- Winchester Center for Lung DiseaseFitkin Memorial Pavilion789 Howard Avenue, Ste 2nd FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
Erica Herzog, MD, PhD
Biography
Erica Herzog, MD, PhD, is a pulmonologist who specializes in interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis. She also cares for patients in Yale New Haven Hospital’s medical intensive care unit.
“I love working with patients to understand their disease, and develop a treatment that aligns with their needs and values,” Dr. Herzog says. “The long-term relationships I have developed with my patients is the most rewarding part of my job.”
Many lung diseases have few effective therapies, and Dr. Herzog tells her patients that physician-scientists are working tirelessly to provide new options. In addition to caring for patients, she is an active researcher herself and is associate dean for medical student research at Yale School of Medicine. “I chose this field to become a respiratory biologist who helps patients breathe more easily,” she says. “As a physician-scientist, I am excited about the opportunity to make a clinical observation in a patient that I then study in the lab. This approach has led to our discovery of new disease mechanisms, many of which are at various stages of clinical development.”
Patients can do their part by exercising, eating right, and being honest about how their doctors can best help them and their families, Dr. Herzog says.
Dr. Herzog is director of Yale's Interstitial Lung Disease Center of Excellence, where she leads a team of physicians, advanced care providers, nurses, support staff, and researchers whose common goal is to provide outstanding care to patients with interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that affects the lungs and other organs.
Titles
- John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary) and Professor of Pathology
- Director, Yale Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Center of Excellence, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Associate Dean, Medical Student Research
Education & Training
- Clinical FellowYale School of Medicine (2005)
- PhDYale University School of Medicine (2005)
- ResidentMount Sinai Medical Center, NY (2000)
- MDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997)
- BAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Respiratory Health Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments: American Thoracic Society (2022)
- Unterman A, Zhao A, Neumark N, Schupp J, Ahangari F, Cosme C, Sharma P, Flint J, Stein Y, Ryu C, Ishikawa G, Sumida T, Gomez J, Herazo-Maya J, Dela Cruz C, Herzog E, Kaminski N. Single-Cell Profiling Reveals Immune Aberrations in Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2024 PMID: 38717443, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202306-0979oc.
- Gandhi S, Lee C, Yu S, Saber T, Woo S, Mcgovern J, Fiorini V, Gulati M, Herzog E, Ryu C. Telomere Attrition Is Associated With Sarcoidosis. 2024, a2530-a2530. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a2530.
- Saber T, Yu S, Lee C, Fiorini V, Mcgovern J, Woo S, Gulati M, Ryu C, Herzog E. Innate Immune Effects of Α1-adrenoreceptor Antagonism in Sarcoidosis. 2024, a2531-a2531. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a2531.
- Ishikawa G, Peng X, Mcgovern J, Ghincea A, Saber T, Sun H, Sauler M, Ryu C, Herzog E. Role of Noradrenaline and Macrophage Dynamics in Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2024, a5206-a5206. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a5206.
- Kim S, Nouws J, Cooley J, Ahangari F, Leng L, Elias J, Kaminski N, Lee P, Redente E, Kang M, Sun H, Herzog E, Bucala R, Prasse A, Sauler M. Alveolar Type 2 Cells With Impaired Proteostasis Signal to Monocyte-derived Macrophages Via a MIF/DDT-CD74 Signaling Network to Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in IPF. 2024, a3001-a3001. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a3001.
- Pellowe A, Wu M, Kang T, Chung T, Ledesma-Mendoza A, Herzog E, Levchenko A, Odell I, Varga J, Gonzalez A. TGFβ1 Drives Integrin Dependent Pericyte Migration and Microvascular Destabilization In Fibrotic Disease. American Journal Of Pathology 2024 PMID: 38548268, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.02.021.
- Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Yu S, McGovern J, Gandhi S, Woo S, Turcotte-Foster S, Pivarnik T, Khan Z, Adams T, Herzog E, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Ryu C. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 1174-1185. PMID: 37977267, PMCID: PMC11110677, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.11.020.
- Schupp J, Manning E, Chioccioli M, Kamp J, Christian L, Ryu C, Herzog E, Kühnel M, Prasse A, Kaminski N, Jonigk D, Homer R, Neubert L, Ius F, stringJustet A, Hariri L, Seeliger B, Welte T, Knipe R, Gottlieb J. Alveolar Vascular Remodeling in Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia: Replacement of Normal Lung Capillaries with COL15A1-Positive Endothelial Cells. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2023, 208: 819-822. PMID: 37552025, PMCID: PMC10563189, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0544le.
- Ghincea A, Woo S, Yu S, Pivarnik T, Fiorini V, Herzog E, Ryu C. Mitochondrial DNA-Sensing Pathogen Recognition Receptors in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a Review. Current Treatment Options In Rheumatology 2023, 9: 204-220. PMID: 38230363, PMCID: PMC10791121, DOI: 10.1007/s40674-023-00211-1.
