JohnWesleyMcConnellMD

Pulmonology • Louisville, KY

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology

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Overview of Dr. McConnell

Dr. John McConnell is a pulmonologist in Louisville, KY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital, Norton Hospital, and Norton Clark Hospital. He received his medical degree from Medical College of Georgia and has been in practice 34 years. He is one of 34 doctors at UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and one of 28 doctors at Norton Hospital who specialize in Pulmonology. He has more than 10 publications and over 450 citings.

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100 West Market Street
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Louisville, KY 40202
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Education & Training

University of Kentucky College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1985 - 1988
University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

IN State Medical License 1989 - 2025
KY State Medical License 1983 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Professional EHR, Allscripts, 2013

Clinical Trials

Study in Subjects With PAH and PH Secondary to IPF Using Inhaled GeNOsyl. Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Extension Program Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Phase III Clinical Worsening Study of UT-15C in Subjects With PAH Receiving Background Oral Monotherapy Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 26
Completed
Phase 3
An Open-Label, Long-Term Study of Oral Treprostinil in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 11
Completed
Phase 3
Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Simtuzumab (GS-6624) in Adults With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 31
Terminated
Phase 2
Beraprost-314d Added-on to Tyvaso® (BEAT) Start of enrollment: 2013 May 31
Completed
Phase 3
Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Macitentan in Subjects With Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 20
Completed
Phase 2
Bardoxolone Methyl Evaluation in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) - LARIAT Start of enrollment: 2014 May 31
Completed
Phase 2
Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Macitentan in Subjects With Combined Pre- and Post-capillary Pulmonary Hypertension (CpcPH) Due to Left Ventricular Dysfunction Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Hospitalization-related costs associated with oral agents targeting the prostacyclin pathway for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
John McConnell, S Pinar Bilir, Yifan Xu, Yuen Tsang, Sumeet Panjabi> ;Journal of Medical Economics. 2023 Oct 31
5 citations
Safety of macitentan for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension: Real-world experience from the OPsumit® USers Registry (OPUS) and OPsumit® Historical USers cohort (O...
Vallerie V McLaughlin, Richard Channick, Nick H Kim, Robert P Frantz, John W McConnell, Lana Melendres-Groves, Chad Miller, Ashwin Ravichandran, Josanna Rodriguez-Lope...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Oct 1
3 citations
Prediction of patient outcomes through social determinants of health: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR) evaluation.
Dan Grinnan, Le Kang, Christine DeWilde, David Badesch, Raymond Benza, Todd Bull, Murali Chakinala, Teresa DeMarco, Jeremy Feldman, Hubert J Ford, James Klinger, John ...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Jul 1
4 citations
Delphi consensus recommendation for optimization of pulmonary hypertension therapy focusing on switching from a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor to riociguat.
Franck F Rahaghi, Vijay P Balasubramanian, Robert C Bourge, Charles D Burger, Murali M Chakinala, Michael S Eggert, Jean M Elwing, Jeremy Feldman, Christopher King, Ja...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Apr 1
7 citations
Hispanic Ethnicity and Social Determinants of Health in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
Roberto J Bernardo, Di Lu, Ramon L Ramirez 3rd, Haley Hedlin, Steven M Kawut, Todd Bull, Teresa De Marco, H James Ford, Daniel Grinnan, James R Klinger, John W McConne...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 Sep 1
2 citations
Health-related quality of life and hospitalizations in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension versus idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: an analysis fro...
