Dr. Joseph R Fontana MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
8600 Old Georgetown Rd Bethesda MD, 20814About
Dr. Joseph Fontana practices Pulmonology in Bethesda, MD. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Fontana 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
Ross University School Of Medicine, Roseau, Commonwealth Of Dominica, West Indies MD
Ross University / School of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine 1987
Ross University School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Secretion trap tagging of secreted and membrane-spanning proteins using
- Phyllotactic pattern and stem cell fate are determined by the Arabidopsis homeobox gene BELLRINGER.
- Gene and enhancer trap tagging of vascular-expressed genes in poplar trees.
- The Populus homeobox gene ARBORKNOX1 reveals overlapping mechanisms regulating the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium.
- Pneumothorax after air travel in lymphangioleiomyomatosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and sarcoidosis.
- Both inhibition and activation of Notch signaling rely on a conserved Neuralized-binding motif in Bearded proteins and the Notch ligand Delta.
- Sarcoidosis: clinical presentation, immunopathogenesis, and therapeutics.
- Transcriptome analysis of Drosophila CNS midline cells reveals diverse peptidergic properties and a role for castor in neuronal differentiation.
- Tuberous sclerosis complex 2 loss of heterozygosity in patients with lung disease and cancer.
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