Dr. Dennis Eugene Amundson DO
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
320 SANTA FE DR ENCINITAS CA, 92024About
Dr. Dennis Amundson MS DO FACP FCCM FCCP practices Critical Care Medicine at Scripps Heathcare in San Diego CA. He also practices inpatient pulmonology which is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Amundson 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. Dr Amundson has been honored with Lung Physician of the year by the San Diego American Lung Association and has been picked by his peers as being one of the top physicians in San Diego for the last 3 years.
Education and Training
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences DO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis following anthrax vaccination.
- Is there an "ACE" in the hole for postcoronary artery bypass graft myocardial dysfunction?
- Exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.
- Image of the month.
- Paradoxical response to levalbuterol.
- Ethical issues and the allocation of scarce resources during a public health emergency.
- Prevalence of short partial thromboplastin times in a military treatment facility.
- Plasmapheresis in the management of severe hypertriglyceridemia.
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