Email

lpandit@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Core Faculty

Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Michael E.DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Clinic)

2002 Holcombe Blvd
3A-314
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-8985

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2008 - Houston, Texas United States

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Internship at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

06/2001 - Iowa City, Iowa United States

Internal Medicine

MD from University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School

01/2000 - Dallas, Texas United States

Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

06/2003 - Iowa City, Iowa United States

Internal Medicine

BS from Yale University

06/1996 - New Haven, Connecticut United States

Biology, History

Certifications

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Lavannya M. Pandit is an Associate Professor (tenure-track) of Medicine in the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Section at Baylor College of Medicine, and full-time staff physician at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Houston, Texas. She is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, and specializes in the care of patients afflicted with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and is the Director of the Micahel E. DeBakey pulmonary hypertension program. Her research team studies the physiologic and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular diseases. She received her Bachelors of Science from Yale University in Biology and her medical degree from The University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. After completing a clinical fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, she embarked on an NIH-sponsored post-doctoral training in research and clinical study design prior to joining the Baylor Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep section faculty in 2008. She is dedicated to veteran care and research and is a recipient of VA Career Development Award (2013-2018) supporting her research in pulmonary arterial hypertension and is a primary investigator on two other active research grants to study pulmonary disease supported by the federal government.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Lloyd EE, Pandit LM, Crossland RF, Marreli SP, Bryan RM Jr. "Endothelium-dependent relaxations in the aorta from K(2p)6.1 knockout mice." Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2013 Jul 1;305(1):R60-7.
• Pandit LM, Lloyd EE, Reynolds JO, Lawrence W, Reynolds C, Wehrens XHT, Bryan Rm "TWIK-2 Channel Deficiency leads to pulmonary hypertension through a rho-kinase mediated process." Hypertension AHA (epub). 2014 Sep 20;114
• Rajagopal K, Bryant AJ, Sahay S, Wareing N, Zhou Y, Pandit LM, Karmouty-Quintana H. "Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension: Heracles meets the Hydra.." Br J Pharmacol. 2020 Mar 3; Pubmed PMID: 32128790
• Salama C, Han J, Yau L, Reiss WG, Kramer B, Neidhart JD, Criner GJ, Kaplan-Lewis E, Baden R, Pandit L, Cameron ML, Garcia-Diaz J, Chávez V, Mekebeb-Reuter M, Lima de Menezes F, Shah R, González-Lara MF, Assman B, Freedman J, Mohan SV. "Tocilizumab in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19 Pneumonia." NEJM. 2021 Jan 7; Pubmed PMID: 33332779

Funding

Career Development Award: The TWIK-2 potassium channels role in the development of pulmonary hypertension - #IK2 BX002410

(04/01/2014 - 03/31/2018) Grant funding from Dept. Of Veterans Affairs

Neutrophilic exosomes: new pathogenic entities in COPD - #I01 CX001969

(04/01/2020 - 03/31/2024) Grant funding from Dept. Of Veterans Affairs

Human subject trial for biomarkers of severity of disease in COPD

Anatomic microniches and their contribution to vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension - #I01 BX004954-01

(10/01/2021 - 09/30/2025) Grant funding from Dept. Of Veterans Affairs

Translation research project mapping differences if smooth muscle cell biology across the pulmonary circulation to changes in function that contribute to vasculopathy in PAH