Dr. Douglas B Hornick MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Douglas Hornick practices Pulmonology in Iowa City, IA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Hornick 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 Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1982
University of Maryland At Baltimore / Professional Schools 1982
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Infection of primary human bronchial epithelial cells by Haemophilus influenzae: macropinocytosis as a mechanism of airway epithelial cell entry.
- Therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Evaluation of an Internet-based decision-support system for applying the ATS/CDC guidelines for tuberculosis preventive therapy.
- Adherence to respiratory epithelia by recombinant Escherichia coli expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae type 3 fimbrial gene products.
- Emergence and persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis airway.
- Community-acquired pneumonia guidelines: Peering back through the looking glass...clearly?
- Fimbrial types among respiratory isolates belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae.
- The immunoglobulin G subclass composition of immune complexes in cystic fibrosis. Implications for the pathogenesis of the Pseudomonas lung lesion.
- Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator intracellular processing, trafficking, and opportunities for mutation-specific treatment.
- Inhaled hypertonic saline in adults hospitalised for exacerbation of cystic fibrosis lung disease: a retrospective study.
- Pulmonary host defense: defects that lead to chronic inflammation of the airway.
- Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease. Substantiation of a less aggressive approach.
- Adherence properties of an mrkD-negative mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
- The type 3 fimbrial adhesin gene (mrkD) of Klebsiella species is not conserved among all fimbriate strains.
- Patients with an abnormal chest radiograph and latent tuberculosis.
Fellowships
- Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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