MeilanKHanMDMS

Pulmonology • Ann Arbor, MI

Asthma & COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Lung Transplantation Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan Medical School

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Office
1500 East Medical Center Dr
3rd Floor Taubman Ctr Recp C
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-936-5201

Fax+1 734-936-5048

Summary

MeiLan Han, MD MS, is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan. Dr. Han received her medical degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Han has also completed a Master's Degree program in Biostatistics and Clinical Study Design at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Dr. Han’s research has focused on defining phenotypes in COPD using imaging. She is a lead investigator for several NIH sponsored COPD studies. She also serves on the scientific advisory committees for both the COPD Foundation and American Lung Association and serves as a spokesperson for the American Lung Association. She is currently a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. She is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians. She is also a member of the Global Obstructive Lung Disease scientific committee which is charged with developing internationally an internationally recognized consensus statement on COPD diagnosis and management.

Education & Training

University of Michigan-Ann ArborM.S., 2005 - 2007
University of MichiganFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of MichiganResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
University of Washington School of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1999 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member American Association of Physicians American Association of Physicians, 2021
Solovy Award for Advancement of COPD Respiratory Health Association of Chicago, 2018
Gold Medal in COPD European Respiratory Society, 2017
American Society for Clinical Investigation ASCI, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Recognition Award, CHEST, 2008
First Prize, Annual Clinical Research Training Symposium Poster Session Michigan Institute for Clinical and Healthcare Research (MICHR), 2008
Training Award IPF Clinical Research Network, 2005
Election into Alpha Omega Alpha 1999
Hyp van Dauben Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry 1993
Research Fellowship Department of Energy, 1993
Honors College Scholarship University of Washington, 1992
National Merit Finalist 1991
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Clinical Trials

Comparison of Alveolar Macrophages in Individuals With COPD Versus Smokers With Normal Pulmonary Function Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Completed
T Lymphocyte Cells in Individuals Experiencing an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Completed
Beneficial Effects of Quercetin in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 1
Developing a COPD Case Finding Methodology for Primary Care Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 01
Completed
Prospective Evaluation of Biomarker Profiles in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
The CAPTURE Study: Validating a Unique COPD Case Finding Tool in Primary Care (Aim 1) Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 12
Completed
The CAPTURE Study: Validating a Unique COPD Case Finding Tool in Primary Care (Aim 3) Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 12
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

50 citations
Impact of self-reported Gastroesophageal reflux disease in subjects from COPDGene cohort
Carlos H. Martinez, Yuka Okajima, Susan Murray, George R. Washko, Fernando J. Martinez
Respiratory Research. 2014-06-03
188 citations
Towards the elimination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Lancet Commission.
Daiana Stolz, Takudzwa Mkorombindo, Desiree M Schumann, Alvar Agusti, Samuel Y Ash
Lancet. 2022-09-17
152 citations
Goals of COPD treatment: Focus on symptoms and exacerbations.
Claus Vogelmeier, Miguel Román-Rodríguez, Dave Singh, MeiLan K. Han, Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin
Respiratory Medicine. 2020-03-21

