Nishant Gupta, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Do you think Dr. Gupta:
- Jumped out of an airplane at 14,000 feet (twice!)?
- Is fluent in three different languages?
- Has visited all seven continents of the world?
Only two of these are true... read all the way to the end to find out which one is a lie!
Give us your ‘elevator pitch’ biography.
I completed medical school training in New Delhi, India, followed by residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Tennessee and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Cincinnati (UC). In addition, I completed a fellowship in rare lung diseases and obtained a Master’s degree in Clinical and Translational Research, both at UC.
I am currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UC, where I also serve as the director of the interstitial and rare lung diseases program. My clinical and research focus is in the field of rare lung diseases such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, Sjögren’s, and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and my work is aimed at better defining the natural history, improving detection, and developing novel treatment modalities and monitoring strategies for patients with rare lung diseases.
One of the proudest moments of my professional career was to receive The LAM Foundation Scientific Advancement at the International LAM Research Conference in 2022. My greatest privilege is being able to spend every day of my life with my wife and two kids.
What would you tell yourself as an Early Career Professional?
I’d like to constantly remind myself of the value of perseverance and the importance of maintaining a laser focus on the mission that our work should help patients, and not let the other academic measures of success come in the way of focusing on what matters most – asking the right questions and pursuing research that makes a positive impact on the lives of our patients.
If you weren’t in medicine, and were in a different industry altogether, what would you be?
In an earlier life, I used to possess an encyclopedic knowledge of Bollywood and cricket, and fancied myself as a radio presenter.
What is your favorite way to spend a day off?
Spending time with my wife and kids, hiking, reading, cooking, and watching TV.
What areas of medicine are you most excited to see develop?
I am excited to see the transformation in our understanding of the disease biology that is being facilitated by the rapid development and refinement of technologies such as single cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics. These advances offer the prospect to not only understand the basic disease pathobiology but will also help develop disease specific biomarkers and targeted therapeutics.
What is one advancement in your field you’d like to see in your career?
I’d like to see the prospect of precision medicine truly come to the fore for rare lung diseases and not only have targeted therapies for individual diseases but also see specific therapeutic approaches for carefully selected subsets of patients within each disease.
Which statement did you make up?
I have not visited all seven continents of the world. I enjoy traveling and am diligently trying to convert this statement into a true one!