Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Pulmonary Medicine, Medicine, Duke University 1993 - 1996
  • Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1989 - 1992
  • M.D., University of California, Irvine 1989
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2009 - 2018
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2005 - 2008
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 1999 - 2005
  • Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 1996 - 1999
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2020
  • Early Rehabilitation in Critical Care-Supine Cycling and Functional Electrical Stimulation 2014 - 2015
  • SAILS awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2014
  • Measuring/Improving Quality of Life in Acute Lung Injury awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
  • Treatment of Pulmonary Disease Following Spinal Cord Injury awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2001
  • The study of new therapies for sarcoidosis 1998 - 1999
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  External Relationships

  • Alston Bird
  • Alston Bird
  • Beytin McLaughlin
  • Carruthers Roth
  • Roberts Stevens
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Grissom, Colin K., Eliotte L. Hirshberg, Justin B. Dickerson, Samuel M. Brown, Michael J. Lanspa, Kathleen D. Liu, David Schoenfeld, et al. “Fluid management with a simplified conservative protocol for the acute respiratory distress syndrome*.” Crit Care Med 43, no. 2 (February 2015): 288–95. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000000715.
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    • Schell-Chaple, Hildy M., Kathleen A. Puntillo, Michael A. Matthay, Kathleen D. Liu, and Kathleen D. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. “Body temperature and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.” Am J Crit Care 24, no. 1 (January 2015): 15–23. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2015320.
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    • Catania, Jelena, Loretta G. Que, Joseph A. Govert, John W. Hollingsworth, and Cameron R. Wolfe. “High intensive care unit admission rate for 2013-2014 influenza is associated with a low rate of vaccination.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 189, no. 4 (February 15, 2014): 485–87. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201401-0066LE.
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    • Rosoff, Philip M., Kuldip R. Patel, Ann Scates, Gene Rhea, Paul W. Bush, and Joseph A. Govert. “Coping with critical drug shortages: an ethical approach for allocating scarce resources in hospitals.” Arch Intern Med 172, no. 19 (October 22, 2012): 1494–99. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4367.
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    • Turner, David A., Walter L. Williford, Michelle A. Peters, Janice J. Thalman, Ian R. Shearer, Richard J. Walczak, Michael Griffis, et al. “Development of a collaborative program to provide extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adults with refractory hypoxemia within the framework of a pandemic.” Pediatr Crit Care Med 12, no. 4 (July 2011): 426–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181ff41c1.
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    • Norfolk, Stephanie G., Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Cameron R. Wolfe, Joseph A. Govert, Loretta G. Que, Ira M. Cheifetz, and John W. Hollingsworth. “Rescue therapy in adult and pediatric patients with pH1N1 influenza infection: a tertiary center intensive care unit experience from April to October 2009.” Crit Care Med 38, no. 11 (November 2010): 2103–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f268f1.
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    • Unroe, Mark, Jeremy M. Kahn, Shannon S. Carson, Joseph A. Govert, Tereza Martinu, Shailaja J. Sathy, Alison S. Clay, et al. “One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study.” Ann Intern Med 153, no. 3 (August 3, 2010): 167–75. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00007.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., and Joseph A. Govert. “Assessing the comparative value of sedatives in the intensive care unit.” Crit Care Med 38, no. 2 (February 2010): 709–11. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bfeaf7.
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    • Ware, Lorraine B., Tatsuki Koyama, D Dean Billheimer, William Wu, Gordon R. Bernard, B Taylor Thompson, Roy G. Brower, et al. “Prognostic and pathogenetic value of combining clinical and biochemical indices in patients with acute lung injury.” Chest 137, no. 2 (February 2010): 288–96. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.09-1484.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., Tereza Martinu, Shailaja J. Sathy, Alison S. Clay, Jessica Chia, Alice L. Gray, Maren K. Olsen, Joseph A. Govert, Shannon S. Carson, and James A. Tulsky. “Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation.” Crit Care Med 37, no. 11 (November 2009): 2888–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ab86ed.
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    • Glassberg, Andrea E., John M. Luce, Michael A. Matthay, and Michael A. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Clinical Trials Network. “Reasons for nonenrollment in a clinical trial of acute lung injury.” Chest 134, no. 4 (October 2008): 719–23. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.08-0633.
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    • Carson, Shannon S., Joanne Garrett, Laura C. Hanson, Joyce Lanier, Joe Govert, Mary C. Brake, Dante L. Landucci, Christopher E. Cox, and Timothy S. Carey. “A prognostic model for one-year mortality in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation.” Crit Care Med 36, no. 7 (July 2008): 2061–69. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817b8925.
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    • Phua, Ghee-Chee, and Joseph Govert. “Mechanical ventilation in an airborne epidemic.” Clin Chest Med 29, no. 2 (June 2008): 323–vii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2008.01.001.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., Shelby D. Reed, Joseph A. Govert, Jo E. Rodgers, Stacy Campbell-Bright, John P. Kress, and Shannon S. Carson. “Economic evaluation of propofol and lorazepam for critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.” Crit Care Med 36, no. 3 (March 2008): 706–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0B013E3181544248.
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    • Reddy, Anita J., Joseph A. Govert, Thomas A. Sporn, and Momen M. Wahidi. “Broncholith removal using cryotherapy during flexible bronchoscopy: a case report.” Chest 132, no. 5 (November 2007): 1661–63. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.07-0739.
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    • Clay, A. S., L. G. Que, J. A. Govert, and K. M. Andolsek. “"A rose by any other name"? Toward a common terminology in simulation education and assessment [6].” Critical Care Medicine 35, no. 9 (September 1, 2007): 2238. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000281641.66736.90.
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    • Wahidi, Momen M., Joseph A. Govert, Ranjit K. Goudar, Michael K. Gould, Douglas C. McCrory, and Douglas C. American College of Chest Physicians. “Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition).” Chest 132, no. 3 Suppl (September 2007): 94S-107S. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.07-1352.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., Shannon S. Carson, Joseph A. Govert, Lakshmipathi Chelluri, and Gillian D. Sanders. “An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilation.” Crit Care Med 35, no. 8 (August 2007): 1918–27. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000275391.35834.10.
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    • Ware, Lorraine B., Michael A. Matthay, Polly E. Parsons, B Taylor Thompson, James L. Januzzi, Mark D. Eisner, and Mark D. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Trials Network. “Pathogenetic and prognostic significance of altered coagulation and fibrinolysis in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.” Crit Care Med 35, no. 8 (August 2007): 1821–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000221922.08878.49.
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    • Clay, Alison S., Loretta Que, Emil R. Petrusa, Mark Sebastian, and Joseph Govert. “Debriefing in the intensive care unit: a feedback tool to facilitate bedside teaching.” Crit Care Med 35, no. 3 (March 2007): 738–54. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000257329.22025.18.
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    • McClintock, Dana E., Lorraine B. Ware, Mark D. Eisner, Nancy Wickersham, B Taylor Thompson, Michael A. Matthay, and Michael A. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ARDS Network. “Higher urine nitric oxide is associated with improved outcomes in patients with acute lung injury.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175, no. 3 (February 1, 2007): 256–62. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200607-947OC.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., Shannon S. Carson, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Maren K. Olsen, Joseph A. Govert, Lakshmipathi Chelluri, and Lakshmipathi Quality of Life After Mechanical Ventilation in the Aged (QOL-MV) Investigators. “Differences in one-year health outcomes and resource utilization by definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study.” Crit Care 11, no. 1 (2007): R9. https://doi.org/10.1186/cc5667.
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    • McClintock, Dana E., Barry Starcher, Mark D. Eisner, B Taylor Thompson, Doug L. Hayden, Gwynne D. Church, Michael A. Matthay, and Michael A. National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Trials Network. “Higher urine desmosine levels are associated with mortality in patients with acute lung injury.” Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 291, no. 4 (October 2006): L566–71. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00457.2005.
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    • Roggli, Victor L., Claude A. Piantadosi, Neil R. MacIntyre, Stephen L. Young, Peter S. Kussin, Mark P. Steele, Martha Sue Carraway, et al. “Physician subsidies for tobacco advertising.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173, no. 2 (January 15, 2006): 246. https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.173.2.246.
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    • Cox, C. E., J. A. Govert, H. Shanawani, and A. P. Abernethy. “Providing palliative care for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit: Part 2: Withdrawing ventilation.” Progress in Palliative Care 13, no. 3 (September 21, 2005): 133–37. https://doi.org/10.1179/096992605X48642.
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    • Cox, C. E., J. A. Govert, H. Shanawani, and A. P. Abernethy. “Providing palliative care for patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Part I: Invasive and non-invasive ventilation.” Progress in Palliative Care 13, no. 2 (June 30, 2005): 63–69. https://doi.org/10.1179/096992605X42404.
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    • Wahidi, Momen M., Ana T. Rocha, John W. Hollingsworth, Joseph A. Govert, David Feller-Kopman, and Armin Ernst. “Contraindications and safety of transbronchial lung biopsy via flexible bronchoscopy. A survey of pulmonologists and review of the literature.” Respiration 72, no. 3 (May 2005): 285–95. https://doi.org/10.1159/000085370.
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    • Govert, Joseph A. “Another excuse bites the dust: low tidal volume ventilation does not increase sedation use.” Crit Care Med 33, no. 4 (April 2005): 903–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000159693.52183.2e.
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    • Hadjiliadis, Denis, Mark P. Steele, Joseph A. Govert, R Duane Davis, and Scott M. Palmer. “Outcome of lung transplant patients admitted to the medical ICU.” Chest 125, no. 3 (March 2004): 1040–45. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.125.3.1040.
