1/2011
"How Old is Too Old for Lung Transplantation: Impact of Donor and Recipient Age on Outcomes"
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2011
"Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes after Lung Transplant"
Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2011
"Thoracic Organ Allocation in UNOS and Eurotransplant"
Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2011
"Giving Bad News"
1/1/2011
"COPD and Lung Transplantation"
Dekalb, IL - 1/1/2010
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Other

Diagnostic criteria for persistent vegetative state.
Dilling DF, Virtual Mentor
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/384/17516-cprl1.pdf
1/1/2007

Authored Content

Reflecting on CHEST 2021November 2021

Press Mentions

Steering Committee of Pulmonary and Primary Care Experts Aims to Reduce Time to Diagnose Complex Lung DiseasesMay 17th, 2022
Steering Committee of Pulmonary and Primary Care Experts Aims to Reduce Time to Diagnose Complex Lung DiseasesMay 17th, 2022
Reflecting on CHEST 2021November 1st, 2021
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