Arnold Platzker, MD
Asthma; Cystic fibrosis; Chronic lung disease of infancy
Education
Boston City Hospital: Pediatrics
Boston City Hospital: Pediatrics; Stanford University Program: Chief Pediatric Resident; Stanford University Program: Pediatrics
Accomplishments
Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics; Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board of Pediatrics; Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: American Board of Pediatrics
Western Society of Pediatric Research; Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics; Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians; American Thoracic Society
Publications
Nield TA, Langenbacher D, Poulsen MK, Platzker ACG. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 3.5 years of age in children treated with extracorporeal life support (ECMO): relationship to primary diagnosis. J Pediatr, 136: 338-44, 2000
Colin AA, Rao S, Hunter J, Hanrahan J, Hiatt P, Kattan M, Koumbourlis A, Mellins RB, Platzker ACG, Ting A, Steinbach S, Wohl M. Forced expiratory flow in uninfected infants and young children born to HIV infected mothers. Amer J Respir Crit Care Med, 163: 865-73, 2001
Norton K, Kattan M, Rao S, Cleveland R, Trautwein L, Mellins R, Platzker ACG. Chronic roentgenographic changes in children with vertically transmitted HIV infection: results of the multi-center P2C2 HIV Study. Amer J Roentgenol, 176: 1553-58, 2001
Koumbourlis AC, Colin A, Hiatt P, Hunter J, Kattan M, Lewis K, McCarthy K, McConnell R, Mellins RB, Montague D, Peavy H, Platzker ACG, Rao S, Saiki K, Schluchter M, Steinbach S, Ting A, Weisner M, Wohl MEB. Comparison of indices of flow-limitation in partial expiratory flow-volume (PEVR) curves obtained with the thoraco-abdominal compression (RTC) technique. Submitted for publication
Platzker ACG, Kattan M, Mellins RB, Hunter J, Koumbourlis A, Shah A, Sunkle S, Wohl ME. Infant lung function and subsequent spirometry in children of HIV-infected mothers. In revision.
Research
Infant and childhood antecedents of adult lung disorders; Pulmonary disease in vertically transmitted HIV; Childhood asthma, inflammatory mediators and cigarette smoke exposure