CURRICULUM VITAE

CME & Conferences attended since 2000:

3 SEP Pulmonary Modules, ABIM, 2000
Sleep Medicine, ACCP Course, Chicago, May, 2000
Tuberculosis Core Curriculum, CDC, January, 2001
Pulmonary Fibrosis- New Modalities of Therapy, Orlando, April 2001
Sleep Disorders-Training for Physicians - Columbia, SC, September 2001
Divers Alert Network -- 44th Diving Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine Course, Turks & Caicos, April 2002
AMA Physician's Recognition Award in CME, July 1, 2002 - July 1, 2005
ACLS Recertification, January 2007
Snoring and Sleep Apnea - Univ. of Pennsylvania 9th Annual Course, Disney World, February 14-16, 2003
Restless Legs Syndrome: Intellyst Conference, Cleveland, June 14, 2003
New Strategies for COPD - Sponsored by Glaxo; San Francisco, January 9-10, 2004
Sleep Medicine, ACCP Course, Phoenix, January 29-Feb 1, 2004
Sleep Apnea: Primary Management for a Common Disease. Case School of Medicine, Sept 18, 2004
ACLS Recertification, September 2004
Case Weatherhead School of Business - Physician Executive Institute - Management Core, October-December, 2004
Awakenings: Shedding Light on Sleep Disorders: Intellyst Conference, Cleveland, December 4, 2004
ASSM Advanced Sleep Medicine Course, Miami Beach, February 4-6, 2005
ASSM Board Review in Sleep Medicine Course, Chicago, October 6-8, 2006

Polysomnography Scoring Workshop, Ashland, OR June 1-3, 2007 (21 credit hours)
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Board Review for Sleep Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, August 23-27, 2007 (21 credit hours)
Loma Linda University Essentials of Sleep Medicine (Video CD) – 17 credit hours
ACCP Mini-Board Preparation Course, October 20, 2007, Chicago (6.5 credit hours)
Case-UH ‘Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Physicians’, April 26, 2008 (Conference Director; 4 credit hours)
ACLS Test Preparation & Review, Focused Medical Information, July 4, 2009 (10 credit hours)
Interpreting Sleep Studies. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Darien, IL, Oct 21-23, 2010 (20 credit hours)
Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Clinical Practice, ACCP, Northbrook, IL. April 27-28, 2013 (14.5 credit hours)
ACLS Certification. American Heart Association Course, April-May, 2013 (9.75 credit hours)

HONORS:
1983 - Recipient of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center's annual Julius E. Goodman Award for Teaching and Clinical Service.

1999 - Recipient of the Mortimer Siegel Award, conferred by Mt. Sinai house staff for "distinguished achievements as an attending medical clinician and...contributions to the advancement of medical education."

2003 - Subspecialist House Staff Teaching Award: Richmond Heights Hospital.

2011 - Subspecialist House Staff Teaching Award: Richmond Heights Hospital.

GRANTS: Recipient of Haas Fund Grants over the years for development of computer teaching programs(see Medical Computing).

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TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Medical Students - Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland

1976 to 1999 - Clinical supervisor for CWRU students rotating through Pulmonary Service at The Mt. Sinai Medical Center.

1976 to 1999 - Lecturer, core curriculum topics, to third-year students doing their medicine clerkship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center.

1977 to 2003 - Participant as small group leader and classroom lecturer in pulmonary pathophysiology courses during the first two years of medical school. Classroom lectures delivered to CWRU medical students past several years include 'Introduction to Respiratory Disease', 'Alveolar Ventilation', 'Acid-Base Balance', 'Oxygenation', 'Ventilation-Perfusion Imbalance', 'Pleural Effusions/Pleural Disease', 'Asthma', 'Respiratory Failure' and 'Pulmonary Embolism'.

1979 - 1986 - Chairman, CWRU Phase II Pulmonary Pathophysiology Committee responsible for organizing and teaching pulmonary medicine during the second year medical school curriculum.

1979 through 1987 - Nominated yearly for CWRU Teaching Excellence Award

1981 to 1999 - Organizer and leader of pulmonary teaching lab, conducted at Mt. Sinai Hospital's Pulmonary Laboratory, for first year medical students during pulmonary pathophysiology course.

1983 - 1986 - Member, CWRU Curriculum Renewal Subcommittee on Computers in Medical Education.

1987 - 1993 - Chairman, Pulmonary section of Clinically-Oriented Problem Solving course (held during 2nd year of medical school)

1998-2000 - Mt. Sinai representative, Faculty Counsel, CWRU School of Medicine (Appointment through 2001, but Mt. Sinai Hospital closed 2/28/2000)

Medical House Staff Mt. Sinai Medical Center - - activities through June 1999, when residency training program at Mt. Sinai Hospital was discontinued

• Bimonthly didactic teaching sessions with medical house staff.
• Biweekly chest x-ray review conferences with medical house staff.
• Daily teaching rounds in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.
• Supervisor of medical resident during his or her monthly rotation on the pulmonary consultation service.
• Developed 'Teaching Computer' dedicated to teaching and bibliographic searching (with programming help of Mr. Brian Jeffreys; See also Medical Computing)

UHHS Richmond Heights Hospital - from July 2001

Classroom lectures to house staff

World Class Quiz, 1979-2001
Creator of annual 'World Class Quiz in Pulmonary Medicine and Physiology'. Annually from 1979 to 1999 this Quiz was offered to Mt. Sinai medical house staff as a review of material covered during the year in rounds and conferences. In 1997 it was also posted on the internet and drew participants from all over the world. After Mt. Sinai Hospital closed, the 2001 version was offered to house staff at University Hospitals Health System hospitals and also put on the internet.

