Dr. Joe W Ramsdell M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
8939 Villa La Jolla Drive La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. Joe Ramsdell 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. Ramsdell 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
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Medical Degree
UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Other Degree
Primary Care Physician Medical Degree
Division Chief, General Internal Medicine/Geriatrics Medical Degree
Professor of Clinical Medicine Medical Degree
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A short-term cost-of-treatment model for type 2 diabetes: comparison of glipizide gastrointestinal therapeutic system, metformin, and acarbose.
- Comparison of once-daily to twice-daily treatment with mometasone furoate dry powder inhaler.
- Adenosine airways responsiveness: what does it mean?
- A comparison between lecture and videotape inservice for certified nursing
- Comparison of clinic-based home assessment to a home visit in demented elderly patients.
- Diagnosis and management of diseases causing cognitive dysfunction.
- Geriatric assessment in the home.
- Predictors of body mass index in patients with moderate to severe emphysema.
- Recommendations for a change in living situation resulting from an outpatient geriatric assessment: type, frequency and risk factors.
- Electronic medical records and upper extremity symptoms: pain with the gain?
- Desert dust exposure is associated with increased risk of asthma hospitalization in children.
- 2007 San Diego wildfires and asthmatics.
- Cognitive function testing in comprehensive geriatric assessment. A comparison of cognitive test performance in residential and clinic settings.
- Computed tomographic measures of airway morphology in smokers and never-smoking normals.
- Are Asthma and COPD a Continuum of the Same Disease?
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