James F. Donohue, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  Presently, he is the Division Chief of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.  He previously served as Vice Chairman of Clinical Services, Department of Medicine and Clinical Director of the Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Division. 

Dr. Donohue is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, a member of the American Thoracic Society, and the European Respiratory Society. He also donates time as an officer for many university and community committees. Dr. Donohue is the recipient of numerous research grants and serves as an invited lecturer at several national and international symposia. He is a reviewer and writer for several journals including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, the Southern Medicine Journal, Chest, and the Journal of Respiratory Disease. In addition, Dr. Donohue served as a writer and reviewer for the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program in the subspecialty of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine for the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians.  

His teaching and research interest include Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Diseases, COPD, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, and Asthma.