NatalieElliottWestMD

Critical Care Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Pleural Disease

Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-550-5864

Fax+1 410-367-2014

Dr. Natalie West, based in Baltimore, MD, is a pulmonologist specializing in critical care medicine, cystic fibrosis, and pleural disease. She completed her medical education at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency at Vanderbilt and pursued further specialization in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine through Fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University. She serves as the Associate Program Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Program. Dr. West’s expertise is in clinical trial design and conduct; she has been a co-investigator in multiple clinical trials in CF pulmonary exacerbations as a national investigator in the Standardized Treatment of Pulmonary Exacerbations (STOP) program. She has been integral in the design and conduct of three large trials through the STOP program. Additionally, Dr. West is one of 5 national investigators who founded the Sexual Health, Reproduction, and Gender Research (SHARING) Working Group, who has identified gaps in knowledge around health issues that impact women with CF and developed the infrastructure needed to conduct multiple clinical studies. Dr. West has published expert opinion and guidelines, spoken at national and international conferences, and has conducted numerous clinical trials in both areas, to understand the long-term impacts on health outcomes in people with CF.

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMHS, Clinical Investigation, 2010 - 2011
Johns Hopkins UniversityMHS, 2010 - 2011
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2008
University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 2004
University of FloridaBSBA, Finance, With Honors, 1995 - 1999

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
Honorable Mention in Fellows Clinical Research Johns Hopkins University Annual Department of Medicine Retreat, 2009
Pulmonary/Critical Care Training Program Travel Scholarship Recipient American Thoracic Society, 2009

PubMed

1 citations
Outcomes of single vs double lung retransplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Emily L Larson, Albert Leng, Jessica M Ruck, Alfred J Casillan, Alice L Zhou
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-02-01
1 citations
Impact of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Modulators on Maternal Outcomes During and After Pregnancy.
Raksha Jain, Giselle Peng, MinJae Lee, Ashley Keller, Sophia Cosmich
Chest. 2025-02-01
Contraceptive use and pregnancy in cystic fibrosis: Survey findings from 10 cystic fibrosis centers.
Emily M Godfrey, Amalia Magaret, Andrea Roe, Jennifer L Taylor-Cousar, Patricia Walker
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2025-01-22

Journal Articles

Capitalizing on the Heterogeneous Effects of CFTR Nonsense and Frameshift Variants to Inform Therapeutic Strategy for Cystic Fibrosis
Natalie West, Christian Merlo, Garry R Cutting, Patrick R Sosnay, PLoS One
Microstructural Alterations of Sputum in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
Natalie E West, Michael P Boyle, The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Rationale and design of a randomized trial of home electronic symptom and lung function monitoring to detect cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations: The early interve...
Lechtzin N, West NE, Allgood S, Wilhelm E, Khan U, Mayer-Hamblett N, Aitken ML, Ramsey BW, Boyle MP, Mogayzel PJ, Goss CH, Contemporary Clinical Trials, 1/1/2013
Carcinoid Tumors are 15 Times More Common in Patients with Crohn’s Disease
West N, Herline AJ, Wise PE, Muldoon RL, Chopp WV, Schwartz, DA, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 9/1/2007
The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Crohn’s Perianal Fistulas
West NE, Schwartz DA, Practical Gastroenterology, 5/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
Chapter: Hypoxia.
West NE, Lechtzin NEditors: Sylvia C. McKean, Editor-in-Chief.McGraw-Hill publishers2011

Lectures

“Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations: Can we spare a flare?”
Baltimore, MD - 4/25/2014
“Decreasing the Rate of Pulmonary Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis"
Winston-Salem, NC - 3/7/2012