Professor of Medicine, UCSF Attending physician, San Francisco General Hospital
Internal Medicine
Dr. John R. Balmes, MD
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John R. Balmes, MD is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He went to medical school at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked 20/62 in Research/PrimaryCare. He has 2 awards "America's Top Doctors" and "Super Doctor". John Balmes is a published doctor. He published 66 publications, including: 'Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention.'
Publications
- Childhood exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is linked to epigenetic modifications and impaired Systemic immunity in T cells.
- Ozone inhalation leads to a dose-dependent increase of cytogenetic damage in human lymphocytes.
- Early-life Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and Pediatric Respiratory Symptoms in the CHAMACOS Cohort.
- Genetic modification of the effect of maternal household air pollution exposure on birth weight in Guatemalan newborns.
- Developing small-area predictions for smoking and obesity prevalence in the United States for use in Environmental Public Health Tracking.
- Respiratory risks from household air pollution in low and middle income countries.
- 0224 Direct exposure to metalworking fluid aerosols and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cohort of U.S. automotive industry workers.
- Perfluoroalkyl Chemicals and Asthma among Children 12-19 Years of Age: NHANES (1999-2008).
- Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Pulmonary function in children.
- Outdoor air pollution and Asthma.
- Hypothetical Interventions to Limit Metalworking Fluid Exposures and Their Effects on COPD Mortality: G-Estimation Within a Public Health Framework.
- Millions dead: how do we know and what does it mean? Methods used in the comparative risk assessment of household air pollution.
- Annual average ambient particulate matter exposure estimates, measured home particulate matter, and hair nicotine are associated with Respiratory outcomes in adults wi...
- Acute exacerbation of idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis associated with air pollution exposure.
- Social Isolation: A Predictor of Mortality Comparable to Traditional Clinical Risk Factors.
- Chronic respiratory symptoms in children following in utero and early life exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh.
- Asbestos and Lung cancer: what we know.
- Thirty minute-exposure to aged cigarette smoke increases nasal congestion in nonsmokers.
- Household air pollution: a call for studies into biomarkers of exposure and predictors of respiratory Disease.
- Thirdhand cigarette smoke in an experimental chamber: evidence of surface deposition of nicotine, nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and de novo formati...
- Associations of ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure with self-reported Asthma and Asthma symptoms.
- Utility of urinary Clara cell protein (CC16) to demonstrate increased Lung epithelial permeability in non-smokers exposed to outdoor secondhand smoke.
- Higher environmental relative moldiness index values measured in homes of adults with Asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions.
- Drinking water arsenic in northern Chile: high Cancer risks 40 years after exposure cessation.
- Mediators of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Outcomes of Adult Asthma and Rhinitis.
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and wheeze in a cohort of children with Asthma in Fresno, CA.
- The exposure-dependent effects of aged secondhand smoke on endothelial function.
- Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Outside of a Bar and a Restaurant and Tobacco Exposure Biomarkers in Non-smokers.
- The association between Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution and ischemic heart disease.
- Effects of Exercise on Systemic Inflammatory, Coagulatory, and Cardiac Autonomic Parameters in an Inhalational Exposure Study.
- Pilot evaluation of the nasal nitric oxide response to humming as an index of osteomeatal patency.
- Evaluation of a Heat Vulnerability Index on Abnormally Hot Days: an Environmental Public Health Tracking study.
- Evaluating quality of life in patients with Asthma and rhinitis: English adaptation of the rhinAsthma questionnaire.
- Short-term effects of air pollution on wheeze in Asthmatic children in Fresno, California.
- Low prevalence of Chronic beryllium disease among workers at a nuclear weapons research and development facility.
- When smoke gets in your Lungs.
- Further exploration of the links between occupational exposure and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Progression from beryllium exposure to Chronic beryllium disease: an analytic model.
- Exposure to traffic: lung function and health status in adults with Asthma.
- Occupational exposures and the risk of COPD: dusty trades revisited.
- Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production.
- Is there an association between lifetime cumulative exposure and acute Pulmonary responses to ozone?
- Ozone, a malady for all ages.
- The World Trade Center collapse: a continuing tragedy for Lung health?
- Integrating research, surveillance, and practice in environmental public health tracking.
- Case report: a case of wood-smoke-related Pulmonary disease.
- Genotype-activity relationship for Mn-superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase 1 and catalase in humans.
- Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos: health risk or ecologic fallacy?
- Evidence for excess colorectal Cancer incidence among asbestos-exposed men in the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial.
- Bronchiectasis in persons with skin lesions resulting from arsenic in drinking water.
- Exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes: assessment by a single survey item compared to a detailed exposure battery and a job exposure matrix.
- Impact of the home indoor environment on adult Asthma and rhinitis.
- Predictors of Lung cancer among asbestos-exposed men in the {beta}-carotene and retinol efficacy trial.
- Occupational contribution to the burden of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Effect of ozone exposure on airway responses to inhaled allergen in Asthmatic subjects.
- Evaluating the use of a portable spirometer in a study of pediatric Asthma.
- Occupational airways diseases from Chronic low-level exposures to irritants.
- Hard metal interstitial lung Disease: high-resolution computed tomography appearance.
- Aircraft cabin air recirculation and symptoms of the common cold.
- Diesel exhaust and Asthma: hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action.
- Effects of woodsmoke exposure on airway inflammation in rural guatemalan women.
- Ambient Air Pollution Associated with Suppressed Serologic Responses to Pneumocystis jirovecii in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients with Pneumocystis Pneum...
- Case-control study of arsenic in drinking water and Lung cancer in california and nevada.
- Lung function in woodsmoke-exposed Guatemalan children following a chimney stove intervention.
- Decreased Lung function in 7-year-old children with early-life organophosphate exposure.
Schools
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mt Sinai Hospital
Yale Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Asthma
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Empyema
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Doctors Specialties
- Pulmonology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Super Doctor
Education
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine -
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai -
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City Univers
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
UCSF Medical Center
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