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Robert Tighe, MD, Pulmonology, Durham, NC, Duke Regional Hospital

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Pulmonology • Durham, NC

Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Robert Tighe is a pulmonologist in Durham, NC and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Duke Regional Hospital and Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Tennessee College of Medicine and has been in practice 15 years. He is experienced in interstitial lung disease, acute lung injury, macrophages, and ozone.

Education & Training

  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2009
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 2002
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern UniversityB.A., 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2006 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2005 - 2007

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • i-CLIIP 2011 Award 2011
  • Faculty Award Duke University Department of Medicine, 2011
  • Seventh Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigator's Forum Seventh Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigator's Forum, 2010
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Irwin & Rippe, Intensive Care Medicine. 
    Chapter: Diagnosis and treatment of Anxiety in the Intensive Care Unit. 
    Holmer SA, Tighe RMEdition 6th,
  • Schwarz & King, Interstitial Lung Disease. 
    Chapter: Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Interstitial Lung Disease. 
    Tighe RM, Noble PWEdition 5th,
  • Air Pollution and Immune Function. 
    Tighe RM, Wheeler J, Hollingsworth JW
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Ozone Inhalation Results in CX3CR1-Dependent Maturation of Resident Lung Macrophages.
    Tighe RM, Li Z, Potts E, Frush S, Gunn MD, Foster WM, Noble PW, Hollingsworth JW, ATS International Conference, Denver, CO, 5/16/2011
  • Ozone Inhalation Results in Maturation of Resident Lung Macrophages.
    Tighe RM, Jung Y, Li Z, Gunn MD, Foster WM, Noble PW, Hollingsworth JW, Seventh Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators Forum, San Antonio, TX, 10/14/2010
  • Exudative Macrophages but not Alveolar Macrophages are the Main Source of IP-10 after Non-Infectious/Fibrotic Lung Injury.
    Tighe RM, Liang J, Jiang D, Gunn MD, Noble PW, ATS International Conference, New Orleans, LA, 5/1/2010
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Lectures

  • Defining Macrophage Subpopulations after Non-Infectious Lung Injury. 
    Houston, TX - 3/12/2014
  • Interstitial Lung Disease: A practical approach. 
    Durham, NC - 9/17/2013
  • Macrophage Subpopulations in Non-Infectious Lung Injury. 
    Chapel Hill, NC - 10/12/2011
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Grant Support

  • Regulation of Lung Fibrosis by Alternatively Activated Macrophages and Arginase-1NIHPresent

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Robert Tighe, Dr. Robert Tighe, MD, Dr. R Tighe, Dr. Robert M Tighe