
Gloria Elaine B. Westney, M.D., M.S.C.R., FCCP
Professor
Medicine
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 404-616-8201
E-mail: gwestney@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
Fellowship: R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Toronto, Department of Respirology
Fellowship: Lung Cell Biology and Lung Transplantation
Howard University Hospital
Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
GRADUATE:
Morehouse School of Medicine
Degree: Masters of Science in Clinical Research
Research Interests
Sarcoidosis Disease Severity in African AmericansImpact of Comorbid Illnesses on the Immune Expression in Sarcoidosis
Clinical Interests
SarcoidosisInterstitial Lung Diseases
COPD and Asthma
Obesity related Pulmonary Illnesses
Specialties
PulmonaryCritical Care Medicine
Board Certification
Internal MedicinePulmonary Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Publications
Han MK, Curran-Everett D, Dransfield MT, Criner GJ, Zhang L, Murphy JR, Hansel NN,
DeMeo DL, Hanania NA, Regan EA, Make BJ, Martinez FJ, Westney GE, Foreman MG; COPDGene Investigators. Racial differences in quality of life in patients
with COPD. Chest. 2011 Nov;140(5):1169-76. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-2869. Epub 2011 Jun 2. PMID: 21636665
Foreman MG, Mannino DM, Kamugisha L, Westney GE. Hospitalization for patients with sarcoidosis: 1979-2000. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2006 Jun;23(2):124-9. PMID: 17937108
Westney GE, Habib S, Quarshie A. Comorbid illnesses and chest radiographic severity in African-American
sarcoidosis patients. Lung. 2007 May-Jun;185(3):131-7. Epub 2007 Mar 24.PMID: 17384899
Westney GE, Judson MA. Racial and ethnic disparities in sarcoidosis: from genetics to socioeconomics. Clin Chest Med. 2006 Sep;27(3):453-62, vi. Review. PMID: 16880055
Mabo E, Edeki T, Westney GE, Reed JW, Guo X. Erythrocytosis in a scleroderma patient. Mt Sinai J Med. 2006 May;73(3):620-1. PMID: 16758101
Westney GE, Harris EN. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Clin. 2002 Oct;18(4):805-17. Review. PMID: 12418442
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Honors and Awards
Participant in PRIDE-GE