GeraldMO'BrienMD
Pulmonology • Hockessin, DECritical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
Therapeutic Area Lead, Pulmonary Hypertension
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Hockessin, DE 19707
Education & Training
Temple University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1993
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health ServicesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health ServicesInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
Ponce Health Sciences University School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
DE State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1990 - 2013
PA State Medical License 1991 - 2006- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Academy of Bronchology and Interventional pulmonologyInterventional pulmonology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Selexipag (ACT-293987) in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Extension Program Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 77 citationsEffect of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery on Diaphragm StrengthGerard J. Criner, Francis Cordova, Vadim Leyenson, Bruce Roy, John M. Travaline
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 1998-05-01 - 1356 citationsA randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema.Alfred P. Fishman, Fernando J. Martinez, Keith S. Naunheim, Steven Piantadosi, Robert A. Wise
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2003-05-22 - 228 citationsLong-Term Follow-Up of Patients Receiving Lung-Volume-Reduction Surgery Versus Medical Therapy for Severe Emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research ...Keith S. Naunheim, Douglas E. Wood, Zab Mohsenifar, Alice L. Sternberg, Gerard J. Criner
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2006-08-01
Journal Articles
- Intraclass Difference in Pneumonia Risk with Fluticasone and Budesonide in COPD: A Systematic Review of Evidence from Direct-Comparison StudiesThomas P Lodise,1 Jingyi Li,2 Hitesh N Gandhi,3 Gerald O’Brien,3 and Sanjay Sethi4, Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis., 11/11/2020
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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