pulmonologist
noun
pul·mo·nol·o·gist
ˌpu̇l-mə-ˈnä-lə-jəst 
ˌpəl-
: a specialist in the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs
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Eduardo Capitani, toxicologist and pulmonologist at the Center for Intoxication Control at the University of Campinas, one of the country’s leading poison-control and research centers, was one of the first to alert the government that a health emergency was underway.
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Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The study's lead author, Dr. William Feldman, a pulmonologist and health services researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said inhalers put patients with chronic respiratory disease at risk.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Rupali Drewek, pulmonologist and Co-Medical Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, says that old wives’ tales around the moon persist—despite the fact that there’s no real evidence that the moon plays any part in sleep cycles for kids or adults.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
Soot and other small particles can lodge in crevices of organs, including lungs and arteries, and cause inflammation, according to Vin Gupta, a practicing pulmonologist and medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The study's lead author, Dr. William Feldman, a pulmonologist and health services researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said inhalers put patients with chronic respiratory disease at risk.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Rupali Drewek, pulmonologist and Co-Medical Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, says that old wives’ tales around the moon persist—despite the fact that there’s no real evidence that the moon plays any part in sleep cycles for kids or adults.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
Soot and other small particles can lodge in crevices of organs, including lungs and arteries, and cause inflammation, according to Vin Gupta, a practicing pulmonologist and medical spokesperson for the American Lung Association.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Pulmonologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulmonologist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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pulmonologist
noun
pul·mo·nol·o·gist
ˌpu̇l-mə-ˈnäl-ə-jəst, ˌpəl-
: a specialist in pulmonology
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