Sally Wenzel MD

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor of Medicine, University Pittsburgh Chair Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

3601 Fifth AvenueGSPHPittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-648-6161

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Education & Training

Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 1981

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Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
CO State Medical License 1987 - 2007
NC State Medical License 1982 - 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification MyUPMC, UPMC, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification dbMotion, dbMotion Inc., 2012-2017

Clinical Trials

Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
A Study of the Treatment-Sparing Effects of AEROVANT™ AER 001 Inhalation Powder in Asthma Patients, AEROTRIAL
COMPLETED
PHASE2
Study of the Effect of Vitamin D as an Add-on Therapy to Corticosteroids in Asthma
COMPLETED
PHASE3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Aberrant mucin expression and keratinization distinguishing severe from mild asthma revealed by interpretable machine learning.
Sagar L Kale, Augusta Vincent, Mark A Ross, Isha Mehta, Michael J Calderon
JCI Insight. 2026-08-24
Reply to Sharma and Sharma: Parsing the drivers of bronchiolar mucus plugs in severe asthma.
Stephen A Schworer, Hiroaki Murano, Wanda K O'Neal, Scott H Randell, Sally E Wenzel
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026-08-01
Highlights from the 2025 Symposium of the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum.
Thomas Bieber, Bruce S Bochner, Joshua A Boyce, Kenji Kabashima, Nora Barrett
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2026-08-01

Journal Articles

Dupilumab Reduces Severe Exacerbation Rate and Improves Lung Function in Adolescent Patients with Uncontrolled, Moderate-to-Severe Asthma: From the Liberty Asthma Ques...
Sally Wenzel, Neil Graham, Jaman Maroni, Nikhil Amin, Maspero J, Fitzgerald M, Pavord I, et al.

Lectures

Pathogenic Processes in Asthma and COPD
Keystone Symposia, Santa Fe, New Mexico - 1/10/2013

Other

Severe asthma: Evidence for heterogeneity of the disease
Wenzel S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/severe-asthma-evidence-for-heterogeneity-of-the-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-05-11
Evaluation of severe asthma in adolescents and adults
Wenzel S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-severe-asthma-in-adolescents-and-adults
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-23
Treatment of severe asthma in adolescents and adults
Wenzel S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-severe-asthma-in-adolescents-and-adults
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-12

Press Mentions

Wildfire Smoke Is a Growing Threat. Pittsburgh’s Industrial Pollution Compounds the RiskAugust 10th, 2026
ER Visit Data for Asthma Show Dip, but Advocacy Groups Still Fight for Resources and AnswersFebruary 11th, 2025
Possible Asthma Phenotype Associated with Rheumatoid ArthritisJanuary 8th, 2025

Grant Support

Epithelial cell fate in asthma: Ferroptotic driven mitochondrial reprogramming and vitamin E treatmentUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2020–2031
Immune Airway-Epithelial Interactions in Steroid-Refractory Severe AsthmaUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2015–2027
Immune Airway-Epithelial Interactions in Steroid-Refractory Severe AsthmaUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2015–2027
Immune Airway-Epithelial Interactions in Steroid-Refractory Severe AsthmaUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2015–2027
2024 Pittsburgh International Lung Conference: From Smog to Social Equity: How the Exposome Shapes Our Respiratory HealthUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2024–2025