EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
M.B.B.S. (Equvalent to US M.D.) Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punhjab, India, 1969.
Resident Medical Officer, Madar Union Sanatorium and Hospital, Madar, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, 1971.
Medical Registrar, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India 1972-74.
MD, (Equivalent to US Board Certification in Internal Medicine) Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 1974.
Medical Registrar, Auckland Hospital Board, Hospitals, Auckland, New Zealand 1975-77.
Fellow, RespitatoryCritical Care Disease Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1977-80.
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CURRENT RESEARCH
INTERESTS
At the Boise VA Medical Center, we
use a sheep model to study the bronchial
circulation, hemodynamic alterations in septic
shock, and pleural space infection. Specifically,
our studies have addressed bronchial arterial
receptors and nitrergic control, response to
bronchodilators, and the changes in bronchial
blood flow in response to lung injury. We have
completed a series of studies on the hemodynamic
response to non-ionic contrast in a model of
occluded versus open pulmonary vasculature, and
are currently in the process of starting a series
of studies addressing airway mechanics and
bronchial blood flow in response to ErBY cautery
and airway heating.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Carvalho P, Thompson WH, Charan
NB. Comparative effects of alpha-receptor
stimulation and nitric oxide synthase inhibition
on bronchovascular tome. J Appl Physiol.
88:1685-1689; 2000.
Carvalho P, Thompson WH, Whale M. Charan NB.
Bronchovascular responses to intravenous contrast
media for helical CT pulmonary angiography. Arch
Physiol Biochem. 111:323-325; 2005.
Carvalho P, Anderson DL, Charan NB. Bronchial
arterial imaging using helical computed tomography. Pulm Parmacol Therapeutics. 20:104-108, 2007.
Charan NB, Carvalo P. Anatomy of the bronchial
venous system. Arch Physiol Biochem, 2006 (In Press).
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