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Physician: Thomas King, M.D.

Dr. Thomas King

New York-Presbyterian Hospital/The Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

520 East 70th Street
Starr Building, Suite 505
New York, NY 10021
phone: 212-746-2250
fax: 212-746-8808

Education:
M.B., Ch.B.  University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United
 Kingdom

Post-doctoral Training:
House Physician/House Surgeon, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast,
 Northern Ireland

Junior/ Senior Tutor, Queens University and Royal Victoria
 Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Fellow, Nuffield Foundation Welsh National Medical School
 Cardiff, United Kingdom

Fellow, Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, Columbia University
 Division of Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY

Academic Positions:
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of
 Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York,
 NY

Associate Professor of Biophysics in Physiology, Weill Medical
 College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital,
 New York, NY

Hospital Appointments:
Associate Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital-
 Weill Cornell Center, New York, NY

Post-graduate degrees and board certifications:
M.D.  University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Fellowship: Royal College of Physicians, London, United
 Kingdom

Fellowship: American College of Chest Physicians

Honors and Awards:
Wu Chung Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong (1981)

William Harris Visiting Professor, University of Taiwan (1989,
 1997)

Pulmonary Academic Award National Institutes of Health US
 (1972-1977)

Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award, Weill Medical College (1982)

Senior List for Excellence in Teaching, Weill Medical College
 (ASK DEAN'S OFFICE)

Scientific Publications:
  • King TKC and Briscoe WA: Blood gas exchange in emphysema: an example illustrating method of calculation. J. Appl.Physiol. 23:672-682, 1967.
  • King TKC and Briscoe WA: The distribution of ventilation perfusion, lung volume and transfer factor (diffusing capacity) in patients with obstructive lung disease. Clin. Sci. 35:153-170, 1968.
  • King TKC and Yu D: Factors determining the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in chronic obstructive airways disease. Clin.Sci. 39:653-662, 1970.
  • King TKC, Weber B, Okinaka A, Friedman SA, Smith JP, Briscoe WA: Oxygen transfer in catastrophic respiratory failure: Chest 65:40S-44S, 1974.
  • Arndt H, King TKC and Briscoe WA: Diffusing capacities and ventilation perfusion ratios in patients with the clinical syndrome of alveolar capillary block. J. Clin. Invest. 49:408-422, 1970.
  • Johri S, Sivjee K, Rahaghi F, Jules-Elysee K, Urban M, Fleider D, Kelsey W, Boachie-Adjei O, King TKC: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Findings in Patients Undergoing Complex Spinal Surgeries. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. Vol. 167; p A 623, 2003.