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Daniel F. Dilling, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

Professor Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program


  • Professor
  • Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program
  • Hobbies include dogs, golfing, theater, Notre Dame football live music, family time, and skiing

Education

Professor, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

Research Interests

Advanced and rare lung diseases and lung transplantation, immune responses to melanocyte-associated antigens involved in lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

Publications/Research Listings

  • Gottlieb, J; Torres, F; Haddad, T; Dhillon, G; Dilling, DF; Knoop, C; Rampolla, R; Walia, R; Ahya, V; Kessler, R; Budev, M; Neurohr, C; Glanville, AR; Jordan, R; Porter, D; McKevitt, M; German, P; Guo, Y; Chien, JW; Watkins, TR; Zamora, MR A randomized controlled trial of presatovir for respiratory syncytial virus after lung transplant. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation;
  • Warrior, K; Dilling, DF Lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation;
  • Mallea, JM; Hartwig, MG; Keller, CA; Kon, Z; Iii, RNP; Erasmus, DB; Roberts, M; Patzlaff, NE; Johnson, D; Sanchez, PG; D'Cunha, J; Brown, AW; Dilling, DF; McCurry, K Remote ex vivo lung perfusion at a centralized evaluation facility. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation;
  • Newton, CA; Oldham, JM; Applegate, C; Carmichael, N; Powell, K; Dilling, D; Schmidt, SL; Scholand, MB; Armanios, M; Garcia, CK; Kropski, J; Talbert, J The Role of Genetic Testing in Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Perspective from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Genetic Testing Work Group. Chest;
  • Warrior, K; Leard, LE; Nair, AR; Gries, CJ; Fisher, AJ; Johnson, SR; McCormack, FX; Dilling, DF A survey of use of mTOR inhibitors in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis listed for lung transplant. Respiratory medicine ; 195;
  • Swaminathan, A; Hellkamp, AS; Neely, ML; Bender, S; Paoletti, L; White, ES; Palmer, SM; Whelan, TP; Dilling, DF Disparities in Lung Transplant among Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Analysis of the IPF-PRO Registry. Annals of the American Thoracic Society;
  • Baldi, BG; Radzikowska, E; Cottin, V; Dilling, DF; Ataya, A; Ribeiro Carvalho, CR; Harari, S; Koslow, M; Grutters, JC; Inoue, Y; Gupta, N; Johnson, SR COVID-19 in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: an international study of outcomes and impact of mTOR inhibition. Chest;
  • Kuczewski, M; Wasson, K; Hutchison, PJ; Dilling, DF Putting ethics and clinical decision making before politics: requiring COVID-19 immunization for Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT) Candidates and their Support Team. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation;
  • Thomas, A; Sumughan, S; Dellacecca, ER; Shivde, RS; Lancki, N; Mukhatayev, Z; Vaca, CC; Han, F; Barse, L; Henning, SW; Zamora-Pineda, J; Akhtar, S; Gupta, N; Zahid, JO; Zack, SR; Ramesh, P; Jaishankar, D; Lo, AS; Moss, J; Picken, MM; Darling, TN; Scholtens, DM; Dilling, DF; Junghans, RP; Le Poole, IC Benign tumors in TSC are amenable to treatment by GD3 CAR T cells in mice. JCI insight ; 6 22;
  • Crespo, MM; Lease, ED; Sole, A; Sandorfi, N; Snyder, LD; Berry, GJ; Pavec, JL; Venado, AE; Cifrian, JM; Goldberg, H; Dilling, DF; Gries, C; Nair, A; Willie, K; Meyer, KC; Shah, RJ; Tokman, S; Holm, A; Patterson, CM; McWilliams, T; Shtraichman, O; Bemiss, B; Salgado, J; Farver, C; Strah, H; Wassilew, K; Kaza, V; Howsare, M; Murray, M; Bhorade, S; Budev, M ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part I: Epidemiology, assessment of extrapulmonary conditions, candidate evaluation, selection criteria, and pathology statements. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation;
  • Martinez, FJ; Yow, E; Flaherty, KR; Snyder, LD; Durheim, MT; Wisniewski, SR; Sciurba, FC; Raghu, G; Brooks, MM; Kim, DY; Dilling, DF; Criner, GJ; Kim, H; Belloli, EA; Nambiar, AM; Scholand, MB; Anstrom, KJ; Noth, I Effect of Antimicrobial Therapy on Respiratory Hospitalization or Death in Adults With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The CleanUP-IPF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA ; 325 18;
