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Layla Sankari, MD

Layla Sankari, MD

  • Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Location:
    UH Cleveland Medical Center Bolwell Health Center
    11100 Euclid Ave
    Cleveland, OH 44106

Biography: Layla Sankari, MD

Expertise

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Critical Care
  • Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
  • Quality Improvement

Certifications & Memberships

  • Critical Care Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

Fellowship | Pulmonary/Critical Care
Pulmonary/Critical Care - UH Cleveland Medical Center (2018 - 2021)

Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Stony Brook University Hospital (SUNY) (2015 - 2018)

Medical Education
West Virginia University School Of Medicine (2015)

Undergraduate
Case Western Reserve University (2011)

About

Layla Sankari, MD, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at University Hospitals, specializing in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She is also an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Sankari earned her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia. Her postdoctoral training began with a residency in internal medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York. She then completed a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Dr. Sankari is an active member of several nationally recognized medical professional organizations, including the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society. She is also associate program director of the pulmonary and critical care fellowship at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Her interests include quality improvement and medical education.