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The Section of Pulmonary Medicine has been in existence at Yale for approximately 40 years. In the early 1970s the Section was directed by Dr. Arend Bouhuys. In 1976 Dr. Herbert Reynolds was recruited from the NIH to direct the Section. He stayed in this position until 1989. In keeping with national trends, responsibility for medical critical care was added to the sections portfolio in the 1980's. Since 1990, under the leadership of Dr. Jack Elias, the Section has expanded its clinical, research and educational programs.
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Pulmonary Medicine is the study of diseases of the lung. The clinic's doctors specialize in treating such lung diseases as asthma, COPD, cancers of the lung, and various infections of the lung. They ... perform bronchoscopies to visualize disease processes.
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The department of Pulmonary Medicine at the PGIMER, Chandigarh is unique in many ways. It is the only center in India for the postdoctoral course (DM) in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (since 1989). Besides Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU), it has got a well-equipped Respiratory Laboratory, Bronchoscopy Unit, Lung Cancer Chemotherapy Clinic, and an active Respiratory Community Epidemiology cell. Screening for sleep apnea has been started very recently.
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Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Consultants Medical Group, Inc., (PMA) consists of fifteen established physicians who specialize in Critical Care, Pulmonary Disease, Infectious Disease and Sleep Disorder. PMA has three clinics located in Sacramento, Carmichael, and Roseville, California and PMA physicians cover seven hospitals. PMA provides physician staffing for the 24/7 eICU® remote intensive care monitoring project for Sutter Health.
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The Section of Pulmonary Medicine is devoted to diagnosis and management of all acute and chronic respiratory disorders and diseases in children. Acute and chronic pulmonary diseases and non-pulmonary disorders affecting the respiratory system are cared for with an interdisciplinary team approach.
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John Newman, MD, is currently Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and the Elsa S. Hanigan Chair in Pulmonary Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He ... sits on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Special Emphasis Panel-K23, K24, K25 Study Section, Ad Hoc. From 1995-2003, Dr. Newman was Chief of Medical Service for the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center and from 1997-1998 he served as the Interim Chairman of Vanderbilt University's Department of Medicine. Co-author of more than one hundred and twenty peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Newman currently holds NIH grants in the areas of genetic and environmental pathogenesis of PPH and cancer chemopreventive agents. He has recently completed two other NIH research projects involving pulmonary hypertension and pathophysiology of the pulmonary microcirculation. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Scientific Leadership Award, Pulmonary Circulation Assembly, American Thoracic Society in 2004.
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