CatherineSassoonMD
Pulmonology • Long Beach, CACritical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease
Professor, Medicine, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
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Office
5901 E 7th St
Long Beach, CA 90822Phone+1 562-826-5831Fax+1 562-826-5832
Summary
- Dr. Catherine Sassoon, MD is a pulmonologist in Long Beach, California. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in California and Illinois. She is affiliated with Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Community Hospital Long Beach, and UCI Health.
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1978 - 1979- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1978
Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1977
Swedish HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1973 - 1973
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1975 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1975 - 1987- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Hypnotics to Improve Polysomnography Yield: Eszopiclone vs Ramelteon? Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
- Extended Steroid in Use in Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)(e) Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 09
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 144 citationsIntrapleural Tetracycline for the Prevention of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative StudyRichard W. Light, Vincent S. O’Hara, Thomas E. Moritz, A J McElhinney, R Butz
JAMA. 1990-11-07 - 194 citationsAssist–Control Mechanical Ventilation Attenuates Ventilator-induced Diaphragmatic DysfunctionCatherine S. H. Sassoon, Ercheng Zhu, Vincent J. Caiozzo
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2004-09-15 - 89 citationsChylothorax and pseudochylothorax.Catherine S. H. Sassoon, Richard W. Light
Clinics in Chest Medicine. 1985-03-01
