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Office
2011 Tate Springs Rd
Lynchburg, VA 24501Phone+1 434-947-3963Fax+1 434-947-5935- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Al Baker is the president of Lynchburg Pulmonary Associates, a medical practice providing pulmonary and critical care services to a population of 375,000 people in central Virginia. The practice provides its inpatient services at the hospitals of Centra, a system of four acute care hospitals totaling about 500 beds.
Dr. Baker earned a degree in chemistry from the University of Virginia before graduating from medical school there in 1989. He completed a residency in internal medicine with a primary care focus at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and then a fellowship in pulmonary diseases and critical care at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care, he has practiced in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1995. He is a certified physician executive and an experienced clinical trialist. He served on the board of directors of Centra from 2001 through 2018 and chaired its committee which governs credentialing, health care quality, staff development, and service excellence. He has a particular interest in how health care systems can be organized to provide care which is consistently safe and of high clinical quality.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Baker volunteers as a Scout leader and is the president of the Blue Ridge Mountains Council which serves youth throughout the western part of Virginia and operates the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation.
Education & Training
- Wake Forest University School of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1992 - 1995
- Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
- University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 1990 - 2024
- NC State Medical License 1992 - 1999
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians American College of Chest Physicians, 1997
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2002
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Clinical Trials
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease Prospective Outcomes Registry Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 34 citationsThe distribution of costs of care in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.E. W. Ely, A. M. Baker, G. W. Evans, Edward F. Haponik> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2000 Feb 1
- 76 citationsVenous air embolism from central venous catheterization: a need for increased physician awareness.E. W. Ely, R. D. Hite, A. M. Baker, Margaret M. Johnson, David L. Bowton, Edward F. Haponik> ;Critical Care Medicine. 1999 Oct 1
- 66 citationsThe prognostic significance of passing a daily screen of weaning parameters.E. W. Ely, A. M. Baker, G. W. Evans, Edward F. Haponik> ;Intensive Care Medicine. 1999 Jun 1
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Press Mentions
- Antifibrotic Drug Use in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Data from the IPF-PRO RegistryOctober 30th, 2020
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
- Centra Lynchburg General HospitalLynchburg, Virginia
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