Dr. Stephen Samuel Weigt MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
200 Med Plz Suite 365 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Stephen Weigt practices Pulmonology in Los Angeles, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Weigt 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 2006
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2004
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Periostitis secondary to prolonged voriconazole therapy in lung transplant recipients.
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension and lung transplantation.
- Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis: four distinct entities.
- Neurofibromatosis-associated diffuse lung disease: case report.
- CNE article: pain after lung transplant: high-frequency chest wall oscillation vs chest physiotherapy.
- DNA viral infections complicating lung transplantation.
- A rare occurrence of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis after lung transplantation.
- Effect of high-frequency chest wall oscillation versus chest physiotherapy on lung function after lung transplant.
- Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis: results, indications, complications, and controversies.
- Validation and Refinement of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Phenotypes in Bilateral and Single Lung Recipients.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Prognosis, and Management.
- Voriconazole increases the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma after lung transplantation.
- Host-Pathogen Interactions and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
Fellowships
- Pulmonary Disease, UCLA School of Medicine 2004
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