Jill Ohar MD

Dr. Jill Ohar is a professor of pulmonary, critical care, allergy, and immunologic medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Board-certified in critical care medicine, internal medicine, and pulmonary disease, Dr. Ohar specializes in occupational lung disease, including mesothelioma, emphysema, and pneumoconiosis.

Dr. Ohar has been with Wake Forest Baptist Health since 2002 and was named medical director for respiratory care, pulmonary function lab, and pulmonary rehab at Wake Forest’s Lexington location in 2017. Dr. Ohar has conducted research with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making strides in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and occupational lung disease research.