Dr. William M Corrao M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1285 S County Trl East Greenwich RI, 02818About
Dr. William Corrao practices Pulmonology in East Greenwich, RI. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Corrao 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
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 1978
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pulmonary complications from alveolar accumulation of carbonaceous material in a cocaine smoker.
- The clinical outcome of asthma in the elderly: a 7-year follow-up study.
- Integration of clinical and administrative strategies to reduce expenditures for antimicrobial agents.
- Sarcoidosis.
- Sarcoidosis.
- Bronchoprovocation testing.
- Methacholine challenge in the evaluation of chronic cough.
- Chronic cough: an approach to management.
- Cough: differential diagnosis and treatment.
- Airway hyperresponsiveness in allergic rhinitis. A risk factor for asthma.
- Chronic cough. Diagnosis and treatment.
- Cerebral air embolism complicating transbronchoscopic lung biopsy.
- Cerebral air embolism complicating transbronchoscopic lung biopsy.
- Community-acquired, Gram-negative bacillary infections. Spectrum and frequency.
- Community-acquired, Gram-negative bacillary infections. Spectrum and frequency.
Treatments
- Asthma
Fellowships
- Rhode Island Hospital
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