Dr. Jimmy Shaun Smith D.O.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
800 ROSE STREET LEXINGTON KY, 40536About
Dr. Jimmy Smith practices Pulmonology in Louisville, KY. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Smith 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
Pikeville College / College of Osteopathic Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Boerhaave's Syndrome.
- Pulmonary artery stenosis secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis: management with cutting balloon angioplasty and endovascular stenting.
- Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF) and pulmonary hypertension.
- A right heart catheterization with a puzzling pathway.
- Rapid Inpatient Titration of Intravenous Treprostinil for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Safe and Tolerable.
- Pulmonary Hypertension and Atrial Septal Defect: Management Dilemma.
- Transition From Inhaled Treprostinil to Selexipag in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
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