Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical School
Pulmonology
Dr. Robert Vassallo, MD
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Robert Vassallo works in the field of Pulmonology. He went to University of Malta School of Medicine. He over the years received 10 awards: "Parker B. Francis Fellow in Pulmonary Research", "Cecile Lehman Award for Basic Science Presentation in Lung Diseases", "Henry Christian Award", "Young Investigator Award", "Burgher Fellow in Pulmonary Diseases", "CHEST Foundation Young Investigator Award", "Finalist for CHEST Foundation Alfred Soffer Research Award", "Internal Medicine Resident Outstanding Achievement Award", "Hartz Foundation Young Investigator" and "Midwest Trainee Investigator Award". Robert Vassallo is a published MD as well. He has 58 publications published. The latest was: Theophylline: recent advances in the understanding of its mode of action and uses in clinical practice. Doctor Robert Vassallo, MD accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Pulmonary fibrosis in dyskeratosis congenita: report of 2 cases.
- Cigarette Smoke Enhances Proliferation and Extracellular Matrix Deposition By Human Fetal Airway Smooth Muscle.
- Smoking-related idiopathic Interstitial pneumonia.
- Response to letter by Dr. Marc Hershenson (exposure of airway smooth muscle cells to cigarette smoke extract).
- A 54-year-old man with acute onset orthopnea and Sleep-related hypoxia.
- Cigarette smoke-induced mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction in human airway smooth muscle.
- BRAF V600E expression in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: clinical and immunohistochemical study on 25 Pulmonary and 54 extraPulmonary cases.
- Cellular and humoral immunity in arthritis are profoundly influenced by interaction between cigarette smoke effects and host HLA-DR and DQ genes.
- Utility of bronchoscopy in Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in cigarette smoke-induced airway hyperreactivity.
- Incidence and mortality of obstructive Lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based study.
- Diffuse lung Diseases in cigarette smokers.
- A 64-year-old man with progressive dyspnea and cough productive of copious amounts of clear sputum.
- Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Pulmonary mantle cell lymphoma: a rare manifestation of an uncommon condition.
- Cigarette smoking and inflammation: cellular and molecular mechanisms.
- Thymic stromal lymphopoietin in cigarette smoke-exposed human airway smooth muscle.
- Intrathoracic manifestations of Rosai-Dorfman Disease.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after myocardial infarction in the community.
- Incidence and mortality of interstitial Lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study.
- Cigarette smoke promotes dendritic cell accumulation in COPD; a Lung Tissue Research Consortium study.
- Abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose PET in Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Tobacco smoke-related diffuse lung Diseases.
- Asthma-related environmental fungus, Alternaria, activates dendritic cells and produces potent Th2 adjuvant activity.
- Cigarette smoking and diffuse Lung disease.
- Cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress suppresses generation of dendritic cell IL-12 and IL-23 through ERK-dependent pathways.
- Nicotine and oxidative cigarette smoke constituents induce immune-modulatory and pro-inflammatory dendritic cell responses.
- Lack of FDG uptake in small cell carcinoma associated with ANNA-1 positive paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy.
- Follicular bronchiolitis in surgical Lung biopsies: clinical implications in 12 patients.
- Complete remission of nodular Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions induced by 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine in a non-smoker.
- Pneumocystis cell wall beta-glucans induce dendritic cell costimulatory molecule expression and inflammatory activation through a Fas-Fas ligand mechanism.
- Diffuse bronchiolar disease due to Chronic occult aspiration.
- Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.
- Cigarette smoke extract suppresses human dendritic cell function leading to preferential induction of Th-2 priming.
- Desquamative interstitial pneumonia and respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial Lung disease.
- Increased CD4+ T cell infiltrates in rheumatoid arthritis-associated Interstitial pneumonitis compared with idiopathic Interstitial pneumonitis.
- Echocardiographic and clinical characteristics of Pulmonary hypertension complicating Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Selective suppression of dendritic cell functions by cigarette smoke extract.
- Advances in the treatment of rheumatic interstitial Lung disease.
- Pneumothorax in Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- The overlap between respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia in Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis: high-resolution CT, histologic, and f...
- Pneumocystis carinii cell wall beta-glucans initiate macrophage inflammatory responses through NF-kappaB activation.
- Viral-induced inflammation in interstitial lung Diseases.
- Clinical response of rheumatoid arthritis-associated Pulmonary fibrosis to tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibition.
- Role of nuclear factor-kappa B in the activation of alveolar macrophages by fungal beta-glucans.
- Clinical outcomes of Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults.
- Vitronectin and fibronectin function as glucan binding proteins augmenting macrophage responses to Pneumocystis carinii.
- Smoking-related interstitial lung Diseases: a concise review.
- A 45-year-old man with slowly progressive shortness of breath.
- Mechanisms of defence in the Lung: lessons from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
- Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis.
- Isolated Pneumocystis carinii cell wall glucan provokes lower Respiratory tract inflammatory responses.
- Beta-glucan from Pneumocystis carinii stimulates TNF alpha release from alveolar macrophages.
- Multiple cerebral infarctions from nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis mimicking cerebral vasculitis.
- Alveolar macrophage interactions with Pneumocystis carinii.
- 81-year-old man with unusual spells.
- Theophylline: recent advances in the understanding of its mode of action and uses in clinical practice.
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Alkalosis
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Parker B. Francis Fellow in Pulmonary Research
- Cecile Lehman Award for Basic Science Presentation in Lung Diseases
- Henry Christian Award
- Young Investigator Award
- Burgher Fellow in Pulmonary Diseases
- CHEST Foundation Young Investigator Award
- Finalist for CHEST Foundation Alfred Soffer Research Award
- Internal Medicine Resident Outstanding Achievement Award
- Hartz Foundation Young Investigator
- Midwest Trainee Investigator Award
Education
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Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
University of Malta School of Medicine
Hospital
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Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1386618585 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | VASSALLO | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 559050001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MN | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 138.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1386618585 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | VASSALLO |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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