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Curriculum Vitae

Octavian C. Ioachimescu, MD, PhD

Revised: Dec 15th, 2014

Summary: Staff Physician at Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) and Associate

Professor of Medicine at Emory University, with special interests and extensive activity in the

fields of (1) Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine – obstructive airway diseases such as

asthma, COPD and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), (2) Predictive Health, (3) Medical Education

in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and (4) Organizational Leadership (as Atlanta

VAMC Sleep Medicine Center Medical Director and Sleep Section Chief).

1. Name: Octavian C. Ioachimescu

2. Office Address: Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC)

Sleep (111) 1670 Clairmont Rd.

Decatur, GA 30033

Telephone: 404-321-6111 ext. 7258 (O)

216-346-8175 (C)

Fax: 404-417-2903

3. E-mail Address: [email protected] or [email protected]

4. Citizenship: Romanian Citizen; US Permanent Resident

5. Current Titles and Affiliations:

a. Academic appointments:

1. Primary appointments: Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory

University, School of Medicine, 2013 – present

2. Joint and secondary appointments: Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of

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Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 2009 – present

b. Clinical appointments:

1. Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Atlanta VAMC, 2007 – present

(renamed in 2013 Sleep Medicine Center)

2. Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Department, Atlanta VAMC, 2009 -

2012

3. Section Chief, VA Sleep Medicine Section, August 2012 – present

c. Education appointments: Emory Sleep Medicine Fellowship VA Site Director and

Core Faculty – June 2012 - present

6. Previous Academic and Professional Appointments:

Clinical Instructor, Pulmonology, Carol Davila University, Bucharest,

Romania, 1998 – 2000

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University, School of Medicine, 2007–2013

7. Previous Administrative and/or Clinical Appointments:

Acting Chief, Pulmonary Section, Atlanta VAMC, June 2009 – August 2010

8. Licensures/Boards:

Ohio, 2006 – 2012 (let intentionally lapse)

Georgia, issued 2008 - present

9. Specialty Boards:

Romanian Board of Pulmonology - 2000

American Board of Internal Medicine - 2003

American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Medicine - 2005

American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care - 2006

American Board of Sleep Medicine - 2007


10. Education:

1989 - 1995: Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy,

Bucharest, Romania

1999 - 2008: PhD: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy,

Bucharest, Romania

11. Postgraduate Training:

Residency and Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine, Marius Nasta National Institute of

Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania, Supervisor: Paul Stoicescu, MD, PhD, 1996 – 2000

Residency in Internal Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT (Yale University),

Supervisor: Paul B. Iannini, MD, 2000 – 2003

Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic Foundation,

Cleveland, OH, Supervisor: Peter Mazzone, MD and Alex Arroliga, MD, 2003 – 2006

Fellowship in Sleep Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Supervisor:

Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, 2006 – 2007

Leadership training:

"VA Southeast Network 7 Physician Leadership Academy", 2009

"Leadership in Healthcare" - Advisory Board Company (including Harvard School of

Business online modules), 2009 – 2011

"Junior Faculty Development Course", Emory University School of Medicine, Director:

Sharon W. Weiss, MD, 2009

"Cleveland Clinic’s Executive Education" webinar (Dr. James K. Stoller, Developing

Healthcare Leaders for the Future, Director: James K. Stoller), 2011

"Cleveland Clinic’s Executive Education" webinar (Dr. Carol Farver: Emotional

Intelligence: An Essential Competency for Healthcare Providers, Director: James K.


Stoller), 2011

"Cleveland Clinic’s Executive Education" webinar (Dr. Kenneth Goodman, Harnessing

Clinical Resources at the Point of Care, Director: James K. Stoller), 2012

"Physicians Executive Program" (PEP 2013), Emory University, Departments of

Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, & Surgery, January – June 2013

“Academy of Medical Educators”, Emory University, 2013-2014

“American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Leadership Academy”, Austin, TX,

October 2014

12. Military or Government Service: Romanian Army Mandatory Military Service,

Infantry/Sanitary Forces, 1988 – 1989

13. Committee Memberships:

National and International:

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP, approximately 12,000

members from >100 countries) - ACCP Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Network Steering Committee Member (12-member committee; Clinical

Pulmonary Medicine Network has >4700 members), 2010 – present

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM, approximately 10,000

members from >70 countries) – AASM Education Committee Member (8-

member committee), 2011 – 2014


members from >100 countries) –ACCP Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Network E-Community Co-Chair/Moderator, 2011 – 2012




Network Steering Committee Vice Chair (12-member committee; Clinical

Pulmonary Medicine Network has >4700 members), 2012 – 2014



Network Steering Committee Chair (12-member committee; Clinical




Network Steering Committee Past Chair (12-member committee; Clinical


American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) Educational

Projects Award Task Force Member (5-member committee) – Grant

Reviewer, 2012, 2013, 2014

Veterans Affairs Critical Care Network (CCN) Organizing Committee

Member (5 members) - 2012 – present

VA Research Project CSP-574 Clinical Evaluation Committee (CEC)

Member (5 members), 2013 – present

American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) Membership

Committee Member (8 members), 2014 - present

b. Regional and State:

Veterans Inter Service Network 7 (VISN-7) Lung Cancer OncWatch


Committee Member, 2007 – 2011

Ad-hoc Organizing Committee Member for Georgia Association of

Sleep Professionals (GASP), 2008

Member of the Board of Directors (BOD, VA/Emory Facility) for

Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP), 2012 – 2014

President, Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP)

2015 – 2016

c. Institutional:

Emory University Pulmonary and Critical Care Individualized Training

Pathway Committee Member (6-member committee), Division of Pulmonary,

Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, 2009 – 2010

Emory University Pulmonary and Critical Care Clinical Competency

Committee Member (8-member committee), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and

Critical Care Medicine, 2009 – 2012

Emory University Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Committee Member (8-member committee), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and

Critical Care Medicine, 2010 and 2013

Emory University Institutional Review Board (IRB) Member, 2010 – 2013

Emory University Sleep Center Education Strategic Planning Committee

Member (5-member committee), 2010 – 2012

Emory University Sleep Medicine Clinical Competency Committee Member

(5-member committee), Sleep Medicine Fellowship, 2012 – present


Emory University Sleep Medicine Fellowship Committee Member (5-member

committee), 2010 – present

Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) Member (5-member committee),

Study: "Vitamin D for enhancing the immune system in cystic fibrosis (DISC)",

PI: Vin Tangpricha, 2012 – present

Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) Chair (4-member committee) -

Study “Lung Immune Dysfunction in HIV: the Role of Zinc and Oxidative

Stress”, PI: Sushma Cribbs, 2014 – present

Emory University Department of Medicine Research Advisory Team (RAT)

Committee Member, 2014 - present

14. Consultantships:

- Takeda, Inc. – consultant for new sleep trial design - 2013 - 2014

15. Editorships and Editorial Boards:

Editor and Member of International Advisory Board - The Journal of College

Medical Sciences (JCMS), 2010 – present

Editor and Member of Scientific Advisory Board - North American Journal of

Medical Sciences (NAJMS), 2011 - present

Editor of “Contemporary Sleep Medicine”, Bentham Publishing,

2011 (electronic textbook in patient and physician versions)