- Essayas H, Kim J, Mcgovern J, Peng X, Cai Y, Ishikawa G, Herzog E, Dela Cruz C, Ryu C, Sharma L. Toll-like Receptor-9 Activation Promotes Persistent Inflammation in the Lung During Influenza Infection. 2023, a5608-a5608. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a5608.
- Leiby K, Yuan Y, Ng R, Raredon M, Adams T, Baevova P, Greaney A, Hirschi K, Campbell S, Kaminski N, Herzog E, Niklason L. Rational engineering of lung alveolar epithelium. Npj Regenerative Medicine 2023, 8: 22. PMID: 37117221, PMCID: PMC10147714, DOI: 10.1038/s41536-023-00295-2.
- Lee C, He C, Park J, Lee J, Kamle S, Ma B, Akosman B, Cotez R, Chen E, Zhou Y, Herzog E, Ryu C, Peng X, Rosas I, Poli S, Bostwick C, Choi A, Elias J, Lee C. Correction: Chitinase 1 regulates pulmonary fibrosis by modulating TGF-β/SMAD7 pathway via TGFBRAP1 and FOXO3. Life Science Alliance 2023, 6: e202302065. PMID: 37037591, PMCID: PMC10088146, DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302065.
- Wang W, Bale S, Wei J, Yalavarthi B, Bhattacharyya D, Yan J, Abdala-Valencia H, Xu D, Sun H, Marangoni R, Herzog E, Berdnikovs S, Miller S, Sawalha A, Tsou P, Awaji K, Yamashita T, Sato S, Asano Y, Tiruppathi C, Yeldandi A, Schock B, Bhattacharyya S, Varga J. Author Correction: Fibroblast A20 governs fibrosis susceptibility and its repression by DREAM promotes fibrosis in multiple organs. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 523. PMID: 36720888, PMCID: PMC9889748, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36285-7.
- Ishikawa G, Peng X, McGovern J, Woo S, Perry C, Liu A, Yu S, Ghincea A, Kishchanka A, Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Sun H, Ryu C, Herzog E. α1 Adrenoreceptor antagonism mitigates extracellular mitochondrial DNA accumulation in lung fibrosis models and in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2023, 324: l639-l651. PMID: 36648147, PMCID: PMC10110730, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00119.2022.
- Mlakar L, Garrett S, Watanabe T, Sanderson M, Nishimoto T, Heywood J, Helke K, Pilewski J, Herzog E, Feghali-Bostwick C. Ameliorating Fibrosis in Murine and Human Tissues with END55, an Endostatin-Derived Fusion Protein Made in Plants. Biomedicines 2022, 10: 2861. PMID: 36359382, PMCID: PMC9687961, DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112861.
- Winkler J, Herzog E. Adaptive Immunity in Interstitial Lung Disease. 2022, 144-157. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102723-3.00018-4.
- Winkler J, Herzog E. Biobanking for Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2020, 117-130. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31507-8_9.
- Luan HH, Wang A, Hilliard B, Carvalho F, Rosen CE, Ahasic A, Herzog E, Kang I, Pisani MA, Yu S, Zhang C, Ring A, Young L, Medzhitov R. GDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance. Cell 2019, 178: 1231-1244.e11. PMID: 31402172, PMCID: PMC6863354, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.033.
- Ryu C, Brandsdorfer C, Adams T, Hu B, Kelleher DW, Yaggi M, Manning EP, Walia A, Reeves B, Pan H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Dela Cruz CS, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 54: 1801762. PMID: 31273041, PMCID: PMC8088542, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01762-2018.
- Ryu C, Sun H, Winkler J, Meena S, Walia A, Minasyan M, Brandsdorfer C, Gulati M, Peng X, Herzog E. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated with Fibroblast Activation and Disease Progression in Scleroderma Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. 2019, a7219-a7219. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7219.
- Scott M, Quinn K, Li Q, Carroll R, Chen S, Carns M, Aren K, Sun J, Koloms K, Lee J, Kropski J, Zhao H, Herzog E, Martinez F, Moore B, Hinchcliff M, Denny J, Kaminski N, Herazo-Maya J, Shah N, Khatri P. The Prognostic Value of Monocyte Count in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multi-Omic Cohort Study. 2019, a7342-a7342. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7342.
- Alvi R, Young B, Shahab Z, Pan H, Winkler J, Herzog E, Miller E. REPRODUCIBILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF 18-FLUORO-DEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1659. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32265-x.
- Sun H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Pan H, Desai O, Pellowe A, Li J, Peng X, Gonzalez A, Herzog E. Physical and biochemical interactions drive fibrocytes accumulation in the scleroderma lung matrix. 2018, lsc-1176. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.lsc-1176.
- Young B, Oatmen K, Freeburg L, Zellars K, Sapp A, Herzog E, Miller E, Spinale F. Specific Pro-Inflammatory Signaling Pathways are Induced in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis; Potential Prognostic/Therapeutic Applications. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2018, 24: s10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.033.
