Nicola Alexander Hanania MD, MS, FRCP(C), FCCP, FERS, ATSF

Nicola Hanania is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with expertise in airway diseases, including asthma and COPD. He oversees the Airways Clinical Research Center at Baylor, which includes a large research team of co-investigators and coordinators. His team is involved in single-center and multi-center collaborative clinical trials. Their funding includes the American Lung Association, the NIH, as well as industry support.

Hanania's research is primarily focused on airway pharmacology and is based on translating findings from the lab to the clinic with the hope of developing new treatments. In addition to his research activities, he is the Director of the Asthma and COPD Clinic at the Smith Clinic/Ben Taub Hospital. His ultimate goal is to improve outcomes for patients with asthma and COPD not only by providing state-of-the-art, evidence-based care, but also by developing and testing new interventions to eliminate the burden of these diseases.