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Frank Sciurba

Professor of Medicine and Education · UPMC Medical Education

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History

UPMC Medical Education
Present

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
UPMC
1985–1988
Internal Medicine
1982–1985
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, The Pritzker School of Medicine
1978–1982
University of Illinois
1974–1978

Research

The nature of small-airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 2,934 citations
An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical standard: field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease
Systematic review or meta-analysis · European Respiratory Journal · 2014 · 1,969 citations
Azithromycin for prevention of exacerbations of COPD
New England Journal of Medicine · 2011 · 930 citations

Gerard Criner
69 papers
Fernando Martinez
53 papers
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Barry Make
42 papers
Bob Wise
40 papers
Jessica Bon
38 papers · 3 as a fellow
Divay Chandra
35 papers · 1 as a fellow
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Edwin Silverman
34 papers
MeiLan Han
32 papers
George Washko
27 papers
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Carl Fuhrman
26 papers
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Richard Casaburi
23 papers
Stephen Rennard
23 papers

Grants

The Pitt IMProving Access to Culturally Relevant Long COVID Care and Treatment (IMPACCT) Program
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · U18
Contact PI · $2.9M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2023–2028
2026 Pittsburgh International Lung Conference: The Evolving Landscape of COPD: Bridging New Mechanisms and Emerging Therapies
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R13
PI · $35K · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2026–2027
Copd Subtypes and Early Prediction Using Integrative Probabilistic Graphical Models r01hl157879
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $2.9M · University of Florida
2021–2027
Network Management Core (NEMO) for the Pulmonary Trials Cooperative (PTC)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · U01
PI · $17M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2015–2022

Clinical trials

Clinical Study of the RheOx Bronchial Rheoplasty System in Treating the Symptoms of Chronic Bronchitis
Principal investigator · Unknown
Gala Therapeutics, Inc.
2021–2025
COVID-19 Positive Outpatient Thrombosis Prevention in Adults Aged 40-80
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 3
Frank C Sciurba
2020–2021
Study of Humidified Air to Improve Mucociliary Clearance (MCC) in COPD
Principal investigator · Completed
Frank C Sciurba
2019–2021
Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of TLD in Patients with COPD
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting
Nuvaira, Inc.
2019–2028