LewisSmithMD

Pulmonology • Chicago, IL

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University

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Office
240 E Huron
Suite 2-411
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-503-6369

Summary

Dr. Lewis Smith is a Pulmonologist specializing in Critical Care Medicine and Pleural Disease based in Chicago, IL. Holding a medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, he completed fellowship training in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Boston University Medical Center. Currently serving as a Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Smith has a wealth of experience in treating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He is a prolific contributor to respiratory medicine research, with numerous notable publications and clinical trials to his name. Dr. Smith has been recognized for his contributions to healthcare with awards from organizations like the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the American Lung Association.

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1976 - 1979
University of RochesterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1973
City College of New YorkB.S., 1969

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1979 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Distinguished Service Award Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, 2010
Herbert C. DeYoung Medal American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, 1992
MD with Distinction in Research 1973
Robert Kates Award University of Rochester, 1973
Phi Beta Kappa 1969
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Clinical Trials

Dietary Supplementation With Soy Isoflavones in Asthma Start of enrollment: 2006 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The Study of Soy Isoflavones in Asthma Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Study of the Effect of Vitamin D as an Add-on Therapy to Corticosteroids in Asthma Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 3
Long-acting Beta Agonist Step Down Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Airway Microbiome in Asthma: Relationships to Asthma Phenotype and Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Circulating microRNAs associated with bronchodilator response in childhood asthma.
Rinku Sharma, Anshul Tiwari, Alvin T Kho, Alberta L Wang, Upasna Srivastava
BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2024-11-04
2 citations
Bronchodilator response does not associate with asthma control or symptom burden among patients with poorly controlled asthma.
David A Kaminsky, Jiaxian He, Robert Henderson, Anne E Dixon, Charles G Irvin
Respiratory Medicine. 2023-11-01
1 citations
Postbronchodilator Reference Values: Should They Be the Norm?
Lewis J Smith
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2023-08-15

Journal Articles

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies new asthma susceptibility loci that co-localize with immune cell enhancer histone marks
Demenais F, Margaritte-Jeannin P, and Barnes KC…Smith LJ… Nicolae DL, Nature Genetics, 1/1/2017
Leukotrienes and sex: strange bedfellows?
Smith LJ, J Clin Invest, 1/1/2017
Serum adiponectin is associated with adverse outcomes of asthma in men but not in women
Sood A, Dominic E, Qualls C, Steffes MW, Thyagarajan B, Smith LJ, Lewis CE, and Jacobs DR Jr., Front Pharmacol, 1/1/2011
Right heart structural changes are independently associated with exercise capacity in non-severe COPD
Cuttica MJ, Shah SJ, Rosenberg SR, Orr R, Beussink L, Dematte JE, Smith LJ, and Kalhan R, PLoS ONE, 1/1/2011
Natural history of asthma from childhood to adulthood
Kay AB, Gelfand EW, Smith LJ, and Tashkin D, Clin Exp Allergy Rev, 1/1/2002
The safety of inactivated influenza vaccine in adults and children with asthma
American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers, New Engl J Med, 1/1/2001
The role of leukotrienes in asthma pathogenesis
Smith LJ, and Sporn PHS, Asthma Management, 1/1/1997
The use of twice daily nedocromil sodium in the treatment of asthma
Creticos P, Burk J, Smith LJ, Comp R, Norman P, and Findlay S, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/1995
Leukotrienes in the pathogenesis and treatment of asthma
Smith LJ, Contemporary Internal Medicine, 1/1/1995
Allergy and Pulmonary: in concert or at odds?
Patterson R and Smith L, Chest, 1/1/1986
Bronchoalveolar lavage today
Smith LJ, Chest, 1/1/1981
Pathogenesis of cerebral mycotic aneurysms
Molinari GF, Smith L, Goldstein MN, and Satran R, Neurology, 1/1/1973
Brain abscess from septic cerebral embolism: An experimental model
Molinari GF, Smith L, Goldstein MN, and Satran R, Neurology, 1/1/1973
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Books/Book Chapters

Advances in Asthma: The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
Chapter: Diet and asthma
Smith LEditors: Barnes, P.Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London, UK2011
Drug and Biological Development, From Molecule to Product and Beyond
Chapter: Types of clinical studies
Page 107 - 122Smith LJEditors: Evens RP.Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, New York2007
Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter: Pulmonary aerosols
Page 133 - 145Smith LJ, and Mehta SEditors: Crapo JD, Glassroth J, Karlinsky J, and King Jr. TE.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 7th,2004
Asthma and Rhinitis
Chapter: Asthma and surgery
Page 1827 - 1838Smith LJ, and Winslow CEditors: Busse W, and Holgate S.Blackwell Science, BostonEdition 2nd,2000
Five-lipoxygenase Products in Asthma
Chapter: Physiological effects of the leukotrienes in humans
Page 193 - 210Barnes NC, and Smith LJEditors: Drazen J, Dahlen S-E, and Lee T.Marcel Dekker, New York1998
Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter: Aerosols
Page 313 - 320Smith LJEditors: Baum G, Crapo J, Celli B, and Karlinsky J.Little, Brown and Company, BostonEdition 6th,1997
PAF in Asthma
Chapter: Platelet activating factor inhalation in man
Page 191 - 202Smith LJ, Rubin AHE, and Patterson REditors: Holme G, and Morley J.Academic Press, London, UK1989
Lung Cancer: The Evolution of Concepts
Chapter: Pulmonary function studies: history and current perspectives
Page 73 - 106Smith LJEditors: Gruhn JG, and Rosen ST.Field and Wood, New York1989
New Horizons in Platelet Activating Factor Research
Chapter: Studies of platelet activating factor in primates
Page 311 - 316Patterson R, Smith LJ, and Harris KEEditors: Winslow CM, and Lee ML.John Wiley & Sons, Chichester1987
Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Asthma - Pathophysiology
Page 232 - 252Glassroth J and Smith LJEditors: Patterson R.Lippincott, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,1985
Pulmonary and Critical Care Update On-Line
Chapter: Asthma: evolving antiinflammatory therapy
Smith LJ, and Sporn PHSEditors: George RB, and Epler GR.Northbrook
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