Dr. Ralph Paul Fairman M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1250 E Marshall St Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Ralph Fairman practices Pulmonology in Richmond, VA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Fairman 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 Mo, Columbia Sch of Med, Columbia Mo 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anastomotic pulmonary hypertension after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension: report of surgical correction.
- Pilot study of closing volume in byssinosis.
- Factors influencing expiratory flow rates in coal miners.
- Electrifying a medical school course: a case study.
- Respiratory failure without pulmonary edema following injection of a glutamate agonist into the ventral medullary raphe of the rat.
- Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Lessons from Nancy Cruzan.
- Cardiorespiratory and cellular changes with interleukin 2 infusion in sheep.
- Cardiopulmonary toxicity of adoptive immunotherapy.
- A comparison of the cardiopulmonary effects of continuous versus bolus infusion of recombinant interleukin-2 in sheep.
- Cardiopulmonary effects of recombinant interleukin-2 infusion in sheep.
- The causes and evaluation of chronic hypercapnea.
- The uncertain role of the neutrophil in increased permeability pulmonary edema.
- A comparison of physiological responses to percussive brain trauma in dogs and
- Pulmonary vasculitis complicating ulcerative colitis.
- Transient pulmonary hypertension associated with esophageal sclerotherapy.
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