Joe W. Ramsdell, MD

Professor of Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

1. General internal medicine/geriatrics
2. COPD
3. Asthma
4. Respiratory diseases in the elderly

INVESTIGATIVE INTERESTS:

1. Mechanisms of bronchospasm
2. Therapy of asthma and COPD
3. Clinical problems in asthma and COPD
4. Aging and the lung
5. Nutritional aspects of COPD

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Cherniak RM, Wasserman SI, Ramsdell JW, Selner JC, Koepke JW, Rogers RM, Owens GR, Rubin EM, Wanner A. A double-blind multicenter group comparative study of the efficacy and safety of nedocromil sodium in the management of asthma. Chest 1990;97(6):1299-1306.
2. Jubran A, Gross N, Ramsdell JW, Simonian R, Schuttenhelm K, Sax M, Kaniecki D, Goldberg, Arnold RJ, Sonnenberg F. Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of theophylline and ipratropium bromide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest 1993;103:678-84.
3. Ramsdell JW. Use of theophylline in the treatment of COPD. Chest 1995;107(5):2065-95.
4. Ramsdell JW, Henderson S, Renvall MJ, Salmon DP, Fergusion P. Effects of theophylline and Ipratropium on cognition in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Allergy Asthma & Immunol 1996;76:33-4.
5. Moser KM, Renvall MJ, Ramsdell JW, Spindler AA. The effects of theophylline on metabolic rate in chronic obstructive lung disease patients. J am Coll Nutrition 1996;15:403-7.
6. Tinkelman DG, Bleecker ER, Ramsdell JW, Ekholm BP, Klinger NM, Colice GL, Slade HB. Proventil HGA has a similar safety profile as Ventolin during regular use in asthmatics. Chest 1997;113:283-9
7. Bleecker ER, Tinkelman DG, Ramsdell JW, Ekholm BP, Klinger NM, Colice GL, Slade HB. Proventil HGA provides comparable bronchodilation as Ventolin over 12 weeks of regular use in asthmatics. Chest 1997;113:290-6.
8. Ramsdell JW, Fish L, Graft D, Higgins N, Kavuru M, Pleskow W, Banerji D. A controlled trial of twice daily triamcinolone oral inhaler in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma. Allergy Asthma & Immunol 1998;80(5):385-90.