JamesTuchschmidtMDMM

Pulmonology • Portland, OR

Critical Care Medicine

Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC

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Office
3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd
Portland, OR 97239
Phone+1 503-273-5247

Education & Training

Kellogg School of Management Northwestern UniversityMm, Management, Cum Laude, 1994 - 1996
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1985
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1984
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1980 - 1981
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1981 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Physicians
Fellow American College Chest Physicians

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

69 citations
Early hemodynamic correlates of survival in patients with septic shock.
James Tuchschmidt, Jeffrey Fried, Robert S. Swinney, Om P. Sharma
Critical Care Medicine. 1989-08-01
337 citations
Elevation of Cardiac Output and Oxygen Delivery Improves Outcome in Septic Shock
James Tuchschmidt, Jeffrey Fried, Mark K. Astiz, Eric Rackow
Chest. 1992-07-01
57 citations
Oxygen consumption in sepsis and septic shock.
James Tuchschmidt, Daniel Oblitas, Jeffrey Fried
Critical Care Medicine. 1991-05-01

Press Mentions

Money and Time Needed to Bring More Doctors to VAAugust 20th, 2015