Dwight C. Look, MD

Dwight C. Look, MD

VA Pulmonary Section Chief

Appointments

  • VA Pulmonary Section Chief

Research Interests

COPD exacerbation mechanisms and prevention and airway epithelial cell responses to infection.

Education and Training

  • 1984 – BA, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1985 – MD, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1985-1988 – Internal Medicine Residency, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
  • 1988-1989 – Chief Medical Residency, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois
  • 1989-1991 – Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Positions

  • 1991-1995 – Instructor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1995-2001 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2001-2007 – Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 2007-2011 – Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 2011-2014 – Staff Physician, Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla, Missouri
  • 2014-present – Chief, Pulmonary, VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, Missouri

Honors and Awards

  • University of Missouri Curators Scholarship, 1979-1983
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1982
  • Founding Dean’s Founders Award, 1985
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 1985
  • Edward Livingston Trudeau Scholar, American Lung Association, 1993
  • Allen & Hanburys Respiratory Institute Fellowship, 1993
  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1994
  • NIH/NHLBI Pulmonary K08 abstract representative to the NHLBI Advisory Council, 1998
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, 1998
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Above and Beyond Award – 2005, 2008
  • Phelps Regional Health Care Foundation, Guardian Angel Award – 2014

Publications

View Dwight C. Look’s research publications on PubMed