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Jayasimha Murthy, MD, Pulmonology, Houston, TX, Houston Methodist Hospital

JayasimhaNMurthyMDD.ABSM, FCCP(He/Him)

[Pronunciation: Ja-ya-sim-ha]

Pulmonology • Houston, TX

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Sleep Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Jayasimha Murthy is a pulmonologist in Houston, TX and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Houston Methodist Hospital, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, and Kindred Hospital Houston Medical Center. He received his medical degree from St. John's Medical College and has been in practice 21 years. He specializes in critical care medicine, interstitial lung diseases, and sleep medicine and is experienced in polysomnography, sleep medicine, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and interstitial lung disease.

Education & Training

  • University of Texas HSC at Houston
    University of Texas HSC at HoustonMS, Clinical Research, 2007
  • University of Texas HSC at Houston
    University of Texas HSC at HoustonMS, Clinical Research, 2007
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2001 - 2004
  • Coney Island Hospital
    Coney Island HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
  • St. John's Medical College
    St. John's Medical CollegeClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2005 - 2024
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 2004 - 2006
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor in Houston Houstonia Magazine, 2015
  • Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
  • Elected as a Fellow American College of Chest Physicians, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

  • Mast Cell-Specific Gene Targeting.
    Melicoff, E. et al., ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts, 1/1/2005
  • Defective Regulated Exocytosis in Mast Cells from Synaptotagmin-2 Knockout Mice.
    Sansores-Garcia, L. et al., ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts, 1/1/2005

Lectures

  • TIRI as a novel noncontact method to monitor airflow during polysomnography. 
    CHEST, San Diego, CA - 1/1/2009
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases; A diagnostic approach. Division of Rheumatology. 
    UT Medical School, Houston, TX - 1/1/2008
  • Thermal Infra-RED Imaging in Polysomnography. 
    Lyon, France - 1/1/2007
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Other

  • Thermal Vision for Sleep Apnea Monitoring. 
    Jin, F., Pavlidis, I. & Murthy, J. N., Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    1/1/2009

Other Languages

  • Hindi

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Jayasimha Murthy, Dr. Jayasimha Murthy, MD, Dr. J Murthy, Dr. Jayasimha N Murthy