Alexander Duarte, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Alexander Duarte, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0561
Phone: 409.772.2436
Fax: 409.772.9532
aduarte@utmb.edu
Education
| Degree/Training Completed | Year | Name & Location |
| M.D. | 1989 | University of Illinois, Chicago, IL |
| Residency | 1992 | Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL |
| Fellowship | 1995 | Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL |
Research Interests
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Management of Pulmonary Hypertension during Pregnancy
- Innervation of the airways
- Cough
Selected Publications
- Duarte AG, Sattar F, Granwehr B, Aronson J, Wang Z, Lick S: Disseminated acanthamoebiasis after lung transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant 25:237-240, 2006.
- Duarte AG, Bigler T, Justino E, Grady J: Outcomes of morbidly obese patients requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. Critical Care Medicine 35:732-7, 2007.
- Dweik M, Duarte AG, Baethge B: Coccidioidomycosis pneumonia in a non-endemic area associated with infliximab. Southern Medical Journal 100(5):517-518, 2007.
- Haque AK, Gadre A, Taylor J, Haque SA, Freeman D, Duarte AG. Pulmonary and cardiovascular complications of obesity: An autopsy study of 76 obese subjects. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2008;132:1397-1404.
- Duarte AG, Terminella L, Smith JT, Campbell GA, Myers AC, Lick S: Recovery of cough in lung transplant recipients. Chest 134:310-316, 2008.
Clinical Interests
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
- COPD
- Advanced Pulmonary Diseases
- Lung Transplantation
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The department of internal medicine is developing evidence based clinical protocols which will be available in EPIC (as order sets) for use when admitting patients with these diagnoses. Their AIM is to standardize care and decrease length of stay and readmission rates.
Currently available protocols are:- CAP - Community Acquired Pneumonia Orderset
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis Adult, ICU
- General Medicine Admission
- Immunodeficiency Flow Panel
- MICU/CCU Admission Order Set
- Oral Analgesic Medicaitons
- Parenteral Opioids
- Sepsis, Adult ICU
All protocols can be found in the EPIC order set section.
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