Dr. Anastassios Constantin Koumbourlis MD, MPH
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
111 Michigan Ave Nw Children's National Washington DC, 20010About
Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, is Chief of the Divisions of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Children's National Health System. Apart from treating pulmonary and sleep disorders, he also evaluates and tr ...
Education and Training
University of Athens / College of Medicine / School of Health Science 1980
University of Athens / College of Medicine / School of Health Science National & Kapodistrian 1980
University Athens-Faculty Medical, School Of Health & Science Medicine
National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thoracoabdominal compression and respiratory system compliance in HIV-infected infants.
- Prevalence and reversibility of lower airway obstruction in children with sickle cell disease.
- Electrical injuries.
- Lower airway obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and primary pulmonary hypertension in children.
- Scoliosis and the respiratory system.
- Longitudinal changes in lung function and somatic growth in children with sickle cell disease.
- Lung function and somatic growth in patients with hemoglobin SC sickle cell disease.
- Resolution of chronic hypoxemia in pediatric sickle cell patients after treatment with hydroxyurea.
- Chest wall deformities: advances and uncertainties.
- Pectus excavatum: pathophysiology and clinical characteristics.
- Pulmonary function in newborns after repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Oral corticosteroids in children with wheezing.
- Changes in lung function in children with sickle cell disease.
- The respiratory management of patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy: a DMD care considerations working group specialty article.
- Steroid-resistant asthma.
Treatments
- Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis (cf), Sleep Apnea And More
- Asthma
- Sleep Apnea
- Birth Defects
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
Professional Memberships
- Member Center for Translational Science
Fellowships
- Research Fellowship, Clinical Toxicology & Applied Pharmacotherapeutics, University of Tennessee, Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, TN 1981
- Pediatric Pulmonology & Pediatric Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 1987
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