Joao A. M. de Andrade, MD
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Associate Professor of Medicine
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Board Certifications 1993, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates |
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Medical School: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1990 Residency: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1991-1993 Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1997-2000, Chief Fellow, 1999-2000 |
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Contact Information |
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Campus Address: |
Lung Health Center, OHB-153 |
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Academic Office location: |
OHB-153 |
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VA Office location: |
6th Floor, Rm-6318 |
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Office Phone (Academic): |
(205) 975-5425 |
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Office Fax (Academic): |
(205) 934-6229 |
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Office Phone (VA): |
(205) 933-8101 Ext 5221 (from off campus) 12-5221 (from on campus) |
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TKC Clinic Phone: |
(205) 801-7545 |
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TKC Clinic Fax: |
(205) 801-8231 |
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Email Address: |
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Beeper #: |
0328 |
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Office Assistant: Study Nurse/Coordinator: Clinical |
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Brief Bio Dr. de Andrade completed his medical degree in 1990 at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (UFRGS) where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He came to the United States in 1994 and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and subsequently a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He joined the faculty at UAB in 2000 and has risen to the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. de Andrade established the UAB Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program and serves as the Medical Director of the Medical ICU at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. More recently, he was appointed Associate Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program. Dr. de Andrade serves on a number of committees of the NIH/NHLBI Idiopathic Pulmonary Clinical Research Network (IPFnet) and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Diffuse and Interstitial Lung Disease Network of the American College of Chest Physicians. |
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Clinical Interests |
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Academic & Research Interests Because of his related interest in ILD, Dr. de Andrade has developed a strong clinical research program to study novel therapies for IPF. The UAB Interstitial Lung Disease Program is part of the NIH/NHLBI IPFnet which is a network of specialized centers across the country formed by the NIH in order to develop better treatments for IPF. In addition, Dr. de Andrade is the Principal Investigator for the UAB Pulmonary Biospecimen Repository (in collaboration with Drs. Lisa Schwiebert and Amit Gaggar) which aims to support UAB's translational research programs. |
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Key Publications de Andrade J. Thoughts on the Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases. Southern Medical Journal 2007; 100 (6): 555-6 Covarrubias M, Ware LB, Kawut SM, de Andrade J, Milstone A, Weinacker A, Orens J, Lama V, Wille K, Bellamy S, Shah C, Demissie E, Christie JD, for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. Plasma Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 and Von Willebrand Factor in Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7 (11): 2573-8 King, Jr TE, Behr J, Brown KK, du Bois RM, Lancaster L, de Andrade J, Stahler G, Leconte I, Roux S, Raghu G. BUILD-1: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Bosentan in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2008; 177(1):75-81 de Andrade J, Olman MA. Coagulation and Fibrinolysis in Lung Injury and Repair. In: Schwarz MI, King TE, eds. Interstitial Lung Disease. Toronto: BC Decker 2010 (in press) |
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