- Yu G, Tzouvelekis A, Wang R, Herazo-Maya JD, Ibarra GH, Srivastava A, de Castro JPW, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Woolard T, Aurelien N, Arrojo e Drigo R, Gan Y, Graham M, Liu X, Homer RJ, Scanlan TS, Mannam P, Lee PJ, Herzog EL, Bianco AC, Kaminski N. Thyroid hormone inhibits lung fibrosis in mice by improving epithelial mitochondrial function. Nature Medicine 2017, 24: 39-49. PMID: 29200204, PMCID: PMC5760280, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4447.
- Ryu C, Sun H, Gulati M, Herazo-Maya J, Chen Y, Osafo-Addo A, Brandsdorfer C, Winkler J, Blaul C, Faunce J, Pan H, Woolard T, Tzouvelekis A, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Puchalski JT, Slade M, Gonzalez AL, Bogenhagen DF, Kirillov V, Feghali-Bostwick C, Gibson K, Lindell K, Herzog RI, Dela Cruz CS, Mehal W, Kaminski N, Herzog EL, Trujillo G. Extracellular Mitochondrial DNA Is Generated by Fibroblasts and Predicts Death in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 196: 1571-1581. PMID: 28783377, PMCID: PMC5754440, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201612-2480oc.
- Tzouvelekis A, Yu G, Herazo-Maya J, Wang R, Werneck de Castro J, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Woolard T, Arrojo e Drigo R, Homer R, Srivastava A, Herzog E, Lee P, Bianco A, Kaminski N. Thyroid hormone inhibits pulmonary fibrosis through enhancement of mitochondrial function in alveolar epithelial cells. 2016, pa780. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa780.
- Tzouvelekis A, Yu G, Herazo-Maya J, Woolard T, Zhang Y, Lee H, Lee P, Herzog E, Bennett A, Kaminski N. SH2 domain-containing phosphatase-SHP-2 is a novel anti-fibrotic regulator in pulmonary fibrosis. 2016, oa4979. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.oa4979.
- Sun H, Zhu Y, Herzog E. Analysis of Tissue Microenvironments Using Decellularized Mammalian Tissues. 2016, 55-64. DOI: 10.1142/9789814678735_0005.
- Pan H, Gulati M, Herzog E. Potential Mechanistic Links Between Aging and IPF. 2015, 409-429. DOI: 10.1142/9789814635011_0016.
- He C, Lee C, Dela Cruz C, Lee C, Zhou Y, Ahangari F, Ma B, Herzog E, Rosenberg S, Li Y, Nour A, Parikh C, Schmidt I, Modis Y, Cantley L, Elias J. Chitinase 3-like 1 Regulates Cellular and Tissue Responses via IL-13 Receptor α2. Cell Reports 2015, 10: 1433. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.017.
- Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.
- Murray L, Homer R, Gulati M, Herzog E. Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2014, 2636-2653. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386456-7.05307-7.
- Saketkoo L, Mittoo S, Huscher D, Khanna D, Dellaripa P, Distler O, Flaherty K, Frankel S, Oddis C, Denton C, Fischer A, Kowal-Bielecka O, LeSage D, Merkel P, Phillips K, Pittrow D, Swigris J, Antoniou K, Baughman R, Castelino F, Christmann R, Christopher-Stine L, Collard H, Cottin V, Danoff S, Highland K, Hummers L, Shah A, Kim D, Lynch D, Miller F, Proudman S, Richeldi L, Ryu J, Sandorfi N, Sarver C, Wells A, Strand V, Matteson E, Brown K, Seibold J, Aggarwal* R, Ainslie G, Alkassab F, Allanore Y, Descartes P, Anderson M, Andonopoulos A, Antin-Ozerkis D, Arrobas A, Ascherman* D, Assassi S, Baron M, Bathon* J, Behr J, Beretta L, Bingham C, Binnie M, Birring S, Boin F, Bongartz* T, Bourdin A, Bouros D, Brasington R, Bresser P, Buch M, Burge P, Carmona L, Carreira P, Carvalho C, Catoggio L, Chan K, Chapman J, Chatterjee S, Chua* F, Chung L, Conron M, Corte T, Cosgrove G, Costabel U, Cox G, Crestani B, Crofford L, Csuka M, Curbelo P, László C, Daniil Z, D'Arsigny C, Davis G, de Andrade J, De Vuyst P, Dempsey O, Derk C, Distler J, Dixon* W, Downey G, Doyle M, Drent M, Durairaj L, Emery P, Espinoza L, Farge D, Fathi M, Fell C, Fessler B, Fitzgerald J, Fox G, Foeldvari I, Frech T, Freitas S, Furst* D, Gabrielli A, García-Vicuña R, Georgiev O, Gerbino A, Gillisen A, Gladman D, Glassberg M, Gochuico B, Gogali A, Goh* N, Goldberg A, Goldberg H, Gourley* M, Griffing L, Grutters J, Gunnarsson R, Hachulla E, Hall F, Harari S, Herrick A, Herzog E, Hesselstrand R, Hirani N, Hodgson U, Hollingsworth H, Homer R, Hoyles R, Hsu V, Hubbard R, Hunzelmann N, Isasi M, Isasi E, Jimenez J, Johnson S, Jones C, Kahaleh B, Kairalla R, Kalluri M, Kalra S, Kaner