GeorgeM.VergheseMD

Pulmonology • Charlottesville, VA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine

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Office
5 Hospital Dr
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone+1 434-924-5219

Fax+1 434-924-9682

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 1998
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
VA State Medical License 2002 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

304 citations
The alveolar space is the site of intense inflammatory and profibrotic reactions in the early phase of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Jérôme Pugin, George Verghese, Marie-Claude Widmer, Michael A. Matthay
Critical Care Medicine. 1999-02-01
123 citations
Alveolar epithelial fluid transport and the resolution of clinically severe hydrostatic pulmonary edema
George Verghese, Lorraine B. Ware, B. A. Matthay, Michael A. Matthay
Journal of Applied Physiology. 1999-10-01
94 citations
Hepatocyte growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor in the pulmonary edema fluid of patients with acute lung injury. Biologic and clinical significance.
George Verghese, K. McCORMICK-SHANNON, R. J. Mason, Michael A. Matthay
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 1998-08-01

Grant Support

Membrane Tryptic Serine Proteases In Lung EpitheliumNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2005
Membrane Tryptic Serine Proteases In Lung EpitheliumNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2001