16. Ad-hoc Manuscript Reviewer for the Following Publications:

i. “Chest”, 2001 - present

ii. “Thorax”, 2004 - present


iii. “Respirology”, 2004 - present

iv. “Respiratory Care”, 2004 - present

v. "Respiration", 2004 - present

vi. “Respiratory Medicine”, 2006 - present

vii. "Mayo Clinic Proceedings”, 2006 - present

viii. “Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care”, 2006 - present

ix. “American Journal of Medical Sciences”, 2006 – present

x. “Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis”, 2007

xi. “Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology”, 2006 - 2007

xii. "Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews", 2009

xiii. "Hospital Physician Board Review Manual" 2009

xiv. “Pneumologia”, 2000 - present

xv. “Saudi Medical Journal”, 2007 - present

xvi. “The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease”, 2010 – present

xvii. “Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease”, 2010 - present

xviii. "Pediatric Pulmonology", 2010 - present

xix. "Allergy and Asthma Proceedings", 2010 - present

xx. "Medicine", 2010 - present

xxi. "Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases", 2010 - present

xxii. "PLOS One", 2010 - present

xxiii. "Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology", 2011 - present

xxiv. "US Respiratory Disease", 2011 – 2012

xxv. “North American Journal of Medical Sciences”, 2011 – present

xxvi. "International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences", 2012 – present

xxvii. "Journal of Zhejiang University-Science", 2012 – present

xxviii. "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine", 2012 – present

xxix. "Sleep Medicine Reviews", 2013 – present

xxx. "Chronobiology International", 2013 – present

xxxi. “Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine”, 2013 – present

xxxii. “Lung”, 2013 – present

xxxiii. “European Journal of Pediatrics”, 2014 - present


xxxiv. “Acta Endocrinologica”, 2014 – present

xxxv. “Pediatrics International”, 2014 – present

xxxvi. “Case Reports in Pediatrics”, 2014 – present

xxxvii. “Canadian Respiratory Journal”, 2014 - present

17. Honors and Awards:

Ioachimescu O.C. “Considerations about right ventricular function assessment in

patients with COPD”, 1999, Pneumologia 2: 115-119

Article awarded ‘The best article of the year 1999’, Romania

Ioachimescu O.C. “Bronchial-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma”, American

College of Physicians (ACP) Connecticut Meeting, May 2001

Joseph Belsky Award - 3rd Prize, Danbury Hospital

Ioachimescu O.C. “Langerhans cell histiocytosis”, Danbury Hospital Research Day,

May 2001

Joseph Belsky Award - 2nd Prize, Danbury Hospital

Ioachimescu O.C. “The diagnosis and severity of OSA: a comprehensive analysis of

different predictive models”, Neuroscience Day, Cleveland Clinic,

May 2007, 3rd Prize Research Award, Cleveland Clinic

Ioachimescu O.C. Three chapters in Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Editors:

Geoffrey J. Laurent and Steven D. Shapiro, © 2006 Elsevier Ltd,

ISBN (Set): 0-12-438360-2, Winner of the Best Multi-Volume

Reference Work (Science), 2006 Professional/Scholarly

Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers

(AAP)

Ioachimescu O.C. "Teacher of the Year" Pulmonary Division Award, 2009

Ioachimescu O.C. - Marquis Who's Who in America 2010 and 2012 (64th and 65th

Editions)

Ioachimescu O.C. - among "The Most Influential Teachers in the Emory

University Department of Medicine" (2010 Award Celebration)

Ioachimescu O.C. - Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2011-2012 (11th

Edition)


Ioachimescu O.C. "Teacher of the Year" Pulmonary Division Award, 2012

18. Society Memberships:

i. Romanian Society of Cardiology (RSC), 1996 – present

ii. Romanian PsychoNeuroEndocrinology Society (RPNES), 1996 – 2000

iii. International Society of Endocrinology (ISE) 1997 – 1999

iv. Romanian Society of Pneumology (RSP), 1998 – present

v. American College of Physicians (ACP), Affiliate, 2000 – 2007

vi. Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 2003 – 2007

vii. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Affiliate, 2003 – 2009

viii. American Medical Association (AMA), 2000 - 2009

ix. European Respiratory Society (ERS, approximately 10,000 members from

>100 countries), ERS Thoracic Oncology Assembly - Lung Cancer Group

(11.01), 2003 – present

x. American Thoracic Society (ATS approximately 15,000 members worldwide),

ATS Assembly on Clinical Problems (CP), 2003 – present

xi. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Foundation (A1ATF), 2003 – 2012

xii. American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM approximately 10,000 members

worldwide), Diplomate (DAASM), AASM Sleep Disordered Breathing Section,

2006 – present

xiii. American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow (FACP), 2007 – 2012

xiv. American Academy of Neurology, 2006 – 2008

xv. Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP), 2008 – present

xvi. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP, approximately 12,000 members

from >100 countries), Fellow (FCCP), member of the ACCP Sleep

Institute/Network, Pulmonary Physiology, Function, and Rehabilitation Network,

Thoracic Oncology Network, and Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Network, 2009 –

present

xvii. Southern Society of Clinical Investigation (SSCI), 2009 – present


xviii. American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR), 2012 - present

19. Organization of National or International Conferences:

a. Administrative positions:

1. Vice-Chair of Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Network Steering Committee, ACCP, 2012-

2014 (organization of ACCP international meeting [“CHEST”])

2. Chair of Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Network Steering Committee, ACCP, 2014-


3. Past Chair of Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Network Steering Committee, ACCP, 2016-


b. Sessions as Chair:

- Chair, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) "Lung Pathology

Course", part of ACCP Board Review Courses, Phoenix, AZ, 2012

- Chair, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP): “Predictive

Health in Pulmonology: The Case of the Pulmonary Nodules”

(Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Network Highlights Session), ACCP

meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2012

- Co-Chair, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP): “Pulmonary.

Physiology” Plenary Session, ACCP meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2012

- Chair, Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) Annual

Meeting, April 2013

- Chair, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP): “Obstructive Lung

and Airway Disorders: to Split or to Lump?” Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Plenary Session, ACCP international meeting, Chicago, IL, 2013

20. Research Focus:

Sleep Medicine


1. Predictive Health in Sleep Medicine - Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

2. Algorithms of diagnosis/therapy for OSA

3. Oxidative stress in OSA

Pulmonology

a. Predictive Health in Pulmonology (pulmonary nodules, pneumonia)

b. Pulmonary nodules - computed tomographic volumetric analysis

c. Orphan lung disorders

d. Obstructive lung disease, pulmonary function

21. Grant Support:

a. Active support:

1. Federally funded:

- ESCAPe (CSP-574): ~ $300,000 (2011-2016)

Study "Phase III randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial to evaluate the

safety and efficacy of low-dose methylprednisolone infusion in subjects with severe

community acquired pneumonia (ESCAPe)" (VA Central IRB Study #10-04, VA

Cooperative Study CSP-574, NCT01283009), sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs,

Site Principal Investigator, 25% effort (current);

- Sleep Telemedicine Assessment of Response to Therapy (START): $552,000 (2013-

2014)

VA (Office of Rural Health)-sponsored, Investigator-Initiated Clinical Project to implement

diagnosis and therapy of insomnia (CBTI) and sleep apnea using telemedicine capabilities

and technologies, Emory IRB#00074996, Principal Investigator, 10% effort (current)

2. Contracts (industry-sponsored studies):

- SUMMIT: ~ $80,000 (2011 - 2015)

Phase III study HZC113782 (SUMMIT): "A Clinical Outcomes Study to compare the effect

of Fluticasone Furoate/Vilanterol Inhalation Powder 100/25 mcg with placebo on Survival

in Subjects with moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and a history

of or at increased risk for cardiovascular disease"; industry-sponsored study, sponsor:

