David A. Kaminsky, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Vermont Lung Center
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

University of Vermont College of Medicine
Given C-317
Burlington, VT 05405

Voice: (802) 847-6973

Fax: (802) 847-6961

Email: David.Kaminsky@uvm.edu

• BA (1983) Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics; Yale University, New Haven, CT
• MD (1987); University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
• Residency, Internal Medicine (1987-1990); Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
• Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (1990-1991); Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
• Fellowship, Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine (1991-1995); University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
• Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (1995-2001); University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
• Associate Professor, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (2001-present); University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

• airway physiology
• peripheral lung mechanics
• airway epithelium biology in asthma
• pulmonary function testing
• high altitude physiology
• clinical trials

• Peripheral airways responsiveness to cool, dry air in normal and asthmatic individuals.
   
   
• Urinary leukotriene E4 levels in high-altitude pulmonary edema. A possible role for inflammation
   
   
• Hyperpnea-induced changes in parenchymal lung mechanics in normal subjects and in asthmatics
   
   
• Nitrotyrosine formation in the airways and lung parenchyma of patients with asthma
   
   
• Effects of cool, dry air stimulation on peripheral lung mechanics in asthma
   
   
• Pulmonary capillary blood volume in hyperpnea-induced bronchospasm