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Yun  M.  Shim,  M.D.

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medicine

Contact Information

Address: P.O. Box 800546, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0546
Phone: 434.243.9212 Fax: 434.924.9682
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Training & Certification

Residency:

Internal Medicine, Northwestern University

Fellowship:

Pulmonary and Critical Care, Yale University

  
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Practice

Conditions Treated:

Allergy, Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, COPD, Emphysema, Lung Cancer

Research Interest:

COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, allergy, lung cancer, pulmonary inflammation and remodeling

Background

Languages Spoken:

Korean

Publications:

Chupp GL, Lee CG, Jarjour N, Shim YM, Holm CT, He S, Dziura JD, Reed J, Coyle AJ, Kiener P, Cullen M, Grandsaigne M, Dombret MC, Aubier M, Pretolani M, and Elias JA. A chitinase-like protein in the lung and circulation of patients with severe asthma. New England Journal of Medicine 2007;357:2016-2027. 

Sharma G, Shim YM. The aging immune system and its relationship to the development of COPD. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2009;6:573-580. 

Enfield K, Shim YM. Six minute walk distance in severe end-stage COPD patients: Association with survival after inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 2010;30:195-202. 

Snelgrove RJ, Jackson PL, Hardison MT, Noerager BD, Kinlock A, Gaggar A, Shastry S, Rowe S, Shim YM, Hussel T, Blalock JE. A critical role for LATA4H in limiting chronic pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation. Science 2010;330:90-94.

Shim YM, Strieter RM. Role of LTB4 in the pathogenesis of elastase-induced murine pulmonary emphysema. American Journal of Physiology:Lung Cell and Molecular Physiology 2010;299:L749-L759.

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