MichaelEdwinKalaferMD

Pulmonology • San Diego, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Physician

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Office
1220 Rosecrans St
San Diego, CA 92106
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Education & Training

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1975 - 1976
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1975
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1970 - 1971
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1970

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1973 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Minority opinion: CT screening for lung cancer.
Claudia I. Henschke, John H. M. Austin, Nathaniel Berlin, Thomas L. Bauer, Salvatore Giunta, Fred Gannis, Michael Kalafer, Samuel Kopel, Albert Miller, Harvey I. Pass,...> ;Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 2005 Nov 1
27 citations
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Pulmonary Vasculitis with Eosinophilia in a Patient Taking an L-Tryptophan Preparation
William D. Travis, Michael E. Kalafer, Howard S. Robin, F. J. Luibel> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1990 Feb 15
37 citations
The Physiologic Consequences of Saline Lobar Lavage in Healthy Human Adults1,2
David M. Burns, Deborah Shure, Richard A. Francoz, Michael E. Kalafer, James H. Harrell, Kathryn Witztum, Kenneth M. Moser, M. T. Hartman> ;The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 1983 Jun 1
40 citations
The Role of Bronchial Arteriography and Therapeutic Embolization in Hemoptysis
Joseph J. Bookstein, Kenneth M. Moser, Michael E. Kalafer, Charles B. Higgins, Gary B. Davis, Walter S. James> ;Chest. 1977 Nov 1
Investigation of the component reactions of oxidative sterol demethylation. Study of the aerobic and anaerobic processes.
Miller, W. L., Kalafer, M. E., Gaylor, J. L., Delwiche, C. V.> ;Biochemistry. 1967 Sep 01
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Press Mentions

Nursing Homes Have Thousands of Ventilators That Hospitals Desperately NeedApril 7th, 2020
Deciding When a Life Is No Longer Worth LivingSeptember 29th, 2014

Hospital Affiliations

Sharp Coronado HospitalCoronado, California