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Robert Wright, MD, Pulmonology, Santa Barbara, CA

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Pulmonology Santa Barbara, CA

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases

Santa Barbara Pulmonary Associates, Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA www.sblung.com

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  • Office

    2403 Castillo St
    Ste 206
    Santa Barbara, CA 93105
    Phone+1 805-898-8842
    Fax+1 805-898-8840

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1987 - 1989
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1982 - 1983
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1980 - 1982
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
  • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1977
  • Occidental College
    Occidental CollegeAB, Cum Laude, 1973

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1978 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Outstanding Achievement - Clinic Merger Sansum - Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, 1998
  • Physician Award for Outstanding Collaborative Practice Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, 1997
  • Nominee, Distinguished MD Award Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, 1994-1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Acute Endotracheal tube occlusion due to use of an esophageal airway detector  
    Wright RS, Burdumy TJ, Ann Emerg Med, 1/1/2004
  • The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill - current clinical practice in the United States  
    Corwin HL, Gettinger A, Pearl RG, et al, Crit Care Med, 1/1/2004
  • Fatal asbestosis 50 years after brief high intensity exposure in a vermiculite plant  
    Wright RS, Abraham JL, Harber P, Burnett BR, Morris P, West P, Amer J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Fatal asbestosis 50 years after brief high intensity exposure in a vermiculite expansion plant.
    Wright RS, Harber P, Abraham JL, Burnett B, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, ATS (American Thoracic Society), San Francisco, CA, 1/20/2001
  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis from Pezizia Domiciliana: A Case of El Nino Lung.
    Dyer ZA, Wright RS, Liebhaber MI, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1/1/2000
  • Primary cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhage in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Review of four patients.
    Anders KH, Bergsneider M, Wright RS, Litman D, Vinters HV, J Neuropath Exp Neuro, 1/1/1991
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Lectures

  • Pulmonary Update. 
    1/11/2007
  • COPD. 
    1/6/2007
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis UPDATE: Prophylaxis in Non-Surgical Patients & Inpatient/Outpatient Treatment. 
    Santa Barbara, CA - 1/30/2002
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Other

  • Pulmonary and critical care of neurologically ill ICU patients. 
    Wright RS, NEUROtransmitter (A publication of Santa Barbara Neuroscience Institute at Cottage Health)
    1/1/2015
  • "I have worms in my chest." 
    Wright RS, Diagnosis: Dead or Alive, Discovery Channel (Television)
    Santa Barbara, CA - 1/9/2012
  • "Stowaways." 
    Wright RS, Monsters Inside Me, Animal Planet-Discovery Channel (Television)
    Santa Barbara, CA - 1/28/2010
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