CWRU Pulmonary Fellows, 1976-1994
Supervisor of CWRU pulmonary fellows rotating through The Mt. Sinai Medical Center. Due to downsizing of CWRU's fellowship program, the rotation to community hospitals, including Mt. Sinai, ceased June 1994. List of all CWRU pulmonary fellows trained available on request.

Attending Physicians
Many invited lectures and presentations given for CME credit (see list).

Pulmonary Courses for Attending Physicians

Organized and delivered biannual series of lectures at Mt. Sinai. Each has been accompanied by extensive syllabus material and CWRU-sponsored CME credit. Approximately 50 physicians attended each course. (In the last 3 courses I was assisted by other members of the Mt. Sinai staff).

1978 (May-June, 6 hours) - Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases
1980 (May-June, 5 hours) - Pulmonary Function Testing for the General Internist
1982 (May-June, 5 hours) - Pulmonary Medicine for the Internist
1984 (May-June, 5 hours) - Intensive Care for the Non-Intensivist

Respiratory Therapists

1976 to present - In-service lectures for respiratory therapists throughout the year.

1982 - 1987 Physician Instructor for Cuyahoga Community College Respiratory Therapy students rotating through Mt. Sinai Medical Center. In 1986 Mt. Sinai received a Program Excellence Award, given by the Ohio Board of Regents and Cuyahoga Community College for our work in this area.

Physician Assistants

1989 to 1994 - Physician instructor for Cuyahoga Community College's annual Physicians' Assistants Board Review Course.

The Lay Public

1977 to present - Participant in Mt. Sinai's Medical Speakers Bureau (hospital closed in 2000). Now give occasional talks to lay public via Richmond Medical Center's Speakers' Bureau.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

Administrative Activities while at Mt. Sinai Hospital

1979-80 - Grant Reviewer, Ohio Thoracic Society.
1979-80 - Grant Reviewer, Northeast Ohio Affiliate of American Heart Association.
1980-83 - Elected member of CWRU School of Medicine's Committee on Continuing Medical Education.
1981-87 - Member, Respiratory Therapy Advisory Board, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio.
1983-86 - Member of the Faculty Council, CWRU School of Medicine.
1981-90 - Chairman, Mt. Sinai Medical Records Committee
1979-90 - Continuing Medical Education Committee, Mt. Sinai
1984-90 - Intensive Care Joint Practice Committee (Chairman, 1984-86)
1985-91 - Medical Ethics Advisory Committee
1990-95 - House Staff Residency Competency Committee
1994 - Committee for Legal Hearing on House Staff Disciplinary Issue

Other Committee (comm.) memberships during tenure at Mt. Sinai Medical Center (date joined in parentheses). Medical Council (1978); Physician-Nurse Task Force Committee (1980); Data Processing Comm. (1982); Dept. of Medicine Budget Comm. (1983); Information Systems Steering Comm. (1985); Medical Advisory Comm., Dept. of Medicine (1980); Hospital Quality Assurance Comm. (1988); Comm. for Implementation of Hospital Information System (1995); Dept. of Medicine Division Chiefs Comm. (1990); Hospital Medical Ethics Comm. (1987); Joint ICU Comm. (1987); Medical Management Comm. (1998); Board of Trustees, Mt. Sinai Physicians Association (1999)

Current Administrative Activities (UH Richmond Medical Center, Richmond Hts., Ohio)

• Chairman, Department of Medicine
• Co-Chairman, Ethics Committee
• Chairman, Utilization Review Committee
• Member, Medical Executive Committee

Past Administrative Activities (UH Richmond Medical Center, Richmond Hts., Ohio)

·         Medical Director, Case Management, 2001-2007

• 2004 - 2007: Creator, co-editor and editorialist of Richmond Hts. Hospital's newsletter for physicians, UR-Physician. All issues of this newsletter are on Richmond Hts. Hospital's web site. On home page click on 'For UHHS-RHH Medical Staff', and enter username "richmond" and password "chardon"; this will link to a page where the newsletters are listed by date.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

1976 to Feb 2000, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland - Daily responsibility for in- and out-patient pulmonary consultations; daily ICU rounds and all other activities normally connected with a hospital-based practice of pulmonary medicine.

1990 - 1994 - Attending Physician, General Medical Service, one month/year

1990 - 1999 - Chief of Service, General Medical Service, one month/year

April 2000 to present - Continued practice of pulmonary & sleep medicine with University Hospitals Medical Practice (UHMP) - Specialty Division

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES AND LEGAL MEDICINE

From 1976 - 1990: Examiner of applicants for black lung (coal workers' pneumoconiosis) benefits, referred by U.S. Department of Labor.

From 1981 - present: Reviewer for Ohio Industrial Commission and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, on cases relating to possible occupational respiratory disease, including asthma, emphysema, asbestosis, berylliosis, silicosis, lung cancer, and others.

From 1982 - present: Medical expert, Ohio State Attorney General's Office, on pulmonary-related cases filed in civil court.

From 1982 - present: Medical expert, for various law firms, on selected cases of medical malpractice and product liability.

See also on-line papers and reviews:

• Martin L. Pitfalls in Diagnosis of Occupational Lung Disease for Purposes of Compensation: One physician's Perspective, at http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmonary/papers/pitfalls/pitfalls-intro.html
• Martin L. Index to multiple web sites on asbestos (Asbestos primer, editorial on asbestos litigation, critiques of asbestos medical articles, slide presentation on the asbestos screening scam, etc.), all at http://www.lakesidepress.com/Asbestos/asbestos-index.htm
• Martin L. Occupational Asthma, at http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmonary/OccupationalAsthma.htm

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IN SLEEP MEDICINE

Sleep Medicine Courses

·         Sleep Medicine, ACCP Course, in Chicago, May 2000

·         Sleep Disorders for Physicians, SleepMed Corporation, Columbia, SC, September 2001

·         Snoring & Sleep Apnea, Univ. Pennsylvania Course, in Disney World, February 2003

