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Theresa W. Guilbert, MD, MS

  • Director, Asthma Center
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
I enjoy working with children and their families, and nothing gives me more satisfaction than to help a child control their asthma symptoms so they can be the best version of themselves.

About

Biography

As a lung specialist, I care for children who wheeze early in their lives and those with severe asthma. I enjoy working with children and their families, and nothing gives me more satisfaction than to help a child control their asthma symptoms so they can be the best version of themselves.

My approach is to listen carefully to the child's story, make sure that I understand it accurately, and ask clarifying questions. Then, working as a team with the child and family, we develop an effective management plan that the family feels comfortable initiating. We reassess how well the child is doing as a team to decide whether to continue that plan or adapt it to improve the child's life.

I have over 20 years of experience in treating children with pulmonary diseases, interpreting lung function and imaging studies, and participating in National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded, multicenter clinical trials. These trials seek ways to prevent asthma in preschool children and to improve asthma management in older children. I direct the Asthma Center at Cincinnati Children’s, and I am passionate about learning how to prevent or reverse asthma and how to manage it better once it develops.

I have served as chair or member of several national committees, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Thoracic Society. I have also been on the steering committees of several NIH-sponsored, multicenter clinical networks that design and conduct asthma research studies in children.

In my free time, I enjoy camping, hiking, boating and traveling with my family. I am also a Pilates and yoga enthusiast.

MD: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1992.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO.

MS: Epidemiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2007.

Interests

Preschool wheezing; difficult-to-control asthma

Services and Specialties

Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary Function, Asthma

Interests

Early life risk factors, exposures, and environment interactions; early childhood asthma; recurrent wheezing; clinical electronic medical data

Research Areas

Pulmonary Medicine

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Publications

Technology-Assisted Stepped-Care to Promote Adherence in Adolescents with Asthma: A Pilot Study. Ramsey, RR; Plevinsky, JM; Guilbert, TW; Carmody, JK; Hommel, KA. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2022.

Violence-related distress and lung function in two longitudinal studies of youth. Gaietto, K; Han, YY; Forno, E; Bacharier, LB; Phipatanakul, W; Guilbert, TW; Cabana, MD; Ross, K; Blatter, J; Acosta-Pérez, E; et al. European Respiratory Journal. 2022; 59.

Treatment by biomarker-informed endotype vs guideline care in children with difficult-to-treat asthma. Guilbert, TW; Biagini, JM; Ramsey, RR; Keidel, K; Curtsinger, K; Kroner, JW; Durrani, SR; Stevens, M; Pilipenko, V; Martin, LJ; et al. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2022; 128:535-543.e6.

Key Issues in Pediatric and Adult Severe Asthma: Staying Grounded as Biologics Take Us to New Heights. Guilbert, TW; Israel, E. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2022; 10:420-421.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on total and allergen-specific IgE in children with asthma and low vitamin D levels. Rosser, FJ; Han, YY; Forno, E; Bacharier, LB; Phipatanakul, W; Guilbert, TW; Cabana, MD; Ross, K; Blatter, J; Durrani, S; et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2022; 149:440-444.e2.

Evaluation of Risk Scores to Predict Pediatric Severe Asthma Exacerbations. Niu, C; Xu, Y; Schuler, CL; Gu, L; Arora, K; Huang, Y; Naren, AP; Durrani, SR; Hossain, MM; Guilbert, TW. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2021; 9:4393-4401.e8.

Vitamin D supplementation, lung function and asthma control in children with asthma and low vitamin D levels. Han, YY; Forno, E; Bacharier, LB; Phipatanakul, W; Guilbert, TW; Cabana, MD; Ross, K; Blatter, J; Rosser, FJ; Durrani, S; et al. European Respiratory Journal. 2021; 58.

Feasibility and preliminary validity of mobile spirometry in pediatric asthma. Ramsey, RR; Plevinsky, JM; Milgrim, L; Hommel, KA; McDowell, KM; Shepard, J; Guilbert, TW. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2021; 9:3821-3823.

Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on severe asthma exacerbations in children with asthma and low vitamin D levels: the VDKA randomized clinical trial. Forno, E; Bacharier, LB; Phipatanakul, W; Guilbert, TW; Cabana, MD; Ross, K; Covar, R; Gern, JE; Rosser, FJ; Blatter, J; et al. 2021.

Which Wheezing Preschoolers Should be Treated for Asthma?. Bacharier, LB; Guilbert, TW; Jartti, T; Saglani, S. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2021; 9:2611-2618.

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