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Eric Seeley, MD

Education
Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonary Medicine, 2014 - Internal Medicine, UCSF/PAMF
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2010 - Internal Medicine, UCSF
Residency, 2006 - Internal Medicine, UCSF
M.D., 2003 - School of Medicine, University of Chicago
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 1997 - School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Honors and Awards
  • Best Abstract Sepsis 2012, International Sepsis Meeting, 2012
  • Professionalism Award, UCSF, 2007
  • Resident teaching award, UCSF, 2007
Publications
  1. Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. Conflicts of Interest in Interventional Pulmonary: Let's Shut the Door on Ambiguity. Chest 2025. PMID: 40506126


  2. Trindade AJ, Lentz RJ, Gannon WD, Rickman OB, Shojaee S, Vandervest K, Schwartz G, Li GW, Kumar A, Garcha PS, Seeley EJ, Gesthalter YB, Mueller S, Egan JP, DeMaio AJ, Yarmus LB, Josan ES, Pannu JK, Wayne MT, DeCardenas JL, Bacchetta MD, Maldonado F, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group. Safety and utility of indwelling pleural catheters in lung transplant recipients. Clinical transplantation 2023. PMID: 37354125


  3. Malcolm KB, Seeley EJ, Gesthalter YB. Impact of a Dedicated Pleural Clinic on Indwelling Pleural Catheter Related Outcomes: A Retrospective Single Center Experience. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2022. PMID: 36192832


  4. Yu EA, Seeley EJ. Therapeutic Bronchoscopy: Beyond Just Relieving the Obstruction. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35318985


  5. Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. Lung Cancer Screening. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34851229


  6. Leba CT, Seeley EJ, Bhakta NR, Block BL. A Woman with One Year of Cough Presumed to Be Asthma. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021. PMID: 34596494


  7. Ivanick NM, Shrestha P, Podolsky MJ, Walavalkar V, Lucas CH, Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. A retrospective observational study of benign anthracotic lymphadenitis and its association with PET avid lymph nodes in patients undergoing cancer evaluation. Journal of thoracic disease 2021. PMID: 34422351


  8. Schwertner A, Kohlbrenner RM, Seeley EJ, Lokken RP. Nonfibered Packing Coil Embolization of Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Resulting in a Delayed Endobronchial Coil Migration. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2021. PMID: 33526345


  9. Hosseini SM, Khanafshar E, Seeley EJ, Ruiz-Cordero R. Molecular cytopathology diagnosis of a lung neoplasm: Case report of an unusual non-small cell carcinoma with MET exon 14 skipping mutation. Diagnostic cytopathology 2021. PMID: 33433963


  10. Maynard A, McCoach CE, Rotow JK, Harris L, Haderk F, Kerr DL, Yu EA, Schenk EL, Tan W, Zee A, Tan M, Gui P, Lea T, Wu W, Urisman A, Jones K, Sit R, Kolli PK, Seeley E, Gesthalter Y, Le DD, Yamauchi KA, Naeger DM, Bandyopadhyay S, Shah K, Cech L, Thomas NJ, Gupta A, Gonzalez M, Do H, Tan L, Bacaltos B, Gomez-Sjoberg R, Gubens M, Jahan T, Kratz JR, Jablons D, Neff N, Doebele RC, Weissman J, Blakely CM, Darmanis S, Bivona TG. Therapy-Induced Evolution of Human Lung Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing. Cell 2020. PMID: 32822576


  11. Douglas IS, Alapat PM, Corl KA, Exline MC, Forni LG, Holder AL, Kaufman DA, Khan A, Levy MM, Martin GS, Sahatjian JA, Seeley E, Self WH, Weingarten JA, Williams M, Hansell DM. Fluid Response Evaluation in Sepsis Hypotension and Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Chest 2020. PMID: 32353418


  12. Seeley EJ. Patient-controlled Anesthesia With Propofol During Bronchoscopy. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2020. PMID: 32209917


  13. Auriemma CL, Zhuo H, Delucchi K, Deiss T, Liu T, Jauregui A, Ke S, Vessel K, Lippi M, Seeley E, Kangelaris KN, Gomez A, Hendrickson C, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Ware LB, Calfee CS. Acute respiratory distress syndrome-attributable mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis. Intensive care medicine 2020. PMID: 32206845


