Dr. Demosthenes Gabriel Papamatheakis MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
9300 Campus Point Dr # 7381 Pulmonary And Critic La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. Demosthenes Papamatheakis practices Pulmonology in La Jolla, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Papamatheakis 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
School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece Medical Degree
St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, MI Other Degree
Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA Other Degree
Pulmonologist Medical Degree
Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Degree
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine- 2011
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2008
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 2010
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thrombocytopenia and the risks of intraocular surgery.
- Phacoemulsification and goniosynechialysis in the management of unresponsive primary angle closure.
- Selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) complicated by intraocular pressure elevation in eyes with heavily pigmented trabecular meshworks.
- Validity of screening for glaucomatous optic nerve damage using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II) in high-risk populations: a pilot study.
- Relationship between travoprost and central corneal thickness in ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma.
- Chronic angle-closure glaucoma secondary to a suprachoroidal effusion induced by central retinal vein occlusion.
- Racial variability of glaucoma risk factors between African Caribbeans and Caucasians in a Canadian urban screening population.
- Long-term maternal hypoxia: the role of extracellular Ca2+ entry during serotonin-mediated contractility in fetal ovine pulmonary arteries.
- Preservation of serotonin-mediated contractility in adult sheep pulmonary arteries following long-term high-altitude hypoxia.
- Depolarization-dependent contraction increase after birth and preservation following long-term hypoxia in sheep pulmonary arteries.
- Antenatal hypoxia and pulmonary vascular function and remodeling.
- Prenatal programming of pulmonary hypertension induced by chronic hypoxia or ductal ligation in sheep.
- Schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension.
- Advances in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
- Muscarinic Receptor Activation Affects Pulmonary Artery Contractility in Sheep: The Impact of Maturation and Chronic Hypoxia on Endothelium-Dependent and Endothelium-Independent Function.
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