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Serpil Erzurum, MD

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Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Academic Officer, Cleveland Clinic; Chief of Cleveland Clinic Research; Chair, Lerner Research Institute · Cleveland Clinic

ORCID↗NPI↗
Region🇺🇸 Cleveland, OH · Midwest · United StatesSpecialtyPulmonary DiseaseFocusAsthma and respiratory diseases+4
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Serpil Erzurum is Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Academic Officer, Cleveland Clinic; Chief of Cleveland Clinic Research; Chair, Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 605 publications with 49,088 citations (h-index 107); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Data verified 14 Aug 2026

Overview

Updated 27 Aug 2026

Serpil C. Erzurum is Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Academic Officer, Cleveland Clinic. The public record shows 605 publications with 49,088 citations (h-index 107), centered on Asthma and respiratory diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 15 NIH-funded awards (1995–2026).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · bioRxiv
  • Top research focus: Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 1 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Asthma2 trialsPulmonary Hypertension1 trialHypertension1 trialCOPD

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Asthma and respiratory diseasesPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsNeonatal Respiratory Health Research

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
The Cleveland ClinicClinical trials3Industry payments—Canon Healthcare USA, INC.Clinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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605publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 12 in PubMed.

49,088citations

Total citations across indexed works.

107h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 344.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
3clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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1companies · 2023–2023

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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15NIH grants · 1995–2026

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Practice address

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Clinical trials

Updated 27 Aug 2026

Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 27 Aug 2026

1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 27 Aug 2026

15 NIH research awards on record, funded 1995–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Congress activity

Updated 27 Aug 2026

1 congress contribution (2020) across ENDO per OpenAlex. The most recent:

Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 27 Aug 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

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Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defense
    4,908 citations2012
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Interpretation of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels (F <scp>e</scp> NO) for Clinical Applications
    2,487 citations2011
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Identification of Asthma Phenotypes Using Cluster Analysis in the Severe Asthma Research Program
    2,128 citations2009
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Characterization of the severe asthma phenotype by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Severe Asthma Research Program
    933 citations2007
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Treatment of Severe Asthma: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial
    686 citations2009
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 27 Aug 2026

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Online presence

Updated 27 Aug 2026

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  • Doximity

    doximity.com/pub/serpil-erzurum-md

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  • ResearchGate

    researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Serpil-C-Erzurum-38289438

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Mentions by others

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  • Instagram

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  • LinkedIn

    linkedin.com/posts/cleveland-clinic-lerner-research-institute_raised-in-boardman-ohio-serpil-erzurum-activity-7381346044535758848-5bxZ

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  • LinkedIn

    linkedin.com/posts/pulmonary-hypertension-knowledge-sharing-platform_exclusive-interview-with-prof-serpil-erzurum-activity-7104372537328832512-j1L7

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Background & recognition

Updated 27 Aug 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • Senior Staff Fellow (postdoctoral)

    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH

    1992
    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.upenn.edu ↗
  • Fellowship

    Pulmonary/Critical Care, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

    1990
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  • Board Certified

    Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

    1990
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  • Internship/Residency

    Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

    1986
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  • Board Certified

    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

    1986
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  • MD

    Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

    1983
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  • Bachelor of Science

    Youngstown State University

    1979
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  • Board Certified

    Critical Care Medicine

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Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments
  • President

    Association of American Physicians

    2018
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  • Deputy Editor

    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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  • Chair

    Pulmonary Disease Board, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

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Awards & honors

honors on the public record
  • Elected member

    National Academy of Medicine

    2017
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  • Elected member

    American Society for Clinical Investigation

    2001
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  • MERIT Award

    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →my.clevelandclinic.org ↗
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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Staff

    Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Institute

    2014
    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.upenn.edu ↗
  • Co-Director

    Asthma Center, Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute

    2005
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  • Professor of Medicine

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

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Media & interviews

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