  • Nolley, E; Fleck, J; Kavalieratos, D; Dew, MA; Dilling, D; Colman, R; Crespo, MM; Goldberg, H; Hays, S; Hachem, R; Lease, E; Lee, J; Reynolds, J; Morrell, M; Schenker, Y Lung Transplant Pulmonologists' Views of Specialty Palliative Care for Lung Transplant Recipients. Journal of palliative medicine ; 23 5;
  • Case, AH; Hellkamp, AS; Neely, ML; Bender, S; Dilling, DF; Gulati, M; Hotchkin, DL; Huie, TJ; Lancaster, L; Snyder, LD; Conoscenti, CS; Palmer, SM Associations between Patient-reported Outcomes and Death or Lung Transplant in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Data from the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Prospective Outcomes Registry. Annals of the American Thoracic Society ; 17 6;
  • Han, F; Dellacecca, ER; Barse, LW; Cosgrove, C; Henning, SW; Ankney, CM; Jaishankar, D; Yemelyanov, A; Krymskaya, VP; Dilling, DF; Le Poole, IC Adoptive T-Cell Transfer to Treat Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology ; 62 6;
  • Chung, PA; Dilling, DF Immunosuppressive strategies in lung transplantation. Annals of translational medicine ; 8 6;
  • Dilling, D Hiding in Plain Sight: A Tool to Reveal Undiagnosed ILD in Our PFT Labs. Chest ; 158 2;
  • Dilling, D The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Registry: Making LAMonade out of LAMons. Chest ; 155 2;
  • Patel, NM; Kulkarni, T; Dilling, D; Scholand, MB Preoperative Evaluation of Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease. Chest ; 156 5;
  • Khawar, MU; Yazdani, D; Zhu, Z; Jandarov, R; Dilling, DF; Gupta, N Clinical outcomes and survival following lung transplantation in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation ; 38 9;
  • Formanek, PE; Dilling, DF Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Invasive Fungal Disease. Chest ; 156 5;
  • Wajda, N; Zhu, Z; Jandarov, R; Dilling, DF; Gupta, N Clinical outcomes and survival following lung transplantation in patients with pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) ; 25 6;
  • Crow, LD; Jambusaria-Pahlajani, A; Chung, CL; Baran, DA; Lowenstein, SE; Abdelmalek, M; Ahmed, RL; Anadkat, MJ; Arcasoy, SM; Berg, D; Bibee, KP; Billingsley, E; Black, WH; Blalock, TW; Bleicher, M; Brennan, DC; Brodland, DG; Brown, MR; Carroll, BT; Carucci, JA; Chang, TW; Chaux, G; Cusack, CA; Dilling, DF; Doyle, A; Emtiazjoo, AM; Ferguson, NH; Fosko, SW; Fox, MC; Goral, S; Gray, AL; Griffin, JR; Hachem, RR; Hall, SA; Hanlon, AM; Hayes, D; Hickey, GW; Holtz, J; Hopkins, RS; Hu, J; Huang, CC; Brian Jiang, SI; Kapnadak, SG; Kraus, ES; Lease, ED; Leca, N; Lee, JC; Leitenberger, JJ; Lim, MA; Longo, MI; Malik, SM; Mallea, JM; Menter, A; Myers, SA; Neuburg, M; Nijhawan, RI; Norman, DJ; Otley, CC; Paek, SY; Parulekar, AD; Patel, MJ; Patel, VA; Patton, TJ; Pugliano-Mauro, M; Ranganna, K; Ravichandran, AK; Redenius, R; Roll, GR; Samie, FH; Shin, T; Singer, JP; Singh, P; Soon, SL; Soriano, T; Squires, R; Stasko, T; Stein, JA; Taler, SJ; Terrault, NA; Thomas, CP; Tokman, S; Tomic, R; Twigg, AR; Wigger, MA; Zeitouni, NC; Arron, ST Initial skin cancer screening for solid organ transplant recipients in the United States: Delphi method development of expert consensus guidelines. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation ; 32 12;
  • Van Raemdonck, D; Keshavjee, S; Levvey, B; Cherikh, WS; Snell, G; Erasmus, M; Simon, A; Glanville, AR; Clark, S; D'Ovidio, F; Catarino, P; McCurry, K; Hertz, MI; Venkateswaran, R; Hopkins, P; Inci, I; Walia, R; Kreisel, D; Mascaro, J; Dilling, DF; Camp, P; Mason, D; Musk, M; Burch, M; Fisher, A; Yusen, RD; Stehlik, J; Cypel, M Donation after circulatory death in lung transplantation-five-year follow-up from ISHLT Registry. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation ; 38 12;
  • Swigris, JJ; Brown, KK; Abdulqawi, R; Buch, K; Dilling, DF; Koschel, D; Thavarajah, K; Tomic, R; Inoue, Y Patients' perceptions and patient-reported outcomes in progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases. European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society ; 27 150;
  • Rynar, LZ; Merchant, MS; Dilling, DF Suicidal ideation in lung transplant recipients: A case series. Clinical transplantation ; 32 6;
  • Young, KA; Dilling, DF Ahead of the Curve: The Future of Lung Transplantation. Chest ;