R, Kinder B, Klingsberg R, Kokosi M, Kolb M, Kur-Zalewska J, Kuwana* M, Lake F, Lally E, Lasky J, Laurindo I, Able L, Lee P, Leonard C, Lien D, Limper A, Liossis S, Lohr K, Loyd J, Lundberg* I, Mageto Y, Maher T, Mahmud T, Manganas H, Marie I, Marras T, Martinez J, Martinez F, Mathieu A, Matucci-Cerinic* M, Mayes* M, McKown K, Medsger T, Meehan R, Cristina M, Meyer K, Millar A, Moğulkoç N, Molitor J, Morais A, Mouthon P, Müller V, Müller-Quernheim J, Nadashkevich O, Nador R, Nash P, Nathan S, Navarro C, Neves S, Noth I, Nunes H, Olson A, Opitz C, Padilla M, Pappas D, Parfrey H, Pego-Reigosa J, Pereira C, Perez R, Pope* J, Porter J, Renzoni E, Riemekasten G, Riley D, Rischmueller M, Rodriguez-Reyna T, Rojas-Serrano, Romam J, Rosen G, Rossman M, Rothfield N, Sahn S, Sanduzzi A, Scholand M, Selman M, Senécal J, Seo P, Silver* R, Solomon J, Steen* V, Stevens W, Strange C, Sussman R, Sutton E, Sweiss N, Tornling G, Tzelepis G, Undurraga A, Vacca A, Vancheri C, Varga J, Veale D, Volkov S, Walker U, Wencel M, Wesselius L, Wickremasinghe M, Wilcox P, Wilsher M, Wollheim F, Wuyts W, Yung G, Zanon P, Zappala C, Groshong S, Leslie K, Myers J, Padera R, Desai S, Goldin J, Kazerooni E, Klein J, Lynch D, Keen K. Connective tissue disease related interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: provisional core sets of domains and instruments for use in clinical trials. Thorax 2013, 69: 436. PMID: 24368713, PMCID: PMC3995282, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204202.
- Sun H, Calle E, Chen X, Mathur A, Zhu Y, Mendez J, Zhao L, Niklason L, Peng X, Peng H, Herzog EL. Fibroblast engraftment in the decellularized mouse lung occurs via a β1-integrin-dependent, FAK-dependent pathway that is mediated by ERK and opposed by AKT. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2013, 306: l463-l475. PMID: 24337923, PMCID: PMC3949086, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00100.2013.
- He C, Lee C, Dela Cruz C, Lee C, Zhou Y, Ahangari F, Ma B, Herzog E, Rosenberg S, Li Y, Nour A, Parikh C, Schmidt I, Modis Y, Cantley L, Elias J. Chitinase 3-like 1 Regulates Cellular and Tissue Responses via IL-13 Receptor α2. Cell Reports 2013, 5: 1156. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.11.016.
- Oliva I, Cortopassi F, Herzog E, Rubinowitz A. Clinical and Imaging Features of Bronchiectasis. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 20: 203-213. DOI: 10.1097/cpm.0b013e3182a2b233.
- Reilkoff R, Mathur A, Herzog E. Fibrocytes in Scleroderma Lung Fibrosis. 2012 DOI: 10.5772/26539.
- Mathai S, Herzog E. Fibrocytes in Scleroderma-Related Interstitial Lung Disease. 2011, 171-184. DOI: 10.1142/9789814343725_0010.
- Murray LA, Chen Q, Kramer MS, Hesson DP, Argentieri RL, Peng X, Gulati M, Homer RJ, Russell T, van Rooijen N, Elias JA, Hogaboam CM, Herzog EL. TGF-beta driven lung fibrosis is macrophage dependent and blocked by Serum amyloid P. The International Journal Of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2010, 43: 154-162. PMID: 21044893, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.10.013.
- Petersen TH, Calle EA, Zhao L, Lee EJ, Gui L, Raredon MB, Gavrilov K, Yi T, Zhuang ZW, Breuer C, Herzog E, Niklason LE. Tissue-Engineered Lungs for in Vivo Implantation. Science 2010, 329: 538-541. PMID: 20576850, PMCID: PMC3640463, DOI: 10.1126/science.1189345.
- Mathai SK, Gulati M, Peng X, Russell TR, Shaw AC, Rubinowitz AN, Murray LA, Siner JM, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Montgomery RR, Reilkoff RA, Bucala RJ, Herzog EL. Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype. Laboratory Investigation 2010, 90: 812-823. PMID: 20404807, PMCID: PMC3682419, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.73.
- Harris RG, Herzog EL, Bruscia EM, Grove JE, Van Arnam JS, Krause DS. Lack of a Fusion Requirement for Development of Bone Marrow-Derived Epithelia. Science 2004, 305: 90-93. PMID: 15232107, DOI: 10.1126/science.1098925.
- Winchester Center for Lung DiseaseFitkin Memorial Pavilion789 Howard Avenue, Ste 2nd FloorNew Haven, CT 06519
Biography
Erica Herzog, MD, PhD, is a pulmonologist who specializes in interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis. She also cares for patients in Yale New Haven Hospital’s medical intensive care unit.
