Christian Bime, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences (CTS) Graduate Program
Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson

Dr. Bime is a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist and an intensive care medicine internist who joined our faculty in 2013. He was among the inaugural winners of the U of A Health Sciences Career Development Awards in 2014. That same year, he also was among the inaugural AZ PRIDE scholars (now AAPLS), a year-long mentorship program designed to support research careers for those underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. His top areas of expertise are in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, and embolectomy. His clinical research consists of co-authoring 71 peer reviewed articles and participating in clinical trials. A native of Cameroon, he also serves on the African interest group and membership committee of the American Thoracic Society.

Degree(s)

  • MD: Universite de Yaounde, Cameroon
  • MSc: Michigan State University, Epidemiology
Residency
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2005-2008
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2009-2013
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - General
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - Subspecialty
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - Subspecialty
Honors and Awards
Member, American Thoracic Society
Member, American College of Chest Physicians
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Chief Medical Resident, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2008-2009
Research Interests

acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) genetics, genomics and translational research; mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI); biomarkers in critical care diseases including sepsis, sepsis shock, and ARDS ; health disparities in critical care, including ARDS and sepsis; cardiopulmonary physiology during lung injury and use of ventilatory support devices; long-term outcomes in ARDS survivors; critical care management and education; asthma and obesity; severe asthma phenotype; clinical trials in asthma; biomarkers and patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in asthma