Overview
Dr. Natalie West is a pulmonary specialist in the Greater Baltimore area who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Her focus also includes the treatment of interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, COPD, asthma, and pulmonary hypertension. She also manages patients in the medical intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure caused by asthma, pneumonia, COPD, and the acute respiratory distress syndrome, as well as other conditions such as gastrointestinal bleeding, pulmonary embolism, diabetic ketoacidosis, and shock from sepsis, hypovolemia, and heart disease. Dr. West also serves as the associate program director of the Johns Hopkins Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program and plays an active role in recruitment of new fellows and mentoring fellows in the division.
Dr. West is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Lung Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 81 peer reviewed articles and participating in 2 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
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Locations
Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
2 Clinical Trials
Kevin Fennelly is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Public Health and Preventive Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Fennelly is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Bronchiectasis, Chemical Pneumonitis, and Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infections.
Mulai Yohannes is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Sleep Medicine provider in Lanham, Maryland. Dr. Yohannes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Cerebral Hypoxia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Atypical Pneumonia, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Yohannes is currently accepting new patients.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Checkley specializes in intensive care medicine. He is an expert in the diagnosis and management of acute respiratory failure and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. He also has extensive experience in the management of other life-threatening conditions commonly seen in the medical intensive care unit, including septic shock, acute gastrointestinal bleeding, acute liver failure, among other critical conditions. Dr. Checkley earned his M.D. from Northwestern University and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Emory University and fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research interests include International lung health, epidemiology, mechanical ventilation and acute lung injury. Dr. Checkley has been recognized by the National Institute of Health with the 2007 Post-doctoral National Research Service Award and the 2009 Pathway to Independence Career Award. Dr. Checkley is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Cerebral Hypoxia.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Cystic FibrosisDr. West isElite. Learn about Cystic Fibrosis.
- Advanced
- Newborn JaundiceDr. West isAdvanced. Learn about Newborn Jaundice.
- Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID)
- Experienced
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. West isExperienced. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- AspergillosisDr. West isExperienced. Learn about Aspergillosis.
- BronchiectasisDr. West isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiectasis.
- Collapsed LungDr. West isExperienced. Learn about Collapsed Lung.
- COVID-19Dr. West isExperienced. Learn about COVID-19.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. West isExperienced. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.