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, NCT01313676), Local Site Principal Investigator, Emory IRB


00046472, 5% effort (current);

- AUSTRI: ~$100,000 (2012 - 2015)

Phase IV study SAS115359 (AUSTRI), "Safety and Efficacy Study of Inhaled Fluticasone

Propionate/Salmeterol Combination versus Inhaled Fluticasone Propionate in the

Treatment of Adolescent and Adult Subjects with Persistent Asthma"; industry-sponsored

study, sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, NCT01475721), Local Site Principal Investigator,

Emory IRB 00055980, 5% effort (current);

- CALIMA: ~$200,000 (2014-2016)

Phase III study D3250C00018 (CALIMA), “A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-blind,

Parallel Group, Placebo-controlled, Phase III Efficacy and Safety Study of Benralizumab

(MEDI-563) Added to High-dose Inhaled Corticosteroid Plus Long-acting β2 Agonist in

Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma (AstraZeneca, NCT01914757), Local Site Investigator,

Emory IRB# 00073860, 5% effort (current)

- SOLITAIRE-IV: ~50,000 (2014-2015)

Phase III study CE01-301 (SOLITAIRE-IV): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multi-Center

Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous to Oral Solithromycin (CEM-101)

Compared to Intravenous to Oral Moxifloxacin in the Treatment of Adult Patients with

Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia, sponsor: Cempra Pharmaceuticals (NCT

01968733), Local Site Investigator, Emory IRB# 00074229, 5% effort (current)

b. Previous support:

- Sleep Telemedicine Project: $150,000 (2012-2013)

VA-sponsored, Investigator-Initiated Clinical Project to implement diagnosis and therapy of

sleep disorders using telemedicine capabilities and technologies, Principal Investigator,

2.5% effort (past)

- BREATH (CSP-560): $65,000 (2008 - 2009)

Study "Bronchitis and Emphysema Advice and Training To Reduce Hospitalization

(BREATH)" (Emory IRB# 00010180, NCT00395083), VA Cooperative Study CSP-560

(completed), sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs, Local Site Principal Investigator;

10% effort (past);

c. Current Studies without Specific Support:


- Study "Sleep Functional Outcomes" (Emory IRB# 00049576), investigator-initiated

study, Principal Investigator, 2011 - 2016; 5% effort (current)

- Study "Lung Transplant Functional Database" (Emory IRB#00052353), Co-

Investigator (co-PIs: David Neujahr, Seth Force), 2011 - 2015; 1% effort (current)

- Study "Respiratory Events and Risk of Hypertension" (Emory IRB# 00049576),

Senior Investigator (Sub-Investigator and prior mentee: Ahmed Khan), 2011 - 2015; 1%

effort (overlapping with "Sleep Functional Outcomes")

- Study "Determinants of Functional Impairments in Pulmonary Function" (Emory

IRB# 00049576), Senior Investigator (Sub-Investigator and prior mentee: Misbah Baqir),

2009 - 2015; 2.5% effort (overlapping with "Sleep Functional Outcomes")

- Study "Functional Assessment in Sleep Apnea" (Emory IRB# 00049576), Senior

Investigator (Sub-Investigator and prior mentee: Swathy Puthalapatthu), 2011 - 2015;

2.5% effort (current, overlapping with "Sleep Functional Outcomes")

- Study "CPAP Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea" (Emory IRB# 00049576), Senior

Investigator (Co-Investigator and current mentee: Rina Eisenstein), 2011 - 2014; 2.5%

effort (current, overlapping with "Sleep Functional Outcomes")

-Study “CROSSEXAMINATION” (IRB waiver, #00059851), Co-Investigator (Co-

investigator and current mentee: Faye Routledge), 2012-2015; 1% effort (current, data

from Emory Predictive Health Initiative)

d..Past Studies without Specific Support:

- Study: "Blood Collection for Structure Study" (Emory IRB# 00045762), Co - Investigator

(Principal Investigator: Peter Wilson), 2011 - 2013; 2.5% effort (past)

- Organizer of "National Registry of Orphan Lung Disorders", Principal Investigator, 1998,

Romania, 10% effort (past)

- Study "Gatifloxacin versus Trovafloxacin in acute bronchitis"; industry-sponsored study,

Sub-Investigator (PI: Paul Stoicescu, MD, PhD), sponsor: Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK), Romania,

1999, 5% effort (past)

22. Clinical Service Contributions:

July 2007 – present: built and consolidated Atlanta VAMC Sleep Program, now


Atlanta VAMC Sleep Medicine Center – grew from a 3-person

Department (in 2007) to a 42-FTEE Sleep Medicine Center (in

2014) and a 3-million+ sleep contract over 3 years

(as Medical Director of Sleep Medicine Center); since August 2012

– Sleep Medicine Section Chief

June 2009 – July 2010: led the Atlanta VAMC Pulmonary Section, in charge of >60

people (Pulmonary, Critical Care, Respiratory Therapy, Sleep

Medicine and CPAP Clinics) (as Acting Pulmonary Section Chief)

July 2007 – present: attending for Pulmonary Consults, Medical ICU at the Atlanta

VAMC: 2-4 months/year service, which includes:

- Teaching

- Patient care for MICU patients

- Pulmonary Consults for wards or ICU inpatients

- Pulmonary Special Clinic – outpatient consultations and

procedures (including endobronchial ultrasound, EBUS)

July 2007 – present: Pulmonary Clinic for outpatients at the Atlanta VAMC: Monday

half-day clinic; this involves teaching Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows

July 2007 – present: Sleep Center at the Atlanta VAMC:

- Patient Care: Sleep Medicine consultations; full-day Sleep Clinic (Wednesday)

- Review and interpret sleep studies performed in the Atlanta VA Sleep Lab

(currently ~ 700 studies per year)

- Oversee the development, implementation and quality control of outsourced

sleep studies (600-1,200 polysomnographic studies per year)

- Teaching for medical students, medical residents and Pulmonary and Critical

Care fellows in Pulmonary Special Clinic or Sleep Medicine rotation

July 2012 – present: teaching Sleep Medicine fellows in Sleep Clinics and Laboratory

23. Formal Teaching:

a. Medical Student Teaching:


M5 Carol Davila University, Pulmonary Module, Marius Nasta Institute of

Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania, 1999 - 2000

M3 Yale University and Columbia University, Danbury Hospital Internal

Medicine rotations, 2000 - 2003

M3 Case Western-Cleveland Clinic University and Pennsylvania State

University, Cleveland Clinic, Pulmonary and Critical Care rotations, 2003 -

2007

M1 Emory University, Pulmonary Module, 2009-2013 (except 2011)

M2 Emory University, Evidence-Based Medicine Module, 2011

M3 Emory University, Critical Care VA Module, 2010-present

b. Graduate Programs:

Residency Programs - Internal Medicine Residents: Emory University,

2007 – present, and Morehouse School of Medicine, 2009 – present

Fellowship Program - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows,

2007 – present

Fellowship Program (Core Faculty and Site Director) - Sleep Medicine

Fellows, 2012 – present

c. Other categories:

Physician Assistant students, 2007 – present, occasionally

Nurse Practitioner students, 2007 – present, occasionally

Patients: Smoking cessation classes for patients, 2009-2010

Other Postgraduate - faculty for:

Emory University ABIM Board Review Course (2009 – 2013, yearly)

Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine Board Review Course (March

and October 2009)

Education Consultants Family Practice Board Review Course (May

2010, June 2010 and February 2012)

Sleep Medicine Physician Assistants, 2011 – present, daily

24. Supervisory Teaching:


Settings:

Attending Physician for Pulmonary Consults at the Atlanta VAMC (M3, IM Residents and

PCCM Fellows)

Attending Physician for MICU Service at the Atlanta VAMC (M3, IM Residents and PCCM

Fellows)

Attending Physician for Pulmonary Clinics at the Atlanta VAMC (M3, IM Residents and

PCCM Fellows)

Attending Physician for Sleep Clinics and Sleep Laboratory at the Atlanta VAMC (IM

Residents and PCCM Fellows)

Mentees trained:

i. Sleep Medicine Fellows mentored academically during Sleep Fellowship, as Chief

Fellow:

Dewey McWhirter 2006 - 2007 Private Practice in Tennessee

Farid Talih 2006 - 2007 Faculty, American University of Beirut,

Lebanon

Esteban Linarez 2006 - 2007 Private Practice in Chicago, IL

ii. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellows mentored in research:

Nimesh Shah 2009 - 2010 Staff, George Washington Hospital, DC

Kavitha Kotha 2009 - 2010 Staff, University of North Carolina, NC

Misbah Baqir 2010 - 2012, currently staff and faculty at

Mayo Clinic

Swathy Puthalapattu 2011 - 2013, currently faculty at Topeka VAMC

Ahmed Khan 2011 - present, currently private practice, NYC, NY

Sai Sunkara 2014 – present, currently PCCM Fellow

iii. Endocrinology fellows mentored in research:

Jeremy Anthony 2014 – present

Tina Constantin 2014 – present

iv. Internal Medicine (IM) Residents:

Alexander Babeyuski (Atlanta Medical Center IM Resident), currently Hospitalist in

Atlanta, GA - mentored in research, 2009-2010

v. Physician Assistant (PA) Students:


Tom Murphy (PA Student), currently in practice in Atlanta - mentored clinically,

2009

vi. Medical Students:

Kiley Kolb (currently IM Resident, Temple University, Philadelphia) – mentored

clinically, 2008

Monica Zhang (currently Ophthalmology Resident in Emory University) - mentored

clinically, 2011

vii. Undergraduate Students:

Cinan Lesley (Emory Undergraduate student, SIRE Program) – mentored in

research, 2014 – present

Robert Havranek (Emory Undergraduate student, SIRE Program) – mentored in

research, 2014 - present

viii. International Medical Students:

Arman Qamar (India, New Delhi, currently IM Resident at University of

Pennsylvania) - mentored in research, 2010-2011

ix. Postgraduate Trainees:

Rina Eisenstein, MD (currently staff physician at the Atlanta VAMC) -

mentored her clinically (2009-2011) to learn sleep medicine and to

obtain sleep medicine board-certification on non-accredited,

"grandfathered" track; since 2010 I have been mentoring Dr.

Eisenstein academically (Geriatrics Hartford Research Award, mentor)

Kandace McCarver (Sleep PA-C), Atlanta VAMC, mentored clinically and in

research, 2011 - present

Mary-Margaret Ciavatta (Sleep PA-C), Atlanta VAMC, mentored clinically and in

research, 2011 – present

Faye Routledge (Assistant Professor, Emory School of Nursing), mentored in

research (project 'Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Sleep Hygiene for

Insomnia in Prehypertension and Hypertension'), 2013 – present

Barry Fields (Assistant Professor, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta VAMC Sleep

Section), mentored in research (project 'START'), 2014 – present (current)


25. Lectureships, Seminar Invitations, and Visiting Professorships:

1. Women Vet Fest, Atlanta VAMC, ”Sleep in Women Veterans”, November

2009

2. Emory University Internal Medicine Board Review – “Sleep Medicine”, 2009,

2010, 2011

3. Family Practice Board Review Course, “Pulmonary Medicine”, May and June

2010, February 2012

4. Atlanta VAMC (monthly conferences), “Smoking Cessation for Veterans”,

2009 – 2010

5. Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) – Invited Conference,

“Predictive Health in Sleep Medicine”, 2011

6. Pennsylvania State University – Hershey, PA, Visiting Professor, “Predictive

Health in Sleep Medicine”, 2011

7. Atlanta Medical Center Grand Rounds, "Jet Lag", Atlanta, GA, 2012

8. Danbury Hospital Grand Rounds, "Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome", Danbury ,

CT, 2012

9. Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) – Invited Conferences,

“Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Syndrome” and “Chronodisruption

and Metabolic Syndrome”, 2012

26. Invitations to National and International Conferences:

1. “Jet Lag Syndrome” – Invited Conference at ACCP meeting ("CHEST"),

Honolulu, HI, October 2011

2. “Physiology and Pulmonary Function Test” posters session, moderator,

American College of Chest Physicians meeting (“CHEST”), Honolulu, HI,

October, 2011

3. “Asthma Posters I” posters session, moderator, American College of Chest

Physicians meeting (“CHEST”), Honolulu, HI, October, 2011

4. "Sleep and Aging" abstract reviewer, for American Academy of Sleep Medicine

(AASM)/American Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) international meeting,

Boston, MA, June 2012


5. "Vasculitides", American College of Chest Physicians Board Review Course on

Respiratory Pathology – invited conference, Phoenix, AZ, August 2012

6. "Pathology of Small Lung Samples", American College of Chest Physicians

Board Review Course on Respiratory Pathology – invited conference, Phoenix,

AZ, August 2012

7. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Network Forum Featured Speaker – Octavian C. Ioachimescu, MD, PhD,

"Volumetric analysis of pulmonary nodules: impact on clinical decisions in

diagnosis and management", Atlanta, GA, October 2012

8. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Network Plenary Session, "Obstructive Lung Disease (OLD) and OSA: A New

Clinical Entity?”, CHEST meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2013

9. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Session, “Sleep deprivation and

shift work in post-training physicians”, CHEST meeting, Chicago, IL, October

2013

10. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) "Pulmonary Function and

Rehabilitation" abstract reviewer, CHEST meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2013

11. American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) "Critical Care Case Affiliate

Reports I" abstract reviewer and moderator, CHEST meeting, Austin, TX,

October 2014

27. Bibliography:

Total: 27 PubMed indexed articles; >30 peer-reviewed publications

Google Scholar (GS) citations: 535

ISI Thompson Reuters H Index: 6+

a. Published and Accepted Research Articles (clinical, basic science, other) in

Referenced Journals:

1. Ioachimescu O.C., Ioachimescu A.G., Iannini P.B., 2004, “Severity Scoring in

Pneumococcal CAP- a 5-year Experience” (Article, Clinical Investigation),

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 24: 485-490, PMID: 15519482

Citations: 31 (GS); 22 (PubMed)


2. Ioachimescu O.C., Venkateshiah S. (first two authors contributed equally),

McCarthy K., Kavuru M., Stoller J.K., 2005, “Estimating FVC from FEV2 and FEV3:

Assessment of a Surrogate Spirometric Parameter” (Article, Clinical Investigation),

Chest 128(3): 1274-1281, PMID: 16162718


3. Venkateshiah S.B., Ioachimescu O.C. (first two authors contributed equally),

McCarthy K., Stoller J.K., 2008, “The Utility of Spirometry in Diagnosing Pulmonary