Journal Articles

Association of Dysanapsis with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among Older Adults
Alain Bertoni, Gerard Criner, Mark T Dransfield, Meilan K Han, Nadia N Hansel, Erin D Michos, Elizabeth C Oelsner, Karol E Watson, JAMA
Can CAPTURE Be Used to Identify Undiagnosed Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COPD Likely to Benefit from Treatment?
Byron Thomashow, Randall W Brown, Stephen Rennard, Barbara P Yawn, David M Mannino, Barry J Make, MeiLan K Han, International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Assessing exertional dyspnea in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Swigris JJ, Streiner DL, Brown KK, Belkin A, Green KE, Wamboldt FS, IPFnet Investigators, Respir Med, 1/1/2014
Risk loci for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A genome-wide association study and meta-analysis
Cho MH, McDonald ML, Zhou X, Mattheisen M, Castaldi PJ, Hersh CP, Demeo DL, Sylvia JS, Ziniti J, Laird NM, Lange C, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Casaburi R, Barr RG, Regan..., Lancet Respir Med, 1/1/2014
Suspected acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as an outcome measure in clinical trials
Collard HR, Yow E, Richeldi L, Anstrom KJ, Glazer C, IPFnet investigators, Respir. Res, 1/1/2013
GOLD COPD Categories Are Not Fit For Purpose in Primary Care - Author's Reply, The Lancet
Han MK, Lange P, Anzueto A, Martinez FJ, Jones PW, Respiratory Medicine, 1/1/2013
Parturient Montes
Milne EN, Han MK, Washko GR, Radiology, 1/1/2012
Six-minute walk distance predictors, including CT scan measures, in the COPDGene cohort
Rambod M, Porszasz J, Make BJ, Crapo JD, Casaburi R, COPDGene Investigators, Chest, 1/1/2012
High prevalence of abnormal acid gastro-oesophageal reflux in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Han MK, Eur. Respir. J, 1/1/2006
High Prevalence of Abnormal Acid Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Han, MK, European Respiratory Journal, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine
Chapter: Clinical Diagnosis and Management of COPD
Han MK, Lazarus SEditors: Mason RJ, Broaddus C, Martin T, King T, Schraufnagel D, Murray JF, Nadel JA.Saunders Elsevier2013
European Respiratory Society Monograph
Chapter: Exercise testing in interstitial lung disease diangosis and management
Page 7 - 23Han MK, Martinez FJEuropean Respiratory Society Journals Latimer Trend & Co. Ltd, Plymouth, UK2009
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations
Chapter: Design of Trials for COPD Exacerbations
Page 387 - 405Martinez FJ, Han MK, Curtis JLEditors: Wedzicha JA, Martinez FJ.Informa Healthcare, New York, NY2009
Principles fo Gender-Specific Medicine
Chapter: Gender Differences in Susceptibility, Outcomes and Pathophysiology of Sepsis
Page 360 - 374Phillips KA, Han MKEditors: Legato M.Elsevier Science & Technology Books, New York, NY2009
Practical Cardiology
Chapter: Dyspnea
Page 19 - 35Martinez FJ, Han MK, Aaronson KEditors: Baliga RR, Eagle KA.Williams & Wilkins2008
Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Guidelines to Success
Chapter: Pulmonary Rehabilitatoin and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Page 385 - 392Han MK, Gay SE, Martinez FJEditors: Hodgkin JE, Celli BR, Connors GL.Mosby Elsevier2008
Schaecter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease
Chapter: Respiratory system infections
Page 603 - 614Han MK, Martinez FJEditors: Engelberg NC, DiRita V, Dermody TS.Williams & Wilkins2006
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Abstracts/Posters

