Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH

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Education

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, BA, 1974, Liberal Arts
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA MSPH, 1977, Industrial Hygiene
Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY, MD, 1982, Medicine

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Professional Experience

• 1976
  Industrial Hygiene Trainee, Shell Oil Company, New Orleans
• 1978
  Research Intern, California Public Policy Center, Los Angeles
• 1982-1985
  Internal and Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago
• 1985-1987
  Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
• 1987-1988
  Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, Israel
• 1988-1989
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
• 1989-1994
  Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
• 1994-2000
  Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF
• 2000-present
  Professor of Medicine, UCSF
• 2001-present
  Endowed Chair, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UCSF

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Honors & Awards

• 1975-1977
  NIOSH Training Grant, Harvard School of Public Health
• 1985-1987
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar
• 1987-1988
  Fulbright Award, Senior Research Fellow
• 1989-1991
  Research Award, American Lung Association of California Research Fund
• 1990-1993
  Special Emphasis Research Career Award, NIOSH (CDC)
• 1991-1994
  New Investigator Award, UC Tobacco Related Diseases Research Program
• 1998
  Burroughs Wellcome Travel Award
• 1999
  Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellow
• 2002
  Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome
• 2005
  Dozer Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
• 2007
  Jubilee Medal recipient, Swedish Medical Society, Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Selected 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8. Redlich CA, Blanc PD, Gulati M, Kuschner WG. Preface. Clin Chest Med. 2012 Dec; 33(4):xi-xii.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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