Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

		David J. Pierson, M.D. Professor of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine OFFICE ADDRESS Harborview Medical Center 325 Ninth Avenue, Campus Box 359762 Seattle, WA 98104 djp@u.washington.edu Academic Office: (206) 744-3356 Fax: (206) 744-8584 Clinic Appointments: (206) 744-3123
EDUCATION AND TRAINING B.A. in Humanities, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1965. B.A. in General Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1965. M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1969. Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Osler Medical Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1971. Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1972. Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO, 1974.		CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS Complications of mechanical ventilation and ICU care, particularly their clinical epidemiology and risk factors; Respiratory therapy techniques, particularly clinical efficacy, cost-effectiveness, CQI, and educational issues; Writing, editing, and publishing in clinical medicine. REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS Akhtar SR, Weaver J, Pierson DJ, Rubenfeld GD. Practice variation in respiratory therapy documentation during mechanical ventilation. Chest 2003; 124(6):2275-82. Pierson DJ. Invasive mechanical ventilation. In Albert RK, Siro SG, Jett JR, eds. Clinical Respiratory Medicine. London/Philadelphia, 2nd edition, 2004:189-209. Pierson, DJ. How to write an abstract that will be accepted for presentation at a national meeting. Respir Care 2004; 49(20):1206-12. Pierson DJ. The top 10 reasons manuscripts are not accepted for publication. Respir Care 2004; 49(10):1246-52. Pierson DJ. Tracheostomy and weaning. Respir Care 2005; 50(4):526-533. Pierson DJ, Hill NS. Acute ventilatory failure. In Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Murray JF, Nadel JA, eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 4th Edition, 2005: 2379-2398.

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