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Office
1111 NE 99th Ave.
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97220Phone+1 503-963-3030Fax+1 513-475-7327- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineInterventional Pulmonology, 2015 - 2017
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 - 2014
- Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
- University of Buenos AiresClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2011 - Present
- OR State Medical License 2014 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 2014 - 2019
- PA State Medical License 2007 - 2012
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 31 citationsSafety of performing transbronchial lung cryobiopsy on hospitalized patients with interstitial lung disease.Joseph Cooley, Rick Balestra, Alejandro Aragaki-Nakahodo, Danielle N. Caudell Stamper, Thitiwat Sriprasart, Zulma Swank, Robert P. Baughman, Sadia Benzaquen> ;Respiratory Medicine. 2018 Jul 1
- 4 citationsSuccessful diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis with transbronchial lung cryobiopsy.Nishant Gupta, Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, Dani S. Zander, Rick Balestra, A Selvaraju, K Niehaus, Sadia Benzaquen> ;Lymphology. 2017 Dec 5
- 2 citationsPneumonic-type mucinous lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed by transbronchial cryobiopsy.Rick Balestra, Akilan Selvaraju, Sadia Benzaquen, Dani S. Zander> ;Respirology Case Reports. 2017 May 1
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
- Providence Portland Medical CenterPortland, Oregon
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