Leah Witt, MD
Education
Honors and Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Minnesota, 2010
Websites
- Curbsiders Podcast: #130 Work Life Fit: Women in Medicine
- Curbsiders Podcast: #107 Women in Medicine, Be Bold
- Curbsiders Podcast: #82 The GeriSiders: Dementia Dos and Don'ts
- Curbsiders Podcast: #118 Female Sexual Problems
- GeriPal Podcast: Songs that Inspire, Move, or Make Us Think about Geriatrics or…
- Curbsiders Podcast: #86 COPD: Diagnosis, treatment, PFTs, and nihilism
Publications
Suen AO, Cenzer I, Iyer AS, Witt LJ, Smith AK, Kotwal A. The National Prevalence of Supplemental Oxygen Use in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Comparison of Claims-based and Self-reported Supplemental Oxygen Use. 2024. PMID: 38330174
Wang E, Wroblewski KE, McClintock MK, Pinto JM, Witt LJ. Olfactory decline develops in parallel with frailty in older US adults with obstructive lung diseases. 2023. PMID: 37747949
Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging, Sandler KL, Henry TS, Amini A, Elojeimy S, Kelly AM, Kuzniewski CT, Lee E, Martin MD, Morris MF, Peterson NB, Raptis CA, Silvestri GA, Sirajuddin A, Tong BC, Wiener RS, Witt LJ, Donnelly EF. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Lung Cancer Screening: 2022 Update. 2023. PMID: 37236754
Jain S, Witt LJ, Ferrante LE. Clin-STAR corner: Recent practice-changing studies at the interface of pulmonary and critical care medicine and geriatrics. 2022. PMID: 36536494
Santhosh L, Witt L. Jane (or Dr Doe?) Will Reply to Your Patient Portal Message Now. 2022. PMID: 36197669
Witt LJ, Wroblewski KE, Pinto JM, Wang E, McClintock MK, Dale W, White SR, Press VG, Huisingh-Scheetz M. Beyond the Lung: Geriatric Conditions Afflict Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Self-Reported Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2022. PMID: 35237627
Bischoff KE, Choi S, Su A, Cohen E, O'Riordan DL, Oettel E, Blachman M, Meister S, Zapata C, Lindenfeld P, Calton B, Witt L, Pantilat SZ, Shah RJ. Better Together: A Mixed-Methods Study of Palliative Care Co-Management for Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease. 2021. PMID: 34115958
O'Leary EM, Tian Y, Nigdelioglu R, Witt LJ, Cetin-Atalay R, Meliton AY, Woods PS, Kimmig LM, Sun KA, Gökalp GA, Mutlu GM, Hamanaka RB. TGF-ß Promotes Metabolic Reprogramming in Lung Fibroblasts via mTORC1-dependent ATF4 Activation. 2020. PMID: 32668192
Farrell TW, Ferrante LE, Brown T, Francis L, Widera E, Rhodes R, Rosen T, Hwang U, Witt LJ, Thothala N, Liu SW, Vitale CA, Braun UK, Stephens C, Saliba D. AGS Position Statement: Resource Allocation Strategies and Age-Related Considerations in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond. 2020. PMID: 32374440
Farrell TW, Francis L, Brown T, Ferrante LE, Widera E, Rhodes R, Rosen T, Hwang U, Witt LJ, Thothala N, Liu SW, Vitale CA, Braun UK, Stephens C, Saliba D. Rationing Limited Health Care Resources in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond: Ethical Considerations Regarding Older Adults. 2020. PMID: 32374466
Venado A, Witt LJ, Kallianos K, Wolters PJ. Diaphragmatic Atrophy May Limit Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2019. PMID: 31825660
Leah J. Witt, Carolyn J. Presley. Respiratory Organ Aging and Cancer. 2020. PMID:
Hamanaka RB, O'Leary EM, Witt LJ, Tian Y, Gökalp GA, Meliton AY, Dulin NO, Mutlu GM. Glutamine Metabolism is Required for Collagen Protein Synthesis in Lung Fibroblasts. 2019. PMID: 30973753