“I love working with patients to understand their disease, and develop a treatment that aligns with their needs and values,” Dr. Herzog says. “The long-term relationships I have developed with my patients is the most rewarding part of my job.”
Many lung diseases have few effective therapies, and Dr. Herzog tells her patients that physician-scientists are working tirelessly to provide new options. In addition to caring for patients, she is an active researcher herself and is associate dean for medical student research at Yale School of Medicine. “I chose this field to become a respiratory biologist who helps patients breathe more easily,” she says. “As a physician-scientist, I am excited about the opportunity to make a clinical observation in a patient that I then study in the lab. This approach has led to our discovery of new disease mechanisms, many of which are at various stages of clinical development.”
Patients can do their part by exercising, eating right, and being honest about how their doctors can best help them and their families, Dr. Herzog says.
Dr. Herzog is director of Yale's Interstitial Lung Disease Center of Excellence, where she leads a team of physicians, advanced care providers, nurses, support staff, and researchers whose common goal is to provide outstanding care to patients with interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that affects the lungs and other organs.
Titles
- John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary) and Professor of Pathology
- Director, Yale Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Center of Excellence, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Associate Dean, Medical Student Research
Education & Training
- Clinical FellowYale School of Medicine (2005)
- PhDYale University School of Medicine (2005)
- ResidentMount Sinai Medical Center, NY (2000)
- MDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997)
- BAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Respiratory Health Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments: American Thoracic Society (2022)
- Unterman A, Zhao A, Neumark N, Schupp J, Ahangari F, Cosme C, Sharma P, Flint J, Stein Y, Ryu C, Ishikawa G, Sumida T, Gomez J, Herazo-Maya J, Dela Cruz C, Herzog E, Kaminski N. Single-Cell Profiling Reveals Immune Aberrations in Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2024 PMID: 38717443, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202306-0979oc.
- Gandhi S, Lee C, Yu S, Saber T, Woo S, Mcgovern J, Fiorini V, Gulati M, Herzog E, Ryu C. Telomere Attrition Is Associated With Sarcoidosis. 2024, a2530-a2530. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a2530.
- Saber T, Yu S, Lee C, Fiorini V, Mcgovern J, Woo S, Gulati M, Ryu C, Herzog E. Innate Immune Effects of Α1-adrenoreceptor Antagonism in Sarcoidosis. 2024, a2531-a2531. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a2531.
- Ishikawa G, Peng X, Mcgovern J, Ghincea A, Saber T, Sun H, Sauler M, Ryu C, Herzog E. Role of Noradrenaline and Macrophage Dynamics in Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2024, a5206-a5206. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a5206.
- Kim S, Nouws J, Cooley J, Ahangari F, Leng L, Elias J, Kaminski N, Lee P, Redente E, Kang M, Sun H, Herzog E, Bucala R, Prasse A, Sauler M. Alveolar Type 2 Cells With Impaired Proteostasis Signal to Monocyte-derived Macrophages Via a MIF/DDT-CD74 Signaling Network to Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis in IPF. 2024, a3001-a3001. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a3001.
- Pellowe A, Wu M, Kang T, Chung T, Ledesma-Mendoza A, Herzog E, Levchenko A, Odell I, Varga J, Gonzalez A. TGFβ1 Drives Integrin Dependent Pericyte Migration and Microvascular Destabilization In Fibrotic Disease. American Journal Of Pathology 2024 PMID: 38548268, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.02.021.
- Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Yu S, McGovern J, Gandhi S, Woo S, Turcotte-Foster S, Pivarnik T, Khan Z, Adams T, Herzog E, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Ryu C. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated With High Levels of Fatigue in Two Independent Sarcoidosis Cohorts. CHEST Journal 2023, 165: 1174-1185. PMID: 37977267, PMCID: PMC11110677, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.11.020.
- Schupp J, Manning E, Chioccioli M, Kamp J, Christian L, Ryu C, Herzog E, Kühnel M, Prasse A, Kaminski N, Jonigk D, Homer R, Neubert L, Ius F, stringJustet A, Hariri L, Seeliger B, Welte T, Knipe R, Gottlieb J. Alveolar Vascular Remodeling in Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia: Replacement of Normal Lung Capillaries with COL15A1-Positive Endothelial Cells. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2023, 208: 819-822. PMID: 37552025, PMCID: PMC10563189, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202303-0544le.
- Ghincea A, Woo S, Yu S, Pivarnik T, Fiorini V, Herzog E, Ryu C. Mitochondrial DNA-Sensing Pathogen Recognition Receptors in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a Review. Current Treatment Options In Rheumatology 2023, 9: 204-220. PMID: 38230363, PMCID: PMC10791121, DOI: 10.1007/s40674-023-00211-1.
- Essayas H, Kim J, Mcgovern J, Peng X, Cai Y, Ishikawa G, Herzog E, Dela Cruz C, Ryu C, Sharma L. Toll-like Receptor-9 Activation Promotes Persistent Inflammation in the Lung During Influenza Infection. 2023, a5608-a5608. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2023.207.1_meetingabstracts.a5608.
