Victor Ortega MD, PhD, ATSF

Victor E. Ortega, M.D., Ph.D., is a pulmonary disease specialist and a genetic epidemiologist with a specialty interest in respiratory airway diseases. He leads genomic research studies across multiple different networks funded by the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute focused on how variation in an individual's genes can influence or alter the risk for more severe asthma, COPD, emphysema, and impaired response to commonly used drugs (a line of research called pharmacogenetics). His research champions ethnic and racial diversity to improve inclusion in genetic studies focused on understanding health disparities.