Samuel Louie, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine
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Specialties
Pulmonary Medicine
Asthma
COPD
Asthma COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS)
Department
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
2825 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: 916-734-8230
Fax: 916-734-4582
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Louie is known for his dictums that empathy is never an occupational hazard and that every patient deserves a clinical trial of one. He received lifetime recognition in 2021 from the American Thoracic Society for his philosophy and work with the Outstanding Clinician Award.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Louie is a pulmonologist and asthmatologist with experience and expertise in difficult-to-control asthma, Severe Asthma, COPD, and Asthma COPD Overlap
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Louie’s clinical research focuses on patient safety, advanced therapeutics including biologics, phenotyping and endotyping asthma, COPD and Asthma COPD Overlap for precision patient care.
Division
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S., University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 1976
Medical School
M.D., UC San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco CA 1980
Internship
Internal Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 1980-1981
Internship
Internal Medicine, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles CA 1980-1981
Residency
Internal Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 1981-1983
Residency
Internal Medicine, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles CA 1981-1983
Fellowship
Internal Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis, Davis CA 1983-1986
Outstanding Clinician Award, American Thoracic Society, 2021
Professor of the Year, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, 2011
Outstanding Clinician Award, Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, 2011
Physician of the Year, UC Davis Medical Center, 1996
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1991
To view more of Dr. Louie's publications, visit his UC Davis Research Profiles site.
Louie S, Kuhn BT, Schivo M et al. Status Asthmaticus. Hall JB, Schmidt G, Woods GA (eds.). Principles of Critical Care, 5th edition, McGraw Hill, New York. 2022;55:.
Enweasor CM, Louie S. Lies, damned lies, and anaphylaxis. Consultant. 2021;61(9):e19-e24. doi:10.25270/con.2021.08.00004.
Louie S. The perils of prednisone. Consultant. 2020;60(9):5, 12-16. doi:10.25270/con.2020.09.00001.
Louie S. Lies, damned lies, and COPD. Consultant. 2019;59(10):300-307, 310.
Louie S. Lies, damned lies, and asthma. Consultant. 2018;58(12):336-342.
Gidwani N, Louie S. Diagnosing and Managing Dyspnea. Consultant. 2014;54(2):129-130.
Louie S, Zeki AA, Schivo M, Chan AL, Yoneda KY, Avdalovic M, Morrissey BM, Albertson TE. The asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome: pharmacotherapeutic considerations. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Mar;6(2):197-219. doi:10.1586/ecp.13.2. PMID:23473596.
Hardin KA, Meyers F, Louie S. Integrating palliative care in severe chronic obstructive lung disease. COPD. 2008 Aug;5(4):207-20. doi:10.1080/15412550802237366. PMID:18671146.
Liu J, Louie S, Hsu W, Yu KM, Nicholas HB Jr, Rosenquist GL. Tyrosine sulfation is prevalent in human chemokine receptors important in lung disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;38(6):738-43. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2007-0118OC. Epub 2008 Jan 24. PMID:18218997.
Mealey FH, Kenyon NJ, Avdalovic MV, Louie S. Difficult-to-control asthma in adults. Am J Med. 2007 Sep;120(9):760-3. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.015. PMID:17765041.