Dr. John Dee Stansell M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
4791 E Palm Canyon Dr Suite 200 Palm Springs CA, 92264About
Dr. John Stansell practices Pulmonology in Palm Springs, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Stansell 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
Mechanical Engineering 1985
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Permanent declines in pulmonary function following pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons. The Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection Study Group.
- Methods for quantifying insulin resistance in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients.
- Toxoplasma gondii pneumonitis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
- Fungal disease in HIV-infected persons: cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis.
- Routine analysis of induced sputum is not an effective strategy for screening persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus for Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Pneumocystis carinii. Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection Study Group.
- Pulmonary fungal infections in HIV-infected persons.
- Presentation of AIDS-related pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma diagnosed by bronchoscopy.
- AIDS and the lung.
- Decline in the rate of specific opportunistic infections at San Francisco General Hospital, 1994-1997.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Hives
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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