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Kamyar Afshar, DO
Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Lung Transplant Program
kaafshar@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant -
Kathryn Akong, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
kaakong@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pediatrics Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis -
Kevan Akrami, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
kakrami@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Infectious Diseases, Critical Care
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Praveen Akuthota, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
pakuthota@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Asthma and Eosinophilic Lung Disease -
Mona Alotaibi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
m1alotaibi@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Christopher Amann, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
camann@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
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Jacob Bailey, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
jbailey@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Laura Barnes, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
lbarnes@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Jeffrey Barry, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
j3barry@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis -
Maksim Bazhenov, PhD
Professor of Medicine
mbazhenov@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Sleep
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Adnan Begovic, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Southwest Healthcare System ICU
abegovic@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Critical Care
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Amy Bellinghausen-Stewart, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
amyb@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Post-ICU Recovery -
Zea Borok, MD
Helen M. Ranney Professor
Chair, Department of Medicine
zborok@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Ellen Breen, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
ebreen@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Oxygen transport system lungs, skeletal muscle and brain; Chronic lung disease; Exercise -
Alessandra Castaldi, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
acastaldi@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
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Antonino Catanzaro, MD
Recall Faculty
acatanzaro@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Kenneth Chen, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
kpc005@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Neuromuscular and Assisted Ventilation -
George Cheng, MD PhD
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Bronchoscopy, and Pleural Disease
gcheng@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonology, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology -
Rebecca Colman, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
rcolman@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonology
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Douglas Conrad, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Adult Cystic Fibrosis
Clinical Service Chief of UCSD La Jolla
dconrad@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Cystic Fibrosis -
Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
Associate Professor in Residence
Section Chief of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, VAMC
lcrotty@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Daniel Crouch, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Program Director of PCCM Fellowship
dcrouch@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Chantal Darquenne, PhD
Professor
cdarquenne@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Aerosol deposition in the lung; Upper airway dynamics in sleep apnea; Pulmonary ventilation -
Sean DeWolf, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
sedewolf@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Rajanigandha Dhokarh, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
rdhokarh@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Critical Care, Sleep
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Bryce Duchman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
brduchman@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Ann Elliott, PhD
Research Scientist
aelliott@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Functional lung imaging; Pulmonary gas exchange -
Wael Elmaraachli, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
welmaraachli@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Mycobacterial Lung Infections -
Peter Fedullo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Director
pfedullo@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Timothy Fernandes, MD MPH
Associate Clinical Professor
tfernandes@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Pulmonary Embolism -
Christina Finch, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
cefinch@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Sleep Medicine
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Zhenxing Fu
Project Scientist
zfu@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Physiology of pulmonary capillaries; Cell biology of the lung -
Mark Fuster, MD
Professor In Residence
mfuster@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Naveen Gupta, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
n6gupta@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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James E. Hall, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
j7hall@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Interactions between genomes, environment, and phenotypes in high altitude populations; Understanding the functional roles of hypoxia-adaptive genetic variants identified through whole genome sequence analyses -
Mark Hepokoski, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
mhepokoski@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Michael C. Hogan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
mchogan@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
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Susan R. Hopkins, MD PhD
Professor Emeritus
shopkins@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
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Islam Ibrahim, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Non-Salaried
imibrahim@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Critical Care
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Jisha Joshua, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Advanced Lung Disease
jjoshua@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
Subspecialty: Interstitial Lung Disease -
Aarya Kafi, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
akafi@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant -
Biren Kamdar, MD MHS
Associate Clinical Professor
bkamdar@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Kim Kerr, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
kmkerr@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Nick H. Kim, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section Chief of Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
Medical Director of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
h33kim@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
G. Kim Prisk, PhD DSc
Professor Emeritus
kprisk@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Space physiology; Bioengineering of the lung -
Lawrence Kline, DO
Associate Physician Diplomate
lekline@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Sleep
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Michael Lam, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