Restriction” (Article, Clinical Investigation), Lung, 186(1):19-25, PMID: 17990034

(first two authors contributed equally)


4. Koo BB, Dostal J, Ioachimescu O, Budur K., 2008, "The Effects of Gender and Age

on REM-Related Sleep-Disordered Breathing" (Article, Clinical Investigation), Sleep

Breath 12(3): 259-264, PMID: 18074161


5. Puthalapattu S, Bhadriraju S, Roman-Rodriguez J, Perez R, Ioachimescu OC.,

2013, Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders: Survey in Individuals with Idiopathic

Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) (Article, Clinical Investigation), J Sleep Disorders Ther 2(3):

120-4

Link: http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/2167-0277/2167-0277-2-120.pdf


6.

b. Manuscripts Submitted:

1. Ioachimescu O.C., McCarthy K., Stoller J.K. “Alternative Measurements in

Spirometry: The Role of Area-Under-the-Expiratory Flow-Volume Curve” (Article,

Clinical Investigation, submitted)

2. Ioachimescu O.C., Ciavatta M.M., McCarver K., "OLDOSA Syndrome"

(Investigative Article, in submission)

3. Khatri S, Ioachimescu O.C., “The intersection between Obstructive Lung Diseases

and Obstructive Sleep Apnea” (Review article, in review, CCJM)

4. Sunkara S., Ioachimescu O.C., “Sleep Disorders in COPD”, (Invited Review article,

http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/2167-0277/2167-0277-2-120.pdf


submitted, Sleeping and Breathing section of “Current Pulmonology Reports”).

5. Venkateshiah S, Ioachimescu O.C., “Restless Legs Syndrome” (Invited Review

article, submitted, “Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in the ICU”)

6. Ioachimescu A.G., Ioachimescu O.C., “Hormones, endocrinopathies, sleep and

sleep disorders” (submitted, Chapter in “Principles and Practice of Sleep

Medicine, 2015, 6th edition – Kryger, Roth and Dement)

c. Review Articles:

1. Ioachimescu O., 1999, “Electrical Impedance Tomography, a New Imagistic Method?”

Pneumologia 4: 301-303, PMID: 10856991

2. Ioachimescu O., 1999, “Considerations About Right Ventricular Function Assessment

in Patients with COPD”, Pneumologia 2: 115-119, article awarded ‘The best article of

the year 1999’.

3. Ioachimescu O.C., 2003, “Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis in Adult”. (Review

Article) Pneumologia, 52(1): 38-43, PMID: 14702700

Citations: 13 (GS); (PubMed)

4. Ioachimescu O.C., Sieber S., Kotch A.K., 2004, “Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis

Revisited” (Review Article), European Respiratory Journal, 24(1): 162-170, PMID:

15293620


5. Ioachimescu O.C., Mehta A., 2005, “Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and

Adenocarcinoma of the Lung – a Morphogenetic Journey” Journal of Bronchology

(Review Article), 12(3): 174-180

Citations: 4 (GS)

6. Ioachimescu O.C., Mehta A., 2005, “From Cystic Pulmonary Airway Malformation, to

Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Lung” (Review Article),

European Respiratory Journal 26(6): 1181-1187, PMID: 16319347


7. Ioachimescu O.C., Kotch A., Stoller J. K., 2005, “Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

in adults”. (Review Article). Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 12(1): 16-25



8. Ioachimescu O.C., Stoller J.K., 2005, “A Review of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency”

(Review Article) Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2: 263-275, PMID:

17136953


9. Ioachimescu O.C., Kavuru M., 2006, “An Update on Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis”

(Online Review Article), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Pulmonary and

Critical Care Update; Link:

http://www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu/vol20/lessons18_19/index.php

10. Ioachimescu O.C., Kavuru M., 2006, “Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis” (Review

Article), Chron Respir Dis; 3(3): 149-159, PMID: 16916009

Citations: 95 (GS); (PubMed))

11. Ioachimescu O.C., Corlan E., 2007, "New Data in Staging and Prognosis of

Bronchopulmonary Carcinoma. Part I: Epidemiology and Diagnostic Procedures"

(Review Article), Pneumologia 56(3): 129-136, PMID: 18019973

12. Ioachimescu O.C., Corlan E., 2008, "New Data in Staging and Prognosis of

Bronchopulmonary Carcinoma. Part II – Lung Nodule Volumetric Analysis" (Review

Article), Pneumologia 57(4): 209-220, PMID: 19186683

13. Ioachimescu O.C., Stoller J.K., 2008, “Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage – diagnosing it

and finding the cause” (Review Article), Cleve Clin J Med, 78: 258-270, PMID:

18491433


14. Ioachimescu O.C., El Solh, A.l., Jun 2012, "Pharmacotherapy of insomnia " (Invited

Review), Expert Opin Pharmacother. 13(9):1243-60. Epub 2012 May 11, PMID:

22578014


15. Ioachimescu O.C., Collop N., Nov 2012, "Sleep Disordered Breathing" (invited

chapter/review in "Sleep Disorders" issue) Neurologic Clinics 30: 1095-1136, PMID:

23099131; Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ncl.2012.08.003


16. Ioachimescu O.C., Teodorescu M., “Integrating the Overlap between Obstructive

Lung Disorders and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: OLDOSA Syndrome” (Invited Review

http://www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu/vol20/lessons18_19/index.php

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ncl.2012.08.003


Article), Respirology. 2013 Apr;18(3):421-31, PMID: 23368952


17. Ioachimescu O.C., “On Obstructive Lung Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Time

to Revisit Nosologies?” (Invited Perspective Article), Chest Physician, 2013 Jun;

8(6):22.

Citations: 0

18. Puthalapattu S, Ioachimescu O.C., "Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Clinical

and Pathogenic Interactions" (Review), J Investig Med. 2014 Apr; 62(4):665-75, PMID:

24583902

Citations: 0

19. Ioachimescu O.C. et al. “A dozen years of American Academy of Sleep Medicine

(AASM) International Mini-Fellowship: program evaluation and future directions”

(Perspective article), J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Mar 15; 10(3):331-4, PMID: 24634633

Citations: 0

d. Symposium Contributions (abstracts, posters):

1. Corlan D., Vinereanu D., Ioachimescu O., Gherasim L., 1997, “Computer Simulation of

In Vivo AV Node Pacing Experiments with Coverage of Whole Parameter Space”,

(Abstract, Clinical Investigation), August 1997, Stockholm, Sweden, European Heart

Journal, vol 18, Abstract Supplement; Link: http://clarrhmos.corlan.net/publ.html

2. Ioachimescu O., Ioachimescu A., Galbenu P., Cilt C., Stoicescu P.I., Bogdan M.A.,

1998, “Does Endocrine Semiology Means Endocrinopathy? - Case Presentations”,

(Abstract, case report), , The 8th National Symposium of PsychoNeuroEndocrinology,

June 1998, Sibiu, Romania, published in “Revue Roumaine d’Endocrinologie” vol 3-

4/1998

3. Ioachimescu O., Stoicescu P.I., 1999, “A Proposal for a National Registry of

Histiocytosis X”, (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), National Congress of Pulmonology,

Poiana Brasov, October 1999, Pneumologia 3:221

4. Ioachimescu O., Serbescu A., 1999, “Histiocytosis X with Multiple Determinations,

Case Presentation”, (Abstract, case report), National Congress of Pulmonology,

Poiana Brasov, October 1999, Pneumologia 3:221

http://clarrhmos.corlan.net/publ.html


5. Ioachimescu O.C., Sieber S., Walker M., Rella V., Kotch A., 2001, “Bronchial-

Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma”, (Abstract, case report), ACP CT Meeting,

