Edward T. Naureckas, MD

2016 Senior Faculty Scholars

Dr. Edward T. Naureckas is the Vice President of the Medical Staff at the University of Chicago Medicine and a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care. He is the Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, the Asthma and COPD Center and the Adult Pulmonary Function Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Dr. Naureckas received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine and performed his residency in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital. He completed his subspecialty fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Naureckas is a distinguished teacher and clinician, and has received several Outstanding Teacher Awards. He is a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award as well as the University of Chicago Medicine Department of Social Work Humanism award. Nationally, Dr. Naureck has served as the Chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Guidelines Steering Committee.