Mike Montague

Hi Mark.  I was diagnosed by Dr. Mary Strek at the Univ. Of Chicago Medical Center.  She is fantastic and highly involved in PF research and suggested I have a conversation with Dr. Jane Churpek, a colleague in oncology who was doing a study on genetic linkages.

I first got tested for missing genes and telomere length.  The lab found NO mi…[Read more]

Hello all.  Regarding the original posted question from Gina, I have lived this.  My mom and her siblings died from IPF and we were scratching heads wondering if something environmental caused it Or was it genetic?They died in age order all about 78 years old.

Then one of my older sisters suddenly was diagnosed and died within a few months.  Th…[Read more]