JOHN G. WEG, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine

Education and Training: M.D., New York Medical College Residency: Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Hospital, Lackland AFB, TX Major Clinical Interests: Pulmonary emboli, pulmonary vascular disease, critical care medicine, ARDS, respiratory failure due to neuromuscular disease, tuberculosis, occupational lung diseases, asthma and COPD, cystic fibrosis, laser bronchoscopy Major Research Interests: ARDS, evaluation of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, L-NG-Methylarginine in septic O2 transport and tissue hypoxia, weaning from mechanical ventilation, bronchodilators, pulmonary emboli, pulmonary vascular disease

· Weg JG, Anzueto A, Balk RA, Wiedemann HP, Pattishall EN, Schork A, and Wagner LA. The relation between pneumothorax and other air leaks, and mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med 1998; 338:341-346

· Weg JG. Current diagnostic techniques for pulmonary embolism. Sem Vasc Surg 2000; 13: 182-188.

· Hyers TM, Agnelli G, Hull RD, Morris TA, Samama M, Tapson V, Weg JG. Sixth ACCP consensus conference on antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease. Chest. 2001; 119: 176S-19

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