Dr. Steven O. Lestrud has 25 years of experience in the field of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He earned his BA from the University of Tennessee and his MD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. After completing his residency in Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, he went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Pulmonary at McGaw Medical Center. Today, this ...
Dr. Louis Guernsey Jr. has over 40 years of experience in the fields of Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology. He earned his BA in Social and Behavioral Studies from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Emory University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in Pediatrics at Emory University Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Today, this expert is board certified ...
This highly-qualified interventional pulmonology expert specializes in benign and malignant airway disease, including lung nodule management, pulmonary masses, endobronchial valves, endobronchial stents, and bronchoscopy. He earned his BS in biology and political science, as well as his MBA from Union College, before earning his MD from Albany Medical College. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the ...
This qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in internal medicine. She received her BA in rhetoric and molecular/cell biology from UC Berkeley and earned her MD from the University of Chicago. She completed two residencies and two fellowships: an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a diagnostic radiology residency at Oregon Health and Science University, a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt University, and a ...
This qualified expert earned his BS in statistics from the University of Michigan and his MD at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine before going on to complete both an internship and residency in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center followed by a fellowship in pulmonary/critical care at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease and an active member of multiple professional societies including the American Thoracic ...
This expert is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. He received his BA in history from Dartmouth College before earning his MD from St. George’s University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and his fellowship in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Currently, he is an attending physician in pulmonary ...
This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep disorders medicine. He earned his MBBS from the University of Nairobi in Kenya before moving to the United States to complete his residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University and two fellowships at Baylor College of Medicine: one in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep disorders medicine and the other in lung transplant medicine. This expert is triple ...
This expert has extensive experience in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care medicine. He received his BA from Middlebury College before earning his MD from Columbia University. He then also completed a medical Spanish program through the AEC Spanish Institute in Costa Rica and a clinical research education program through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed an internship and residency in the department of medicine and a fellowship in the pulmonary, ...
This highly qualified pulmonary and critical care expert has over 30 years of experience in his field. He received his BA in biology from the University of Chicago and his MD from New York Medical College. After finishing his internship at Kaiser Hospital and his residency from George Washington University, this expert went on to complete a prestigious fellowship in pulmonology at the University of Illinois Medical Center. He holds board certifications in internal ...
This highly qualified expert earned her BS from UC Irvine and MD from Harvard. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UC San Diego. She is certified in Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Internal Medicine. She is an active member of several medical societies related to her focus in Pulmonary and Critical Care, and has published numerous journal articles and abstracts on the topic. She ...
This highly qualified expert earned her BSN from the University of Incarnate word, her MSN from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and a post-masters pediatric nurse practitioner certificate at the University of Cincinnati. She is also active in her field as a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Chest Physicians. Formerly, she held roles as a pediatric intensive care unit staff nurse ...
This case involves a 62-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with Guillan-Barre Syndrome. Because the patient was assessed at a high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolus (PE), the patient was…
This case involves a 60-year-old male that was prescribed testosterone for 6 months. He was found to have a pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis at the end of the 6 months. Testing was done which showed he had developed…
This case involves asbestos-related workers compensation litigation. Over 20 construction workers working under the same contractor in Iowa alleged that they developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-contaminated materials during long-term projects. A pulmonary pathology expert was sought to review these claims, the…
This case involves a 56-year-old male patient at risk for pulmonary embolism who was unable to undergo anticoagulation therapy. The patient had an IVC filter implant placed. The patient complained of persistent pain for weeks following the surgery but was…
This case involves a 52-year-old male patient in the recovery unit following an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation. When the patient met the appropriate recovery criteria, his sheath was removed. Upon removal, the patient’s blood pressure began to drop drastically.…
This case involves a 45-year-old female patient with a history of alcohol abuse who presented to the hospital with complaints of abdominal pain. She was admitted for management of alcohol withdrawal. During the course of her admission, the patient was…
This case involves a 78-year-old male patient with a history of COPD who developed pneumonia and required intubation. Because the patient was difficult to wean, the attending physician ordered a tracheostomy. During the procedure, there was an electrocautery-ignited surgical field…
This case involves a patient who underwent a normal vaginal delivery. The placenta was examined by pathology and was reported as intact and normal-appearing. The patient was discharged home on time. A week post-delivery, the patient returned to the emergency…
This case involves an overweight middle-aged male smoker with a history of hypogonadism who was prescribed testosterone medication. 7 months later, the patient developed swelling and tenderness in his extremities. He presented to the emergency room and was found to have deep…