Ware Kuschner, M.D.
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
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Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Chief, Pulmonary Section, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2010 - present)
- Medical Director, TeleQuit Smoking Cessation Program, VISN 21, Veterans Health Administration (2006 - present)
- Chair, Clinical Bioethics Committee and Ethics Consultation Service, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2001 - present)
- Member, Editorial Board, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Update, American College of Chest Physicians (2004 - present)
- Member, Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly Planning Committee, American Thoracic Society (2011 - present)
- Member, IRB Panel 3, Stanford University (2008 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Research Award, Foundation for Fellows in Asthma Research (1995)
- Walter Travel Fund Award, American Lung Association (1995)
- Research Award, Foundation for Occupational Health and Research (1996)
- Cecile Lehman Mayer Research Award Finalist, American College of Chest Physicians (1996)
- Faculty Teaching Award, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University (2000)
- Faculty Teaching Award, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University (2002)
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My principal research interest is in occupational and environmental lung disease. I am interested in the health effects of airborne toxicants in exposed workers and the health effects of outdoor and indoor air pollution. My work includes experimental human research studying the acute effects of toxic inhalational exposures. I also conduct observational analyses assessing exposure-effects relationships in selected populations. I have a secondary area of academic interest in medical ethics.
Publications
- The diagnosis and management of pleural effusions in the ICU. J Intensive Care Med. 2013 Jan-Feb; (1): 24-36
- The pharmacology of airway management in critical care. J Intensive Care Med. 2012 Sep-Oct; (5): 298-305
- The diagnostic yield of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy in solid organ transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2012 Jul-Aug; (4): 615-21
- A case report of a pneumothorax caused by aggressive use of an incentive spirometer in a patient with emphysema. Respir Care. 2012
- Bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma mass with central photopenia on FDG-PET scan. Clin Med Res. 2012; (1): 36-7
- Hemoptysis due to breath-hold diving following chemotherapy and lung irradiation. Clin Med Res. 2012; (3): 137-9
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