·         Restless Legs Syndrome: Intellyst Conference, Cleveland, June 14, 2003

·         Sleep Medicine, ACCP Course, Phoenix, AZ, January 29-Feb 1, 2004

·         Sleep Apnea: Primary Management for a Common Disease. Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, Sept 18, 2004

·         Awakenings: Shedding Light on Sleep Disorders: Intellyst Conference, Cleveland, December 4, 2004

·         ASSM Advanced Sleep Medicine Course, Miami Beach, February 4-6, 2005

·         ASSM Board Review in Sleep Medicine Course, Chicago, October 6-8, 2006

·         Interpreting Polysomnograms – April 28, 2007 – SleepMed Corporation, Columbia, SC

·         Polysomnography Scoring Workshop, Ashland, OR, June 1-3-, 2007 (21 credit hours)

·         American College of Chest Physicians Board Review for Sleep Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, August 23-27, 2007 (21 credit hours)

·         Loma Linda University Essentials of Sleep Medicine - (Video CD, 17 credit hours)

·         ACCP Mini-Board Preparation Course, October 20, 2007, Chicago (6.5 credit hours)

·         Created and organized Case-UH Symposium ‘Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Physicians’, April 26, 2008 at Embassy Suites, Beachwood, OH (4 credit hours)

·         Interpreting Sleep Studies. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Darien, IL, Oct 21-23, 2010. (20 credit hours)

·         Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Clinical Practice. ACCP, Northbrook, IL. April 27-28, 2013. (14.5 credit hours).

Authored Questions on Sleep Medicine for Board Vitals on-line exams, 2015.

Clinical Sleep Medicine

Co-director,Mt. Sinai Sleep Lab, September 1998 through February 2000 (when Mt. Sinai closed); during this period provided written interpretations on sleep studies, approximately 5/month.

August 2000 to present: Sleep Medicine physician for University Mednet/UPCP/UHMP; evaluate patients with sleep-related complaints, arrange for polysomnograms when indicated, and interpret sleep studies (@ 40 studies/month).

June 2001 to present: Co-director, Sleep Lab at UH Richmond Medical Center.

ABIM Certified in Sleep Medicine, November 2007

Web sites on various topics related to sleep medicine (for professionals and lay audience), at Sleep Medicine for Patients and their Families

August, 2011 - Kryger MH, Rosenberg R, Pegram GV, Jr., Martin L. Kryger's Sleep Medicine Review: A Problem Oriented Approach, Saunders Elsevier, 2011 (1st Edition).

2nd Edition published 2015.

Oct 15, 2011 - Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine - On-line Webinar for Sleep Board Preparation (2 hour Q & A session).

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INVITED LECTURES

(*Sponsored by Regional Program for Continuing Medical Education, Case Western Reserve University.)

1976

December - Veterans Administration Hospital Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Acid-Base Disorders in Pulmonary Disease'

1977
May - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Granulomatous Pleural Disease'
August - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Acid-Base Disorders in Pulmonary Disease'
November 4 - CPC guest discussant, Highland View Hospital, Cleveland
November 5 - Guest Speaker, Cleveland Surgical Society - 'Pathophysiology of the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome'

1978
January - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome'
March 11 - CWRU Medical Grand Rounds - 'Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome'
July 21 - CWRU Medial Therapeutics - 'Acute Respiratory Failure' - Part I
* August 2 - Medical Grand Rounds, Parma Community General Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases'
August 11 - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - Acute Respiratory Failure - Part II
October - CWRU Medical Grand Rounds - 'Pulmonary Infiltrate with Eosinophilia'
* December 14 - Medical Grand Rounds, Parma Community General Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Respiratory Care - Ventilator Management'

1979
May 5 - CWRU Medical Grand Rounds - 'Management of Severe Asthma Attack'
July 17 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - "Diagnosing Acid-Base Disorders'
July 24 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Pleural Effusions - Diagnostic Aspects'
September - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - 'Dyspnea: Evaluation and Management of Difficult Breathing'
October 24 - Medical Grand Rounds, Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, Ohio - 'Acute Respiratory Failure'
November 9 - American Lung Association of the Western Reserve, Painesville, Ohio - 'Indications for Arterial Blood Gases'
* November 10 - Medical Grand Rounds, Barberton Citizens Hospital, Barberton, Ohio - 'Blood Gases and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease'
* December 8 - Medical Grand Rounds, Elyria Memorial Hospital, Elyria, Ohio - 'Interpretation of Pulmonary Laboratory Tests'
* December 15 - CWRU Medical Grand Rounds - 'Adult Cystic Fibrosis'

1980
January 9 - 'Update on Pulmonary Disorders', Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases' and 'Treatment of Severe Asthma'
February 22 - Doctors Club and Study Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - 'Respiratory Failure - The Clinical Spectrum' (a 5-hour course)
* February 26 - Medical Grand Rounds, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Blood Gases and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease'
March - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - 'Management of Severe Asthma'
March 29 - Seminar in Medical Therapeutics, Lorain Community Hospital, Lorain, Ohio - 'The Clinical Use of Bronchodilators'
* July 2 - Medical Grand Rounds, Southwest General Hospital, Cleveland - 'Dyspnea and the Differential Diagnosis of Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases'
July 8 - Medical Grand Rounds, Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, Ohio - 'Pulmonary Embolism'
* July 23 - Community Health Grand Rounds, Cleveland Area Health Education Center - 'Dyspnea and the Differential Diagnosis of Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases'
July 29 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Pleural Effusions - Diagnostic Aspects'
August 5 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases'
September 3 - American College of Physicians Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program V - 'Respiratory Failure' and 'Pleural Effusions and Disease'
September 19 - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - 'Update in Pulmonary Diseases - Pulmonary Embolism'
October 18 - Medical Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland - 'Management of Severe Asthma'
December 13 - Seminar in Hemodynamic Monitoring and Critical Care, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh - 'Pathophysiology of Acute Respiratory Failure; and 'Ventilatory Support and Respiratory Management'

