Silpa D. Kilaru, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Silpa Kilaru, MD
Silpa Kilaru, MD

Silpa D. Kilaru, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Years of Experience
19
Gender
Female
Languages
English
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Locations
Inova Medical Group - Transplant Specialties

3300 Gallows Rd
Heart and Lung Transplant
Falls Church, VA 22042-3307

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Phone
703-776-2986
Fax
703-776-3515

About Silpa D. Kilaru, MD

Dr. Silpa Kilaru is a specialty care physician board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. She joined Inova in 2025 and has been practicing since 2007.

Prior to joining Inova, Dr. Kilaru was the medical director of the Lung Transplant Program at University Hospitals of Cleveland in Ohio. Before this, she spent 10 years at the University of Pittsburgh as a transplant pulmonologist and director of fellow education for lung transplant.

Dr. Kilaru has a strong interest in lung transplants, ALD and bronchoscopy, particularly for patients after lung transplant. She enjoys working with lung transplant patients and feels that it is a privilege and honor to be a part of their lung transplant journey. Dr. Kilaru’s patient care goal is to always put the patient first and ensure they have care that goes above and beyond, so all their concerns are addressed.

Publications

Harano T, D'Cunha J, Kilaru S, Morrell MR, Luketich JD, Sanchez PG. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Overcome Graft-Cavity Disparity of Lung Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr;109(4):e275-e277. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.020. Epub 2019 Aug 28. PMID: 31472129.

Iasella CJ, Hoji A, Popescu I, Wei J, Snyder ME, Zhang Y, Xu W, Iouchmanov V, Koshy R, Brown M, Fung M, Langelier C, Lendermon EA, Dugger D, Shah R, Lee J, Johnson B, Golden J, Leard LE, Ellen Kleinhenz M, Kilaru S, Hays SR, Singer JP, Sanchez PG, Morrell MR, Pilewski JM, Greenland JR, Chen K, McDyer JF. Type-1 immunity and endogenous immune regulators predominate in the airway transcriptome during chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jun;21(6):2145-2160. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16360. Epub 2020 Nov 20. PMID: 33078555; PMCID: PMC8607839.

Furukawa M, Chan EG, Ryan JP, Hyzny EJ, Sacha LM, Coster JN, Pilewski JM, Lendermon EA, Kilaru SD, McDyer JF, Sanchez PG. Induction Strategies in Lung Transplantation: Alemtuzumab vs. Basiliximab a Single-Center Experience. Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 1;13:864545. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.864545. PMID: 35720296; PMCID: PMC9199390.

Ashraf S, Chan EG, Pan G, Furukawa M, Coster JN, Ryan J, Kilaru S, Sanchez. J. P. Clinical predictors of lung transplant outcomes in patients with scleroderma compared with pulmonary fibrosis. Heart and lung transplant. 2022; 41 (4):260-261.

Awards/Associations

  • Award for Excellence in Patient Service, UPMC, 2017
  • ATS Fellows Track Symposium Award, ATS, Denver, CO, 2011
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Thoracic Society
  • International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
     
Medical School
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residencies
Georgetown University Hospital
Training Specialty: Internal Medicine
6/14/2006 - 6/30/2009
Fellowships
Georgetown University Hospital
Training Specialty: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
7/1/2009 - 6/30/2012
Hospital Affiliations
Inova Fairfax Hospital

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