Joseph Belsky Research Day, 3rd prize, May 2001, published in Connecticut

Medicine, vol 65(9)

6. Ioachimescu O.C., Salamon C., Iannini P.B., 2001, “Risk Stratification in

Pneumococcal Community Acquired Pneumonia: a Retrospective Analysis”, (Abstract,

Clinical Investigation), Joseph Belsky Research Day, September 2001, published in

Connecticut Medicine, vol 65(9)

7. Ioachimescu O., Stoicescu P.I., 2001, “Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis”. Joseph Belsky

Research Day, 2nd Prize, May 2001, (Abstract, case report), published in “Connecticut

Medicine”, vol 65(9)

8. Ioachimescu O.C., Ioachimescu A.G., Iannini P.B., 2002, “Clinical Outcome in

Pneumococcal Pneumonia at Danbury Hopital”, (Abstract, Clinical Investigation),

Joseph Belsky Research Day, May 2002, published in Connecticut Medicine, vol.

66(12)

9. Ioachimescu O.C., Ioachimescu A.G., Iannini P.B., 2003, “Pneumococcal CAP –

Severity Scoring Aftermath”, (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), First International

Congress on CAP, Windsor, Canada, Sept 2003

10. Ioachimescu O., Sieber S., Kotch A., 2003, “SZ Phenotype, ANCA, and More”,

(Abstract, case report), American Thoracic Society, Alpha-1 Foundation Meeting,

Seattle, May 2003.

11. Ioachimescu O.C., Nee P., Prince M., Karlin R., Gupta S., 2003, “Gastroparesis in

Dengue Fever: First Report”, (Abstract, case report), Joseph Belsky Research Day,

May 2003

12. Ioachimescu O., Charti A., DeCamp M., Mehta A., 2004, “Delayed Treatment of

Bronchial Stenosis”, (Abstract, case report), International Congress of Bronchology,

Barcelona, Spain, June 2004

13. Ioachimescu O.C., Lamont J., Bae C., Foldvary-Schaefer N., Golish J., 2005,

“Determinants of the Ideal Level of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive

Sleep Apnea”, (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), American College of Chest Physicians


(ACCP), Montreal, Canada, Nov 2005; Link:

http://meeting.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/128/4/233S

14. Ioachimescu O.C., McCarthy K., Kavuru M., Stoller, J.K., 2005, “A Logarithmic Model

of Predicting FVC Bbased on FEV1, FEV2, and FEV3 “ (Clinical Investigation),

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Montreal, Canada, Nov 2005; Link:


Citations: 1

15. Budur K., Bae C., Foldvary-Schaefer N., Ioachimescu O., 2005, “The Correlation

Between Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score and Driving Accidents: a Retrospective

Analysis of 150 Cases” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated Professional

Sleep Societies (APSS), Denver, June 2005, SLEEP, Volume 28, Abstract

Supplement: A350; Link: www.journalsleep.org/PDF/AbstractBook2005.pdf

16. Ioachimescu O.C., Bedford T., Bae C., Foldvary-Schaefer N., Aboussouan L., Golish

J., 2006, “Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Level in Obstructive Sleep

Apnea (OSA): the Aftermath of Various Mathematical Models” (Abstract, Clinical

Investigation), Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Salt Lake City, June

2006, SLEEP, Volume 29, Abstract Supplement, 2006: A203; Link:

http://www.journalsleep.org/PDF/AbstractBook2006.pdf

17. Koo B., Budur K., Ioachimescu O., 2006, “Demographic and Polysomnographic

Characteristics in Patients with REM-Related Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A

Retrospective Analysis of 226 Patients” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated

Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Salt Lake City, October 2006, SLEEP, Volume

29, Abstract Supplement: A191; Link:


18. Bae C., Schauer P., Chand B., Ioachimescu O., Foldvary-Schaefer N., 2006, “Clinical

and Polysomnographic Features of Bariatric Surgery Candidates with Suspected

Sleep Apnea” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated Professional Sleep

Societies (APSS), Salt Lake City, June 2006, SLEEP, Volume 29, Abstract

Supplement: A215; Link: http://www.journalsleep.org/PDF/AbstractBook2006.pdf

19. Linarez E., Budur K., Stephenson L., Ioachimescu O., Foldvary-Schaefer, N., 2007,

“Sleep Related Breathing Disorder In Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Study Of








Sixty Patients” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), (Abstract, Clinical Investigation),

Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, June 2007, SLEEP,

Volume 30, Abstract Supplement: A170; Link:


20. McWhirter D., Bae C., Ioachimescu O., 2007, “Can Split Night Polysomnograms be

Improved by Using an Algorithm to Predict the Starting CPAP?” (Abstract, Clinical

Investigation), Minneapolis, June 2007, (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated

Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, June 2007, SLEEP, Volume 30,

Abstract Supplement, 2007: A174; Link:


21. Talih F., Budur K., Ioachimescu O., Foldvary-Schaefer N., 2007, “Measuring Insomnia

with the Insomnia Severity Index in Epilepsy Patients”. (Abstract, Clinical

Investigation), (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated Professional Sleep

Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, June 2007, SLEEP, Volume 30, Abstract Supplement:

A249; Link: http://www.journalsleep.org/PDF/AbstractBook2007.pdf

22. Bae C., Ioachimescu O., Schauer P., Chand B., 2007, “Physical Examination

Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Bariatric Surgery Candidates”(Abstract,

Clinical Investigation), (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated Professional Sleep

Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, June 2007, SLEEP, Volume 30, Abstract Supplement:

A207; Link: http://www.journalsleep.org/PDF/AbstractBook2007.pdf


23. Ioachimescu O, Bedford T, Stephenson L, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Golish J., 2007,

"The Diagnosis and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): a Comprehensive

Analysis of Different Predictive Models” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated

Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), Minneapolis, June 2007, SLEEP, Volume 30,

Abstract Supplement: A165; Link:



24. Ioachimescu O.C., Bedford T, Stephenson L., Foldvary-Schaefer N., Golish J., 2007,

“A Large Cohort Validation of CPAP Setting Predictions Based on Demographic,







Anthropometric and Polysomnographic Data”(Abstract, Clinical Investigation), ATS,

San Francisco, May 2007, AJRCCM 175: A708

25. Budur K, Sliwinski J, Mermigkis H, Novak W, Ioachimescu O., 2008, "Biofeedback for

Psychophysiological Insomnia: Analysis of Patient and Treatment Characteristics in 30

Patients" (Abstract, Clinical Investigation), Associated Professional Sleep Societies

(APSS), Baltimore, June 2008, SLEEP 31:A234, Abstract Supplement; Link:


26. Ioachimescu O., McCarthy K, Stoller JK., 2008, "Alternative Spirometric

Measurements of Obstruction: Area-Under-Expiratory-Flow-Volume Curve", Emory

University School of Medicine 1st Faculty Research Day, June, 2008, (Abstract, Clinical

Investigation)

27. Ioachimescu O.C., Bedford T., 2010, “Aftermath of Optimal CPAP Prediction Models

using Various Linear, Logistic Regression and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in

OSA” (Abstract, Clinical Investigation) European Respiratory Society Annual

Congress, Barcelona, Spain, September 2010; Link:

http://www.ersnet.org/learning_resources_player/abstract_print_10/main_frameset.htm