1981
May 20 - Ohio State Medical Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland - 'Respiratory Failure and the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome'
June 12 - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - 'Pleural Effusions and Pleural Disease'
* June 14 - Medical Grand Rounds, Suburban Community Hospital, Warrensville Heights, Ohio - 'Diagnosis and Management of Severe Asthma'
* June 24 - Medical Grand Rounds, Parma Community General Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Oxygen and Ventilator Equipment - How and When to Use'
August 4 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Clinical Interpretation of Blood Gases'
August 11 - VA Pulmonary Grand Rounds - 'Pleural Effusions and Pleural Disease'
* October 27 - Kaiser Hospital Grand Rounds, Parma, Ohio - 'Management of Severe Asthma'

1982
January 13 - Conference on 'Pulmonary Medicine For The Practicing Physician', sponsored by Fairview General Hospital - Talk on 'Controversies in Pulmonary Embolism'
February 12 - CWRU Medical Therapeutics - 'Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism'
April 3 - Lorain Community Hospital Grand Rounds, Lorain, Ohio - 'Emergency and Long-Term Treatment of Asthma'
April 22 - Euclid General Hospital Grand Rounds, Euclid, Ohio - 'Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism'
May 5 - Medicine 1982 Sponsored by CWRU School of Medicine, Department of Medicine - - 'Pleural Effusion - The Physician's Approach'
June 16 - Anesthesia Grand Rounds, Fairview General Hospital, Cleveland -'Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism'
June 30 - Lutheran Medical Center Grand Rounds, Cleveland - 'Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism'
* July 6 - Southwest General Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Use of Oxygen and Ventilator Equipment, Part I'
* July 13 - Southwest General Hospital, Parma, Ohio - 'Use of Oxygen and Ventilator Equipment, Part II'
September 8 - VA Program in Regional Medical Education - 'Management of COPD' (talk given at Brecksville, Ohio VA and broadcast to selected VA hospitals across the country.)
November 4 - OB-GYN Department, University Hospitals, CWRU - 'Pulmonary physiology during pregnancy.
December 13 - Wade Park VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Clinical interpretation of arterial blood gases, Part I
December 20 - Wade Park VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Clinical interpretation of arterial blood gases, Part II'

1983
January 4 - Richmond Heights Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Respiratory Failure, Part I'
January 11 - Richmond Heights Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Respiratory Failure, Part II'
April 19 - Lorain Community Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Pharmacologic Rationale for Drug Selection in COPD'
July 26 - VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Pleural Effusions and Pleural Disease'
August 9 - VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases

1984
January 17 - Richmond Heights Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Oxygen Therapy'
January 19 - VA Program in Regional Medical Education - 'Management of COPD' (talk given at Brecksville, Ohio VA for broadcast to a VA hospital in West Virginia).
January 31 - Richmond Heights Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Blood Gas Interpretation'
March 22 - Euclid General Hospital Grand Rounds, 'Drug Treatment in COPD'
April 5 & 6 - Symposium on Advances in Cardiopulmonary Intensive Care, sponsored by Center for the Critically Ill, University Hospitals of Cleveland - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases'
May 11 - Medicine 1984, sponsored by CWRU - 'Home Management of COPD'
* August 1 - Parma Community General Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases'
November 17 - 'Clinical Application of Arterial Blood Gases', presented at CWRU-sponsored symposium on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary Disease, Stouffer's Inn on the Square, Cleveland.
November 27 - Southwest General Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Exercise Testing'

1985
April 10 - Lakewood Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Basics of Lung Function Testing: Spirometry and Arterial Blood Gas'
May 16 - Medicine 1985, sponsored by CWRU - 'Pleural Effusions'
June 3 - Fairview General Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Asthma'
October 10 - Conference on New Trends in Cardiopulmonary Medicine, sponsored by Akron City Hospital - 'Microcomputers in Cardiopulmonary Medicine'

1986
February 15 - Cleveland Urban Area Health Education Center - 'Outpatient Management of COPD'
* May 21 - Southwest General Hospital Grand Rounds - 'Management of Asthma'
November 3 - University Hospitals of Cleveland, Medical Grand Rounds - 'Occupational Pneumoconioses - Who Gets Compensated?'

1987
April 6 - Cleveland Medical Library Associations' Handerson Society, Allen Memorial Library - 'Oxygen Therapy in the 19th Century'.
May 5 - VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Occupational Pneumoconioses'
August 4 - VA Hospital pulmonary grand rounds - 'Pleural Effusions'
October 30 - Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Cleveland, Ohio - 'Microcomputer for Medical Education'

1988
May 20 - Case Western Reserve University's Medicine Today - `Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis and Treatment'
August 23 - CWRU - Pulmonary Grand Rounds - `Pleural Effusions'
November 9 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - `Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis and Treatment'

1989
March 8 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - `Fatal Asthma'
Sept 20 - Pulmonary Physiology in Clinical Practice - Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary Conference
December 6 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - `Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis and Treatment', Part I - Moderator and Discussant
December 13 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - `Pulmonary Embolism - Diagnosis and Treatment', Part II - Moderator and Discussant

1990
April 12 - Cuyahoga Community College Phys. Assistants Program - 'COPD-Diagnosis and Therapy'
Sept 8 - Lorain Community Hospital - 'Management of COPD'
October 31 - 'PaO₂, %Saturation, and Oxygen Content - What's the Difference?'- Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary Conference

1991
January 23 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - 'Whatever Happened to Theophylline?'
June 19 - Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary Conference - 'Pressure-related hazards of scuba diving'
Sept 5 - Cuyahoga Community College Physicians Assistance Program - 'Review of Pulmonary Infections' and 'Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'
October 29 - Pulmonary Medicine Rounds, CWRU - 'Occupational Lung Disease: Legal and Medical Aspects'
November 12 - Medicine Fall 1991 conference sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Moderator of Focus Section, Pulmonary Medicine. Lecture: 'What Ever Happened To Theophylline?'

1992
February 25 - Pulmonary Medicine Rounds, CWRU - 'Occupational Asthma - Legal/Medical Aspects'
June 3 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - 'Medical Hazards of Scuba Diving'
June 3 - Deaconess Hospital, Cleveland - 'Management of Severe Asthma'
August 27 - Cuyahoga Community College Physicians Assistance Program - 'Review of Pulmonary Infections' and `Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'
September 19 - Moderator, Ohio Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Salt Fork State Park; Presented two cases: 'Asbestosis' and 'Mica Pneumoconiosis'
October 15 - Family Practice Residents, University Hospitals of Cleveland - 'Management of Severe Asthma'
November 13 - Pulmonary Medicine Rounds, CWRU - 'Diving Medicine'
December 16 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - 'CO Toxicity'

1993
September 8 - Cuyahoga Community College Physicians Assistance Program - 'Review of Pulmonary Infections' and 'Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'
September 17 - 'Clinical Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases' - lecture and symposium, presented at the Pan Pacific Forum on Respiratory Care, Fukuoka, Japan

1994
March 9 - Deaconess Hospital, Cleveland - "Pulmonary Infections - a Review"
May 18 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital - "Pulmonary Sarcoidosis."
September 7 - Cuyahoga Community College Physicians Assistance Program - 'Review of Pulmonary Infections' and `Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'
September 25 - Ohio Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Salt Fork State Park. Case Presentation: "Chronic Cough From Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis."
October 15 - Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Symposium on 'Medicine and Physiology of Diving Symposium,' Philadelphia; spoke on "Should Asthmatics Not Scuba Dive?"
December 2,3 - Medical Education Resources Symposium on Respiratory Tract Diseases, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ. Spoke on Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests, Management of Acute Asthma, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

1995
January 18 - St. Luke's Hospital of Cleveland Medical Grand Rounds. 'Pressure-related hazards of scuba diving.'
March 22 - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital. 'DNR and End-of-Life Decision-Making: An ICU Perspective.'
September 8 - "DNR and End-of-Life Decision-Making" - Neuroscience Grand Rounds, University Hospitals Of Cleveland
September 17 - "Discontinuing Mechanical Ventilation in End-Stage COPD" - Ohio Thoracic Society Annual Case Conference, Salt Fork State Park
October 6 - "Pulmonary Considerations in Scuba Diving" - Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Symposium, Philadelphia

1996
February 15 - "DNR and End-of-Life Decision-Making" - OB-GYN Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital Center, Cleveland
February 21 - "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - What's Old, What's New" - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland

1997
March 21 - "Severe Pneumonia: Diagnosis and Management" - Parma Community Hospital Medical Grand Rounds
May 14 - "Medicine on the Internet/Mt. Sinai on the Internet" - Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland
May 30 - "Severe Pneumonia" - Richmond Heights Hospital
Dec 16 - "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" - Richmond Heights Hospital

1998
March 18 - "DNR and end-of-life decision making" - St. Luke's Hospital Medical Grand Rounds, Cleveland.
November 11 - "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy" - Dept. of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital
November 18 - "Use of the Internet and World Wide Web in Medicine" - Mt. Sinai's "Informatics".

1999
February 24 - "Pulmonary Embolism" - Mt. Sinai OB-Gyn Lecture Series
May 3 - "What's New in Blood Gas Interpretation?" - Meridia Huron Hospital Grand Rounds

2000
January 11 - "What's New in Blood Gas Interpretation?" - Richmond Heights Hospital Medical Grand Rounds, Richmond Heights
February 14 - "Non-invasive Tests for Blood Gas Interpretation" - Fairview Health System Hospital Grand Rounds, Cleveland
March 24 - "Pitfalls in Diagnosis of Occupational Lung Disease for Purposes of Compensation," Pulmonary Grand Rounds, University Hospitals of Cleveland
July 25 & 26 - "Pitfalls in Diagnosing and Managing Respiratory Failure" - University Hospitals House Staff Teaching Conferences (July 25 at VA Hospital, July 26 at University Hospital)

2001
April 7 - "Pulmonary aspects of EMS care." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, talk to EMS personnel.
April 20 - "Pitfalls in Diagnosing Occupational Lung Disease for purposes of compensation." Workers' Compensation Medical Seminar, Cuyahoga County Bar Association.
July 20 - "Respiratory Failure." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
July 26 - "Arterial blood gas interpretation." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
Sept 27 - "Chest X-ray Interpretation." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.

2002
February 14 - "Acid-base balance." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
April 11 - "Non-invasive blood gas assessments." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to medical students.
July 18 - "Respiratory Failure." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
Sept 10 - "Pulmonary Function Testing." UHHS-Mednet Physician Staff, Mentor, OH.

2003
February 13 - "Acid-base balance." UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to medical students.
March 31 - "Sleep Medicine" - UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
July 8 - "Respiratory Failure" - UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
October 2 - "Acid-base balance." - UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.

2004
March 24, May 6, May 14, November 10 - "Diagnosis and treatment of chronic bronchitis." Talks sponsored by GlaxoSmithKlein, given before various medical groups.

2005
February 10 - "DNR and ethical decisions at the end of life" - UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital, lecture to house staff.
May 12 - "Chest X-ray interpretation" -- UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital lecture to house staff.
July 20 - "Mass Screening for Asbestos Disease - A Medical Scam" -- Presented at Institute for Legal Reform, Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Powerpoint slide presentation on the internet at http://www.lakesidepress.com/Asbestos/screeningscam.ppt
July 21 - "Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases" -- lecture to house staff, UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital.
September 1 - "Acid-Base Disorders" -- lecture to house staff, UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital.
October 13 - "Pulmonary Function Testing and Interpretation" -- lecture to house staff, UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital.
November 14 - "Silicosis - Medical Aspects" -- Presented at Mealey's LexisNexis "Silica Litigation & Medicine Conference," Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles, CA. Powerpoint slide presentation on the internet at http://www.lakesidepress.com/Silicosis/MedicalAspects.ppt
November 17 - "Sleep Disorders" -- lecture to house staff, UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital.
December 15 - "Respiratory Failure" -- lecture to house staff, UHHS Richmond Hts. Hospital.

2006 -- Unless otherwise specified, all lectures to house staff, University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center (UH RMC)
January 19 - "Cough, chronic cough, sinusitis"
February 16 - "Ventilators"
March 29 - "Chest X-ray interpretation"
April 20 - "PaO2, SaO2, CaO2 - What's the Difference?"
May 25 - "Board Review in Pulmonary - Part 1"
June 22 - "Board Review in Pulmonary - Part 2"
July 20 - "Respiratory Failure - 10 pitfalls"
August 17 - "Ventilators"
September 21 - "Pulmonary Function Testing"
October 19 - "Obstructive Sleep Apnea"
November 29 - "Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation"
December 15-17 - Several lectures on blood gas interpretation, delivered at "NEOVENT 2006," a medical conference held in Nagpur, India.

2007 
Feb 8 – Lecture to house staff, University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center (UH RMC) – “India"
April 12 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC – “Sleep Disorders other than OSA”
August 14 – Neighboring Mental Health Center, Mentor, OH – “Sleep Disorders”
Sept 12 – Citywide Pulmonary Conference, University Hospitals of Cleveland – “A case of hypersomnia”
Oct 30 – Ad hoc Sleep Board Review course, University Hospitals of Cleveland – “Questions from evidenced-based texts”
Nov 1 – Educational Forum, Signature of Solon (Medical Service Company) – “Drugs for sleep and drugs against sleep”




2008 
Feb 14 – Full day seminar ‘Blood Gas Interpretation’ (with Dr. Deopujari – at 2008 (Indian National Critical Care convention), Bhopal, India
Feb 15 – Two lectures – ‘PCO2 – Key to Blood Gas Interpretation’ and 'Limitations of Blood Gases in the ICU’ – Criticare 2008, Bhopal, India
Feb 16 -‘Pitfalls in Diagnosing and Managing Respiratory Failure’ – Criticare 2008, Bhopal, India
April 26 – ‘How Sleep Medicine Changed from an Obscure Field to a Major Specialty in a Single Generation’ – Introductory lecture to ‘Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Physicians’ symposium, Case-UH CME Conference, Cleveland.
April 29 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - ‘Pitfalls in Diagnosing and Managing Respiratory Failure’
October 2 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - ‘Sleep Medicine’
October 16 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - ‘Limitations of Arterial Blood Gases and Pulse Oximetry'
October 23 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - ‘Pulmonary Function Testing’



2009 
Feb 25 – Lecture to pulmonary fellows, Case Medical Center - 'Sleep Medicine Board Review'.
May 16 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Blood Gas Quiz - Questions & Answers'. This 25-question Blood Gas Quiz was posted on-line February 2009.
July 2 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Pitfalls in Diagnosing & Managing Respiratory Failure'
August 6 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Spirometry - Performance & Interpretation'
August 10 – Lecture for RMC Speakers' Bureau to lay audience - 'Good Sleep, Bad Sleep, No Sleep'
November 12 – Lecture for Respiratory Therapists, Medical Service Symposium at Signature of Solon: 'Sleep Apnea for Respiratory Therapists Who Don't Work in a Sleep Lab''
November 12 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Sleep Apnea'
December 3 – Lecture to house staff, Southpointe Medical Center, Cleveland - 'You Can't Learn Blood Gases from a Lecture'



2010 
Feb 4 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - '10 Common Errors & Misconceptions about Managing Asthma'
April 1 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'You Can't Learn Blood Gases from a Lecture.'
Sept 23 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Oxygen Therapy: From nasal cannula to BiPAP.'



2011 
March 24 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - '10 Common Errors & Misconceptions about Managing Asthma'
July 28 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Oxygen is a Drug - How and When to Use It'
Sept 22 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Limitations of ABG's and Pulse Oximetry'
Oct 15 - Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine - On-line Webinar for Sleep Board Preparation (2 hour Q & A session)
Nov 8 – Lecture for RMC Speakers' Bureau to lay audience - 'COPD, Lung Cancer, Pneumonia'



2012 
January 26 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Sleep Related Breathing Disorders'
May 24 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - '10 Common Errors in treating COPD'
August 2 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Oxygen Therapy'
Sept 19 - Talk to Northern Ohio Academy of Pharmacy - 'An Overview of Sleep Medicine'
Sept 27 - Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Mistakes and Limitations in ABG interpretation'
Nov 13 – Lecture for RMC Speakers' Bureau to lay audience - 'Sleep Apnea'



2013 
March 28 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'Blood Gas Quiz'
May 23 – Lecture to house staff, UH RMC - 'CPAP & BiPAP - How and when to use non-invasive ventilation'
May 30 – Lecture to UH RMC nursing staff - 'Basics of CPAP & BiPAP'


 

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PRINT PUBLICATIONS

CORRESPONDENCE

Martin L.  The rate of medical education. New Engl J Med 286:1364,1972

Martin L.  Subcutaneous heparin to prevent venous thrombosis. New Engl J Med 288:1245,1973.

Martin L.  Practical problems with Kveim test. New Engl J Med 292:1407, 1975.

Martin L.  Arterial blood oxygen tension in pulmonary embolism. Amer J Med 63:168, 1977.

Martin L, Rosenberg DM: Arterial Hypoxemia During Hemodialysis. Clinical Nephrology, November, 1981.

Martin L.  Hyperventilation syndrome. Hospital Physician, August, 1982.

Martin L.  Occult carbon monoxide poisoning. Arch Int Med 1982;142:2345.

Martin L.  The medical problems of underwater diving. New Engl J Med 1992;326:1497.

Martin L.  Asthma & SCUBA Diving. Resp Care 1997;42:796.

Martin L.  Board Review Courses for Critical Care Medicine. Chest 1998;113:1141-42.

Martin L.  Diving, Patent Foramen Ovale, and Brain Lesions. Annals Internal Medicine, 2001; 135:928-929.

Martin L.  Asbestos literature does not support study conclusions, Chest e-letter, May 2004.

Martin L.  Asbestos Disease Guidelines Ignore Mass Screening Abuse. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2005;171:665.

ABSTRACTS and ARTICLES

Martin L and Anton AH: Toxicity of acids and bases after intraperitoneal injection. Europ J Pharm 11: 38-47, 1970.

Martin L: Non-respiratory (Metabolic) acid-base disorders in patients with pulmonary disease (abstract). Am Rev Resp Dis 113: 133, 1976.

Martin L: Respiratory failure. Medical Clinics North American 61, No. 6, 1369-1396, 1977.

Martin L: Hypoxemia without elevated carbon dioxide tension. Chest 77: 720-721, June, 1980 (Editorial).

Martin L: Asthma: Current Concepts in Outpatient Management. Hospital Medicine, February, 1981.

Jeffreys B and Martin L: On-line transmission and interpretation of arterial blood gas data. Abstract presented by Mr. Jeffreys at the 10th annual conference of the Society for Computer Medicine, San Diego, 1980.

Rosenberg DM, Martin L, Lerner P and Parker D. Legionnaires' disease: association with severe bronchospasm and hypoventilation. Chest 82: 383, 1982.

Martin L. A case for intensive care. The Gamut: No. 7, 33-42, Fall 1982.

Martin L and Jeffreys B. PFDx - A microcomputer program to aid in diagnosing the cause of pleural effusion. Proceedings of the sixth annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC), 1982; pages 644-646. (Presented at SCAMC November 2, 1982).

Martin L and Jeffreys B. Use of a minicomputer for reporting, storing and interpreting arterial blood gases and pleural fluid pH. Respiratory Care 1983; 28: 301-308.

Rich E, Martin L, Jeffreys B. Validation of PFDx. A microcomputer program to aid in diagnosing the cause of pleural effusion. Proceedings of the seventh annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1983; pages 868-870. (Presented at SCAMC October 26, 1983.)

Martin L, Jeffreys B. A computer program to teach respiratory failure. Proceedings of the eighth annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1984; pages 945-48. (Presented at SCAMC November 5, 1984.)

Martin L, Jeffreys B. A microcomputer dedicated to medical education. Proceedings of 8th annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1984; pages 949-52 (Presented at SCAMC November 5, 1984.)

Martin L, Jeffreys B. A microcomputer based system for storing, reporting and interpreting arterial blood gas data. Proceedings of the eighth annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1984; pages 761-64. (Presented at SCAMC November 6, 1984.)

Martin L. Jeffreys B. IBM's in the Lab. PC Magazine, October 2, 1984, page 285.

Martin L. Book Review of: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, edited by Hugo C. Montenegro; New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1984. Chest 87:57, 1985.

Martin L. and Jeffreys B. A microcomputer dedicated to medical education. Resident and Staff Physician 31(6):74-77, 1985.

Martin L. Office care of the asthmatic. Hospital Medicine, August 1985; p. 104.

Martin L. Abbreviating the alveolar gas equation: An argument for simplicity. Resp Care 1986; 31:40-44.

Jeffreys B and Martin L. An authoring program for the IBM PC. Proceedings of the ninth annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1985; pages 575-579. (Presented at SCAMC November 13, 1985).

Martin L and Jeffreys B. Simulation of the oxygen cascade using an IBM PC. Proceedings of 9th annual symposium on computer applications in medical care, 1985; pages 871-875. (Presented at SCAMC 11/11/85).

Martin L and Jeffreys B. Microcomputers in Intensive Care; Chapter 12 in Geisow M.J. and Barrett A.N., editors: Microcomputers in Medicine. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1987.

Martin L. Acute Respiratory Failure. Hospital Medicine. December, 1988 (Part I) and January 1989 (Part II).

Martin L and Khalil H. How much reduced hemoglobin is necessary to generate central cyanosis? A Critical Review of the Literature. Chest 1990; 97:182-85.

Conners AF, Dawson NV, Shaw PK, Montenegro HD, Nara AR, Martin L. Hemodynamic status in critically ill patients with and without acute heart disease. Chest 1990;98:1200-06.

Martin L. Hammer Home the Message to Patients Who Smoke. Medical Economics, January 21, 1991, p. 50.

Martin L. "We Can't Kill Your Mother!" Medical Economics, March 1991.

Martin L. Mr. Bowman's Decision. The Saturday Evening Post, April 1991.

Martin L. Pickwickian. The Gamut, Spring 1991.

Martin L. Too Much Sugar, Too Little History. The Gamut, Winter 1992.

Riley DE, Grossman G, Martin L. Acute respiratory failure from dopamine agonist withdrawal. Neurology 1992;42:1843-44.

Martin L. The Red Baron. The Saturday Evening Post, January 1993.

Martin L. "Mommy, why don't you hug me?" The Saturday Evening Post, May 1993.

Martin L. The Wild Man. The Saturday Evening Post, October 1994.

Martin L. Hypercapnia Revisited.  Sources, Journal of the National Association of Underwater Instructors. November/December, 1994. Pages 52-54.

