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Office
200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103Phone+1 800-926-8273Fax+1 888-539-8781
Education & Training
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2005 - 2008
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern UniversityClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State License 2004 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Integrated multiomic analysis identifies TRIP13 as a mediator of alveolar epithelial type II cell dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Laurence St Pierre, Asres Berhan, Eun K Sung, Juan R Alvarez, Hongjun Wang
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease. 2024-11-13 - 1 citationsContext-dependent roles of mitochondrial LONP1 in orchestrating the balance between airway progenitor versus progeny cells.Le Xu, Chunting Tan, Justinn Barr, Nicole Talaba, Jamie Verheyden
Cell Stem Cell. 2024-10-03 - Outcomes following lung transplantation for American Indians/Alaska Natives in the United States.Michelle N Bremer, Garrick J Gama, Sarah Golts, Christine M Lin, Aarya Kafi
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024-03-01
Press Mentions
- COVID Y Los Pulmones: Los Trasplantes Son El Último Recurso Para Muchos Pacientes De CaliforniaOctober 14th, 2021
- COVID Lungs: Transplants Are Last Resort for Many California PatientsOctober 13th, 2021
- UC San Diego Health Performed Region’s First Double Lung Transplant for a COVID-19 PatientAugust 24th, 2021
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