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Pulmonary, Critical Care, Interventional Bronchoscopy, Renal Replacement Therapy

ID: 726546 Maryland, USA

Expert is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, and critical care. He is the medical director of critical care in a large community hospital with active cardiothoracic surgery, trauma and neurosurgery programs. They have 42 critical care beds. Their ICU is ranked in the top 10% nationwide and they are rated five stars for sepsis, pneumonia and COPD. (Healthgrades) He is involved in protocol development and has implemented or is in the process of implementing protocols for continuous renal replacement therapy, sepsis, tight glucose control, hypothermia, and respiratory therapist driven weaning protocols. He has an active interventional bronchoscopy practice that includes endobroncial ultrasound, stenting, argon plasma and electocautery and electromagnetic navigational bronchscopy. He also has an outpatient and inpatient pulmonary practice which involves the entire spectrum of pulmonary disease with the exception of pulmonary hypertension and transplant. He participates in the management of a 12 bed sleep lab and the care and diagnosis of sleep disorders.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1986	Degree: MD	Subject: Medicine	Institution: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Year: 1982	Degree: BS	Subject: Psucholgy	Institution: Colllege of the Holy Cross

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1994 to 2009	Employer: Penisula Pulmonary Associates	Title: MD	Department:
Responsibilities: care and management of pulmonary, critical and sleep patients
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1991 to 1994	Employer: Wake Forest University	Title: MD	Department: pulmonary/critical care/ anasthesia
Responsibilities: care and management of pulmonary and critical care patients. Research on ventilator induced lung injury

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Fields of Expertise

pulmonary medicine, asthma, blood clot, airway management, breathing, bronchitis, bronchodilator, bronchodilator drug, bronchopneumonia, bronchoscope, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiovascular intensive care unit, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, embolism, emphysema, intensive care unit, interstitial lung disease, lung, lung abscess, lung cancer, lung disease, lung tumor, oxygen delivery, oxygen therapy, pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pulse oximetry, respiration, respiration disorder, respiratory care, respiratory disease, respiratory therapy, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory insufficiency, respiratory physiology, Swan-Ganz catheter, tracheal intubation, pulmonary critical care, bronchial disease, neuro intensive care unit, pulmonary infarction, capillary leak syndrome, trauma intensive care unit, Wegener's granulomatosis, pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary physiology, intensive care medicine, pulmonary function test, sleep medicine, pulmonary surgery, paracentesis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, hyperoxia, bronchiolitis, intracranial pressure, pneumoconiosis, blood pressure monitoring, iron lung, critical care monitoring equipment, blood gas monitoring equipment, artery, edema, tuberculosis, spirometry, pulmonary valve stenosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, internal medicine, carcinoid tumor, asbestosis