Faculty Profile
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John Kress
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Section of Pulmonary / Critical Care
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Professor of Medicine
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jkress@bsd.uchicago.edu
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Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730
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Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Procedure Service;
Academic Interests
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Dr. Kress is studying strategies for sedation of critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation. In addition to this, he is leading clinical research projects in assessing pulmonary edema in critically ill patients with the use of serum beta natiuretic peptide, medical education in the ICU in the context of new ACGME resident work guidelines, implementation of protocols in the ICU and the utility of the physical examination compared to invasive monitoring in critically ill patients
Clinical Interests
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ARDS, sepsis, asthma, respiratory failure, obesity.
Publications
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Training
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BS, 1987, University of Notre Dame, Biology
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MD, 1991, St. Louis University
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Residency, 1995, The University of Chicago, Anesthesiology
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Residency, 1996, The University of Chicago, Internal Medicine
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Fellowship, 1999, The University of Chicago, Pulmonary and Critical Care
