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Ken Stern, MD, Pulmonology, Oakland, CA

Ken Murakami Stern MD

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases


Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician

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  • 3100 Webster StSuite 1000Oakland, CA 94609

  • Phone+1 510-271-4400

  • Fax+1 510-271-4490

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Summary

  • I am a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician practicing in Oakland.

Education & Training

  • University of California (Irvine)
    University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2017 - 2020
  • University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)
    University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2017
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2014
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityBS, Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, 2005 - 2009
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityB.S., 2005 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 2nd place, Best Research Presentation American College of Physicians Southern California Meeting, 2015
  • Dr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Burdick Student Scholarship Northwestern University, 2009-2014
  • Mitsui Scholarship Japanese Medical Society of America, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Case of Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Confounded by Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies  
    Stern, K. and Benn, B., BMJ Case Rep
  • Oxygen Goals for Hospitalized Patients. Beyond the Blue: What Fellows Are Reading in Other Journals.  
    Stern, K., Rao, S., Cheng, T., and Dong, H., Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
  • Assessment of Hemodynamic Changes during Mechanical and Spontaneous Ventilation by Variations in Pulse Oximetry Waveform in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Hemodial...  
    Stern, K., Pillai, R., Chowdhury, S. and Baydur, A., J Pulm Respir Med, 2018

Abstracts/Posters

  • What CAM It Be? A Case of Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Confounded by Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapies.
    Stern, K. Godbole, R, Ejadi, S, Gallegos, N, and Benn, B, American Thoracic Society Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/22/2019
  • Interstitial Lung Disease Characteristics at the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System.
    Stern, K. and Reddy, R, American Thoracic Society Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/19/2019
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting with Otitis, Retinal Artery Occlusion, and Necrotizing Pneumonia with ARDS.
    Stern, K. and Chandak, T., American Thoracic Society Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/19/2019
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Lectures

  • ECMO for ARDS: An Overview. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 
    Los Angeles, CA - 4/1/2016
  • ECMO for ARDS: An Overview. 
    Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2016

Press Mentions

  • Lido Advisors Presents WebMD’s Dr. John Whyte on the New Normal in Medical Care
    Lido Advisors Presents WebMD’s Dr. John Whyte on the New Normal in Medical CareJune 10th, 2021
  • A New Ageism? The Fallout from the Pandemic
    A New Ageism? The Fallout from the PandemicJuly 17th, 2020
  • Coronavirus Update: North Carolina COVID-19 Cases Jump over 400 to 4,312; 80 Deaths Reported
    Coronavirus Update: North Carolina COVID-19 Cases Jump over 400 to 4,312; 80 Deaths ReportedApril 11th, 2020

Research History

  • ResearcherLong Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care. Advisor: Radhika Reddy, M.D. Characterizing interstitial lung diseases (ILD) in the Long Beach VA Medical Center and creation of a database of ILD patients.2017 - Present
  • ResearcherUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care. Advisor: Ahmet Baydur, M.D. Analyzed the effects of mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis on pulse oximetry waveforms.2014 - 2018
  • Visiting Medical Student ResearcherKeio University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo, Japan. Primary Investigator: Masataka Kuwana, M.D., Ph.D. Researched molecular differences in platelets in systemic sclerosis. Performed PCR and Western blots2011 - 2012
  • Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP)Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Primary Investigator: Levi Hargrove, Ph.D. Investigated different myoelectric control methods to control prosthetics, programmed a GUI using MATLAB to test different control methods.2010 - 2010
  • Undergraduate ResearcherCornell University, Cornell Biomechanics Group, Ithaca, NY. Primary Investigator: Marjolein van der Meulen, Ph.D. Performed loading experiments and finite element analysis on mouse tibia using MATLAB programming code.2008 - 2009

Other Languages

  • Japanese

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