Dr. Curtis Howard Weiss M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
240 E Huron St Mcgaw M-300 Chicago IL, 60611About
Dr. Curtis Weiss practices Pulmonology in Chicago, IL. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Weiss 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Proteasomal regulation of pulmonary fibrosis.
- Moving the science of quality improvement in critical care medicine forward.
- Ubiquitination and proteolysis in acute lung injury.
- Empiric antibiotic, mechanical ventilation, and central venous catheter duration as potential factors mediating the effect of a checklist prompting intervention on mortality: an exploratory analysis.
- Pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.
- Bronchoalveolar lavage amylase is associated with risk factors for aspiration and predicts bacterial pneumonia.
- A clinical trial comparing physician prompting with an unprompted automated electronic checklist to reduce empirical antibiotic utilization.
- Prompting physicians to address a daily checklist for antibiotics: do we need a co-pilot in the ICU?
- Envisioning sophisticated electronic health records through the lens of health care reform.
- The evolving application of implementation science in critical care*.
- Trends in pathogens among patients hospitalized for pneumonia from 1993 to 2011.
- Adoption of a High-Impact Innovation in a Homogeneous Population.
- Attitudes of Pulmonary and Critical Care Training Program Directors toward Quality Improvement Education.
- American Thoracic Society and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Implementation Research Workshop Report.
- Low Tidal Volume Ventilation Use in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Treatments
- Intensive Care, Acute Respiratory Failure, Sepsis (blood Poisoning) And More
Fellowships
- Northwestern Mcgaw / Northwestern Memorial Hospital 2011
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