Jasleen Minhas, Sai Prasanna Narasimmal, Todd M. Bull, Teresa De Marco, J.W. McConnell, Matthew R. Lammi, Thenappan Thenappan, Jeremy Feldman, Jeffrey Sager, David B. ...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2021 Oct 14
9 citations
Clinical Differences and Outcomes between Methamphetamine-associated and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Roham T. Zamanian, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, David B. Badesch, Raymond L. Benza, Charles D. Burger, Murali M. Chakinala, Jean M. Elwing, Jeremy ...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Apr 1
7 citations
Obesity in pulmonary arterial hypertension the pulmonary hypertension association registry
Jeff Min, Rui Feng, David B. Badesch, Erika Berman-Rosenzweig, Charles D. Burger, Murali M. Chakinala, Teresa De Marco, Jeremy Feldman, Anna R. Hemnes, Evelyn M. Horn,...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Feb 1
4 citations
Comparative effectiveness of oral prostacyclin pathway drugs on hospitalization in patients with pulmonary hypertension in the United States: a retrospective database ...
J.W. McConnell, Yuen Tsang, Janis Pruett, William Drake> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2020 Nov 10
19 citations
Safety and tolerability of transition from inhaled treprostinil to oral selexipag in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the TRANSIT-1 study.
Adaani E. Frost, Munir Janmohamed, Jason S. Fritz, John W. McConnell, David Poch, Terry Fortin, Chad Miller, Kelly Chin, Micah R. Fisher, Michael Eggert, Colleen McEvo...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019 Jan 1
29 citations
Psychometric Validation of the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Symptoms and Impact (PAH-SYMPACT) Questionnaire: Results of the SYMPHONY Trial
Kelly Chin, Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Richard N. Channick, Michael J. Cuttica, Aryeh Fischer, Robert P. Frantz, Elke Hunsche, Leah Kleinman, John W. McConnell, Vallerie ...> ;Chest. 2018 Oct 1
8 citations
Recommendations for the clinical management of patients receiving macitentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): A Delphi consensus document
Franck Rahaghi, Hassan Alnuaimat, Rana Awdish, Vijay Balasubramanian, Robert C. Bourge, Charles D. Burger, John Butler, C. Gregory Cauthen, Murali M. Chakinala, Bennet...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2017 Aug 22
7 citations
Effects of Yoga on Patients in an Adolescent Mental Health Hospital and the Relationship Between Those Effects and the Patients' Sensory‐Processing Patterns
Pamela Re, John W. McConnell, Gloria Reidinger, Ronnie Schweit, Angela Hendron> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. 2014 Nov 1
130 citations
Clinical use of the respiratory quotient obtained from indirect calorimetry.
Steve McClave, Cynthia C. Lowen, Melissa J. Kleber, JW McConnell, Laura Y. Jung, LJ Goldsmith> ;JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2003 Jan 1
2 citations
Effects of Therapeutic Doses of Albuterol on β2-Adrenergic Receptor Density and Metabolic Changes
Michael I. Anstead, Travis A. Hunt, John W. McConnell, Nausherwan K. Burki> ;The Journal of Asthma. 2001 May 2
5 citations
Effects of acute prolonged exposure to high-altitude hypoxia on exercise-induced breathlessness
Nausherwan K. Burki, J. Wesley McConnell, Mohammad Ayub, Richard M. Liles> ;Clinical Science. 1999 Apr 1
118 citations
Are patients fed appropriately according to their caloric requirements
Stephen A. McClave, Cynthia C. Lowen, Melissa J. Kleber, Jack F. Nicholson, Sharon C. Jimmerson, J. Wesley McConnell, Laura Y. Jung> ;JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 1998 Nov 1
39 citations
Isocapnic hypoxemia and neuropsychological functioning
David T. R. Berry, J. W. Mcconnell, Barbara Phillips, C. M. Carswell, Damon G. Lamb, B. C. Prine> ;Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 1989 Mar 1
22 citations
Safety and Efficacy of Using High-Dose Topical and Nebulized Anesthesia to Obtain Endobronchial Cultures
Rolando Berger, John W. McConnell, Barbara Phillips, Timothy L. Overman> ;Chest. 1989 Feb 1
43 citations
The Effects of Hypoxemia on Cardiac Output: A Dose-Response Curve
Barbara Phillips, John W. McConnell, Mikel D. Smith> ;Chest. 1988 Mar 1
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Press Mentions

Lauren Gerlach, M.P.PMay 28th, 2020

Hospital Affiliations

University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler HospitalLexington, Kentucky
UofL Health - Jewish HospitalLouisville, Kentucky
Norton HospitalLouisville, Kentucky
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville, Indiana