Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Pulmonology
Dr. Charles Alex, MD
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Charles Alex is an expert in the field of Pulmonology. He researched medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago is ranked 49/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Super Doctor". Doctor Charles Alex, MD is also a published doctor. He has 31 paper published. The most recent paper is: Discontinuous incremental threshold loading test: measure of respiratory muscle endurance in patients with COPD. Doctor Charles Alex, MD accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Subtherapeutic ganciclovir (GCV) levels and GCV-resistant cytomegalovirus in Lung transplant recipients.
- Interobserver variability in grading transbronchial Lung biopsy specimens after Lung transplantation.
- Decreased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with sirolimus in a post hoc randomized, multicenter study in Lung transplantation.
- Self-efficacy enhancing intervention increases light physical activity in people with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Incidence of fractures after cardiac and Lung transplantation: a single center experience.
- [Physical exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive emphysematous Bronchitis and coronary heart disease under antiobstructive therapy].
- Diaphragm pacing with a quadripolar phrenic nerve electrode: an international study.
- Changes in end-expiratory Lung volume during sleep in patients with occlusive apnea.
- Trending of oxygen utilization in the critically ill. Is there a reliable method?
- Extending ventilator circuit change interval beyond 2 days reduces the likelihood of ventilator-associated Pneumonia.
- Stroke and myocardial infarction as late complications of Lung transplantation.
- A review of the potential applications and controversies of non-invasive testing for biomarkers of aspiration in the Lung transplant population.
- Test-retest reliability of symptom-limited cycle ergometer tests in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Inspiratory muscle training in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Discontinuous incremental threshold loading test: measure of respiratory muscle endurance in patients with COPD.
- Early readmission is a predictor of overall survival following isolated Lung transplantation.
- Maximal inspiratory pressure. Learning effect and test-retest reliability in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- High-intensity inspiratory muscle training in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severely reduced function.
- Refractory post-transplant airway strictures: successful management with wire stents.
- Cycle ergometer and inspiratory muscle training in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Reliability and validity of the 12-minute distance walk in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- The prevalence and extent of gastroesophageal reflux disease correlates to the type of Lung transplantation.
- The protective role of laparoscopic antireflux surgery against aspiration of pepsin after Lung transplantation.
- Laparoscopic antireflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease after Lung transplantation.
- Increased risk of venous thromboembolism with a sirolimus-based immunosuppression regimen in Lung transplantation.
- Comparison of sirolimus with azathioprine in a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen in Lung transplantation.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease after Lung transplantation: pathophysiology and implications for treatment.
- Functional performance in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease declines with time.
- Cylex ImmuKnow assay levels are lower in Lung transplant recipients with infection.
- Elevation of interleukin-15 protein expression in bronchoalveolar fluid in Acute lung allograft rejection.
Schools
University of Illinois At Chicago College of Medicine
University Ill West Side Va Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Acute Pharyngitis
- Alkalosis
- Asthma
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago -
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Hospital
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Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1386621282 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | ALEX | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CHARLES | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 604532600 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 1585.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1386621282 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | ALEX |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHARLES |
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