Victor F Tapson MD

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1989
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Duke University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1982

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians, 2010
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

PubMed

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Very Low Birth Weight Infants After Treatment With Bubble CPAP.
Alexander D Yuen, Lorenzo Zaffiri, Victor Tapson, Reinaldo Rampolla, Yuri Matusov
Respiratory Care. 2025-10-01
Guideline Compliance and Indications for Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement at a Quaternary Care Medical Center.
June Choe, Richard Liang, Aaron S Weinberg, Victor F Tapson
Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2025-08-01
Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Xavier Jais, Victor Tapson, Timothy M Fernandes, Elie Fadel, Seth Kligerman
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-07-01

Journal Articles

Baricitinib plus Remdesivir for Hospitalized Adults with Covid-19
Victor Tapson, Daniel A Sweeney, Richard A Mularski, Alpesh N Amin, Joanne Billings, Marie-Carmelle Elie, The New England Journal of Medicine
Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report
Aneesh K Mehta, Barry S Zingman, Andre C Kalil, Helen Y Chu, Robert W Finberg, Kerry Dierberg, Victor Tapson, Lanny Hsieh, Thomas F Patterson, Daniel A Sweeney, Willia..., The New England Journal of Medicine
Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams
Geoffrey D Barnes, Thomas M Todoran, Victor Tapson, Christopher Kabrhel, JAMA Network Open

Other

Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism
Tapson VF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-acute-pulmonary-embolism
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-07
Fibrinolytic (thrombolytic) therapy in acute pulmonary embolism and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis
Tapson VF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/fibrinolytic-thrombolytic-therapy-in-acute-pulmonary-embolism-and-l
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-29

Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response TeamsAugust 2020
Comparison of 4 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Mortality Risk Scores in Patients Evaluated by Pulmonary Embolism Response TeamsAugust 2020

13 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Pulmonary EmbolismJuly 29th, 2022
Researchers Introduce First Artificial Intelligence Tool to Detect COVID-19 ProbabilityDecember 13th, 2020
Study Details First Artificial Intelligence Tool to Help Labs Rule-Out Covid-19 #ThelatestnewsDecember 11th, 2020
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Novel α2-Antiplasmin Inactivation for Lysis of Intravascular Thrombi (NAIL-IT) TrialTRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES, INC.2021–2025
Prospective Investigation Of Pulmonary Embolism Dx-IiNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2003

VP of Medical Affairs, Inari MedicalWorking with this novel and progressive company to help move the field of VTE treatment ahead. I continue seeing patients with pulmonary embolism at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.2021 - Present