ArthurFranklinGelbMD

Pulmonology • Lakewood, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Clinical Professor of Medicine at Geffen school of Medicine at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

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Office
3650 South St
Suite 308
Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone+1 562-633-2275

Fax+1 562-633-2579
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1970 - 1971
SUNY Health Science Center at BrooklynFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1969 - 1970
SUNY Health Science Center at BrooklynResidency, Internal Medicine, 1968 - 1969
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 1967 - 1968
Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1967

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1970 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellowship AAAAI American Academy Asthma Allergy and Immunology, 2018
ATSFellow American Thoracic Society, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Practice Fusion EHR, Practice Fusion, Inc., 2012-2013

Clinical Trials

Evaluation Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exhaled Nitric Oxide Gas Exchange Start of enrollment: 2006 Jan 01
Completed
Dynamic Hyperinflation and Tiotropium Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 4
Tiotropium Induced Bronchodilation in Lung CT Scored Emphysema Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
Completed
Mechanism(s)of Airflow Limitation in Moderate-severe Persistent Asthma Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 25
Recruiting
Mechanism(s) of Airflow Limitation During Exacerbation of Asthma Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
Recruiting
Phase 4
Site and Mechanism(s) of Expiratory Airflow Limitation in COPD, Emphysema and Asthma-COPD Overlap Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 01
Recruiting
Detection of Unsuspected Small Airways Obstruction in Cystic Fibrosis Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 25
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Isolated abnormal FEF75% detects unsuspected bronchiolar obstruction in CF children.
Vicki K Masson, Eliezer Nussbaum, Arthur F Gelb, Donald P Tashkin, Inderpal Randhawa, Jay A Nadel, Yaron Fireizen, Joan K De Celie-Germana, Danielle Madera, Dinithi Se...> ;Pediatric Research. 2023 Sep 1
Normal Routine Spirometry Can Mask Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema and Asthma in Symptomatic Patients.
Arthur F. Gelb> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2021 Oct 1
4 citations
Normal Routine Spirometry Can Mask COPD/Emphysema in Symptomatic Smokers
Arthur F. Gelb, Alfred Yamamoto, Eric Verbeken, James C. Hogg, Donald P. Tashkin, Diem Tran, Roxanna Moridzadeh, Christine Fraser, Mark J. Schein, Marc Decramer, Eric ...> ;Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. 2021 Jan 1
Asthma Emphysema Overlap in Non-Smokers
Arthur F. Gelb, Alfred Yamamoto, Eric Verbeken, Stephan R. Grigorian, Jay A. Nadel> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2020 Aug 10
23 citations
Further Studies of Unsuspected Emphysema in Nonsmoking Patients With Asthma With Persistent Expiratory Airflow Obstruction
Arthur F. Gelb, Alfred Yamamoto, Eric Verbeken, Mark J. Schein, Roxanna Moridzadeh, Diem Tran, Christine Fraser, Richard G. Barbers, Wafaa Elatre, Michael Koss, Eric F...> ;Chest. 2017 Nov 1
6 citations
Affirmation of the adoration of the vagi and role of tiotropium in asthmatic patients
Arthur F. Gelb, Jay A. Nadel> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2016 Oct 1
13 citations
Understanding the pathophysiology of the asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome.
Arthur F. Gelb, Stephanie A. Christenson, Jay A. Nadel> ;Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 2016 Mar 1
11 citations
Understanding the pathophysiology of the asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome
Arthur F. Gelb, Jay A. Nadel> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2015 Sep 1
38 citations