mtlam@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep
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Judd Landsberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director for Respiratory Therapy
jlandsberg@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Jinghong Li, MD PhD
Associate Clinical Professor
jil055@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Willis Li, PhD
Professor of Medicine
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Christine Lin, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
cml008@health.ucsd.edu
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant -
Erica Lin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
e4lin@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Atul Malhotra, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chief for Research
Director of Sleep Medicine
amalhotra@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep
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Jess Mandel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Physiology
Vice Chief for Education in Department of Medicine
jmandel@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Cameron McGuire, MD MPH
Associate Physician Diplomate
wmcguire@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Omar Mesarwi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
omesarwi@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep
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Russell Miller, MD
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology -
Philippe Montgrain, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Pulmonary Function Lab at VAMC
pmontgrain@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Timothy Morris, MD
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Service Chief of UCSD Hillcrest
Medical Director of Respiratory Care
Medical Director of Pulmonary Function Lab
t1morris@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Embolism -
Esteban A. Moya, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
emoyacespedes@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Intermittent hypoxia; Control of breathing -
Leonardo Nogueira, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
lnogueira@ucsd.edu
Specialty: Physiology
Interests: Skeletal muscle fatigue mechanisms; Muscle repair and satellite cell function; Pulmonary inflammatory diseases and peripheral muscle dysfunction; Nitric oxide metabolism -
Brandon Nokes, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
bnokes@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep
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Mazen Odish, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
modish@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: ECMO -
Henry Orff, PhD
Associate Physician Diplomate
horff@health.ucsd.edu -
Jeremy Orr, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
j1orr@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Neuromuscular and Assisted Ventilation -
Robert Owens, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Intensive Care Unit at Jacobs Medical Center
rowens@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep
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Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
dpapamatheakis@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Niral Patel, MD
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Interventional Pulmonology -
Sagar Patel, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
srp006@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Alex Pearce, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
apearce@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Rui Carlos Pereira de Sá, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Project Scientist
rcpereiradesa@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Functional imaging of the lung; Pulmonary blood flow -
David Poch, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
dspoch@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Frank L. Powell, PhD
Professor Emeritus
fpowell@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Control of ventilation, especially chemoreception; Comparative physiology of gas exchange; High Altitude -
Venktesh Ramnath, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Critical Care Telemedicine Outreach
vramnath@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Andrew Ries, MD MPH
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Public Health
Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Academic Affairs
aries@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Timothy Rodwell, MD PhD MPH
Professor of Medicine
trodwell@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
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Christopher Schmickl, MD PhD MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
cschmickl@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Sleep
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Marva L Seifert, PhD MPH
Assistant Adjunct Professor
mseifert@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
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Tatum Simonson, PhD
Associate Professor
John B. West Endowed Chair in Respiratory Physiology
tsimonson@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: High-altitude physiology and genetic adaptations in highland populations -
Robert Smith, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
rsmith@health.ucsd.edu -
Roger Spragg, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
rspragg@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
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Bernie Sunwoo, MBBS
Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director of Sleep Medicine
besunwoo@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Sleep
Subspecialty: Interstitial Lung Disease, Cystic Lung Disease -
Rajat Suri, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
rsuri@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Daniel Sweeney, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit at Hillcrest Medical Center
dasweeney@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Infectious Diseases, Critical Care
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Linh Tran, MD
Associate Physician Diplomate
lit004@ucsd.edu
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
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Peter D. Wagner, MD
Professor Emeritus
pdwagner@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Physiological basis of lung disease, Pulmonary gas exchange, Peripheral oxygen delivery, Exercise, Angiogenesis and VEGF -
Angela Wang, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Outpatient Pulmonary
acwang@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary
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Gabriel Wardi, MD MPH
Associate Clinical Professor
gwardi@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
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John B. West, MD PhD DSc
Professor Emeritus
John West Website
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Video Lecture Series
jwest@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Chief interests: Physiological basis of lung disease, Pulmonary gas exchange, Peripheral oxygen delivery, Exercise, High altitude -
Jenny Yang, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
jey052@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Pulmonary Vascular Medicine -
Jason X.-J. Yuan, MD PhD
Professor, Physiology Section Chief
Yuan Lab Website
jxyuan@ucsd.eduSpecialty: Physiology
Interests: Molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PAH), Genetic, epigenetic and pathogenic mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), Cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and gas exchange, Novel therapies for PAH and CTEPH -
Gordon Yung, MD
Professor of Medicine
gyung@health.ucsd.eduSpecialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care
Subspecialty: Lung Transplant