Doherty Receives Ohio State College of Medicine Academic Achievement Award

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 21, 2015) — Dr. Dennis E. Doherty, professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, was recently awarded the 2015 Ohio State College of Medicine Academic Achievement Award.

Doherty graduated from OSU College of Medicine in 1980. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine and Ohio State, Doherty entered the Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at the University of Colorado and National Jewish Health Medical Centers in Denver. Dr. Doherty has been the principal investigator of more than 50 grants and has published more than 175 articles, abstracts and chapters on pulmonary topics. His interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.

Besides teaching at UK, Doherty has served as chairman of medicine at the Lexington VA Medical Center, president of the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care (NAMDRC) and is currently chairman of the Health Quality Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeia Society (USP). He has been named one of America’s Best Doctors for the last 12 years and listed in America’s Top Doctors the past 13 years.

“I am humbled,” Doherty said. “It is a true honor to be amongst the names who have won this award in previous years.”

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