Unraveling the Pathophysiology of the Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome: Unsuspected Mild Centrilobular Emphysema Is Responsible for Loss of Lung Elastic Recoil in Never Sm...
Arthur F. Gelb, Alfred Yamamoto, Eric Verbeken, Jay A. Nadel> ;Chest. 2015 Aug 1
113 citations
Physiologic Diagnosis of Subclinical Emphysema
Arthur F. Gelb, Warren M. Gold, R. R. Wright, H. R. Bruch, Jay A. Nadel> ;The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 2015 May 14
38 citations
Mechanisms limiting airflow in bullous lung disease.
Arthur F. Gelb, Warren M. Gold, Jay A. Nadel> ;The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1973 Apr 1
38 citations
Ventilatory response and drive in acute and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Arthur F. Gelb, Edward Klein, Philip L. Schiffman, Robert Lugliani, Peter S. Aronstam> ;The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 2015 May 14
Giants in Chest Medicine: Jay A. Nadel, MD
Arthur F. Gelb> ;Chest. 2015 Apr 1
25 citations
Unsuspected mild emphysema in nonsmoking patients with chronic asthma with persistent airway obstruction.
Arthur F. Gelb, Alfred Yamamoto, Thais Mauad, Jozef Kollin, Mark J. Schein, Jay A. Nadel> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2014 Jan 1
31 citations
Long-term safety and efficacy of twice-daily aclidinium bromide in patients with COPD.
Arthur F. Gelb, Donald P. Tashkin, Barry J. Make, Xiaoyun Zhong, Esther Garcia Gil, Cynthia Caracta> ;Respiratory Medicine. 2013 Dec 1
1 citations
Age-stratified comparison of large and peripheral airway/alveolar nitric oxide levels in children and young adults
Arthur F. Gelb, Deepak H. Singh, Roxanna Moridzadeh, Christine Fraser, Diem Tran, Sylvia Verbanck, Steven C. George> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2013 Nov 1
12 citations
Airway dimensions in fatal asthma and fatal COPD: overlap in older patients.
Aletéa Senhorini, Diogenes S. Ferreira, Christina Shiang, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Arthur F. Gelb, Thais Mauad> ;COPD. 2013 May 28
16 citations
In moderate-to-severe asthma patients monitoring exhaled nitric oxide during exacerbation is not a good predictor of spirometric response to oral corticosteroid
Arthur F. Gelb, Roxanna Moridzadeh, Deepak H. Singh, Christine Fraser, Steven C. George> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2012 Jun 1
Why chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients get so short of breath with limited activity.
Nicola Scichilone, Arthur F. Gelb> ;Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases. 2013 Jan 1
20 citations
Review of exhaled nitric oxide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Arthur F. Gelb, Peter J. Barnes, Steven C. George, Fabio Luigi Massimo Ricciardolo, Giussepe DiMaria, Noe Zamel> ;Journal of Breath Research. 2012 Dec 1
13 citations
Bronchial and alveolar components of exhaled nitric oxide and their relationship.
Sylvia Verbanck, Andrei Malinovschi, Steven C. George, Arthur F. Gelb, Walter Vincken, Alain Van Muylem> ;The European Respiratory Journal. 2012 May 1
102 citations
Efficacy and Safety of a 12-week Treatment with Twice-daily Aclidinium Bromide in COPD Patients (ACCORD COPD I)
Edward Kerwin, Anthony D'Urzo, Arthur F. Gelb, Hassan Lakkis, Esther Garcia Gil, Cynthia Caracta> ;COPD. 2012 Mar 29
27 citations
Increased Nitric Oxide Concentrations in the Small Airway of Older Normal Subjects
Arthur F. Gelb, Steven C. George, Fernando Camacho, Christine Fraser, Colleen Flynn Taylor, Sreelakshmi Shakkottai> ;Chest. 2011 Feb 1
2 citations
Lack of protective effect of tiotropium vs induced dynamic hyperinflation in moderate COPD.
Arthur F. Gelb, Christine Fraser, Noe Zamel> ;Respiratory Medicine. 2011 May 1
Author's response.
Gelb, A.F.> ;Thorax. 2010 Sep 13
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Hospital Affiliations

Los Alamitos Medical CenterLos Alamitos, California
Lakewood Regional Medical CenterLakewood, California
PIH Health Downey HospitalDowney, California
Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, California
Kindred Hospital ParamountParamount, California