Dr. Christopher Michael Stafford M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
34800 Bob Wilson Dr Nmcsd San Diego CA, 92134About
Dr. Christopher Stafford practices Pulmonology in San Diego, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Stafford 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
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Coccidioidomycosis: a descriptive survey of a reemerging disease. Clinical characteristics and current controversies.
- A buckling-based metrology for measuring the elastic moduli of polymeric thin films.
- The postcardiac injury syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
- Versatile platform for creating gradient combinatorial libraries via modulated light exposure.
- Quantifying residual stress in nanoscale thin polymer films via surface wrinkling.
- SERS not to be taken for granted in the presence of oxygen.
- Elastic modulus of amorphous polymer thin films: relationship to the glass transition temperature.
- Effects of sample preparation on bacterial colonization of polymers.
- Surface indentation arrays for high-throughput analysis of viscoelastic material properties.
- Generation of monolayer gradients in surface energy and surface chemistry for block copolymer thin film studies.
- Quantification of the binding affinity of a specific hydroxyapatite binding peptide.
- In situ adhesion measurements utilizing layer-by-layer functionalized surfaces.
- Manipulation of the elastic modulus of polymers at the nanoscale: influence of UV-ozone cross-linking and plasticizer.
- Surface wrinkling: a versatile platform for measuring thin-film properties.
- Investigation of thermally responsive block copolymer thin film morphologies using gradients.
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