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Talmadge King Jr., MD, Pulmonology, San Francisco, CA

TalmadgeEverettKingJr.MD

Pulmonology • San Francisco, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases

Dean, UCSF School of Medicine Vice Chancellor - Medical Affairs UCSF Professor of Medicine, UCSF

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  • Office

    513 Parnassus Ave
    S-224
    San Francisco, CA 94143
    Phone+1 415-476-2342
    Fax+1 415-476-0689

Summary

  • Dr. King is Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor-Medical Affairs at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

    Dr. King held the Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine and was Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF. Prior to his appointment at UCSF, Dr. King was Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Association of American Physicians, the American Clinical and Climatological Association and the Fleischner Society. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Committee for Quality Assurance; Board of Trustees of Gustavus Adolphus College; and Scientific Advisory Council, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He has served on the Advisory Council of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute; Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section of the NIH; Pulmonary and Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee Center for Drug Evaluation & Research of the FDA; NIH Advisory Board for Clinical Research and the Board of Extramural Advisors of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. He is a past president of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and Secretary/Treasurer of the American Board of Internal Medicine. His research interest is the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of inflammatory and immunologic lung injury. His bibliography comprises more than 300 publications. He has co-edited 15 books, including the acclaimed reference books: Interstitial Lung Disease, (now in 5th edition); and Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine (now in 7th ed. In press). He co-edited Medical Management of Vulnerable & Underserved Patients: Principles, Practice, Population (now in 2nd edition).

Education & Training

  • University of Colorado
    University of ColoradoFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1977 - 1979
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1977
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
  • CO State Medical License
    CO State Medical License 1977 - 2017
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1975 - 1977
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
  • Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 2004
  • Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Primary Care Medicine: Update 2012 
    University of California, Maui, Hawaii - 4/1/2012

Other

Press Mentions

  • Trump Could Still Be Infectious with the Coronavirus at the Next Debate
    Trump Could Still Be Infectious with the Coronavirus at the Next DebateOctober 6th, 2020
  • Black History Month 2016: Reflecting on the Impact of Race
    Black History Month 2016: Reflecting on the Impact of RaceFebruary 23rd, 2016

Grant Support

  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research NetworkNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2009
  • Role Of IFN Gamma And KGF In Human Pulmonary FibrosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1997–2001
  • Role Of Interferon And Keratinocyte Growth Factor In Human Pulmonary FibrosisNational Center For Research Resources1997
  • Core--Clinical CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1992–1995
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis--Pathogenesis And StagingNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1987–1995
  • Correlated Studies Of Pulmonary FibrosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1986
  • Immune Complexes And Neutrophils In Interstitial Lung DiseaseNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1985–1986

Professional Memberships

Dr. Talmadge King, Dr. Talmadge King, MD, Dr. T King, Dr. Talmadge Everett King