Dr. Eleanor M. Summerhill MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
111 Brewster St Department Of Critic Pawtucket RI, 02860About
Dr. Eleanor Summerhill practices Pulmonology in Pawtucket, RI. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Summerhill 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
Tufts University School of Medicine 1989
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Principles of pulmonary artery catheterization in the critically ill.
- Respiratory muscle strength in the physically active elderly.
- Monitoring recovery from diaphragm paralysis with ultrasound.
- A 92-year-old woman with recurrent pleural effusions.
- Idiopathic diaphragmatic paralysis: Bell's palsy of the diaphragm?
- Performance improvement in internal medicine residency education: Memorial
- Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression during differentiation of neuroblastoma cells.
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