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Office
1940 Alcoa Hwy
Suite E-210
Knoxville, TN 37920Phone+1 865-524-7471Fax+1 865-305-6563- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1997 - 2000
- University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
- University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- AL State Medical License Active through 1997
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Clinical Trials
- Evaluation of the Spiration® Valve System for Emphysema to Improve Lung Function Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsA 39-year-old man with fevers, cough, and right upper lobe cavitory lesion in lung.Kinnaresh Patel, Paramveer Bhugra, Tina Dudney, Paul Branca> ;Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 2010 Jul 1
- Multi-organ system failure secondary to difluoroethane toxicity in a patient "huffing" air duster: a case report.Fogelson B, Qu D, Bhagat M, Branca PR> ;Journal of addictive diseases. 2022-01-19
- 87 citationsImproving lung function in severe heterogenous Emphysema with the Spiration Valve System (EMPROVE) a multicenter, open-label randomized controlled clinical trialGerard J. Criner, Antoine Delage, Kirk Voelker, D. Kyle Hogarth, Adnan Majid, Michael Zgoda, Donald R. Lazarus, Roberto F. Casal, Sadia Benzaquen, Robert C. Holladay, ...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Dec 1
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Press Mentions
- Why Should You Get Vaccinated and Boosted? We Asked UT Medical Center Staff AnswersDecember 9th, 2021
- 'It's Very Tough': UT Medical Center Frontline Workers Endure the Pandemic and Prep for a New WaveDecember 26th, 2021
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Tennessee Medical CenterKnoxville, Tennessee
- University of Tennessee Medical CenterKnoxville, Tennessee
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