Jeremy Falk, MD Associate Director, Lung Transplant Program, Pulmonary Care
Email: jeremy.falk@cshs.org Phone: (310) 423-1838 Fax: (310) 423-0129

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Medicine

Awards and Activities

Finalist, First Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators' Forum	2004
Reviewer: Lung	Current
Reviewer: Circulation	Current
Reviewer: PLoS ONE	Current
Web Editor: ATS Case of the Month	Current
Reviewer: Chest	Current
Reviewer: Respiration	Current
Reviewer: International Journal of COPD	Current
Reviewer: American Thoracic Society Clinical Problems Assembly Case of the Month	Current
Reviewer: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine	Current
Member, American Thoracic Society	2002
Member, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantion	2006
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians	2007
Member, California Thoracic Society	2007

Research Focus

Lung transplantation, COPD, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, and alpha one anti-trypsin deficiency.

Current investigations include:

CMV prophylaxis in lung transplantation. Viral infections in lung transplant patients. Novel therapies for pulmonary hypertension and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Selected Publications

1. Falk JA, Philip KJ, Schwarz ER: The emergence of oral tadalafil as a once-daily treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Vasc Health Risk Manag, 6: 273-80, 2010
2. Falk JA, Kadiev S, Criner GJ, Scharf SM, Minai OA, Diaz P: Cardiac disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 5(4): 543-8, 2008
3. Falk JA, Minai OA, Mosenifar Z: Inhaled and systemic corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 5(4): 506-12, 2008
4. Criner GJ, Scharf SM, Falk JA, Gaughan JP, Sternberg AL, Patel NB, Fessler HE, Minai OA, Fishman AP, : Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on resting pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 176(3): 253-60, 2007
5. Falk JA, Martin UJ, Scharf S, Criner GJ: Lung elastic recoil does not correlate with pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema. Chest, 132(5): 1476-84, 2007
6. Falk JA, Cordova FC, Popescu A, Tatarian G, Criner GJ: Treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome induced by cyclosporine in a lung transplant patient. J. Heart Lung Transplant., 25(1): 140-3, 2005