Age-Related Differences in Quality of Life in COPD: An Analysis of The SPIROMICS and COPDGene Cohorts
C.H. Martinez, , A.A. Diaz, MD, A.D. Parulekar, M.D., A.M. Boriek, MD, S.I. Rennard, MD, R.E. Kanner, M D, N.N. Hansel, MD, MPH, M.K. Han, MD, MS, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2015
P.G. Woodruff, MD, MPH, S.A. Christenson, MD, S.C. Lazarus, MD, R.G. Barr, MD, DrPH, MPH, R.P. Bowler, MD, PhD, M.T. Dransfield, MD, G.J. Criner, MD, F.J. Martinez, MD..., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2015
Predictors of Lung Function Decline in Smokers in COPDGene Phase 2
S.P. Bhatt, MD, X. Soler, MD, PhD, X. Wang, M, S. Murray, MS, ScD, T. Allen, M.D., A. Anzueto, MD, T.H. Beaty, PhD, J.L. Black-Shinn, MPH, J. Bon, MD, A.M. Boriek, PhD..., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2015
Reporting SGRQ Subscales Provides Information on Non-Physical Aspects of Quality-of-Life in COPD That Is Not Revealed by CAT or SGRQ Total Scores
C.H. Martinez, MD, N.D. Giardino, Ph.D., J.L. Curtis, MD, S.I. Rennard, MD, R.E. Kanner, MD, N.N. Han sel, MD, MPH, F.J. Martinez, MD, MS, M.K. Han, MD, MS, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2015
Analysis Of Human COPD Lung With In-Vivo And Ex-Vivo Parametric Response Map (PRM) Imaging To Differentiate Small Airways Disease VS. Emphysema
Marchetti N, Boes JL, Bolla S, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Criner GJ, Hogg JC, Ross BD, Galban CJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Blood Biomarkers And CT Phenotypes In The Subpopulations And Intermediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS)
Han MK, Wang X, Murray S, O'Neal WK, Doerschuk CM, Anderson WH, Basta P, Couper D, Bowler RP, Weir M, Scholand MB, Pirozzi CS, Kleerup E, Kanner RE, Barr G, Bleecker E..., American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Bronchodilator Response To The Long-Acting Bronchodilator Combination Of Umeclidinium/Vilanterol Across Subgroups of Patients With COPD
Han MK, Kalberg C, Brooks J, Church A, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
CT Emphysema Score (EMPHysema, Age, Smoking, SIZE-EMPHASIZE) Identifies Clinically Significant COPD
Han MK, Tayob N, Kim V, Murray S, Barr G, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG, Kleerup E, Kanner RE, Bleecker ER, Hersh CP, Wendt CH, Washko GR, Dransfield MT, Curtis JL, Foreman ..., American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Can We Find Undiagnosed, High-Risk Patients With COPD In Primary Care? Qualitative Results Of A Multi-Method Study To Develop A New Screening Tool
Leidy NK, Murray L, Steenrod A, Kim K, Clifford S, Houfek JF, Mannino DM, Thomashow B, Rennard SI, Make BJ, Yawn B, Han MK, Martinez FJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Can We Find Undiagnosed, High-Risk Patients With COPD In Primary Care? Using Random Forests To Identify Best Variable Sets For COPD Case Identification
Leidy NK, Malley KG, Steenrod A, Williams A, Mannino DM, Make BJ, Thomashow B, Rennard SI, Houfek JF, Yawn B, Han MK, Martinez FJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Clinical And Radiographic Characteristics Of COPD With And Without Chronic Bronchitis
Kim V, Martinez FJ, Han MK, Criner GJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Eosinophils In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, The SPIROMICS Cohort
Weir M, Zhao H, Han MK, Kanner R, Pirozzi CS, Scholand MB, Hoffman EA, Martinez FJ, Cringer GJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
GOLD 2013 COPD Classification: A Comparison With GOLD 2011 And COPD Outcomes In The UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) COPD Cohort
H. Mullerova, MK Han, R Baxter, K Davis, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
GOLD And COPD Foundation Guideline Concordance In The SPIROMICS Population
Martinez CH, Kleerup EC, Woodruff PG, Kanner RE, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Rennard SI, Couper D, Martinez FJ, Han MK, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Gender Differences In COPD Phenotype And Severity In The SPIROMICS Cohort
Scholand MB, Pirozzi CS, Hansel NN, Paine R, Kanner R, Han MK, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Low And High Body Mass Index Are Associated With Specific COPD Phenotypes
Pirozzi CS, Scholand MB, Han MK, Cui G, Carretta E, O'Neal WK, Barr RG, Paine R, Kanner R, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Lung Microbiome Predicts Disease Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Han MK, Zhou Y, Dickson R, Tayob N, Murray S, Erb-Downward J, Flaherty KR, Huffnagle GB, Martinez FJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Multicenter Study Of Risk Factors For 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Following A COPD Hospitalization: The READmission COPD Study
Stanford RH, Nag A, Camargo CA, Fuhlbrigge A, Han MK, Munson JC, Su Z, Velentgas P, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Parametric Response Maps As A CT Biomarker For Monitoring The Temporal Evolution Of COPD
Boes JL, Hoff BA, Han MK, Bule M, Meyer CR, Johnson TD, Rehemtulla A, Kazerooni EA, Martinez FJ, Ross BD, Galban CJ, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Patterns Of Biomarker Expression In Common Comorbidities Of COPD In The SPIROMICS Population
Bailey KL, Han MK, Sayles HR, Barr RG, Doerschuk CM, Peters SP, Putcha N, Hansel NN, Woodruff PG, O'Neal WK, Couper D, Rennard SI, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Prospective Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Of SimvaSTATin In The Prevention Of OCPD Exacerbations (STATCOPE)
Criner GJ, Aaron SD, Albert RK, Bailey WC, Casaburi R, Cooper A, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Lazarus SC, Make BJ, Marchetti N, Martinez FJ, Niewoehner DE, Porsas..., American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
The Impact Of COPD And Cognitive Dysfunction On The Development Of Disability Among American Adults: The Health And Retirement Study
Martinez CH, Richardson CR, Han MK, Cigolle CT, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Thinner Airway Walls In COPD: A Comparison Of Spatially Matched Airways In SPIROMICS
Smith BM, Hoffman EA, Rabinowitz D, Han MK, Donohue KM, Christenson SA, Hansel N, Kleerup EC, Bleecker ER, Couper D, Kanner RE, Rennard SI, Barr RG, American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2014
Simplified Severity Staging System for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Checkley W, Foreman MG, Bhatt SP, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hanania NA, Hansel N, Regan E, Wise RA, American Thoracic Society, 1/1/2013
Airway-Predominant COPD is Associated with Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome
Hersh CP, Hokanson J, Harshfield B, Lynch DA, Foreman MG, Barr RG, Han MK, Washko GR, Newell JD, Make BJ, Silverman EK, Crapo J, American Thoracic Society, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

