Dr. Oren Joshua Lakser M.D.
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
701 Woodlands Pkwy Suite 200 Vernon Hills IL, 60061About
Dr. Oren Lakser practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Vernon Hills, IL. Dr. Lakser treats children who have breathing problems, or a problem with his or her lungs. Pediatric pulmonologists often treat children with chronic cough, difficulty breathing, recurring pneumonia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, apnea, chronic lung disease in premature infants, noisy breathing, and conditions that require special equipment to monitor and/or help with breathing at home.
Education and Training
Univ Of Manitoba- Fac Of Med- Winnipeg- Man- Canada 1993
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- 1998
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of the p38 MAP kinase pathway destabilizes smooth muscle length during physiological loading.
- Latrunculin B increases force fluctuation-induced relengthening of ACh-contracted, isotonically shortened canine tracheal smooth muscle.
- On the terminology for describing the length-force relationship and its changes in airway smooth muscle.
- Force fluctuation-induced relengthening of acetylcholine-contracted airway smooth muscle.
- Disrupting actin-myosin-actin connectivity in airway smooth muscle as a treatment for asthma?
- MEK modulates force-fluctuation-induced relengthening of canine tracheal smooth muscle.
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member American Thoracic Society
Fellowships
- Harvard University Boston Children's Hospital/Mass General 2000
- pediatric pulmonology, Children's Hospital Boston 1997
- Boston Children's Hospital 2000
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