  14. Gesthalter YB, Seeley EJ. Flexible Bronchoscopic Deployment of a Silicone Bronchial Stent. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2020. PMID: 31856015


  15. Ivanick NM, Moh M, Seeley EJ, Benn BS. Bilateral Endobronchial Masses and Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2019. PMID: 31569108


  16. Ost DE, Seeley EJ, Shojaee S, Yasufuku K. Efforts to Limit Publication Bias and Improve Quality in the Journal: Introduction of Double-Blind Peer Review. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2019. PMID: 31233467


  17. Seeley EJ, Alshelli I, Canfield J, Lum M, Krishna G. The Impact of Bronchial Thermoplasty on Asthma-Related Quality of Life and Controller Medication Use. Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 2019. PMID: 31048594


  18. Benn BS, Parikh M, Tsau PH, Seeley E, Krishna G. Using a Dedicated Interventional Pulmonology Practice Decreases Wait Time Before Treatment Initiation for New Lung Cancer Diagnoses. Lung 2019. PMID: 30783733


  19. Haro GJ, Seeley EJ, Jablons DM, Kratz JR. Central Airway Obstruction Due to Tracheal Glomus Tumor. The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon reports 2018. PMID: 30464882


  20. Alshelli I, Seeley EJ. Pulmonary Sclerosing Pneumocytoma: Did Lightening Just Strike Twice? Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2017. PMID: 29191617


  21. Rosenblum MK, Wang SX, Seeley EJ. A mass that has no (EBUS) echo. Respiratory medicine case reports 2017. PMID: 29167754


  22. Parikh MS, Seeley E, Nguyen-Tran E, Krishna G. Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Injection of Liposomal Amphotericin B for the Treatment of Symptomatic Aspergilloma. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2017. PMID: 28590275


  23. Parikh MS, Seeley E, Krishna G. Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy Spares a Drunken Crab From the Surgeon's Knife. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2017. PMID: 27070338


  24. Hou D, Ying T, Wang L, Chen C, Lu S, Wang Q, Seeley E, Xu J, Xi X, Li T, Liu J, Tang X, Zhang Z, Zhou J, Bai C, Wang C, Byrne-Steele M, Qu J, Han J, Song Y. Immune Repertoire Diversity Correlated with Mortality in Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus Infected Patients. Scientific Reports 2016. PMID: 27669665


  25. Bastarache JA, Seeley EJ. Sepsis. Clinics in chest medicine 2016. PMID: 27229652


  26. Chen C, Wang M, Zhu Z, Qu J, Xi X, Tang X, Lao X, Seeley E, Li T, Fan X, Du C, Wang Q, Yang L, Hu Y, Bai C, Zhang Z, Lu S, Song Y, Zhou W. Multiple gene mutations identified in patients infected with influenza A (H7N9) virus. Scientific Reports 2016. PMID: 27156515


  27. Sciurba FC, Criner GJ, Strange C, Shah PL, Michaud G, Connolly TA, Deslée G, Tillis WP, Delage A, Marquette CH, Krishna G, Kalhan R, Ferguson JS, Jantz M, Maldonado F, McKenna R, Majid A, Rai N, Gay S, Dransfield MT, Angel L, Maxfield R, Herth FJ, Wahidi MM, Mehta A, Slebos DJ. Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema: The RENEW Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2016. PMID: 27179849


  28. Seeley EJ, Bernard GR. Therapeutic Targets in Sepsis: Past, Present, and Future. Clinics in chest medicine 2016. PMID: 27229636


  29. Tong L, Zhou J, Rong L, Seeley EJ, Pan J, Zhu X, Liu J, Wang Q, Tang X, Qu J, Bai C, Song Y. Fibroblast Growth Factor-10 (FGF-10) Mobilizes Lung-resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Protects Against Acute Lung Injury. Scientific Reports 2016. PMID: 26869337


  30. Lund DC, Asimow PD, Farley KA, Rooney TO, Seeley E, Jackson EW, Durham ZM. Enhanced East Pacific Rise hydrothermal activity during the last two glacial terminations. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2016. PMID: 26823422


