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Paul Blanc, M.S.P.H., M.D.

Occupational lung disease specialist

Dr. Paul Blanc is chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Pulmonology and an expert in occupational medicine, internal medicine and medical toxicology. His research addresses asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in relation to the workplace and environmental factors as well as occupational and environmental toxicology, particularly in regards to the lung. He's the author of the book, "How Everyday Products Make People Sick."

Blanc earned a medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He completed a graduate degree in public health in industrial hygiene at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a former Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar and a Fulbright senior research fellow. He is a professor of medicine at UCSF.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Allergy and Immunology
400 Parnassus Ave., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2725
Fax: (415) 353-2568

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Chest Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0359
Phone: (415) 353-2961
Fax: (415) 353-2568

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Interstitial Lung Disease Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2577
Fax: (415) 353-2568

Hours: Friday
8 a.m. – noon

More about Paul Blanc

Additional Languages

Hebrew
Spanish

Education

Albert Einstein School of Medicine 1982

Residencies

Cook County Hospital, Internal Medicine 1985

Fellowships

Cook County Hospital, Occupational Medicine 1985
UCSF Medical Center, Occupational Medicine 1987

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Omachi TA, Blanc PD, Claman DM, Chen H, Yelin EH, Julian L, Katz PP. Disturbed sleep among COPD patients is longitudinally associated with mortality and adverse COPD outcomes. Sleep Med. 2012 May; 13(5):476-83.
  2. Varenika V, Blanc PD. A patient on RIPE therapy presenting with recurrent isoniazid-associated pleural effusions: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2011; 5:558.
  3. Singer JP, Chen H, Phelan T, Kukreja J, Golden JA, Blanc PD. Survival following lung transplantation for silicosis and other occupational lung diseases. Occup Med (Lond). 2012 Mar; 62(2):134-7.
  4. Blanc PD. Occupation and COPD: A Brief Review. J Asthma. 2012 Feb; 49(1):2-4.
  5. Singer JP, Blanc PD, Hoopes C, Golden JA, Koff JL, Leard LE, Cheng S, Chen H. The impact of pretransplant mechanical ventilation on short- and long-term survival after lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2011 Oct; 11(10):2197-204.
  6. Van Dyken SJ, Garcia D, Porter P, Huang X, Quinlan PJ, Blanc PD, Corry DB, Locksley RM. Fungal chitin from asthma-associated home environments induces eosinophilic lung infiltration. J Immunol. 2011 Sep 1; 187(5):2261-7.
  7. Katz P, Chen H, Omachi TA, Gregorich SE, Julian L, Cisternas M, Balmes J, Blanc PD. The role of physical inactivity in increasing disability among older adults with obstructive airway disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011 May-Jun; 31(3):193-7.
  8. Zutler M, Quinlan PJ, Blanc PD. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficient man presenting with lung function decline associated with dust exposure: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2011; 5:154.
  9. Omachi TA, Eisner MD, Rames A, Markovtsova L, Blanc PD. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 predicts pulmonary status declines in a1-antitrypsin deficiency. Respir Res. 2011; 12:35.
  10. Singer J, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Sanchez G, Iribarren C, Eisner MD, Blanc PD. Respiratory and skeletal muscle strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: impact on exercise capacity and lower extremity function. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011 Mar-Apr; 31(2):111-9.
  11. Turnbull JH, Gebauer SL, Miller BL, Barbaro NM, Blanc PD, Schumacher MA. Cutaneous nerve transection for the management of intractable upper extremity pain caused by invasive squamous cell carcinoma. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Jul; 42(1):126-33.
  12. Chen H, De Marco T, Kobashigawa EA, Katz PP, Chang VW, Blanc PD. Comparison of cardiac and pulmonary-specific quality-of-life measures in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2011 Sep; 38(3):608-16.
  13. Chen H, Cisternas MG, Katz PP, Omachi TA, Trupin L, Yelin EH, Balmes JR, Blanc PD. Evaluating quality of life in patients with asthma and rhinitis: English adaptation of the rhinasthma questionnaire. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Feb; 106(2):110-118.e1.
  14. Eisner MD, Iribarren C, Blanc PD, Yelin EH, Ackerson L, Byl N, Omachi TA, Sidney S, Katz PP. Development of disability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: beyond lung function. Thorax. 2011 Feb; 66(2):108-14.
  15. Thakur N, Blanc PD, Julian LJ, Yelin EH, Katz PP, Sidney S, Iribarren C, Eisner MD. COPD and cognitive impairment: the role of hypoxemia and oxygen therapy. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2010; 5:263-9.
  16. Katz PP, Morris A, Julian L, Omachi T, Yelin EH, Eisner MD, Blanc PD. Onset of depressive symptoms among adults with asthma: results from a longitudinal observational cohort. Prim Care Respir J. 2010 Sep; 19(3):223-30.
  17. Gillen M, Cisternas MG, Yen IH, Swig L, Rugulies R, Frank J, Blanc PD. Functional recovery following musculoskeletal injury in hospital workers. Occup Med (Lond). 2010 Oct; 60(7):532-9.
  18. Singer JP, Huang MY, Hui C, Blanc PD, Boettger RF, Golden J, Watkins K, Hoopes C, Leard LE. Supratherapeutic anticoagulation from low-molecular-weight heparin in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Sep; 29(9):1009-13.
  19. Kim-Katz SY, Anderson IB, Kearney TE, MacDougall C, Hudmon KS, Blanc PD. Topical antacid therapy for capsaicin-induced dermal pain: a poison center telephone-directed study. Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Jun; 28(5):596-602.
  20. Trupin L, Balmes JR, Chen H, Eisner MD, Hammond SK, Katz PP, Lurmann F, Quinlan PJ, Thorne PS, Yelin EH, Blanc PD. An integrated model of environmental factors in adult asthma lung function and disease severity: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health. 2010; 9:24.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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