Dr. Joseph David Zibrak MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
330 Brookline Ave Beth Israel Deacones Boston MA, 02215Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Joseph Zibrak practices Pulmonology in Boston, MA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Zibrak 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
New York University School of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Results of a prospective trial of strategies for improving oxygen utilization.
- Development and validation of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Questionnaire (COPD-AQ).
- Myasthenia gravis presenting as isolated respiratory failure.
- Interstitial lung disease: raising the index of suspicion in primary care.
- Isolation and characterization of a rat lung fraction enriched in alveolar wall basement membranes.
- Monitoring oxygen therapy. Is it worth the cost?
- Aspiration pneumonitis following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with
- Abnormal airway function in individuals with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Pulmonary infiltrates and hypoxemia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome re-exposed to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
- Cytoplasmic enzyme patterns in isolated hamster pulmonary alveolar type II cells.
- Effect of reductions in respiratory therapy on patient outcome.
- Spiral CT with multiplanar and three-dimensional reconstructions accurately predicts tracheobronchial pathology.
- Spiral CT with multiplanar and three-dimensional reconstructions accurately predicts tracheobronchial pathology.
- Use of relational database management system by clinicians to create automated MICU progress note from existent data sources.
- Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Awards
- American College of Medicine. Fellow
- American College of Chest Medicine. Fellow
- 1996 Smithsonian Award for Innovation
Treatments
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Intensive Care
Fellowships
- Boston Medical Center in Pulmonary Medicine, Boston, MA 1982
- Boston University Medical Ctr Hospital, Fellow:Pulmonary Disease 1979
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