Dr. Joseph F Smiddy M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
208 FRONT ST W COEBURN VA, 24230About
Dr. Joseph Smiddy practices Pulmonology in Kingsport, TN. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Smiddy manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1967
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Deaths and complications associated with fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
- Transnasal fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
- Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in acute respiratory failure in the adult.
- The evaluation of hemoptysis with fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
- Complications of fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
- Letter: The "Territorial Domain" of hemoptysis.
- Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope.
- Comparative in vitro effects of nitrous oxide, halothane, and cyclopropane on rat bone marrow oxygen consumption and anaerobic glycolysis.
- Bronchial coarctation.
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