Folashade Afolabi, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Folashade Afolabi, M.D., is a pediatric pulmonologist and Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She received her MD and conducted her Residency and Pulmonology Fellowship at UT Southwestern. She is board certified in Pulmonology by the American Board of Pediatrics. Clinical conditions which Dr. Afolabi treats include chronic cough, chronic lung disease, and cystic fibrosis. She has published widely on children and lung issues, including home ventilator settings for children, probiotic aspiration pneumonia, and on E-cigarettes and vaping. Dr. Afolabi is a member of American Thoracic Society, Texas Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She grew up in Austin and New Orleans, and received her BSN from Case Western Reserve University. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (2008) Residency UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2011), Pediatrics Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Pulmonary Medicine Research Interest Community-based asthma education of general pediatricians Cystic Fibrosis hospitalization to home transitional care Quality Improvement process in asthma School-based asthma care Publications A Pediatric Patient With PCD and Broncholith Formation Gannarapu S, Abu-Hijleh M, Zariwala MA, Afolabi F, Gelfand AS, Vece TJ, Rivera-Sanchez YM Pediatric pulmonology 2026 Jan 61 Cost-related barriers to medication use among diverse participants with obesity-associated asthma Xie L, Kim J, Almandoz JP, Afolabi F, Fernandez TM, Gelfand A, Liao JM, Messiah SE Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy 2025 Sep 31 937-948 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and ventilation-associated outcomes after pediatric tracheostomy Chorney SR, Beams DR, Nadar A, Afolabi F, Gelfand A, Brooks R, Kou YF, Johnson RF Pediatric pulmonology 2024 Dec 59 3530-3539 Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education Baugh AD, Akgün KM, Rusk A, Adelson VA, Afolabi F, Crowder S, Ferreira JC, Gurubhagavatula I, Lovinsky-Desir S, Lawrence K, Myers LC, Niranjan SJ, Schotland H, Sheares BJ, Sullivan DR, Wisnivesky J, Sweet SC Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024 Oct 21 1365-1371 Association between asthma, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adolescents and young adults Xie L, Chandrasekhar A, Ernest D, Patel J, Afolabi F, Almandoz JP, Martinez Fernandez T, Gelfand A, Messiah SE Journal of Asthma 2024 61 368-376 To trach or not to trach? Ethical considerations for medically complex children during a home nursing crisis Afolabi FA, Liptzin DR, Sharma PB, Gelfand A, Baker CD Pediatric pulmonology 2023 Aug 58 2415-2416 E-cigarettes and asthma in adolescents Afolabi F, Rao DR Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2023 Apr 23 137-143 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Pediatric Pulmonary Workforce An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Author Collaboration AT, Stephenson N, Forno E, Laguna TA, Lovinsky-Desir S, Moore PE, Sheares BJ, Kazmerski TM, Udoko MN, Lypson ML, Walker Harding LR, Wilkes DS, Adair DJ, Afolabi F, Balasubramaniam V, Beltran Ale GJ, Castner LM, Ghera P, Heras A, Jordan K, Ly NP, Martinez-Fernandez TM, Mishra PE, Narang I, Palla JB, Rivera-Sanchez YM, Tapia IE, Toprak D, Torres-Silva CA, Cohen RT Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023 20 1373-1388 Advocacy considerations for the pediatric pulmonologist in the era of the covid-19 pandemic Rao DR, Kopp B, Kamerman-Kretzmer RJ, Afolabi F, Liptzin DR, Balasubramaniam V, Sadreameli SC Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021 Jun 18 942-945 Clinical features of E-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury in teenagers Rao DR, Maple KL, Dettori A, Afolabi F, Francis JK, Artunduaga M, Lieu TJ, Aldy K, Cao DJ, Hsu S, Feng SY, Mittal V Pediatrics 2020 Jul 146 Results 1-10 of 12 1 2 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (2008) American Thoracic Society (2013) Texas Medical Association (2013)
