Meghan McGarry, MD, MS

Title(s)Associate Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th. Street, #4773
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Whitworth CollegeBS Biology2005
    University of WashingtonM.D. 2009
    Rainbow Babies and Children's HospitalPediatric Residency2012
    University of California San FranciscoPediatric Pulmonology2015
    University of California San FranciscoMasters Clinical Research2015
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    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation2020  - 2023K Boost Award
    NHLBI2018  - 2023K23 Career Development Award
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation2016  - 2019Harry Schwachman Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Scholar
    UCSF2017Jane Addams Social Justice Award
    American Thoracic Society2016ATS International Conference Pediatric Abstract Scholarship
    NICHD/NIGMS2013  - 2016Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Action, and Pharmacogenetics T32
    California Thoracic Society2015Best Research, Fellows Poster Presentation
    Breathe California2015Walter Travel Grant
    American Thoracic Society2014ATS International Conference Pediatric Abstract Scholarship
    California CF Consortium2014Fellow’s Scholarship
    California CF Consortium2013Fellow’s Scholarship
    Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital2010Resident Teacher of the Year

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    Dr. McGarry is a Pediatric Pulmonologist who researches cystic fibrosis. Her main focus is researching health disparities in cystic fibrosis, particularly in minorities. She is conducting a cohort study of lung function in Latinos/Hispanics with cystic fibrosis. She also does research in diversity in clinical trials in cystic fibrosis.

    Dr. McGarry studied Biology at Whitworth College. She then attended University of Washington School of Medicine, working in many underserved regions from Alaska to Zambia. She completed her Pediatric residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. She completed her Pediatric Pulmonary and Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Fellowships at University of California San Francisco. She also completed her Masters in Clinical Research at University of California San Francisco.

