BrianWallaceChristmanMDFACP

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor and Vice-Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Vanderbilt University; Chief, Medicine, VA TN Valley Health Care System

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Office
1310 24th Ave S
Medical Service 111
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone+1 615-873-6979

Fax+1 615-321-6327

Dr. Brian Christman is a pulmonologist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and trained in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary/CCM at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has been in practice 36 years. He specializes in critical care medicine and Pulmonary disease and is experienced in asthma, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, and critical care medicine. He is currently Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Dept. of Medicine at Vanderbilt and serves as an Associate Program Director for the Medicine Residency Program. He is Chief of Medicine at VA TN Valley Health Care System.

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), 1984 - 1987
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1981

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2020
Hugh J. Morgan Teaching Award Vanderbilt Department of Medicine, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2020
National Volunteer Spokesperson American Lung Association
Fellow, American College of Physicians American College of Physicians, 2013
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PubMed

1177 citations
Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Marc Humbert, Nicholas W. Morrell, Stephen L. Archer, Kurt R. Stenmark, Margaret R. MacLean
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2004-06-16
871 citations
An Imbalance between the Excretion of Thromboxane and Prostacyclin Metabolites in Pulmonary Hypertension
Brian W. Christman, Charles D. McPherson, John H. Newman, Gayle A. King, Gordon R. Bernard
The New England Journal of Medicine. 1992-07-09
265 citations
Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club
Florence Wong, Mauro Bernardi, Robert A. Balk, Brian W. Christman, Richard Moreau
Gut. 2005-05-01

Cannabis and Asthma: How the Legalization May Be Affecting Cases in ChildrenMarch 10th, 2023
The Best Foods for Lung HealthSeptember 25th, 2020
Take a Deep BreathOctober 21st, 2019
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Project IVNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2006
Liver Lung Interactions In Lung InflammationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2006
Core A-- Administrative CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004
Chemotherapy Toxicity: Reduction VIA Urea Cycle SupportNational Cancer Institute2002–2004
Hepatic Urea Cycle Dysfunction And Acute Lung InjuryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2003
Chemotherapy Toxicity--Reduction VIA Urea Cycle SupportNational Cancer Institute2001
Cellular Activation In Pph--Endogenous And Exogenous ProstacyclinNational Center For Research Resources1998–1999
Mechanisms Of Post Bone Marrow Transplantation Lung InjNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1998
Core--Analytic CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1992–1998
Post Bone Marrow Transplantation Lung Injury MechanismsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995
Lipid Mediator Interactions In Pulmonary DysfunctionNational Center For Research Resources1989
Role Of Lipid Mediator Interactions In Pulmonary DysfunctionNational Center For Research Resources1988–1989