Robert Shapiro, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of M
Pulmonary and Critical Care Staff Physician, HCMC
Director of Pulmonary Laboratory and co-Director of
       Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training, HCMC

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care
Contact: robert.s.shapiro@co.hennepin.mn.us

Clinical Interests

• Critical Care Medicine

• Mechanical Ventilation

• Pulmonary Medicine Including Asthma

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Interstitial Lung Disease.

Research Interests

• Mechanical Ventilation

• Hemodynamic Monitoring in Intensive Care

Publications

Leatherman JW, Shapiro RS.  Overestimation of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in pulmonary hypertension due to partial occlusion. Crit Care Med 2003; 31(1):93-7.

Leatherman JW, McArthur C, Shapiro RS.  Effect of prolongation of expiratory time on dynamic hyperinflation in mechanically ventilated patients with severe asthma.  Crit Care Med, 2004; 32(7):1542-5.

Qureshi AS, Shapiro RS, Leatherman JW.  Use of bladder pressure to correct for the effect of expiratory muscle activity on central venous pressure. Intensive Care Med 2007; 33(11):1907-12.

Abstracts:

Khan MT, Bastianelli A, Shapiro RS, Cen Y, Sprenkle MS. The utility of open lung biopsy in management of patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009; 179:A4633.

Bastin-deJong CH, Shapiro RS, Leatherman JW. Use of expiratory change in bladder pressure (_Δ) to correct for the effect of active expiration on end-expiratory CVP (CVPee). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009; 179:A5495.