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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME BIRING, Manmohan Singh  
MEDICAL SCHOOL London University
Charing Cross and
Westminster Medical School 		1983-1989
QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor of Science (1st Class Honors)
M.B.B.S.
M.R.C.G.P
M.R.C.P. Part 1
Licensed Californian physician
Board Certified in General Internal Medicine
Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine
Board Certified in Critical Care
Board Eligible in Sleep Medicine
FCCP 		1986
1989
1990-1993
1993
1995
1996
1998
1999
1999
2000
RESIDENCY TRAINING
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles
California 90048
General Internal Medicine 		June 1994- June1996
  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles
California 90048
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine		 July 1996- June 1999
POSITIONS HELD    
  Director of Lung Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles
California 90048
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine		 1999-2005
  Private Practice
Beverly Hills
California 		1999-2004
  Private Practice
Pasadena
California 		2005-present
PUBLICATIONS  
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on resting pulmonary hemodynamics in severe emphysema.
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 176(3):253-60, 2007 Aug 1.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Lung volume reduction surgery in patients with emphysema and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 83(1):241-51, 2007 Jan.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung-volume-reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group
Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(2):431-43, 2006 Aug
  NETT Research Group.
Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: lessons learned from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(1):197-206; discussion 206-7, 2006 Jul.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Advanced emphysema in African-American and white patients: do differences exist?
Chest. 130(1):108-18, 2006 Jul.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Predictors of operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.
Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 131(1):43-53, 2006 Jan.
  NETT Research Group.
Predictors of mortality in patients with emphysema and severe airflow obstruction
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 173(12):1326-34, 2006 Jun 15.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
The effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in the national emphysema treatment trial
Chest. 128(6):3799-809, 2005 Dec.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Effects of lung volume reduction surgery on sleep quality and nocturnal gas exchange in patients with severe emphysema.
Chest. 128(5):3221-8, 2005 Nov.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Methodologic issues in terminating enrollment of a subgroup of patients in a multicenter randomized trial.
Clinical Trials. 1(3):326-38, 2004.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Safety and efficacy of median sternotomy versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung volume reduction surgery.
Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 127(5):1350-60, 2004 May.
  Lewis, MI, Li, H, Huang, Z, Biring, MS, Cercek, B, Fournier, M.
Influence of varying degrees of malnutrition on IGF-I expression in the rat diaphragm.
Journal of Applied Physiology. 95(2):555-62, 2003 Aug.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Six-minute walk distance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: reproducibility and effect of walking course layout and length.
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 167(11):1522-7, 2003 Jun 1.
  National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Cost effectiveness of lung-volume-reduction surgery for patients with severe emphysema.
New England Journal of Medicine. 348(21):2092-102, 2003 May 22.
  NETT Research Group. 
Hemodynamic characterization of patients with severe emphysema.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166: 314-322: 2002
  NETT Research Group.
Patients at high risk of death after lung volume reduction surgery.
New England Journal of Medicine. 345: 15: 2001
  Manmohan S Biring, Susan R Madison, Zab Mohsenifar.
Use of the Forced Inspiratory Vital Capacity in identifying Bronchodilator Reversibility in Obstructive Lung Disease
Journal of Asthma. 38(6):495-500, 2001 Sep
  Lewis MI, Huang ZS, Cercek B, Li H, Biring MS, Fournier M.
The influence of varying degrees of malnutrition on IGF-1 in the rat diaphragm.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161: A18: 2000.
  Manmohan S Biring, Michael I Lewis, John T Liu, Zab Mohsenifar.
Pulmonary Physiologic Changes of Morbid Obesity.
American Journal of the Medical Sciences 1999; 318(5): 293-7
  Manmohan S Biring, Michael I Lewis, John T Liu, Zab Mohsenifar.
Pulmonary Physiologic Changes of Morbid Obesity.
Published by the Dannemiller Memorial Foundation in AnesthesiaFile
  Lewis MI, Bulut Y, Biring MS, Da X, Fournier M.
IGF-1 administration prevents corticosteroid induced diaphragm atrophy in emphysema.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159: A580: 1999.
  Manmohan S. Biring, Mario Fournier, David J. Ross, and Michael I. Lewis.
Cellular adaptations of skeletal muscles to cyclosporine
Journal of Applied Physiology. 1998 84: 1967-1975.
  Manmohan S. Biring, Mario Fournier, and Michael I. Lewis.
Effects of nandrolone on the diaphragm of malnourished emphysematous hamsters.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 157: A666: 1998
  Manmohan S Biring, Michael I Lewis, John T Liu, Zab Mohsenifar.
Pulmonary Physiologic Changes of Morbid Obesity.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 157: A368: 1998
  Manmohan S. Biring, Mario Fournier, and Michael I. Lewis.
Effects of Cyclosporine A on cellular properties of diaphragm and limb muscles.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 155: A509: 1997

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