- Leiby K, Yuan Y, Ng R, Raredon M, Adams T, Baevova P, Greaney A, Hirschi K, Campbell S, Kaminski N, Herzog E, Niklason L. Rational engineering of lung alveolar epithelium. Npj Regenerative Medicine 2023, 8: 22. PMID: 37117221, PMCID: PMC10147714, DOI: 10.1038/s41536-023-00295-2.
- Lee C, He C, Park J, Lee J, Kamle S, Ma B, Akosman B, Cotez R, Chen E, Zhou Y, Herzog E, Ryu C, Peng X, Rosas I, Poli S, Bostwick C, Choi A, Elias J, Lee C. Correction: Chitinase 1 regulates pulmonary fibrosis by modulating TGF-β/SMAD7 pathway via TGFBRAP1 and FOXO3. Life Science Alliance 2023, 6: e202302065. PMID: 37037591, PMCID: PMC10088146, DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302065.
- Wang W, Bale S, Wei J, Yalavarthi B, Bhattacharyya D, Yan J, Abdala-Valencia H, Xu D, Sun H, Marangoni R, Herzog E, Berdnikovs S, Miller S, Sawalha A, Tsou P, Awaji K, Yamashita T, Sato S, Asano Y, Tiruppathi C, Yeldandi A, Schock B, Bhattacharyya S, Varga J. Author Correction: Fibroblast A20 governs fibrosis susceptibility and its repression by DREAM promotes fibrosis in multiple organs. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 523. PMID: 36720888, PMCID: PMC9889748, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36285-7.
- Ishikawa G, Peng X, McGovern J, Woo S, Perry C, Liu A, Yu S, Ghincea A, Kishchanka A, Fiorini V, Hu B, Sun Y, Sun H, Ryu C, Herzog E. α1 Adrenoreceptor antagonism mitigates extracellular mitochondrial DNA accumulation in lung fibrosis models and in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2023, 324: l639-l651. PMID: 36648147, PMCID: PMC10110730, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00119.2022.
- Mlakar L, Garrett S, Watanabe T, Sanderson M, Nishimoto T, Heywood J, Helke K, Pilewski J, Herzog E, Feghali-Bostwick C. Ameliorating Fibrosis in Murine and Human Tissues with END55, an Endostatin-Derived Fusion Protein Made in Plants. Biomedicines 2022, 10: 2861. PMID: 36359382, PMCID: PMC9687961, DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112861.
- Winkler J, Herzog E. Adaptive Immunity in Interstitial Lung Disease. 2022, 144-157. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102723-3.00018-4.
- Winkler J, Herzog E. Biobanking for Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2020, 117-130. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31507-8_9.
- Luan HH, Wang A, Hilliard B, Carvalho F, Rosen CE, Ahasic A, Herzog E, Kang I, Pisani MA, Yu S, Zhang C, Ring A, Young L, Medzhitov R. GDF15 Is an Inflammation-Induced Central Mediator of Tissue Tolerance. Cell 2019, 178: 1231-1244.e11. PMID: 31402172, PMCID: PMC6863354, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.033.
- Ryu C, Brandsdorfer C, Adams T, Hu B, Kelleher DW, Yaggi M, Manning EP, Walia A, Reeves B, Pan H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Dela Cruz CS, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 54: 1801762. PMID: 31273041, PMCID: PMC8088542, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01762-2018.
- Ryu C, Sun H, Winkler J, Meena S, Walia A, Minasyan M, Brandsdorfer C, Gulati M, Peng X, Herzog E. Circulating Mitochondrial DNA Is Associated with Fibroblast Activation and Disease Progression in Scleroderma Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. 2019, a7219-a7219. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7219.
- Scott M, Quinn K, Li Q, Carroll R, Chen S, Carns M, Aren K, Sun J, Koloms K, Lee J, Kropski J, Zhao H, Herzog E, Martinez F, Moore B, Hinchcliff M, Denny J, Kaminski N, Herazo-Maya J, Shah N, Khatri P. The Prognostic Value of Monocyte Count in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Multi-Omic Cohort Study. 2019, a7342-a7342. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a7342.
- Alvi R, Young B, Shahab Z, Pan H, Winkler J, Herzog E, Miller E. REPRODUCIBILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF 18-FLUORO-DEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1659. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32265-x.
- Sun H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Pan H, Desai O, Pellowe A, Li J, Peng X, Gonzalez A, Herzog E. Physical and biochemical interactions drive fibrocytes accumulation in the scleroderma lung matrix. 2018, lsc-1176. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.lsc-1176.
- Young B, Oatmen K, Freeburg L, Zellars K, Sapp A, Herzog E, Miller E, Spinale F. Specific Pro-Inflammatory Signaling Pathways are Induced in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis; Potential Prognostic/Therapeutic Applications. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2018, 24: s10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.033.
