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John Balmes, MD, Pulmonology, San Francisco, CA

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Pulmonology • San Francisco, CA

Pleural Disease

Professor of Medicine, UCSF Attending physician, San Francisco General Hospital

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  • Office

    1001 Potrero Avenue
    Bldg 30 5TH floor
    San Francisco, CA 94110
    Phone+1 415-206-5200
    Fax+1 415-206-8949

Summary

  • Dr. John Balmes is a pulmonologist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and UCSF Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 41 years. He specializes in pleural disease and is experienced in occupational medicine, critical care medicine, and general pulmonology.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City Univers
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City UniversMD, Medicine, 1972 - 1976
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
  • Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Carbon Monoxide Exposure and Carboxyhemoglobin Levels in Children Under 5 Years Old  
    John Balmes, John Balmes, MDPI
  • Cardiovascular Function and Ozone Exposure: The Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES)  
    John R. Balmes, Philip A. Bromberg, Mark W. Frampton, Mehrdad Arjomandi, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

  • More Than One-Third of Americans Live in Places with Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution: Report
    More Than One-Third of Americans Live in Places with Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution: ReportApril 19th, 2023
  • California’s High COVID Rates Connected to Poor Air Quality
    California’s High COVID Rates Connected to Poor Air QualityJuly 28th, 2022
  • You Might Want to Reconsider Running Next to a Highway Every Day
    You Might Want to Reconsider Running Next to a Highway Every DayOctober 1st, 2021
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Grant Support

  • Nocal Occ Safety And Health Education And Research CenterNational Institute For Occupational Safety And Health2011
  • Occupational Safety And Health Education And Research CentersNational Institute For Occupational Safety And Health2007–2011
  • Berkeley Center For Environmental Public Health TrackingNational Center For Environmental Health2005–2009
  • Targeted Research Training CoreNational Institute For Occupational Safety And Health2008
  • Northern California Education And Research CenterNational Institute For Occupational Safety And Health2006
  • Pulmonary Macrophages And Airway Epithelial Cells In AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2004
  • Effects Of A Multi-Day Exposure To Ozone In AsthmaNational Center For Research Resources2004
  • Effect Of Rice Straw Smoke On Airway Inflammation And Pulmonary FunctionNational Center For Research Resources2004
  • Exposure To Nitric Acid Vapor &Influence On Ozone Induced InflammationNational Center For Research Resources1999–2002
  • Multiday Exposure To O3 In AsthmaNational Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences1998–2002
  • Multiday Exposure To Nitric Acid Vapor &Influence On Ozone Induced InflammationNational Center For Research Resources1996–1997
  • Effects Of Multi Day Exposure To Nitrogen Dioxide In Human Cellular ImmunityNational Center For Research Resources1996–1997
  • Nitric Acid Vapor And Ozone Effects In Exercising Healthy SubjectsNational Center For Research Resources1996
  • Significance Of Airway Responsiveness And Airway Injury In Ozone SensitivityNational Center For Research Resources1995–1996
  • Caret--The Carotene And Retinol Efficacy TrialNational Cancer Institute1994–1996
  • Nitric Acid Vapor And Ozone Effects In Exercising, Health SubjectsNational Center For Research Resources1995
  • Multiday Exposure To Nitic Acid Vapor &Influence On Ozone Induced InflammationNational Center For Research Resources1995
  • Academic Award In Environmental &Occupational MedicineNational Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences1991–1995
  • Chemoprevention Trial Beta Carotene And RetinolNational Cancer Institute1991–1993
  • Pulmonary Academic AwardNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1985

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