Charles W Atwood MD
Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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VA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemUniversity Drive (111SU)Pittsburgh, PA 15240
Phone+1 412-360-6823
Fax+1 412-360-6316
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Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1991 - 1994
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1992 - 2026
AL State Medical License 1989 - 1991
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Clinical Trials
- Long-term Oxygen Treatment Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
- DECAMP-1: Diagnosis and Surveillance of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Effect of Single-Prong Cannula Design With High Velocity Therapy: Comparable Efficacy at Lower Gas Flow Rates.Charles Atwood, Jigme Sethi, Amy Bergeski, George C Dungan 2nd, Leonithas I Volakis
Critical Care Explorations. 2025-02-01 - Time for a unified federal sleep health care workforce?Kathleen F Sarmiento, Alexander Gomez, Charles W Atwood
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2024-06-01 - 6 citationsTravel Burden as a Measure of Healthcare Access and the Impact of Telehealth within the Veterans Health Administration.Zachary Hahn, John Hotchkiss, Charles Atwood, Connor Smith, Annette Totten
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2023-07-01
Lectures
- National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care (NAMDRC): 2013 Annual MeetingNational Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care(NAMDRC), San Diego, California - 3/21/2013
- Sleep Medicine 2012American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Phoenix, Arizona - 1/26/2012
Other
- Pharmacologic treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adultsAtwood CW
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pharmacologic-treatment-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-09
Press Mentions
GRAIL’s Galleri Test Shows Promising Results in Early Cancer Detection for U.S. VeteransOctober 24th, 2024- New Blood Test for Cancer Open to Veterans in the Pittsburgh AreaJune 3rd, 2022
- GRAIL Announces Collaboration with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Health Foundation to Evaluate Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection TestMay 31st, 2022
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