Dr. Patricia Ann Tietjen MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
24 Hospital Ave Danbury CT, 06810About
Dr. Patricia Tietjen practices Pulmonology in Danbury, CT. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Tietjen 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1984
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1980
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- Bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Lung cancer in HIV-infected patients: a one-year experience.
- Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in cancer: a case series.
- Pleural liposarcoma presenting with respiratory distress and suspected diaphragmatic hernia.
- Aspiration emergencies.
- Respiratory illness in HIV-negative immunocompromised patients.
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