AlexABalekianMD

Pulmonology • Daly City, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

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Office
1900 Sullivan Ave
Daly City, CA 94015

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2009
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2020 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2004 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

216 citations
Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions. An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical Practice Guideline.
David Feller-Kopman, Chakravarthy Reddy, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Rebecca L. Diekemper, Michael K. Gould
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018-10-01
1012 citations
Treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical p...
John A. Howington, Matthew G. Blum, Andrew C. Chang, Alex Balekian, Sudish C. Murthy
Chest. 2013-05-01
241 citations
Prevention of VTE in nonsurgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Pr...
Susan R Kahn, Wendy Lim, Andrew S Dunn, Mary Cushman, Francesco Dentali
Chest. 2012-02-01

Press Mentions

Lung Cancer Treatments Vary Among the Asian CommunitiesApril 9th, 2019
Study: Don't Bother with Brain Imaging in Early NSCLCApril 8th, 2016