Paul Branca MD
Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
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1940 Alcoa HwySuite E-210Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone+1 865-524-7471
Fax+1 865-305-6563
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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 - 2028
AL State Medical License 1995 - 1997
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Cerner Sentinel Cloud Auditing, Cerner Corporation, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification HealtheLife and PowerChart, Cerner Corporation, 2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PowerChart (Clinical), Cerner Corporation, 2017
Clinical Trials
- Evaluation of the Spiration® Valve System for Emphysema to Improve Lung Function Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsEndobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature.Akesh Thomas, Jessee Woodall, Ghassan J Wadhi, Paul R Branca
Lung India. 2025-05-01 - 2 citationsMulti-organ system failure secondary to difluoroethane toxicity in a patient "huffing" air duster: a case report.Benjamin Fogelson, David Qu, Milind Bhagat, Paul R Branca
Journal of Addictive Diseases. 2022-01-19 - 125 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
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019-12-01
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
- Top Docs 2026March 25th, 2026
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