- Yu G, Tzouvelekis A, Wang R, Herazo-Maya JD, Ibarra GH, Srivastava A, de Castro JPW, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Woolard T, Aurelien N, Arrojo e Drigo R, Gan Y, Graham M, Liu X, Homer RJ, Scanlan TS, Mannam P, Lee PJ, Herzog EL, Bianco AC, Kaminski N. Thyroid hormone inhibits lung fibrosis in mice by improving epithelial mitochondrial function. Nature Medicine 2017, 24: 39-49. PMID: 29200204, PMCID: PMC5760280, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4447.
- Ryu C, Sun H, Gulati M, Herazo-Maya J, Chen Y, Osafo-Addo A, Brandsdorfer C, Winkler J, Blaul C, Faunce J, Pan H, Woolard T, Tzouvelekis A, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Puchalski JT, Slade M, Gonzalez AL, Bogenhagen DF, Kirillov V, Feghali-Bostwick C, Gibson K, Lindell K, Herzog RI, Dela Cruz CS, Mehal W, Kaminski N, Herzog EL, Trujillo G. Extracellular Mitochondrial DNA Is Generated by Fibroblasts and Predicts Death in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 196: 1571-1581. PMID: 28783377, PMCID: PMC5754440, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201612-2480oc.
- Tzouvelekis A, Yu G, Herazo-Maya J, Wang R, Werneck de Castro J, DeIuliis G, Ahangari F, Woolard T, Arrojo e Drigo R, Homer R, Srivastava A, Herzog E, Lee P, Bianco A, Kaminski N. Thyroid hormone inhibits pulmonary fibrosis through enhancement of mitochondrial function in alveolar epithelial cells. 2016, pa780. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa780.
- Tzouvelekis A, Yu G, Herazo-Maya J, Woolard T, Zhang Y, Lee H, Lee P, Herzog E, Bennett A, Kaminski N. SH2 domain-containing phosphatase-SHP-2 is a novel anti-fibrotic regulator in pulmonary fibrosis. 2016, oa4979. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.oa4979.
- Sun H, Zhu Y, Herzog E. Analysis of Tissue Microenvironments Using Decellularized Mammalian Tissues. 2016, 55-64. DOI: 10.1142/9789814678735_0005.
- Pan H, Gulati M, Herzog E. Potential Mechanistic Links Between Aging and IPF. 2015, 409-429. DOI: 10.1142/9789814635011_0016.
- He C, Lee C, Dela Cruz C, Lee C, Zhou Y, Ahangari F, Ma B, Herzog E, Rosenberg S, Li Y, Nour A, Parikh C, Schmidt I, Modis Y, Cantley L, Elias J. Chitinase 3-like 1 Regulates Cellular and Tissue Responses via IL-13 Receptor α2. Cell Reports 2015, 10: 1433. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.017.
- Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.
- Murray L, Homer R, Gulati M, Herzog E. Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2014, 2636-2653. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386456-7.05307-7.
- Saketkoo L, Mittoo S, Huscher D, Khanna D, Dellaripa P, Distler O, Flaherty K, Frankel S, Oddis C, Denton C, Fischer A, Kowal-Bielecka O, LeSage D, Merkel P, Phillips K, Pittrow D, Swigris J, Antoniou K, Baughman R, Castelino F, Christmann R, Christopher-Stine L, Collard H, Cottin V, Danoff S, Highland K, Hummers L, Shah A, Kim D, Lynch D, Miller F, Proudman S, Richeldi L, Ryu J, Sandorfi N, Sarver C, Wells A, Strand V, Matteson E, Brown K, Seibold J, Aggarwal* R, Ainslie G, Alkassab F, Allanore Y, Descartes P, Anderson M, Andonopoulos A, Antin-Ozerkis D, Arrobas A, Ascherman* D, Assassi S, Baron M, Bathon* J, Behr J, Beretta L, Bingham C, Binnie M, Birring S, Boin F, Bongartz* T, Bourdin A, Bouros D, Brasington R, Bresser P, Buch M, Burge P, Carmona L, Carreira P, Carvalho C, Catoggio L, Chan K, Chapman J, Chatterjee S, Chua* F, Chung L, Conron M, Corte T, Cosgrove G, Costabel U, Cox G, Crestani B, Crofford L, Csuka M, Curbelo P, László C, Daniil Z, D'Arsigny C, Davis G, de Andrade J, De Vuyst P, Dempsey O, Derk C, Distler J, Dixon* W, Downey G, Doyle M, Drent M, Durairaj L, Emery P, Espinoza L, Farge D, Fathi M, Fell C, Fessler B, Fitzgerald J, Fox G, Foeldvari I, Frech T, Freitas S, Furst* D, Gabrielli A, García-Vicuña R, Georgiev O, Gerbino A, Gillisen A, Gladman D, Glassberg M, Gochuico B, Gogali A, Goh* N, Goldberg A, Goldberg H, Gourley* M, Griffing L, Grutters J, Gunnarsson R, Hachulla E, Hall F, Harari S, Herrick A, Herzog E, Hesselstrand R, Hirani N, Hodgson U, Hollingsworth H, Homer R, Hoyles R, Hsu V, Hubbard