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Pulmonary Vascular Medicine Research

Investigators

  • Nick H. Kim, M.D., Section Chief, Medical Director of PTE Program
  • Mona Alotaibi, M.D.
  • Timothy M. Fernandes, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Kim M. Kerr, M.D.
  • Demosthenes Papamatheakis, M.D.
  • David Poch, M.D., Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program
  • Jenny Yang, M.D.

Members

  • Jason Yuan, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Alisha Kabadi, M.D., UCSD Pulmonary Critical Care fellow
  • Anna Astashchanka, M.D., UCSD Pulmonary Critical Care fellow
  • Cameron McGuire, M.D., UCSD Pulmonary Critical Care fellow

Group Research Focus

  1. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
  2. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
  3. Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE)
  4. Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA)

Individual Focuses

  1. Nick Kim - PAH, CTEPH, PTE, BPA
  2. Mona Alotaibi - Pulmonary hypertension, Metabolomics
  3. Timothy M. Fernandes - Acute pulmonary embolism, Cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET), PAH, Chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED)
  4. Kim Kerr - CTEPH (including US CTEPH registry), PTE
  5. Demosthenes Papamatheakis - PAH, CTEPH, PTE, CPET, Med Ed
  6. David Poch - PAH, CTEPH, PTE, BPA
  7. Jenny Yang - PAH, CTEPH, PTE, BPA, CPET