University of Colorado

Dr. Abraham received his medical degree from Stanford University in 1978. He completed his internal medicine residency and critical care fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Abraham received his postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Immunobiology at Pasteur Institute in Paris, France.

Currently, Dr. Abraham is a Roger Sherman Mitchell Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He is the head of the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Abraham is also Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs of the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

His ongoing research projects deal with the treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome, neutrophil activation in acute lung injury, and heterogenous neutrophil responses in acute lung injury. Dr. Abraham has completed research projects on topics of cytokines and post-hemorrhage pulmonary immunodepression and adaptations to hypoxia.