28. Puthalapattu S., Baqir M., Ioachimescu O.C., 2012, "Evaluation of Several Spirometric

Predictive Equations in a Cohort of 951 Veterans", Southern Society of Clinical

Investigation, New Orleans, February 2012; published in: Journal of Investigative

Medicine Volume: 60 (1): 453-454, 2012

29. Ioachimescu O.C, Ciavatta MM, McCarver K, Anderson A, Tanukonda V, 2014,

“Asthma, COPD and overlap syndrome in a cohort of veterans”, American Thoracic

Society (ATS) meeting, San Diego, May 2014 (Abstract, Clinical Investigation);

published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM)

189:A5846; Link:

http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-

conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5846

30.


http://www.ersnet.org/learning_resources_player/abstract_print_10/main_frameset.htm

http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5846

http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5846


e. Book Chapters:

1. Coculescu M., Ioachimescu O., Ciobanu R., 2003, “Endocrine Diseases and the

Cardiovascular System”. Chapter in: ‘Textbook of Cardiology’, Costin Carp, Ed.

Medicala Nationala, pp. 1071-97

2. Ioachimescu O.C., Tomford W. “Tuberculosis”, 2004, Chapter in ‘Disease

Management Project’, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Link:

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/tb/tb.htm

3. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis” – Chapter in

Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Editors: Geoffrey J. Laurent and Steven D.

Shapiro, © 2006 Elsevier Ltd, ISBN (Set): 0-12-438360-2, Winner of the Best Multi-

Volume Reference Work (Science), 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of

the Association of American Publishers (AAP)

4. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndrome” – Chapter in

Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Editors: Geoffrey J. Laurent and Steven D.

Shapiro, © 2006 Elsevier Ltd, ISBN (Set): 0-12-438360-2, Winner of the Best Multi-

Volume Reference Work (Science), 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of

the Association of American Publishers (AAP)


5. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Autoantibodies in Lung Disease” – Chapter in Encyclopedia

of Respiratory Medicine, Editors: Geoffrey J. Laurent and Steven D. Shapiro, © 2006

Elsevier Ltd, ISBN (Set): 0-12-438360-2, Winner of the Best Multi-Volume Reference

Work (Science), 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of

American Publishers (AAP)


6. Ioachimescu O.C. (Prof Corlan E., Coordinator) "Staging and Outcome in Lung

Cancer – Volumetric Analysis of Pulmonary Nodules", PhD thesis, Carol Davila

University, Bucharest, Romania, March 2008; Link: http://www.univermed-

cdgm.ro/dwl/teze_doct/2008_med_Octavian_Ioachimescu.pdf

7. Ioachimescu O.C., Tomford W. “Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria”, 2009, Chapter in:

Current Clinical Medicine, by William D. Carey; Link:

http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416040965

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/tb/tb.htm

http://www.univermed-cdgm.ro/dwl/teze_doct/2008_med_Octavian_Ioachimescu.pdf

http://www.univermed-cdgm.ro/dwl/teze_doct/2008_med_Octavian_Ioachimescu.pdf

http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781416040965


8. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, revised 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, “Narcolepsy”, BMJ

Point of Care/Epocrates (Online Chapter);

Link: https://online.epocrates.com/dx/full.do?Type=1&MonographId=428

f. Books Edited and Written:

Editor of "Contemporary Sleep Medicine", first electronic sleep textbook, October 2011

(Bentham Publishing)

Physician version: http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608051533/index.htm

Patient version: http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608052677/index.htm

g. Book Reviews:

1. Ioachimescu O.C., 2004, “Lung Alert: Cytokine Receptors and Fibroblast Proliferation in

Interstitial Pneumonia” (Article Review), Thorax, 59:760; Link:

http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/59/9/760

2. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Manual of Intensive Care Medicine, 4th Edition, Richard S. Irwin

and James M. Rippe, editors (Spiral edition), softcover, illustrated, 920 pages.

Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer" (Book Review), Respiratory

Care, Sept. 2006

3. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Interpreting Chest X-Rays: Illustrated with 100 cases. Philip

Eng and Foong-Koon Cheah” (Book Review), Respiratory Care 51(2):188

4. Golish J, Ioachimescu O.C., 2007, "Ambulatory Titration of Continuous Positive Airway

Pressure was as Effective as Polysomnography for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea", Evid

Based Med;12(5): 148, PMID: 17909239

5. Golish J., Ioachimescu O.C., 2007, "Mulgrew et al. On the Value of a Diagnostic

Algorithm in Diagnosing and Treating OSA" (Article review), American College of

Physicians (ACP) Journal Club, vol 147 (2), PMID: 17764136

6. Ioachimescu, O.C., 2011, "Fruit Soup or Fruity Chowder? [A Blog as an Octalogue]",

Pulmonary Central (Online Publication); Link: http://www.pulmonarycentral.org/feburary-

2011-literature-roundup

7. Ioachimescu, O.C., 2013, "On Obstructive Lung Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea:

Time to Revisit Nosologies?", Chest Physician, June 2013

https://online.epocrates.com/dx/full.do?Type=1&MonographId=428

http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608051533/index.htm

http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608052677/index.htm

http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/59/9/760

http://www.pulmonarycentral.org/feburary-2011-literature-roundup

http://www.pulmonarycentral.org/feburary-2011-literature-roundup


h. Other Publications (Case Reports):

1. Ioachimescu O., Stoian S., Stoicescu I.P., 2000, “Histiocytosis X, an Old and Re-opened

X File?” (Case report and review of the literature), Rev Roum Med Int 3

2. Ioachimescu O.C., Sieber S., Rella V., Walker M., Kotch A., 2002 “A 35-Year-Old Woman

with Asthma and Polycystic Lung Disease”, Clinical Pearl/Case Presentation, Chest,121:

256-260, PMID: 11796459


3. Ioachimescu O.C., Farver C., Stoller J. K., 2005, “Hemoptysis in a 77 Year-Old Male with

a Systolic Murmur” (Clinical Pearl/Case Presentation), Chest 128(2):1022-1027, PMID:

16100202


4. Ioachimescu O.C., Stoller J.K., 2006, “EctoPICC” (Medical Image), Cleve Clin J Med

73(7): 617-618, PMID: 16845973


5. Ioachimescu O.C., Stoller J.K., 2006, “A Middle-Aged Woman with Chronic Liver Disease

and Shortness of Breath” (Case report and review of the literature on Hepato-pulmonary

Syndrome), Cleve Clin J Med 73(4): 375-389, PMID: 16610398

6. Ioachimescu O.C., Jennings C., 2006, “Lung Cyst Herniation” (Medical Image), Mayo Clin

Proc 81(5): 692, PMID: 16706267

7. Ioachimescu O.C., Mehta A., Stoller J.K., 2007, “Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Following

Portopulmonary Hypertension” (Case Report and Review of the Literature), Eur Respir J

29: 1277–1280, PMID: 17540789; Link: www.erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/reprint/29/6/1277.pdf


8. Baqir M, Ioachimescu O., 2011, "A Case of Recent Hemoptysis Postcardiac Surgery

(ACCP Online Case Puzzler); Link:

http://www.chestnet.org/accp/case-puzzlers/clinical-pulmonary-medicine-network-puzzler-

march-2011-0

9. Puthalapattu S., Udoji, T., Ioachimescu O.C., 2012, “Dyspnea in a Patient With Mounier-

Kuhn Syndrome" (Case Report), J Bronchol Intervent Pulmonol, 19(2): 145-148, PMID:

