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Augusto Litonjua, MD, Pulmonology, Rochester, NY

Augusto A Litonjua MD MPH

Pulmonology•Rochester, NY

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Lung Disease

Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Interim Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

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  • 601 Elmwood Ave# 619816Rochester, NY 14642

  • Phone+1 585-275-2464

  • Fax+1 585-275-8706

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Education & Training

  • Channing Laboratory
    Channing LaboratoryFellowship, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, 1995 - 1998
  • Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 1995 - 1997
  • West Virginia University
    West Virginia UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1992 - 1995
  • Brooklyn Hospital Center
    Brooklyn Hospital CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1992
  • University of the Philippines College of Medicine
    University of the Philippines College of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1991 - 2027
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1995 - 2018
  • Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
    National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
    National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
    National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio with Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US Veterans  
    Dawn L Demeo, Augusto A Litonjua, JAMA Network Open
  • Maternal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Is Associated with LEP DNA Methylation at Birth and in Childhood: An Epigenome-Wide Study in Project Viva  
    Matthew W Gillman, Emily Oken, Augusto A Litonjua, Nature
  • Original Article Dietary and Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Inversely Associated with Asthma and Atopy in Early Childhood  
    Robert S Zeiger, Diane R Gold, Avraham Beigelman, Augusto A Litonjua, Leonard B Bacharier, Scott T Weiss, Megan T Sandel, ScienceDirect

Other

Authored Content

  • Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio with Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US VeteransJuly 2020
  • Follow-up Reverses Findings for Prenatal Vitamin D and Childhood Asthma RiskFebruary 2020
  • Follow-up Reverses Findings for Prenatal Vitamin D and Childhood Asthma RiskFebruary 2020

Press Mentions

  • The Risks of Aggressive Blood Sugar Control
    The Risks of Aggressive Blood Sugar ControlMarch 3rd, 2020
  • Vitamin D in Pregnancy Doesn't Curb Kids' Asthma
    Vitamin D in Pregnancy Doesn't Curb Kids' AsthmaFebruary 6th, 2020
  • Follow-up Study: No Prenatal Vitamin D Protection for Asthma by Age 6
    Follow-up Study: No Prenatal Vitamin D Protection for Asthma by Age 6February 5th, 2020
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Grant Support

  • Multi-omic approaches to mechanisms of vitamin D, environmental influences, and the microbiome on asthmaNIH/OD2016–2023
  • Randomized Trial: Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation To Prevent Childhood AsthmaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2012
  • Gene By Environment Interactions In Asthma And AllergyNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2005–2009
  • Vitamin D In Obstructive Lung DiseasesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007–2008
  • Longitudinal Lung Function Changes--Aging/Genetics/RiskNational Institute On Aging2005–2008
  • Beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms And AsthmaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1998–2002

Committees

  • Member, ECHO Steering Committee 2016 - Present
  • Member, EOH Program Committee, American Thoracic Society 2009 - Present
  • Program Committee Chair, ATS EOPH Program Committee 2016 - 2017
  • Chair-Elect, ATS EOPH Program Committee 2015 - 2016

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Tagalog

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