Dr. William Arthur Altemeier MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. William Altemeier practices Pulmonology in Seattle, WA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Altemeier 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
Vanderbilt Univ Sch Medicine 1992
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1998
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 1997
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A pediatrician's view. Digging up old information about human nutrition.
- A pediatrician's view. Commitment.
- Status epilepticus.
- Mother-infant interaction and child development after rooming-in: comparison of high-risk and low-risk mothers.
- Information search and decision making in the selection of family health care.
- Quality care: ongoing or outgoing?
- The importance of successful passage.
- A trip through the ear in search of deafness.
- A pediatrician's view. Mechanism of the immune response.
- A pediatrician's view. Management of the adolescent with diabetes mellitus.
- Changing concepts in the management of pediatric urinary tract infections.
- Adding "value" to managing urinary tract infections in children.
- Pediatric orthopedic infections: missed diagnoses.
- Don't forget the "D" in the "ABCs" of emergency care.
- Central nervous system manifestations of an ibuprofen overdose reversed by naloxone.
Fellowships
- UW - Dept. of Medicine
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- Dr. Andrew D Graustein M.D.1959 Ne Pacific St Box 356429 Seattle WA 98195