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Muthiah (Pugazhenthi) Muthiah, MD, Pulmonology, Memphis, TN, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

MuthiahPugazhenthi(Pugazhenthi)MuthiahMD

Pulmonology Memphis, TN

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Muthiah Muthiah is an intensivist/ pulmonologist in Memphis, TN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He received his medical degree from Madras Medical College and has been in practice 30 years. He specializes in critical care medicine, pulmonary medicine, and sleep medicine and has expertise in pulmonary hypertension, sleep medicine, asthma, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary infections, ARDS and Sepsis.

Education & Training

  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1997 - 2000
  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
  • Madras Medical College
    Madras Medical CollegeClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1999 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Continued Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine Interns and Residents among the teaching faculty of University of Tennessee, Memphis, 2017
  • 2016 Bland W. Cannon, MD Faculty Award 2016
  • �Lifetime Teaching Excellence� award Internal Medicine Interns and Residents among the teaching faculty of University of Tennessee, Memphis, 2016
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Does Corticosteroid Therapy Improve Community-Acquired Pneumonia Outcomes? The Answer is YES!  
    Muthiah P. Muthiah, Chest Physician Journal, 1/1/2016
  • Mechanical Ventilation Simplified  
    Muthiah P. Muthiah and Muhammad K. Zaman, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/2009
  • Pneumonia in the elderly: Whose friend is it anyway?  
    Muthiah P. Muthiah, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Haff Disease in A 21 Year Old Female After A Cruise To The Caribbean
    B. Yaghmour, I. Romero Legro, B. Hayden, M.P. Muthiah, A.X. Freire, 1/1/2014
  • A Unique Case of rapid Spontaneous Resolution of a Large Pneumothorax by Using High Flow Oxygen
    Bassam Yaghmour, Nathan Summers, Paul Guidry, Ivan Legro Romero, Muthiah P. Muthiah, Luis Murillo, American College of Chest Physicians meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2013
  • Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 SNP Variance and Development of Health Care Associated Infections
    Umberger, Reba; Thompson, Carol L; Cashion, Ann K; David Kuhl; Yates, Ryan; Wan, Jim Y; Muthiah P. Muthiah, ISONG 2011 (International Society of Nurses in Genetics) Conference, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

  • Ventilator associated pneumonia 
    1/24/2002
  • Acute Exacerbation of Chronic bronchitis 
    1/26/2001
  • Office Spirometry for the Internist 
    1/19/2001
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Other

Press Mentions

  • Pulmonary, Critical Care Sleep Service
    Pulmonary, Critical Care Sleep ServiceNovember 22nd, 2021

Hospital Affiliations