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Robert J. Blount, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Education

  • MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
  • MAS, Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  • Resident, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
  • Fellow, Pediatric Pulmonary, University of California, San Francisco, California

Selected Publications

  • Blount, R. J., Pascopella, L., Barry, P., Zabner, J., Stapleton, E. M., Flood, J., Balmes, J., Nahid, P. & Catanzaro, D. G. (2020). Residential urban tree canopy is associated with decreased mortality during tuberculosis treatment in California. Sci Total Environ 711 (134580). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134580.
  • Blount, B. C., Karwowski, M. P., Shields, P. G., Morel-Espinosa, M., Valentin-Blasini, L., Gardner, M., Braselton, M., Brosius, C. R., Caron, K. T., Chambers, D., Corstvet, J., Cowan, E., de Jesús, V. R., Espinosa, P., Fernandez, C., Holder, C., Kuklenyik, Z., Kusovschi, J. D., Newman, C., Reis, G. B., Rees, J., Reese, C., Silva, L., Seyler, T., Song, M. A., Sosnoff, C., Spitzer, C. R., Tevis, D., Wang, L., Watson, C., Wewers, M. D., Xia, B., Heitkemper, D. T., Ghinai, I., Layden, J., Briss, P., King, B. A., Delaney, L. J., Jones, C. M., Baldwin, G. T., Patel, A., Meaney-Delman, D., Rose, D., Krishnasamy, V., Barr, J. R., Thomas, J. & Pirkle, J. L. (2020). Vitamin E acetate in bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid associated with EVALI. New England Journal of Medicine 382 (8) 697-705. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1916433.
  • Stapleton, E. M., Manges, R., Parker, G., Stone, E. A., Peters, T. M., Blount, R. J., Noriega, J., Li, X., Zabner, J., Polgreen, P. M., Chipara, O., Herman, T. & Comellas, A. P. (2020). Indoor Particulate Matter From Smoker Homes Induces Bacterial Growth, Biofilm Formation, and Impairs Airway Antimicrobial Activity. A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Public Health 7. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00418.
  • Sood, A., Kapoor, V., Doo, K. & Blount, R. (2018). Health Problems and Burning Indoor Fuels. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 198 (5) P9-P10. PMID: 30168751.
  • Blount, R. J., Pascopella, L., Catanzaro, D. G., Barry, P. M., English, P. B., Segal, M. R., Flood, J., Meltzer, D., Jones, B., Balmes, J. & Nahid, P. (2017). Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. Environmental health perspectives 125 (9) 097026. PMCID: PMC5915191.
  • Blount, R. J., Daly, K. R., Fong, S., Chang, E., Grieco, K., Greene, M., Stone, S., Balmes, J., Miller, R. F., Walzer, P. D. & Huang, L. (2017). Effects of clinical and environmental factors on bronchoalveolar antibody responses to Pneumocystis jirovecii: A prospective cohort study of HIV+ patients. PloS one 12 (7) e0180212. PMCID: PMC5503245.
  • Blount, R. J., Tran, M. C., Everett, C. K., Cattamanchi, A., Metcalfe, J. Z., Connor, D., Miller, C. R., Grinsdale, J., Higashi, J. & Nahid, P. (2016). Tuberculosis progression rates in U.S. Immigrants following screening with interferon-gamma release assays. BMC public health 16 (1) 875. PMCID: PMC4997768.
  • Blount, R. J., Tran, B., Jarlsberg, L. G., Phan, H., Thanh Hoang, V., Nguyen, N. V., Lewinsohn, D. A. & Nahid, P. (2014). Childhood tuberculosis in northern Viet Nam: a review of 103 cases. PloS one 9 (5) e97267. PMCID: PMC4018290.
  • Gibb, E., Blount, R., Lewis, N., Nielson, D., Church, G., Jones, K. & Ly, N. (2012). Management of plastic bronchitis with topical tissue-type plasminogen activator. Pediatrics 130 (2) e446-50. PMID: 22802609.
  • Blount, R. J., Djwae, K., Daly, K. R., Jarlsberg, L. G., Fong, S., Balmes, J., Miller, R. F., Walzer, P. D. & Huang, L. The Effects Of Ambient Air Pollution On Serologic Responses To Pneumocystis Jirovecii In HIV-Infected Patients Admitted With Pneumocystis Pneumonia. Abstract for min-symposium presentation and winner of the ATS Travel Award. (2013) Philadelphia: American Thoracic Society International Conference.