Topics and Expertise: asthma

Asthma specialist and genetics researcher, Esteban G.

Esteban G.

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, was elected in spring 2009 to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

What began as a fascination with fish when he was a child eventually led Esteban Burchard, MD to study genetic differences behind asthma risk.

While tailoring medications to a group's genetic ancestry can be important, scientists warn that these generalizations might also be misleading.