  31. Hough CL, Caldwell ES, Cox CE, Douglas IS, Kahn JM, White DB, Seeley EJ, Bangdiwala SI, Rubenfeld GD, Angus DC, Carson SS. Development and Validation of a Mortality Prediction Model for Patients Receiving 14 Days of Mechanical Ventilation. Critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 26247337


  32. Seeley EJ. One-Way Valves to the Rescue for Bronchopleural Fistulae. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2015. PMID: 26686451


  33. Mao YX, Xu JF, Seeley EJ, Tang XD, Xu LL, Zhu YG, Song YL, Qu JM. Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Pulmonary Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Inhibiting Overproduction of Prostaglandin E2. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2015. PMID: 25788456


  34. Kangelaris KN, Prakash A, Liu KD, Aouizerat B, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rogers A, Seeley EJ, Chu J, Liu T, Osterberg-Deiss T, Zhuo H, Matthay MA, Calfee CS. Increased expression of neutrophil-related genes in patients with early sepsis-induced ARDS. Volume 308 of Issue 11. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2015. PMID: 25795726


  35. Seeley EJ. Fluid therapy during acute respiratory distress syndrome: less is more, simplified*. Critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 25599472


  36. Song Y, Xu F, Seeley EJ, Ou J, Zhu X, Sun R, Bai C. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: emerging research in China. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2014. PMID: 25398108


  37. Seeley EJ. A dry lung is a happy lung: more supporting evidence. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2014. PMID: 25298148


  38. Kangelaris KN, Seeley EJ. From storm to suppression in sepsis: are bands the link?*. Critical care medicine 2014. PMID: 25126801


  39. Tang CH, Seeley EJ, Huang X, Wolters PJ, Liu L. Increased susceptibility to Klebsiella pneumonia and mortality in GSNOR-deficient mice. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2013. PMID: 24239886


  40. Seeley EJ, Barry SS, Narala S, Matthay MA, Wolters PJ. Noradrenergic neurons regulate monocyte trafficking and mortality during gram-negative peritonitis in mice. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2013. PMID: 23543756


  41. Seeley EJ, Rosenberg P, Matthay MA. Calcium flux and endothelial dysfunction during acute lung injury: a STIMulating target for therapy. The Journal of clinical investigation 2013. PMID: 23434597


  42. Seeley EJ. Updates in the management of acute lung injury: a focus on the overlap between AKI and ARDS. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2013. PMID: 23265592


  43. Seeley EJ, Matthay MA, Wolters PJ. Inflection points in sepsis biology: from local defense to systemic organ injury. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2012. PMID: 22707617


  44. Carson SS, Kahn JM, Hough CL, Seeley EJ, White DB, Douglas IS, Cox CE, Caldwell E, Bangdiwala SI, Garrett JM, Rubenfeld GD. A multicenter mortality prediction model for patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation. Critical care medicine 2012. PMID: 22080643


  45. Sutherland RE, Xu X, Kim SS, Seeley EJ, Caughey GH, Wolters PJ. Parasitic infection improves survival from septic peritonitis by enhancing mast cell responses to bacteria in mice. Volume 6 of Issue 11. PloS one 2011. PMID: 22110673


  46. Seeley EJ, Sutherland RE, Kim SS, Wolters PJ. Systemic mast cell degranulation increases mortality during polymicrobial septic peritonitis in mice. Journal of leukocyte biology 2011. PMID: 21653231


  47. Seeley EJ, McAuley DF, Eisner M, Miletin M, Zhuo H, Matthay MA, Kallet RH. Decreased respiratory system compliance on the sixth day of mechanical ventilation is a predictor of death in patients with established acute lung injury. Respiratory research 2011. PMID: 21513532


  48. Seeley E, McAuley DF, Eisner M, Miletin M, Matthay MA, Kallet RH. Predictors of mortality in acute lung injury during the era of lung protective ventilation. Thorax 2008. PMID: 18566110


  49. Seeley EJ, Chambers HF. Diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by Staphylococcus aureus abscess and bacteremia due to acupuncture: case report and review of the literature. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006. PMID: 16758409


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