Hamanaka RB, Nigdelioglu R, Meliton AY, Tian Y, Witt LJ, O'Leary E, Sun KA, Woods PS, Wu D, Ansbro B, Ard S, Rohde JM, Dulin NO, Guzy RD, Mutlu GM. Inhibition of PHGDH Attenuates Bleomycin-induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. Volume 58 of Issue 5. 2017. PMID: 29019702
Oldham JM, Witt LJ, Adegunsoye A, Chung JH, Lee C, Hsu S, Chen LW, Husain A, Montner S, Vij R, Strek ME, Noth I. N-acetylcysteine exposure is associated with improved survival in anti-nuclear antibody seropositive patients with usual interstitial pneumonia. Volume 18 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 29422061
Leah J. Witt, Carolyn J. Presley. Respiratory Organ Aging and Cancer. 2018. PMID:
Adegunsoye A, Oldham JM, Chung JH, Montner SM, Lee C, Witt LJ, Stahlbaum D, Bermea RS, Chen LW, Hsu S, Husain AN, Noth I, Vij R, Strek ME, Churpek M. Phenotypic Clusters Predict Outcomes in a Longitudinal Interstitial Lung Disease Cohort. Volume 153 of Issue 2. 2017. PMID: 28964798
Wu D, Huang RT, Hamanaka RB, Krause M, Oh MJ, Kuo CH, Nigdelioglu R, Meliton AY, Witt L, Dai G, Civelek M, Prabhakar NR, Fang Y, Mutlu GM. HIF-1a is required for disturbed flow-induced metabolic reprogramming in human and porcine vascular endothelium. Volume 6. 2017. PMID: 28556776
Adegunsoye A, Oldham JM, Valenzi E, Lee C, Witt LJ, Chen L, Montner S, Chung JH, Noth I, Vij R, Strek ME, Husain AN. Interstitial Pneumonia With Autoimmune Features: Value of Histopathology. Volume 141 of Issue 7. 2017. PMID: 28467213
Nigdelioglu R, Hamanaka RB, Meliton AY, O'Leary E, Witt LJ, Cho T, Sun K, Bonham C, Wu D, Woods PS, Husain AN, Wolfgeher D, Dulin NO, Chandel NS, Mutlu GM. Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-ß Promotes de Novo Serine Synthesis for Collagen Production. Volume 291 of Issue 53. 2016. PMID: 27836973
Oldham JM, Lee C, Valenzi E, Witt LJ, Adegunsoye A, Hsu S, Chen L, Montner S, Chung JH, Noth I, Vij R, Strek ME. Azathioprine response in patients with fibrotic connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease. Volume 121. 2016. PMID: 27888985
Daly B, Hantel A, Wroblewski K, Balachandran JS, Chow S, DeBoer R, Fleming GF, Hahn OM, Kline J, Liu H, Patel BK, Verma A, Witt LJ, Fukui M, Kumar A, Howell MD, Polite BN. No Exit: Identifying Avoidable Terminal Oncology Intensive Care Unit Hospitalizations. Volume 12 of Issue 10. 2016. PMID: 27601514
Witt LJ, Curran JJ, Strek ME. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Antisynthetase Syndrome. Volume 23 of Issue 5. 2016. PMID: 27594777
Oldham JM, Adegunsoye A, Valenzi E, Lee C, Witt L, Chen L, Husain AN, Montner S, Chung JH, Cottin V, Fischer A, Noth I, Vij R, Strek ME. Characterisation of patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features. Volume 47 of Issue 6. 2016. PMID: 27103387
Witt LJ, Demchuk C, Curran JJ, Strek ME. Benefit of adjunctive tacrolimus in connective tissue disease-interstitial lung disease. Volume 36. 2016. PMID: 26762710
Oldham JM, Ma SF, Martinez FJ, Anstrom KJ, Raghu G, Schwartz DA, Valenzi E, Witt L, Lee C, Vij R, Huang Y, Strek ME, Noth I. TOLLIP, MUC5B, and the Response to N-Acetylcysteine among Individuals with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Volume 192 of Issue 12. 2015. PMID: 26331942
Leah Witt, Carley Demchuk, James Curran, Mary Strek. Safety and Efficacy of Tacrolimus in Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Disease. 2013. PMID: