Mark T. Dransfield, MD
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Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine |
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Board Certifications 2000, American Board of Internal Medicine |
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Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Internship: University of Alabama - Birmingham, 1997-1998 Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham, 1998-2000 Fellowship: University of Alabama - Birmingham, 2000-2003 Chief Fellow: University of Alabama - Birmingham, 2002-2003 |
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Contact Information |
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Campus Address: |
THT 422 |
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Academic Office location: |
OHB 138 |
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Office Phone: |
(205) 934-5425 |
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Office Fax (Academic): |
(205) 934-6229 |
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TKC Clinic Phone: |
(205) 801-7545 |
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TKC Clinic Fax: |
(205) 802-8231 |
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Email Address: |
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Beeper #: |
5317 |
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Office Assistant: Jessie Daniels |
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Brief Bio Dr. Dransfield completed his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1997, followed by residency in internal medicine and fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he served as chief fellow. He has been on the faculty at UAB since 2003 and is currently Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. He serves as the Medical Director of the UAB Lung Health Center and is also the Associate Fellowship Director for Research. Dr. Dransfield is also the Director of the Bronchoscopy unit and the Lung Mass Clinic at the Birmingham VA Medical Centerl. He was named as a "Top 10 Teacher" in the Department of Medicine in 2006-2008, and in 2009 he was a recipient of the Cobbs-Rutsky Award for Clinical Excellence in Teaching. He was named one of America's Top Doctors for 2010. |
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Clinical Interests Dr. Dransfield's clinical interests include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. He has particular interest in the care of patients with advanced COPD and directs the UAB lung volume reduction surgery evaluation process. He and Nurse-Practitioner deNay Kirkpatrick work together at the Kirklin Clinic in an effort to provide comprehensive medical care and patient education to COPD patients. Dr. Dransfield also evaluates patients with suspected or confirmed thoracic malignancies and is trained in endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). |
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Academic & Research Interests Dr. Dransfield's primary research interest is COPD and he is Principal Investigator for multiple clinical trials at the UAB Lung Health Center including the NIH sponsored COPD Clinical Research Network studies and COPDGene as well as multiple phase II-IV pharma sponsored projects. As Medical Director of the LHC he also oversees multiple translational research projects focusing on airways disease. The LHC has the capability for all aspects of pulmonary function testing as well as research bronchoscopy and has active collaborations across campus for mass spectrometry and proteomics, synthetic chemistry, biospecimen analysis and storage, and murine physiology and sample analysis. |
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Key Publications Dransfield MT, Nahm MH, Han MK, et al for the COPD Clinical Research Network. Superior Criner GJ, Pinto-Plata V, Strange C, Dransfield M, et al. Biologic lung volume reduction Dransfield MT, Rowe SM, Johnson JE, Bailey WC, Gerald LB. Beta-blocker use and the risk of death in hospitalized patients with acute exacerbations of COPD. Thorax 2008; 63:301-305. Dransfield MT, Washko GR, Foreman MG, Estepar RSJ, Reilly J, Bailey WC. Gender |
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