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Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program

University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Clinical Focus
Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary Hypertension 
Professional Education
BS:  Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Medical Degree:  Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Residency:  Internal Medicine, University of Michigan,  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fellowship:  Cardiovascular Disease, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease

Clinical and Research Interests
  • FACCP, Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
  • FACC, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
  • FAHA, Fellow of the American Heart Association
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Dr. McLaughlin received her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University,  and her Doctor of Medicine from Northwestern University Medical School.  Upon completion of her residency at the University of Michigan and her fellowship at Northwestern University, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Pulmonary Heart Disease at Rush University in Chicago.

Dr. McLaughlin is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Heart Association. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians Pulmonary Hypertension Guidelines Panel.  Dr. McLaughlin is the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Leadership Committee of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Dr. McLaughlin is Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, the Official Journal of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.  She is Chairperson of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Pulmonary Hypertension and Chairperson of the Pulmonary Hypertension Breakthrough Initiative Steering Committee. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology Scientific Program Committee and has previously served as the Chairperson of the American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Committee.

Dr. McLaughlin’s research focuses on pulmonary arterial hypertension and she has been the principal investigator of numerous clinical trials in this area.  She is frequently an invited lecturer at national and international conferences on the topic of Pulmonary Hypertension.  She is author of numerous peer-reviewed articles book chapters.

Recent Publications
1: McLaughlin VV. Has the 6-min walk distance run its course? Chest. 2012
Dec;142(6):1363-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-1110. PubMed PMID: 23208324.

2: Meyer S, McLaughlin VV, Seyfarth HJ, Bull TM, Vizza CD, Gomberg-Maitland M,
Preston IR, Barberà JA, Hassoun PM, Halank M, Jaïs X, Nickel N, Hoeper MM,
Humbert M. Outcome of non-cardiac, non-obstetric surgery in patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from an international prospective
survey. Eur Respir J. 2012 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23143546.

3: Stacher E, Graham BB, Hunt JM, Gandjeva A, Groshong SD, McLaughlin VV, Jessup
M, Grizzle WE, Aldred MA, Cool CD, Tuder RM. Modern age pathology of pulmonary
arterial hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Aug 1;186(3):261-72. doi:
10.1164/rccm.201201-0164OC. Epub 2012 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 22679007.

4: McLaughlin VV, Langer A, Tan M, Clements PJ, Oudiz RJ, Tapson VF, Channick RN,
Rubin LJ; for the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Quality Enhancement
Research Initiative (QuERI) Investigators*. Contemporary Trends in the Diagnosis
and Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Initiative to Close the
Care Gap. Chest. 2012 Aug 1. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-3060. [Epub ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 22910999.