Catherine Bonham, MD
Pulmonary Critical Care
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Bio & Overview
Catherine Bonham, MD, joined UVA in 2018 as an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and scientific director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program. She specializes in caring for patients living with interstitial lung disease or pulmonary fibrosis, particularly those patients with sarcoidosis.
A Chicago native, Bonham graduated cum laude with an undergraduate degree from Harvard University before attending University of Michigan Medical School, where she received awards for “exceptional compassion” and “super patient care.” She completed a double residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at University of Michigan and then returned to her hometown to complete fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University of Chicago.
During her fellowship and as a junior faculty member at University of Chicago, Bonham committed herself to scientific research in sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis after realizing the urgent need for a better understanding of these diseases and new treatments for the patients living with them. She has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health for her work. She also received the 2017 Science and Innovation award from the American Thoracic Society with one of the top four scientific submissions out of 6,000 submissions from around the world.
Bonham and her husband are proud parents of three children. In their free time, they enjoy barbecuing and being outdoors in beautiful Virginia.
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Pulmonary Critical Care
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Fellowships
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine), American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Highlights
Dr. Catherine Bonham Video Profile
My name's Cathy Bonham. I'm a pulmonologist and also an ICU physician. I'm particularly interested in people that have advanced lung diseases, and some rare lung diseases like sarcoidosis, and pulmonary fibrosis. The things that really made me feel like medicine was the right fit for me was the ability to impact people's lives in a meaningful way. And then of course I've always been very interested in innovation and scientific discovery. I've had several patients, looking back, that really changed the way I thought about my career. Sometimes it's taking care of a person that, in the ICU, who's very sick, and watching them evolve through a lot of hard work and perseverance on their part as well, getting better. That's extremely satisfying. One of the reasons that I'm a UVA physician is that I think there truly is a culture of collaboration, and also of excellence. And specifically, in the pulmonary department for the patients that I see, there is truly a multidisciplinary interest in not only providing excellent clinical care, but also driving forward the field by doing research, so that in the future, we can continue to offer not only great treatment, but maybe even cures. And that's a really exciting thing to be involved in.
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