Michael Anstead, M.D., is being honored for his efforts to fight chronic lung disease.
“Being a physician is a great privilege,” Anstead said. “What could be better than a job where they pay you to help others and learn and understand everything you can about how the human body functions in health and disease? I really enjoy caring for children and adults with lung problems and was recognized as one of best doctors in my specialty in 2007.”
“NKU could not have been a better experience for me. In nearly every class, there were professors who really wanted to teach and always had their door open if you had a question. I owe a debt to many of the teachers at NKU who were very important during these formative years.”
After NKU, Anstead attended medical school at the University of Kentucky and later completed a residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical-care medicine at UK. He remained at UK as faculty in the department of pediatrics. His primary interest in medicine has been cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-shortening lung disease in the U.S., and patients with cystic fibrosis suffer from chronic lung infection that progressively damages their lungs.