Martin L. "Call NASA!" Resident & Staff Physician, Vol. 41, No. 6, pages 34-36. June 1995.

Martin L. Why are asthma and other medical conditions controversial for scuba diving? (Abstract). Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine; Vol. 22, Supplement, June 1995; page 55, June 23.  (Poster presentation, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society 1995 Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, FL; presented in absentia.)

Martin L, Gustaferro C. Chronic cough due to subacute bacterial endocarditis: Case report. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1995;70:662-64.

Martin L. The Critical Decision To Intubate or Let Her Die Naturally? The Saturday Evening Post. July/August 1995.

Martin L. Smoking and Diving - Is It Really Dangerous? Skin Diver Magazine, May 1996, p. 22.

Martin L. "Shock Him!" - The Saturday Evening Post, June 1996.

Martin L. Chapter 18, 'Methods of Assessing Exercise Capacity', in Rehabilitation of the Patient with Respiratory Disease; Neil Cherniack, Murray D. Altose, Ikuo Homma, editors. McGraw Hill, Inc., New York; 1999.

Martin L. Pitfalls in diagnosis of occupational lung disease for purposes of compensation: One physician's perspective. Cleveland State Marshall Law School Journal of Law and Health; Vol 13, Issue 1, 1999. Pages 49-68.

Martin L. "Occupational Asthma". Journal of Controversial Medical Claims, Vol 7, No. 3, pgs.1-8; August 2000.

Martin L. "Asbestos Lung Disease: A Primer for Patients, Physicians and Lawyers". Journal of Controversial Medical Claims, Vol 8, No. 4, pgs. 15-22; November 2001.

Martin L. Ten Troubleshooting Tips for Blood Gas Interpretation. Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care, Merion Publications, Inc. September/October 2004, pages 43-48.

Martin L. The 2004 ATS Statement on Asbestos Disease Diagnosis: Scientific and Ethical Problems. Mealey's Litigation Report--Asbestos. LexisNexis (Reed Elsevier), Volume 20, Issue #7, May 4, 2005.

Martin L. Work-related asthma. RT - The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners. Advance Publications, May 2006.

Martin L. The Value of Spirometry in Clinical Practice, Part 1, June 2010 and Part 2, July 2010. RT for Decision Makers in Respiratory Care.

INTERNET PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS

Martin L. Cyanosis - eMedicine. Medscape internet article; updated yearly.

Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation -- Slide Presentation - Powerpoint Program prepared for Resident Teaching, Society of Critical Care Medicine, May 2006. Click on link to view (site requires free registration).

BOOKS

Martin L.  Breathe Easy: A Guide to Lung and Respiratory Diseases for Patients and Their Families. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1984.

Martin L.  Pulmonary Physiology in Clinical Practice. C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1987. Translated into Japanese and published in Japan, September 1991; republished in Japan 2008.

Martin L.  All You Really Need to Know to Interpret Arterial Blood Gases. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1992 (1^st edition), 1999 (2^nd edition).   Book has been translated into French, Japanese and Korean.

Martin L.  Pulmonary section in Berne, Levy: Case Studies in Physiology, C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1994.

Martin L.  The House Officer's Survival Guide: Rules, Laws, Lists and Other Medical Musings. Lakeside Press, Cleveland, 1996.  This book is available on the Internet at: http://www.lakesidepress.com/pulmonary/books/house/cont1.html.

Martin L.  Scuba Diving Explained: Questions and Answers on Physiology and Medical Aspects of Scuba Diving. Best Publishers, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ., 1997.

"We Can't Kill Your Mother" & Other Stories of Intensive Care. Medical and Ethical Issues in the ICU. Author House, Indianapolis, 2011. (Revision and update of of Pickwickian" and Other Stories of Intensive Care, originally published in 1991 by Lakeside Press, Cleveland.) The full text is also available online (click on cover below) and as a Kindle e-book.



Kryger MH, Rosenberg R, Pegram GV, Jr., Martin L. Kryger's Sleep Medicine Review: A Problem Oriented Approach, Elsevier 2011 (1st Edition) and 2015 (2nd Edition).



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INTERNET PUBLICATIONS AND MEDICAL COMPUTING

Current

Numerous medical articles on a variety of topics - for professionals and lay audience - are on the internet. Home page for all articles is www.lakesidepress.com.

Previous

Before the advent of the world wide web several educational computer programs were authored in DOS format, including the following:

• Martin L. and Jeffreys B: Program for recording, reporting and interpreting arterial blood gases. Program written in BASIC Language using IL 813 Blood Gas Analyzer, 814 Interface and DEC MINC computer, 1979. (Work presented at SCAMC conference and published in Respiratory Care - see above).
• Martin L and Jeffreys B: PFDx - A microcomputer program to aid in diagnosing the cause of pleural effusion.
• Martin L and Jeffreys B. Respiratory Failure Tutorial. Adopts multiple choice question format to teach physiology and management of respiratory failure.
• Martin L and Jeffreys B. Cardiopulmonary Dictionary. Text explanations of over 45 cardiopulmonary terms; available from an alphabetized menu.
• Martin L and Jeffreys B. Cardiopulmonary Profile. Prints out hemodynamic variables with calculations for placement in the patient's medical record.
• Martin L and Jeffreys B. Blood gas interpretation. This program allows user to enter all blood gas variables, plus patient's electrolytes and respiratory rate. Limited interpretation is provided.
• Jeffreys B. and Martin L. Bibliographic Retrieval - A communication program that works through BRS/Saunders' data base; our program provides several unique functions, such as automatic connection, password protection, and clock display of time used for searching.
• Jeffreys B. and Martin L. Simulation of the oxygen cascade using an IBM microcomputer. Allows user to enter any of 10 variables and observe effects on other variables in the oxygen cascade.

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