Dr. Joseph H Sisson MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
988095 Nebraska Medical Ctr Omaha NE, 68198About
Dr. Joseph Sisson practices Pulmonology in Omaha, NE. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Sisson 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
University of Ia Roy J & L Carver Com 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- UNMC: taking steps toward better healthcare.
- Nitric oxide-dependent ethanol stimulation of ciliary motility is linked to cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activation in bovine bronchial epithelium.
- Acetaldehyde-stimulated PKC activity in airway epithelial cells treated with smoke extract from normal and smokeless cigarettes.
- Chronic ethanol downregulates PKA activation and ciliary beating in bovine bronchial epithelial cells.
- Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde-adducted bovine serum albumin activates protein kinase C and stimulates interleukin-8 release in bovine bronchial epithelial cells.
- All-digital image capture and whole-field analysis of ciliary beat frequency.
- Ethanol stimulates ciliary beating by dual cyclic nucleotide kinase activation in bovine bronchial epithelial cells.
- The treatment of reversible uremia.
- The effects of L-thyroxine sodium on nontoxic goiter, on myxedema and on the thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine.
- Periodic examination of well patients.
- The effects of cortisone on the course of acute glomerulonephritis; report of a case.
- Testosterone therapy of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the thyroid, with remission; case report.
- The effects of ACTH and cortisone on the renal tubular transport of uric acid, phosphorus, and electrolytes in patients with normal renal and adrenal function.
- Desensitization of PKA-stimulated ciliary beat frequency in an ethanol-fed rat model of cigarette smoke exposure.
- IL-8 inhibits isoproterenol-stimulated ciliary beat frequency in bovine bronchial epithelial cells.
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