Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
News Articles
The Jane and Leonard Korman Professorship in Pulmonary Medicine
http://blogs.jeffersonhospital.org/atjeff/2013/05/10/endowed-professorship-for-pulmonary-medicine-specialist/...
Philly Hosts ATS - May 17th to 22nd
Founded in 1905, ATS is the largest and best organized international forum for thoracic disease, with more than 15,000 physicians, research scientists, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals...
Dr. Summer's Lab Publishes New Findings
Abstract
Caveolae are cell membrane invaginations that are highly abundant in adipose tissue, endothelial cells and the lung. The formation of caveolae is dependent on the expression of various...
Dr. Ray Penn joins the Lung Center as director of research
Friends and Colleagues:
I am quite pleased to announce that Raymond Penn PhD will be joining the Department of Medicine effective May 1, 2013 as the Director of the Center for Translational...
Respiratory Care at Jefferson has been recognized in an elite group known as a “Quality Respiratory Care Institution”
Gives me great pleasure to note that Respiratory Care at Jefferson has been recognized in an elite group known as a “Quality Respiratory Care Institution” by the American Association for...
A new frontier in ICU research: Postintensive care syndrome
www.philly.com/philly/health/20130326_A_new_frontier_in_ICU_research__Postintensive_care_syndrome.html ...
Jefferson celebrates the one year anniversary for a novel, nurse practitioner-run MICU
Recognizing the shortage of intensivists and duty hour constraints on traditional housestaff, the division of pulmonary & critical care at TJU/H implemented a highly novel staffing model for...
Collaborators from the Lung Pathology Group Identify New Molecular Markers for Lung Cancer Diagnosis
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Jefferson Hosts a new Lung Cancer & Related Diseases Patient Symposium
Faculty and staff of Thomas Jefferson University will be hosting a new “Lung Cancer and Related Diseases Patient Symposium” on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Dorrance H. Hamilton...
Miracle of Jefferson MICU
http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=61c231a4-1eb2-4d0b-b1a4-6e4829fee010 ...
JeffHope Honors Dr. David Manoff
Greetings from JeffHOPE, the nation's largest student run clinic. Every year we hold a charity ball in conjunction with a silent auction to bring the Jefferson community together for an...
Dr. David Oxman just published a new study in JAMA Surgery
Dr. David Oxman just published a new study in JAMA Surgery. This is a PC, DB, randomized trial examining the utility of “prophylactic” antibiotics for 48 hrs in elective post-thoracotomy...
Dr. Sharma joins TJU as the Associate Director of the Sleep Disorders Center to expand pulmonary sleep services
Dr. Sunil Sharma joined Thomas Jefferson University / Hospital Jan 21, 2013. This is part of a major new effort to expand sleep expertise in the in-patient setting and he will uniquely bridge the...
TJUH Getting A New Lung Center Funded by Korman Foundation
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals is creating the Jefferson — Jane and Leonard Korman Lung Center.
The center is being established through what Jefferson is describing as...
Jefferson Establishes New Center for Lung Cancer and Lung Disease
Contact:
Lee-Ann Landis
215-955-2240
Leeann.landis@jefferson.edu
Jefferson Establishes New Center for Lung Cancer and Lung Disease
(PHILADELPHIA) – Thomas Jefferson...
Inaugural Jefferson Lung Cancer Symposium 2013
Inaugural Jefferson Lung Cancer Symposium 2013...
A Multidisciplinary Effort to Save a Woman with a Rare Lung Condition
By Lee-Ann Landis
Donna M. Hall arrived at Jefferson University Hospitals at the edge of life.
Her body was producing excess amounts of a natural surfactant – a...
Dr. David Oxman joins Pulmonary & Critical Care division at TJU / H
Dr. Oxman will have a full-time appointment as an assistant professor, a clinician educator with his clinical time split between Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the center city campus and...
Dr. Ross Summer initiates translational lung research at Jefferson
Ross Summer, MD will join the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and the Center for Translational Medicine at the rank of Associate Professor in the Academic Investigator Tenure...
On the Brink of Survival
Mani S. Kavuru recounts how a 40-year-old severe asthma patient in a full-blown exacerbation quickly escalated from dangerous to life-threatening
When a severe asthma patient is in a full-blown...
WHYY story on lung cancer screening
For smokers worried about lung cancer, the first--and most important--advice is always: stop smoking.
But now, some doctors are also recommending an initial screening test using a low-dose spiral...
The Division Opens a New Pulmonary Function Laboratory
I wanted to bring to your attention the establishment of a new Pulmonary Function Laboratory located in the Walnut Towers building adjacent to the JPA pulmonary physicians’ offices. This new...
TJU is currently recruiting patients for Rituximab Treatment of SSc-PAH
ASC01: Rituximab for Treatment of SSc-PAH
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through its Division of Allergy, Immunology, & Transplantation (DAIT) of...
Dr. Boyd Hehn has joined the pulmonary and critical care division here at Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Boyd Hehn completed a three-year training program in categorical internal medicine at The Presbyterian Hospital in New York, followed by 4 year combined training in pulmonary &...
Dr. William Sexauer has joined the division of pumonary & critical care medicine at Thomas Jefferson University
I am delighted to announce that Dr. William (Bill) Sexauer has joined the pulmonary and critical care division here at Thomas Jefferson University and will be the director of critical care at...
ACE ASC01 Subcontract Fully Executed
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care at TJUH...
Media Coverage - Mary Pollice, MSN CRNP
“This year's flu shot is a rerun but doctors say you should get it again”...
Jefferson Medical College Adds “Cineforum” Course to Curriculum
Contact: Jennifer McGowan Smith
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Meet Our Nurse Practitioner
MEET OUR NURSE PRACTITIONER, MARY POLLICE, MSN, CRNP
Mary’s interest in pulmonary medicine began when she was diagnosed with asthma...
The Flu Shot and You
September 28, 2011 @ 6:00pm 834 Walnut Street, Suite 650...
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is rated among the best in the nation for Pulmonology by U.S.News & World Report.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is rated among the best in the nation for Pulmonology by U.S.News & World Report....
Philadelphia Tribune for today’s story on the extreme heat this week
Philadelphia Tribune for today’s story on the extreme heat this week, placing those with asthma, allergies and other related conditions as risk. See the full story at the link below: ...
34th Annual Eastern Shore Medical Sympotsium - Audience Response System
34th Annual Eastern Shore Medical Sympotsium - Audience Response System...
Book Review: Physical Diagnosis: Secrets, by Dr. Salvatore Mangione.
Mangione, S. Physical Diagnosis: Secrets
Second edition. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier; 2008, p. 1-702
A remarkable book for this day and age, Secrets is a massive tome devoted to all aspects...
Mani S. Kavuru, M.D., Named Director, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Jefferson
Mani S. Kavuru, M.D., has been named the director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and has also been named a professor of Medicine...
Jefferson opens a new state-of-the-art Medical ICU
Jefferson Hospital recently invested $150M to upgrade critical care services in center city. This included the addition of 50 new ICU beds to bring the total to over 110, 25 SICU, over 40 NICU,...
