VictorFTapsonMD

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Office
8700 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-967-1884

Fax+1 310-423-0120

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Duke University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1982

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians, 2010
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

PubMed

416 citations
Randomized Study of Adding Inhaled Iloprost to Existing Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Ronald J. Oudiz, Adaani E. Frost, Victor F. Tapson, Srinivas Murali
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2006-12-01
389 citations
Addition of Inhaled Treprostinil to Oral Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Raymond L. Benza, Lewis J. Rubin, Richard N. Channick, Robert Voswinckel
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2010-05-04
1877 citations
A Comparison of Continuous Intravenous Epoprostenol (Prostacyclin) with Conventional Therapy for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Robyn J. Barst, Lewis J. Rubin, Walker Long, Michael D. McGoon, Stuart Rich
The New England Journal of Medicine. 1996-02-01

Journal Articles

Baricitinib plus Remdesivir for Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19
Victor Tapson, Daniel A Sweeney, Richard A Mularski, Alpesh N Amin, Joanne Billings, Marie-Carmelle Elie, The New England Journal of Medicine
Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report
Aneesh K Mehta, Barry S Zingman, Andre C Kalil, Helen Y Chu, Robert W Finberg, Kerry Dierberg, Victor Tapson, Lanny Hsieh, Thomas F Patterson, Daniel A Sweeney, Willia..., The New England Journal of Medicine
Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams
Geoffrey D Barnes, Thomas M Todoran, Victor Tapson, Christopher Kabrhel, JAMA Network Open

Other

Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism
Tapson VF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-07
Fibrinolytic (thrombolytic) therapy in acute pulmonary embolism and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis
Tapson VF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/fibrinolytic-thrombolytic-therapy-in-acute-pulmonary-embolism-and-l
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-29

Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response TeamsAugust 2020
Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response TeamsAugust 2020

Researchers Introduce First Artificial Intelligence Tool to Detect COVID-19 ProbabilityDecember 13th, 2020
Study Details First Artificial Intelligence Tool to Help Labs Rule-Out Covid-19 #ThelatestnewsDecember 11th, 2020
Study Details First Artificial Intelligence Tool to Help Labs Rule-Out COVID-19December 10th, 2020
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Prospective Investigation Of Pulmonary Embolism Dx-IiNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2003

VP of Medical Affairs, Inari MedicalWorking with this novel and progressive company to help move the field of VTE treatment ahead. I continue seeing patients with pulmonary embolism at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.2021 - Present