Dr. Prescott G. Woodruff MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Prescott G. Woodruff specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He also conducts research at UCSF's Airway Clinical Research Center and General Clinical Research Center where he studies ...
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1993
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: are ED visits a missed opportunity for prevention?
- Sex differences among adults presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma. Multicenter Asthma Research Collaboration Investigators.
- Effect of an emergency department asthma program on acute asthma care.
- Acute asthma among pregnant women presenting to the emergency department.
- Sudden-onset asthma exacerbations: clinical features, response to therapy, and 2-week follow-up. Multicenter Airway Research Collaboration (MARC) investigators.
- Relation between phase of menstrual cycle and emergency department visits for acute asthma.
- Differences between men and women in reporting of symptoms during an asthma exacerbation.
- A prospective multicenter study of patient factors associated with hospital admission from the emergency department among children with acute asthma.
- A prospective multicenter study of factors associated with hospital admission among adults with acute asthma.
- Insurance and quality of care for adults with acute asthma.
- Cigarette smoking among asthmatic adults presenting to 64 emergency departments.
- Applying stereology to measure thickness of the basement membrane zone in bronchial biopsy specimens.
- Methodologic advancements in the study of airway smooth muscle.
- Structural changes to airway smooth muscle in cystic fibrosis.
- Airway smooth muscle in bronchial tone, inflammation, and remodeling: basic knowledge to clinical relevance.
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Fellowships
- Channing Laboratory of the Brigham and Women's Hospital 1998
- UCSF Medical Center, Pulmonary Medicine 2002
- UCSF Medical Center, Pulmonary 2002
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