Aluko A. Hope, M.D., M.S.C.E.
- Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Long COVID-19 Program, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Hope is a physician-scientist whose research focus is on improving the recovery of adults after acute illness. He joined OHSU as an associate professor of pulmonary and critical care and is medical director of the OHSU Long COVID-19 Program. His research and clinical interests are in improving the long-term outcomes of adults who develop acute illness.
Prior to joining OHSU, Dr. Hope served 10 years with Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was the founding director of the COVID-19 Recovery Engagement Clinic at Montefiore-Einstein.
Dr. Hope is one of the founding and executive committee members of the Critical and Acute Illness Recovery Organization (CAIRO), a global collaborative of clinicians, researchers and survivors committed to improving long-term outcomes in survivors of acute illness. As medical director of OHSU’s Long COVID-19 program, he is also interested in best approaches to structure after-care programs for adults with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Dr. Hope graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and Hispanic studies and then earned his medical degree and master's degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His post-graduate training was in internal medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, followed by training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, running and reading poetry.
Education and training
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Degrees
- M.D., 1994, University of Pennsylvania
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Internship
- Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center
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Residency
- New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Areas of interest
- acute illnesses
- critical care
- critical illness
- COVID-19
- acute respiratory failure