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    Risk Factors For Worse Lung Function In Latinos With Cystic Fibrosis
    NIH K23HL133437Feb 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Risk Factors For Worse Lung Function In Latinos With Cystic Fibrosis
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Ivacaftor in non-G551D cystic fibrosis patients
    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Research Development Program Grant May 1, 2013 - Apr 30, 2015
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Action and Pharmacogenetics
    NIH T32GM007546Jul 1, 1977 - Jun 30, 2025
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. How many billions is enough? Prioritizing profits over patients with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 05; 58(5):1595-1597. McGarry ME, Gibb ER, Laguna TA, O'Sullivan BP, Sawicki GS, Zobell JT. PMID: 36722731; PMCID: PMC10121825.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Changes in the Use of Invasive and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Asthma: 2009-2019. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 02; 20(2):245-253. Smith MA, Dinh D, Ly NP, Ward SL, McGarry ME, Zinter MS. PMID: 36315585; PMCID: PMC9989865.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Detection of disease-causing CFTR variants in state newborn screening programs. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Feb; 58(2):465-474. McGarry ME, Ren CL, Wu R, Farrell PM, McColley SA. PMID: 36237137; PMCID: PMC9870974.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    4. In response to "who are the 10%? - Non eligibility of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients for highly effective modulator therapies". Respir Med. 2022 10; 202:106953. McGarry ME, McColley SA, Taylor-Cousar J. PMID: 36049345.
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    5. Food insecurity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in cystic fibrosis households. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 05; 57(5):1238-1244. Lim JT, Ly NP, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Gibb ER, Chan M, Church GD, Neemuchwala F, McGarry ME. PMID: 35112507.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. Left behind: The potential impact of CFTR modulators on racial and ethnic disparities in cystic fibrosis. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2022 Jun; 42:35-42. McGarry ME, Gibb ER, Oates GR, Schechter MS. PMID: 35277357; PMCID: PMC9356388.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Cystic fibrosis patients of minority race and ethnicity less likely eligible for CFTR modulators based on CFTR genotype. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 06; 56(6):1496-1503. McGarry ME, McColley SA. PMID: 33470563; PMCID: PMC8137541.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Early acquisition and conversion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hispanic youth with cystic fibrosis in the United States. J Cyst Fibros. 2021 05; 20(3):424-431. McGarry ME, Huang CY, Nielson DW, Ly NP. PMID: 33162303; PMCID: PMC8096863.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Outcomes of Children With Cystic Fibrosis Admitted to PICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 10; 21(10):e879-e887. Smith MA, McGarry ME, Ly NP, Zinter MS. PMID: 32304511; PMCID: PMC7597545.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Transparency and diversity in cystic fibrosis research. Lancet. 2020 08 29; 396(10251):601. McGarry M. PMID: 32861304.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis with a Phe508del CFTR Mutation. N Engl J Med. 2020 02 13; 382(7):684. McGarry ME. PMID: 32053310.
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    12. The demographics of adverse outcomes in cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 11; 54 Suppl 3:S74-S83. McGarry ME, Williams WA, McColley SA. PMID: 31715087; PMCID: PMC6857719.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Identification of CFTR variants in Latino patients with cystic fibrosis from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 02; 55(2):533-540. Zeiger AM, McGarry ME, Mak ACY, Medina V, Salazar S, Eng C, Liu AK, Oh SS, Nuckton TJ, Jain D, Blackwell TW, Kang HM, Abecasis G, Oñate LC, Seibold MA, Burchard EG, Rodriguez-Santana J. PMID: 31665830; PMCID: PMC7571374.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    14. Regional variations in longitudinal pulmonary function: A comparison of Hispanic and non-Hispanic subjects with cystic fibrosis in the United States. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 09; 54(9):1382-1390. McGarry ME, Neuhaus JM, Nielson DW, Ly NP. PMID: 31144477; PMCID: PMC6702095.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Pulmonary Metagenomic Sequencing Suggests Missed Infections in Immunocompromised Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 05 17; 68(11):1847-1855. Zinter MS, Dvorak CC, Mayday MY, Iwanaga K, Ly NP, McGarry ME, Church GD, Faricy LE, Rowan CM, Hume JR, Steiner ME, Crawford ED, Langelier C, Kalantar K, Chow ED, Miller S, Shimano K, Melton A, Yanik GA, Sapru A, DeRisi JL. PMID: 30239621; PMCID: PMC6784263.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 54     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    16. A genome-wide association and admixture mapping study of bronchodilator drug response in African Americans with asthma. Pharmacogenomics J. 2019 06; 19(3):249-259. Spear ML, Hu D, Pino-Yanes M, Huntsman S, Eng C, Levin AM, Ortega VE, White MJ, McGarry ME, Thakur N, Galanter J, Mak ACY, Oh SS, Ampleford E, Peters SP, Davis A, Kumar R, Farber HJ, Meade K, Avila PC, Serebrisky D, Lenoir MA, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Cintron WR, Thyne SM, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Ford JG, Chapela R, Estrada AM, Sandoval K, Seibold MA, Winkler CA, Bleecker ER, Myers DA, Williams LK, Hernandez RD, Torgerson DG, Burchard EG. PMID: 30206298; PMCID: PMC6414286.
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    17. An admixture mapping meta-analysis implicates genetic variation at 18q21 with asthma susceptibility in Latinos. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 03; 143(3):957-969. Gignoux CR, Torgerson DG, Pino-Yanes M, Uricchio LH, Galanter J, Roth LA, Eng C, Hu D, Nguyen EA, Huntsman S, Mathias RA, Kumar R, Rodriguez-Santana J, Thakur N, Oh SS, McGarry M, Moreno-Estrada A, Sandoval K, Winkler CA, Seibold MA, Padhukasahasram B, Conti DV, Farber HJ, Avila P, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Lenoir M, Meade K, Serebrisky D, Borrell LN, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Thyne S, Joubert BR, Romieu I, Levin AM, Sienra-Monge JJ, Del Rio-Navarro BE, Gan W, Raby BA, Weiss ST, Bleecker E, Meyers DA, Martinez FJ, Gauderman WJ, Gilliland F, London SJ, Bustamante CD, Nicolae DL, Ober C, Sen S, Barnes K, Williams LK, Hernandez RD, Burchard EG. PMID: 30201514; PMCID: PMC6927816.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    18. Pulmonary function disparities exist and persist in Hispanic patients with cystic fibrosis: A longitudinal analysis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 Dec; 52(12):1550-1557. McGarry ME, Neuhaus JM, Nielson DW, Burchard E, Ly NP. PMID: 29082671; PMCID: PMC5693693.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. In vivo and in vitro ivacaftor response in cystic fibrosis patients with residual CFTR function: N-of-1 studies. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 04; 52(4):472-479. McGarry ME, Illek B, Ly NP, Zlock L, Olshansky S, Moreno C, Finkbeiner WE, Nielson DW. PMID: 28068001; PMCID: PMC5461115.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Breastfeeding associated with higher lung function in African American youths with asthma. J Asthma. 2017 Oct; 54(8):856-865. Oh SS, Du R, Zeiger AM, McGarry ME, Hu D, Thakur N, Pino-Yanes M, Galanter JM, Eng C, Nishimura KK, Huntsman S, Farber HJ, Meade K, Avila P, Serebrisky D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Lenoir MA, Ford JG, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Thyne SM, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Williams K, Kumar R, Burchard EG. PMID: 27929698; PMCID: PMC6130885.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Minorities Are Underrepresented in Clinical Trials of Pharmaceutical Agents for Cystic Fibrosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 10; 13(10):1721-1725. McGarry ME, McColley SA. PMID: 27410177; PMCID: PMC5122490.
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    22. Obesity and bronchodilator response in black and Hispanic children and adolescents with asthma. Chest. 2015 Jun; 147(6):1591-1598. McGarry ME, Castellanos E, Thakur N, Oh SS, Eng C, Davis A, Meade K, LeNoir MA, Avila PC, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Kumar R, Bibbins-Domingo K, Thyne SM, Sen S, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG. PMID: 25742612; PMCID: PMC4451713.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. The lung corps' approach to reducing health disparities in respiratory disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 May; 11(4):655-60. Thakur N, McGarry ME, Oh SS, Galanter JM, Finn PW, Burchard EG, ATS Health Equality Committee. PMID: 24697756; PMCID: PMC4225795.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Normalization of sweat chloride concentration and clinical improvement with ivacaftor in a patient with cystic fibrosis with mutation S549N. Chest. 2013 Oct; 144(4):e1-e4. McGarry ME, Nielson DW. PMID: 24081349; PMCID: PMC4502741.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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