DavidCChaoMD(He/Him)

Pulmonology • Sugar Land, TX

Asthma & COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Dr. David C Chao, M.D., FCCP. Fort Bend Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

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Office
17510 West Grand Parkway
Suite 400
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Phone+1 281-341-3036

Fax+1 281-341-3015
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Education & Training

University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1991 - 1994
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineClass of 1988
Columbia UniversityBS, Mechanical Engineering, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
TX State Medical License 2004 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

20 citations
Determining the best threshold of rapid shallow breathing index in a therapist-implemented patient-specific weaning protocol.
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Respiratory Care. 2007 Feb 1
150 citations
Post-ICU Mechanical Ventilation at 23 Long-term Care Hospitals: A Multicenter Outcomes Study
David J. Scheinhorn, Meg Hassenpflug, John J. Votto, David C. Chao, Scott K. Epstein, Gordon S. Doig, E. Bert Knight, Richard A. Petrak> ;Chest. 2007 Jan 1
100 citations
Ventilator-Dependent Survivors of Catastrophic Illness Transferred to 23 Long-term Care Hospitals for Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
David J. Scheinhorn, Meg Hassenpflug, John J. Votto, David C. Chao, Scott K. Epstein, Gordon S. Doig, E. Bert Knight, Richard A. Petrak> ;Chest. 2007 Jan 1
1 citations
Look before you leap.
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2003 Dec 1
The challenge of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a shared global experience.
David C. Chao, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Respiratory Care. 2003 Jul 1
36 citations
Liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation
David J. Scheinhorn, David C. Chao, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug> ;Critical Care Clinics. 2002 Jul 1
23 citations
Expiratory Asynchrony in Proportional Assist Ventilation
Hong-Lin Du, Mikiya Ohtsuji, Masaki Shigeta, David C. Chao, Katsunori Sasaki, Yutaka Usuda, Yoshitsugu Yamada> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2002 Apr 1
42 citations
Post-ICU weaning from mechanical ventilation: the role of long-term facilities.
David J. Scheinhorn, David C. Chao, Meg Hassenpflug, Douglas R. Gracey> ;Chest. 2001 Dec 1
18 citations
WEANING FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Critical Care Clinics. 1998 Oct 1
32 citations
Impact of renal dysfunction on weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug> ;Critical Care. 1998 Jan 22
172 citations
Patient-Ventilator Trigger Asynchrony in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug> ;Chest. 1997 Dec 1
1 citations
Measuring the Total Expiratory Time Constant
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Critical Care Medicine. 1996 Dec 1
Collapsible airways contributing to airflow limitation.
David C. Chao> ;Chest. 1995 Oct 1
4 citations
Multiple Lung Masses, Pneumothorax, and Psychiatric Symptoms in a 29-Year-Old African-American Woman
David C. Chao, Meg Hassenpflug, Om P. Sharma> ;Chest. 1995 Sep 1
17 citations
Basolateral localization of Na+-HCO3− cotransporter activity in alveolar epithelial cells
Richard L. Lubman, David C. Chao, Edward D. Crandall> ;Respiration Physiology. 1995 Apr 1
22 citations
Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger isoform AE2 is restricted to the basolateral surface of alveolar epithelial cell monolayers.
Richard L. Lubman, Spencer I. Danto, David C. Chao, Carl E. Fricks, Edward D. Crandall> ;American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 1995 Feb 1
Reevaluation of the 1997 TNM classification for renal cell carcinoma: T1 and T2 cutoff point at 4.5 rather than 7 cm. better correlates with clinical outcome.
Zisman, A., Pantuck, A. J., Chao, D., Dorey, F., Said, J. W., Gitlitz, B. J., de Kernion, J. B., Figlin, R. A., Belldegrun, A. S.> ;J Urol. 2001 Jul
Neurocognitive functioning in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection: effects of combined therapy.
Shanbhag, M. C., Rutstein, R. M., Zaoutis, T., Zhao, H., Chao, D., Radcliffe, J.> ;Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Jul
Pulmonary manifestations of GI diseases.
Sharma, O. P., Chao, D. C.> ;Contemp Intern Med. 1994 Nov
6 citations
Barotrauma vs Volutrauma-To the Editor
David C. Chao, David J. Scheinhorn> ;Chest. 1996 Apr 1
Approach to patients with long-term weaning failure.
Scheinhorn, D. J., Chao, D. C., Stearn-Hassenpflug, M.> ;Respir Care Clin N Am. 2000 Sep
125 citations
Post-ICU mechanical ventilation: treatment of 1,123 patients at a regional weaning center
David J. Scheinhorn, David C. Chao, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug, Laurie LaBree, Diane J. Heltsley> ;Chest. 1997 Jun 1
90 citations
Outcomes in post-ICU mechanical ventilation: a therapist-implemented weaning protocol.
David J. Scheinhorn, David C. Chao, Meg Stearn-Hassenpflug, Wayne A. Wallace> ;Chest. 2001 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

OakBend Medical CenterRichmond, Texas
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land, Texas
Memorial Hermann Physician NetworkHouston, Texas
Kindred Hospital Sugar LandSugar Land, Texas