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Who

A noted pediatrician, Loughlin is an expert on childhood lung diseases and the chair of the pediatrics department at Weill Cornell Children's Hospital.

Backstory

Raised on the Lower East Side, Loughlin attended medical school at the University of Rochester and earned a Masters from Johns Hopkins. After stints at the University of Arizona and University of Florida, in 1984 he moved back to Baltimore to start up Johns Hopkins' pediatric respiratory program, where he developed a reputation as an expert in treating lung cancer, asthma, and sleep apnea in children. His efforts at turning the hospital into one of the nation's top five pediatric centers led to a slew of offers from hospitals across the country. In 2002, Antonio Gotto Jr. successfully lured him to Weill Cornell with the promise of more research funding and subspecialty pediatricians for his department. Since he's taken over, Loughlin had paid particular attention to strengthening the hospital's pediatric neurology program.

In print

Loughlin has written four books on his research, Respiratory Disease in Children: Diagnosis and Mangement, Sleep in Children, Sleep and Breathing in Children: A Developmental Approach, and Breathing During Sleep in Children.

Personal

Loughlin's wife, Barbara, is a science teacher. They have two daughters: Celia, a doctor at the Johns Hopkins pediatric center, and Shaye, who works in education. The couple lives on the Upper East Side. They also own a condo on John's Island, South Carolina.