Joseph Levitt
Academic Appointments
- Instructor, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Chest Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr A283 MC 5351 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 725-7061 Fax (650) 498-6288
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Ashvinder Khanna Coordinator Div. Pulmonary and Critical Care Email Tel Work 650 723-6381Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Critical Care
- Pulmonary Critical Care
Administrative Appointments
- Associate Program Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Department of Medicine (2011 - present)
Professional Education
| Residency: | University of Chicago Hospitals IL (2001) |
| Board Certification: | Critical Care, American Board of Internal Medicine (2006) |
| Board Certification: | Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (2005) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (2005) |
| Fellowship: | University of Chicago Hospitals IL (2004) |
| Residency: | John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County IL (2002) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My research focuses on the physiolgogic and biomarker characteristics of early acute lung injury (ALI) prior to need for mechanical ventilation. While, to date no pharmacologic treatment has improved survival in ALI, following the paradigm of early goal directed therapy for severe sepsis, clinical benefit may derive from identifying patients and initiating treatment prior to the need for positive pressure ventilation (and therefore prior to meeting current study entry criteria).
Publications
- Clinical review: Early treatment of acute lung injury - paradigm shift toward prevention and treatment prior to respiratory failure. Crit Care. 2012; (3): 223
- Patient-related factors associated with hospital discharge to a care facility after critical illness. Am J Crit Care. 2011; (5): 378-86
- The utility of clinical predictors of acute lung injury: towards prevention and earlier recognition. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2010; (6): 785-97
- The pathogenetic and prognostic value of biologic markers in acute lung injury. J Intensive Care Med. 2009 May-Jun; (3): 151-67
- Identification of early acute lung injury at initial evaluation in an acute care setting prior to the onset of respiratory failure. Chest. 2009; (4): 936-43
- Diagnostic utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients with pulmonary edema: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2008; (1): R3
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