DonaJeanUpsonMDMA, ATSF, FCCP(She/Her)

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

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Office
1501 San Pedro Dr Se
NMVAHCS-111a Pulm
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Phone+1 505-265-1711

Dr. Dona Upson is a pulmonologist in Albuquerque, NM and is affiliated with New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System - Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin and has been in practice 34 years. She specializes in tobacco dependence, health policy/advocacy and general pulmonary disease.

Univerisity of Texas School of Public Healthnone, International Health, 1987 - 1990
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, SUNY-BuffaloMA, Exerimental Pathology, 1979 - 1983
Medical College of WisconsinClass of 1983
Smith CollegeAB, American Studies, 1975 - 1979

Public Service Award American Thoracic Society, 2019
Clinton P. Anderson Award American Lung Association, 2017
Volunteer of the Year Award Mayor's Office, City of Albuquerque, 2013
MedEdPortal Outstanding Reviewer Award Association of American Medical Colleges, 2008
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PubMed

42 citations
Optimizing Home Oxygen Therapy. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.
Susan S. Jacobs, David J. Lederer, Chris Garvey, Carme Hernandez, Kathleen O. Lindell
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018-11-30
45 citations
Susceptibility of Southwestern American Indian Tribes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Monika Kakol, Dona Upson, Akshay Sood
The Journal of Rural Health. 2021-01-01
1 citations
Policy Recommendations to Eliminate Tobacco Use and Improve Health from the American Thoracic Society Tobacco Action Committee.
Michelle N. Eakin, Sarah E. Bauer, Thomas Carr, Elif Dagli, Gary Ewart
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021-08-04

Home Oxygen Therapy for Adults with Chronic Lung Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice GuidelineNovember 13th, 2020
Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice GuidelineJuly 14th, 2020
‘We Are Addicting a New Generation’August 14th, 2019
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