University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position(s)
Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

Other Related Positions Currently Held
Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics

Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine

Sees Patients At
- University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
- Transplant Center (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests
Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Emphysema
Lung Cancer
Lung Disease in Organ Transplant Recipient
Lung Transplant
Organ Transplant
Pleurisy
Pneumonia
Pulmonary complications of solid organ transplantation
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Smoking Cessation

Education
Medical School
Medical University of South Carolina

Site of Residency
Thomas Jefferson University (Internal Medicine)

Site of Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University (Bioethics and Health Policy)

Selected Recent Publications
Valapour M, Terry PB, Orens JB, Studer SM.  (2006) Factors influencing the decision to perform single vs. bilateral lung transplantation in COPD. (submitted)

Valapour M.  (2007) Living organ transplantation: the perfect balance of public oversight and medical responsibility.  The Journal of Clinical Ethics.  (accepted)

Valapour M.  Donation after cardiac death:  consent is the issue – not death.  The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2006, 17(2): 137-8.

Valapour M.  Ethics of organ distribution in lung transplantation.  Minnesota Medicine. 2004, 87(6):36-7.

Valapour M, Studer SM, Terry PB. Double lung transplantation does not confer a survival advantage over single lung transplantation in COPD.  J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003, 22(1S):S92.

Valapour M. Changing our priorities in organ distribution.  Bioethics Examiner 2003.  7(1).