R, Hunzelmann N, Isasi M, Isasi E, Jimenez J, Johnson S, Jones C, Kahaleh B, Kairalla R, Kalluri M, Kalra S, Kaner R, Kinder B, Klingsberg R, Kokosi M, Kolb M, Kur-Zalewska J, Kuwana* M, Lake F, Lally E, Lasky J, Laurindo I, Able L, Lee P, Leonard C, Lien D, Limper A, Liossis S, Lohr K, Loyd J, Lundberg* I, Mageto Y, Maher T, Mahmud T, Manganas H, Marie I, Marras T, Martinez J, Martinez F, Mathieu A, Matucci-Cerinic* M, Mayes* M, McKown K, Medsger T, Meehan R, Cristina M, Meyer K, Millar A, Moğulkoç N, Molitor J, Morais A, Mouthon P, Müller V, Müller-Quernheim J, Nadashkevich O, Nador R, Nash P, Nathan S, Navarro C, Neves S, Noth I, Nunes H, Olson A, Opitz C, Padilla M, Pappas D, Parfrey H, Pego-Reigosa J, Pereira C, Perez R, Pope* J, Porter J, Renzoni E, Riemekasten G, Riley D, Rischmueller M, Rodriguez-Reyna T, Rojas-Serrano, Romam J, Rosen G, Rossman M, Rothfield N, Sahn S, Sanduzzi A, Scholand M, Selman M, Senécal J, Seo P, Silver* R, Solomon J, Steen* V, Stevens W, Strange C, Sussman R, Sutton E, Sweiss N, Tornling G, Tzelepis G, Undurraga A, Vacca A, Vancheri C, Varga J, Veale D, Volkov S, Walker U, Wencel M, Wesselius L, Wickremasinghe M, Wilcox P, Wilsher M, Wollheim F, Wuyts W, Yung G, Zanon P, Zappala C, Groshong S, Leslie K, Myers J, Padera R, Desai S, Goldin J, Kazerooni E, Klein J, Lynch D, Keen K. Connective tissue disease related interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: provisional core sets of domains and instruments for use in clinical trials. Thorax 2013, 69: 436. PMID: 24368713, PMCID: PMC3995282, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204202.
- Sun H, Calle E, Chen X, Mathur A, Zhu Y, Mendez J, Zhao L, Niklason L, Peng X, Peng H, Herzog EL. Fibroblast engraftment in the decellularized mouse lung occurs via a β1-integrin-dependent, FAK-dependent pathway that is mediated by ERK and opposed by AKT. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2013, 306: l463-l475. PMID: 24337923, PMCID: PMC3949086, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00100.2013.
- He C, Lee C, Dela Cruz C, Lee C, Zhou Y, Ahangari F, Ma B, Herzog E, Rosenberg S, Li Y, Nour A, Parikh C, Schmidt I, Modis Y, Cantley L, Elias J. Chitinase 3-like 1 Regulates Cellular and Tissue Responses via IL-13 Receptor α2. Cell Reports 2013, 5: 1156. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.11.016.
- Oliva I, Cortopassi F, Herzog E, Rubinowitz A. Clinical and Imaging Features of Bronchiectasis. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 2013, 20: 203-213. DOI: 10.1097/cpm.0b013e3182a2b233.
- Reilkoff R, Mathur A, Herzog E. Fibrocytes in Scleroderma Lung Fibrosis. 2012 DOI: 10.5772/26539.
- Mathai S, Herzog E. Fibrocytes in Scleroderma-Related Interstitial Lung Disease. 2011, 171-184. DOI: 10.1142/9789814343725_0010.
- Murray LA, Chen Q, Kramer MS, Hesson DP, Argentieri RL, Peng X, Gulati M, Homer RJ, Russell T, van Rooijen N, Elias JA, Hogaboam CM, Herzog EL. TGF-beta driven lung fibrosis is macrophage dependent and blocked by Serum amyloid P. The International Journal Of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2010, 43: 154-162. PMID: 21044893, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.10.013.
- Petersen TH, Calle EA, Zhao L, Lee EJ, Gui L, Raredon MB, Gavrilov K, Yi T, Zhuang ZW, Breuer C, Herzog E, Niklason LE. Tissue-Engineered Lungs for in Vivo Implantation. Science 2010, 329: 538-541. PMID: 20576850, PMCID: PMC3640463, DOI: 10.1126/science.1189345.
- Mathai SK, Gulati M, Peng X, Russell TR, Shaw AC, Rubinowitz AN, Murray LA, Siner JM, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Montgomery RR, Reilkoff RA, Bucala RJ, Herzog EL. Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype. Laboratory Investigation 2010, 90: 812-823. PMID: 20404807, PMCID: PMC3682419, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.73.
- Harris RG, Herzog EL, Bruscia EM, Grove JE, Van Arnam JS, Krause DS. Lack of a Fusion Requirement for Development of Bone Marrow-Derived Epithelia. Science 2004, 305: 90-93. PMID: 15232107, DOI: 10.1126/science.1098925.
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