Dr. Arthur Franklin Gelb M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
3650 South St Suite 308 Lakewood CA, 90712About
Dr. Arthur Gelb practices Pulmonology in Lakewood, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Gelb 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
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1967
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lung function after bilateral lower lobe lung volume reduction surgery for alpha1-antitrypsin emphysema.
- Lung function 4 years after lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema.
- Survival after unilateral versus bilateral lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema.
- Unsuspected pseudophysiologic emphysema in chronic persistent asthma.
- Expanding knowledge of lung volume reduction.
- Lung function 5 yr after lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema.
- Lung elastic recoil in acute and chronic asthma.
- Effect of aging on lung mechanics in healthy nonsmokers.
- Unsuspected loss of lung elastic recoil in chronic persistent asthma.
- Risk factors for near-fatal asthma.
- Simplified detection of dynamic hyperinflation.
- Role of spirometry and exhaled nitric oxide to predict exacerbations in treated asthmatics.
- Tiotropium and simplified detection of dynamic hyperinflation.
- Physiologic similarities and differences between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Effect of fluticasone 250 microg/salmeterol 50 microg and montelukast on exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic patients.
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