Blair David Westerly MD

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease

Physician

411 Laurel StSte A120Des Moines, IA 50314
Phone+1 515-643-7900
Fax+1 515-643-7901

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Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2012 - 2015
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineClass of 2009

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Certifications & Licensure

IA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
MN State Medical License 2012 - 2015
TN State Medical License 2010 - 2012
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Critical Care Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise (CE), GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise, GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Patient Online, GE Healthcare, 2014-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
Hypercapnia Alters Alveolar Epithelial Repair by a pH-Dependent and Adenylate Cyclase-Mediated Mechanism.
Gustavo A. Cortes-Puentes, Blair Westerly, Dante N. Schiavo, Shaohua Wang, Randolph W. Stroetz
Scientific Reports. 2019-01-23
90 citations
Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease Hospitalized for Acute Respiratory Worsening: A Large Cohort Analysis.
Teng Moua, Blair Westerly, Megan M. Dulohery, Craig E. Daniels, Jay H. Ryu
Chest. 2016-05-01
1 citations
Reply: Further Progress in Understanding Fibrosing Mediastinitis
Tobias Peikert, Blair Westerly, Ulrich Specks
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2015-09-15

Press Mentions

A Look at How Ventilators Save Lives of Patients with COVID-19March 26th, 2020
Using BNP-Guided Algorithm Meant Faster Ventilator Weaning (RCT, AJRCCM)February 12th, 2016