David N. Cornfield
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
- Professor (By courtesy), Surgery
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Respiratory Specialties and ENT 730 Welch Rd 1st Floor Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 724-4788 Fax (650) 497-8791Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Jessica Damon Reeves Assistant to Dr. David N. Cornfield Email Tel Work 650-725-6589Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Pediatric Pulmonary
- Pediatric Pulmonary Med
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Director-Center for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, Stanford (2006 - present)
- Division Director-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Stanford (2007 - present)
- Division Director-Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford (2006 - present)
- Fellowship Director_Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Stanford (2007 - present)
- Medical Director_Respiratory Therapy, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2010 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Pediatric Academic Societies-Steering Committee, PAS (2010-present)
- Study Section Member-RIBT, NIH (2009-present)
- Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Physiology-Lung, Cell and Mol Physiology (2008-present)
- Editorial Board Member, Pediatrics (2010-present)
- Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford University (2006-present)
- President, Society for Pediatric Research (2009-2010)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Children's Mercy Hospital MO (1989) |
| Fellowship: | Children's Hospital-Denver CO (1993) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (1996) |
| Board Certification: | American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (1996) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Pulmonary, American Board of Pediatrics (1994) |
| Internship: | Children's Mercy Hospital MO (1987) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Publications
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome in children: physiology and management. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2013; (3): 338-43
- Creation and retention of the next generation of physician-scientists for child health research. JAMA. 2013; (17): 1781-2
- Embedding time-limited laboratory orders within computerized provider order entry reduces laboratory utilization*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013; (4): 413-9
- Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells lowers vascular tone by decreasing Myosin light chain phosphorylation. Circ Res. 2013; (9): 1230-3
- Decisions about life-sustaining measures in children: in whose best interests? Acta Paediatr. 2012; (4): 333-6
- Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α regulates KCNMB1 expression in human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012; (3): L352-9

