Dr. John Randolph Balmes MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1001 Potrero Avenue Bldg 30 5th Floor San Francisco CA, 94110About
Dr. John Balmes practices Pulmonology in San Francisco, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Balmes 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Propellant gases in metered dose inhalers: their impact on the global environment.
- Effects of azithromycin on ozone-induced airway neutrophilia and cytokine release.
- Effect of serial-day exposure to nitrogen dioxide on airway and blood leukocytes and lymphocyte subsets.
- Occupational asthma: a review.
- Government laboratory worker with lung cancer: comparing risks from beryllium, asbestos, and tobacco smoke.
- Occupational respiratory diseases.
- Diesel exhaust and asthma: hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action.
- Aircraft cabin air recirculation and symptoms of the common cold.
- Cholinergic blockade does not alter the nasal congestive response to irritant provocation.
- Hard metal interstitial lung disease: high-resolution computed tomography appearance.
- Occupational airways diseases from chronic low-level exposures to irritants.
- Evaluating the use of a portable spirometer in a study of pediatric asthma.
- Occupational asthma.
- To B-read or not to B-read.
- The effect of smoke inhalation on lung function and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters.
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