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    • Maccioli, Gerald A., Todd Dorman, Brent R. Brown, John E. Mazuski, Barbara A. McLean, Joanne M. Kuszaj, Stanley H. Rosenbaum, et al. “Clinical practice guidelines for the maintenance of patient physical safety in the intensive care unit: use of restraining therapies--American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2001-2002.” Crit Care Med 31, no. 11 (November 2003): 2665–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000095463.72353.AD.
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    • Cox, Christopher E., Shannon S. Carson, E Wesley Ely, Joseph A. Govert, Joanne M. Garrett, Roy G. Brower, David G. Morris, et al. “Effectiveness of medical resident education in mechanical ventilation.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200206-624OC.
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    • Ahearn, Gregory S., Denis Hadjiliadis, Joseph A. Govert, and Victor F. Tapson. “Massive pulmonary embolism during pregnancy successfully treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: a case report and review of treatment options.” Arch Intern Med 162, no. 11 (June 10, 2002): 1221–27. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.11.1221.
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    • Samsa, Gregory P., Joseph Govert, David B. Matchar, and Douglas C. McCrory. “Use of data from nonrandomized trial designs in evidence reports: an application to treatment of pulmonary disease following spinal cord injury.” J Rehabil Res Dev 39, no. 1 (January 2002): 41–52.
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    • Wahidi, M. M., J. Sago, J. A. Govert, and E. G. Schreiber. “Upper airway obstruction in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.” Journal of Bronchology 9, no. 4 (January 1, 2002): 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1097/00128594-200210000-00008.
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    • McCrory, D. C., G. P. Samsa, B. B. Hamilton, J. A. Govert, D. B. Matchar, R. E. Goslin, and J. T. Kolimaga. “Treatment of pulmonary disease following cervical spinal cord injury.” Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ), no. 27 (June 2001): 1–4.
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    • Hadjiliadis, D., and J. A. Govert. “Methemoglobinemia after infusion of ifosfamide chemotherapy: first report of a potentially serious adverse reaction related to ifosfamide.” Chest 118, no. 4 (October 2000): 1208–10. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.118.4.1208.
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    • Ahearn, G. S., D. Hadjiliadis, V. F. Tapson, and J. A. Govert. “Thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) in the first trimester of pregnancy after massive pulmonary embolism (PE).” Chest 116, no. 4 SUPPL. 2 (December 1, 1999).
    • Hadjiliadis, D., and J. A. Govert. “Methemoglobinemia after infusion of ifosfamide chemotherapy.” Chest 116, no. 4 SUPPL. 2 (December 1, 1999).
    • Govert, J. A., L. G. Dodd, P. S. Kussin, and W. M. Samuelson. “A prospective comparison of fiberoptic transbronchial needle aspiration and bronchial biopsy for bronchoscopically visible lung carcinoma.” Cancer 87, no. 3 (June 25, 1999): 129–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990625)87:3<129::aid-cncr5>3.0.co;2-g.
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    • Baz, M. A., D. T. Layisch, J. A. Govert, D. N. Howell, C. M. Lawrence, R. D. Davis, and V. F. Tapson. “Diagnostic yield of bronchoscopies after isolated lung transplantation.” Pneumologie 51, no. 3 (December 1, 1997).
    • Chau, C. H., W. W. Yeu, P. C. Wong, J. Lee, and C. F. Wong. “Usefulness of collecting routine cytologic specimens during fiberoptic bronchoscopy for endoscopically visible and nonvisible lung carcinoma.” Chest 111, no. 2 (February 1997): 522–23. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.111.2.522.
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    • Layish Daniel, T., J. A. Govert, and R. A. Radtke. “Physician practices in the diagnostic evaluation of suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).” Chest 110, no. 4 SUPPL. (October 1, 1996).
    • Layish Daniel, T., J. A. Govert, and R. A. Radtke. “Variation in physician threshold to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).” Chest 110, no. 4 SUPPL. (October 1, 1996).
    • Govert, J. A., J. M. Kopita, D. Matchar, P. S. Kussin, and W. M. Samuelson. “Cost-effectiveness of collecting routine cytologic specimens during fiberoptic bronchoscopy for endoscopically visible lung tumor.” Chest 109, no. 2 (February 1996): 451–56. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.109.2.451.
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    • Beauchamp, C., E. C. Westman, and J. A. Govert. “Treatment of acute myocardial infarction.” N Engl J Med 329, no. 6 (August 5, 1993): 430. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199308053290613.
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    • Govert, J. A., S. Patton, and R. L. Fine. “Pancytopenia from using trimethoprim and methotrexate.” Ann Intern Med 117, no. 10 (November 15, 1992): 877–78. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-117-10-877_2.
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