Carolyn S. Calfee, MD is Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medicine at UCSF, where she attends in the intensive care units and on the pulmonary consultation service.  She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  She came to UCSF for residency in Internal Medicine and stayed to complete her chief residency and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellowship.  After research training with Drs. Michael Matthay and Mark Eisner, she joined the faculty of the division in 2007.

Research Activities

Dr. Calfee’s major academic interests focus on acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and include the role of biomarkers in investigating disease pathogenesis, outcomes of ALI/ARDS, and the role of environmental exposures in susceptibility to lung injury.

Recent Publications

• Calfee CS, Matthay MA.  Non-Ventilatory Treatments for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.  Chest 2007; 131:  913-20.
  
• Calfee CS, Shah SJ, Wolters PJ, Saint S, King TE Jr.  Anchors Away. New England Journal of Medicine 2007, 356: 504-9.
  
• Calfee CS, Katz PP, Yelin EH, Iribarren C, Eisner MD.  The Influence of Perceived Control of Asthma on Health Outcomes.  Chest 2006; 130(5): 1312-18.
  
• Matthay MA, Calfee CS.  Therapeutic Value of a Lung Protective Ventilation Strategy in Acute Lung Injury.  Chest 2005; 128: 3089-3091.
  
• Calfee CS, Matthay MA.  Recent Advances in Mechanical Ventilation.  Am J Med.  2005; 118 (6): 584-91.
  
• Calfee CS, Budev MM, Matthay MA, Church G, Brady S, Uchida T, Ishizaka A, Lara A, Ranes J, DeCamp MM, Arroliga AC.  Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts Predicts Short-term Outcomes in Lung Transplantation.  J Heart Lung Transplantation 2007; 26: 675-80.
  
• Calfee CS, Eisner MD, Ware LB, Thompson BT, Parsons PE, Wheeler AP, Korpak A, Matthay MA. Trauma Associated Lung Injury Differs Clinically and Biologically From Acute Lung Injury Due to Other Clinical Disorders.  Critical Care Medicine, Epub ahead of print at www.criticalcaremedicine.com.

Last Update: 2/21/08