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

Occupational lung disease specialist

Dr. Paul Blanc is chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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 (UC Press).

Blanc earned a medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He completed a master's 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. He is also a consulting physician with the California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division.

Clinics

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.

Conditions & Treatments

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Additional Languages

Hebrew
Spanish

Education

Harvard School of Public Health 1978
Albert Einstein School of Medicine 1982

Residencies

Cook County Hospital, Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine 1985

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars 1987

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Fishwick D, Darby A, Hnizdo E, Barber C, Sumner J, Barraclough R, Bolton C, Burge S, Calverley P, Hopkinson N, Hoyle J, Lawson R, Niven R, Pickering T, Prowse K, Reid P, Warburton C, Blanc PD. COPD Causation and Workplace Exposures: An Assessment of Agreement among Expert Clinical Raters. COPD. 2013 Apr; 10(2):172-9.
  2. Moitra S, Blanc PD, Sahu S. Adverse respiratory effects associated with cadmium exposure in small-scale jewellery workshops in India. Thorax. 2013 Jun; 68(6):565-70.
  3. Kim JL, Blanc PD, Villani S, Olivieri M, Urrutia I, van Sprundel M, Storaas T, Le Moual N, Zock JP, Torén K. Predictors of respiratory sickness absence: An international population-based study. Am J Ind Med. 2013 May; 56(5):541-9.
  4. Singer JP, Chen J, Blanc PD, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Chen H. A thematic analysis of quality of life in lung transplant: the existing evidence and implications for future directions. Am J Transplant. 2013 Apr; 13(4):839-50.
  5. Blanc PD, Quinlan PJ, Katz PP, Balmes JR, Trupin L, Cisternas MG, Wymer L, Vesper SJ. Higher environmental relative moldiness index values measured in homes of adults with asthma, rhinitis, or both conditions. Environ Res. 2013 Apr; 122:98-101.
  6. Gordon B, Moshe S, Blanc PD, Derazne E, Tzur D, Afek A, Shamiss A. The association between occupation and the incidence of knee disorders in young military recruits. Mil Med. 2013 Jan; 178(1):61-7.
  7. Trupin L, Katz PP, Balmes JR, Chen H, Yelin EH, Omachi T, Blanc PD. Mediators of the socioeconomic gradient in outcomes of adult asthma and rhinitis. Am J Public Health. 2013 Feb; 103(2):e31-8.
  8. Redlich CA, Blanc PD, Gulati M, Kuschner WG. Preface. Clin Chest Med. 2012 Dec; 33(4):xi-xii.
  9. Dinicola G, Julian L, Gregorich SE, Blanc PD, Katz PP. The role of social support in anxiety for persons with COPD. J Psychosom Res. 2013 Feb; 74(2):110-5.
  10. Roubinian N, Elliott CG, Barnett CF, Blanc PD, Chen J, De Marco T, Chen H. Effects of commercial air travel on patients with pulmonary hypertension air travel and pulmonary hypertension. Chest. 2012 Oct; 142(4):885-92.
  11. Fireman E, Shai AB, Lerman Y, Topilsky M, Blanc PD, Maier L, Li L, Chandra S, Abraham JM, Fomin I, Aviram G, Abraham JL. Chest wall shrapnel-induced beryllium-sensitization and associated pulmonary disease. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2012 Oct; 29(2):147-50.
  12. Omachi TA, Sarkar U, Yelin EH, Blanc PD, Katz PP. Lower Health Literacy is Associated with Poorer Health Status and Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Jan; 28(1):74-81.
  13. Kramer MR, Blanc PD, Fireman E, Amital A, Guber A, Rhahman NA, Shitrit D. Artificial stone silicosis: disease resurgence among artificial stone workers. Chest. 2012 Aug; 142(2):419-24.
  14. Darby AC, Waterhouse JC, Stevens V, Billings CG, Billings CG, Burton CM, Young C, Wight J, Blanc PD, Fishwick D. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among residents of an historically industrialised area. Thorax. 2012 Oct; 67(10):901-7.
  15. Blanc PD, Chin C, Lynch KL. Multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy associated with cocaine abuse: is levamisole responsible? Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2012 Jul; 50(6):534-5; author reply 536.
  16. Singer JP, Katz PP, Iribarren C, Omachi TA, Sanchez G, Yelin EH, Cisternas MG, Blanc PD. Both Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Factors Predict the Development of Disability in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Respiration. 2012 Jun 9.
  17. Zutler M, Singer JP, Omachi TA, Eisner M, Iribarren C, Katz P, Blanc PD. Relationship of obesity with respiratory symptoms and decreased functional capacity in adults without established COPD. Prim Care Respir J. 2012 Jun; 21(2):194-201.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Armenian P, Gerona RR, Blanc PD, Wu AH, Mookherjee S. 5-oxoprolinemia causing elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis in the setting of acetaminophen use. J Emerg Med. 2012 Jul; 43(1):54-7.

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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