Defining Phenotypes in COPD
IO - 1/1/2015
The burden of COPD among women
Washington, DC - 1/1/2015
The Role of Microbiome in COPD
Modena, Italy - 1/1/2015
Hormones & LAM Across a Lifetime
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
Status of Death Adjudication
Denver, CO - 1/1/2015
Parametric Response Mapping in COPD
Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2015
Noninvasive Imaging of the Small Airway
Denver, CO - 1/1/2015
An International Study of the Lung Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Denver, CO - 1/1/2015
Management of the Frequent Exacerbator
Denver, CO - 1/1/2015
Imaging Biomarkers in COPD
Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2015
Gender in COPD: Does it Matter?
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1/1/2015
Macrolides for COPD: factors associated with treatment success
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1/1/2015
Update in COPD
Ann Arbor, MI, 2013; Troy, MI, 2015 - 1/1/2015
Morning Report
Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2014
Cystic Lung Disease
Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2014
Overview of Lung Transplant Controversies in LAM
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
COPD:An Emerging Respiratory Disease Disparity for Women
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
COPD Phenotyping Has Seen Great Progress: PRO
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
Radiographic Markers and Exacerbation Risk
San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
The Microbiome In IPF
Munich, Germany - 1/1/2014
The Fact and Fiction of Work-Life Balance
Washington, DC - 1/1/2014
Moving Beyond FEV1 with imagine in COPD
Vancouver, Canada - 1/1/2014
Radiologic Assessment of COPD
Vancouver, Canada - 1/1/2014
COPD Management: What Do the Latest Guidelines Say?
New York, NY - 1/1/2014
The Rise in COPD in Women
Ann Arbor, MI - 1/1/2014
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Other

COPD: Where Are We Now?
MeiLan Han, Nicola Hanania, David Mannino, Sunovion
1/1/2015
Integrating Effective Therapeutic Strategies and Patient Management Tactics into Personalized Treatment Plans within COPD
Han MK, Elsevier
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
COPD Treatment: Time to Change our Algorithm? (Editorial comment)
Han MK, The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine
1/1/2013
Expert Opinion: How Can Quantitative CT Benefit Patients With COPD and Idiopathic Pneumonias? (Editorial comment)
Boiselle PM, Crapo JD, Han MK, Lynch DA, Tashkin DP, Journal of Thoracic Imaging
1/1/2013
The Other COPD
Han MK
1/1/2013
The ABC of GOLD A-B-C-D
Franssen FM, Han MK, The European Respiratory Journal
1/1/2013
Sex Differences in Pulmonary Function in Health, Commissioned by ORWH/NIH
Han MK
1/1/2013
Gender Differences in COPD: Do They Still Matter?
Martinez CH, Han MK
1/1/2012
Medication Adherence in COPD: What Have We Learned? (Editorial comment)
Han, MK, Thorax
1/1/2009
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Han MK
1/1/2009
COPD: The Silent Killer
Han, MK
1/1/2008
Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Miller M, Han MK
1/1/2008
Ask the Podcast Doctor "My wife was diagnosed with COPD without having any definitive test. What steps should she take?" (Podcast)
Han MK
1/1/2008
Why Are So Many Women Getting An 'Old Man's' Lung Disease?
Han MK
1/1/2008
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild to Moderate COPD
Han MK
1/1/2005
Management and prognosis of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation
Han MK, Miller M
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-and-prognosis-of-patients-requiring-prolonged-mechanical
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-21
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Authored Content

Association of Dysanapsis with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among Older AdultsJune 2020

Press Mentions

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Grant Support

Impact Of Gender On Symptoms And Progression Of IPFNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2012