23207360

http://www.erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/reprint/29/6/1277.pdf

http://www.chestnet.org/accp/case-puzzlers/clinical-pulmonary-medicine-network-puzzler-march-2011-0

http://www.chestnet.org/accp/case-puzzlers/clinical-pulmonary-medicine-network-puzzler-march-2011-0


10. Baqir M, Ioachimescu O.C., 2012, “A Transsexual with Acute Dyspnea and Diffuse

Infiltrates” (Case Report, ATS Online Puzzler), link: http://www.thoracic.org/clinical/ats-

clinical-cases/pages/11-12.php

i. Oral Communications:

1. Ioachimescu O.C., Radoi M., Campeanu A., Vann Jones J., 1995, “Angiotensin

Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial

Infarction”, Bucharest, Romania (Diploma Thesis, Clinical Investigation)

2. Ioachimescu O.C., 1996. “Beta blockers and ACE inhibitors in the treatment of 40

patients with acute myocardial infarction in Bristol Royal Infirmary”, Session of Scientific

Society of Medical Students, Bucharest, Romania (Clinical Investigation)

3. Ioachimescu O., 1997, “Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension”, Symposium “Arterial

Hypertension, State of the Art”, Sinaia, Romania

4. Ioachimescu O.C., 2001, “Veno-Thromboembolic Disease: Prophylaxis in 2001”, Danbury

Hospital, Danbury, CT

5. Ioachimescu O., 2001, “Harvard Pulmonary Grand Rounds: An Interesting Case”,

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Case Report)

6. Ioachimescu O.C., 2000-2003, “Morbidity and Mortality Conference”, Danbury Hospital,

Danbury, CT (Case Reports)

7. Ioachimescu O.C., 2003, “SZ phenotype, ANCA and More”, Joseph Belsky Research

Day, Danbury, CT (Case Report)

8. Ioachimescu O.C., 2005, “CPAP Titration”, Sleep Technologists’ Day, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland, OH

9. Ioachimescu O.C., 2005, “Research in Progress: Volumetric Analysis of Pulmonary

Nodules”, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (Clinical Investigation)

10. Ioachimescu O.C., 2005, “Determinants of the ideal level of continuous positive airway

pressure in obstructive sleep apnea”, (Clinical Investigation), 30th Annual NeuroScience

Day, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

11. Ioachimescu O.C., 2005, McCarthy K., Kavuru M., Stoller J.K. “A logarithmic model of

predicting FVC based on FEV1, FEV2, and FEV3“, ACCP, Montreal, Canada (Clinical

Investigation)

http://www.thoracic.org/clinical/ats-clinical-cases/pages/11-12.php

http://www.thoracic.org/clinical/ats-clinical-cases/pages/11-12.php


12. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Algorithmic Diagnosis of OSA and CPAP prescription”, Lung

Summit 2006, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (Clinical Investigation)

13. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Spirometry” – IM Residents Grand Rounds, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland, OH

14. Ioachimescu O.C., 2006, “Alternative Measurements to Aid Interpretation of Spirometry:

The Role of Area-Under-the-Expiratory Flow-Volume Curve”, American College of Chest

Physicians, Salt Lake City, UT (Clinical Investigation)

15. Ioachimescu O., 2007, “Vagal Nerve Stimulators and Obstructive Sleep Apnea”,

Cleveland Clinic Multidisciplinary Rounds, Cleveland, OH

16. Ioachimescu O.C., 2007, “The Diagnosis and Severity of OSA: a Comprehensive

Analysis of Different Predictive Models” – Neuroscience Day, Cleveland Clinic, 3rd Prize

Research Award, (Clinical Investigation)

17. Ioachimescu O., 2007, “Vagal Nerve Stimulators and Obstructive Sleep Apnea”,

Cleveland Clinic Sleep Technologists’ Lecture, Cleveland, OH

18. Ioachimescu O.C., Bedford T, Stephenson L., Foldvary-Schaefer N., Golish J., 2007,

“The Diagnosis and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): a Comprehensive

Analysis of Different Predictive Models”, APSS, Minneapolis, Sleep 30(Suppl): A165

(Clinical Investigation)


19. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "Hypersomnia Syndromes", Pulmonary and Critical Care

Fellows’ Conference, Emory University

20. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "The Sleepy Patient", Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows’

Conference, Emory University

21. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "VA Sleep Soup", Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows’

Conference, Atlanta VAMC

22. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "Staging and Outcome in Lung Cancer – Volumetric Analysis of

Pulmonary Nodules", Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania (PhD Thesis

Dissertation)

23. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "Sleep Medicine Topics for Internal Medicine Providers", Noon

Conference for IM Residents, Emory University – VAMC


24. Ioachimescu O.C., 2007-2009, "Atlanta Citywide Sleep Journal Club", monthly meeting

(organizer and speaker)

25. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, "Great New Medicine: Idealol", Emory University School of

Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course

26. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, “Women Veterans and Sleep: An Overview”, Atlanta VAMC,

Women Vet Fest– invited conference

27. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008, "Sleep Medicine for Primary Care Providers", Grand Rounds for

Primary Care Department, Atlanta VAMC

28. Ioachimescu, O.C., March 2009, "Pathogenesis and Diagnostic Evaluation of Sleep

Disordered Breathing", Atlanta School of Sleep Board Review course

29. Ioachimescu, O.C., March and October 2009, "Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing",

Atlanta School of Sleep Board Review course

30. Ioachimescu, O.C., October 2009, "Preparing for the Exam", Atlanta School of Sleep

Board Review course

31. Ioachimescu, O.C., October 2009, "Physiological Aspects of Sleep and Breathing",

Atlanta School of Sleep Board Review course

32. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, 2010, 2011, “Sleep Medicine”, Emory University Internal

Medicine Board Review

33. Ioachimescu O.C., May and June 2009, “Pulmonary Medicine”, Family Practice Board

Review Course

34. Ioachimescu O.C., monthly 2009 – 2010, “Smoking Cessation for Veterans”, Atlanta

VAMC

35. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, “General Sleep Medicine”, Pulmonary /Critical Care Medicine

Fellows Conference, Emory University

36. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, “Hypersomnias for Pulmonologists”, Pulmonary /Critical Care

Medicine Fellows Conference, Emory University

37. Ioachimescu O.C., 2009, “Pulmonary Diagnostics”, IM Residents Conference, Emory

University

38. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008-2011, “Ventilator Waveforms”, IM Residents - MICU Conference,

Atlanta VAMC


39. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008-2011, “ABG Interpretation”, IM Residents - MICU Conference,

Atlanta VAMC

40. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008-2011, “Mechanical Ventilation”, IM Residents - MICU

Conference, Atlanta VAMC

41. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008-2011, “About BNP: What Every Resident In MICU Needs to

Know About This”, IM Residents - MICU Conference, Atlanta VAMC

42. Ioachimescu O.C., 2008-2011, “Acute Respiratory Failure - Pathophysiology”, IM

Residents - MICU Conference, Atlanta VAMC

43. Ioachimescu O.C., 2010, “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Palliative and End-

of-Life Issues”, Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine Fellows Conference, Emory

University

44. Ioachimescu O.C., 2010, 2012 “Alveolar Hemorrhage Syndromes”, Pulmonary /Critical

Care Medicine Fellows Conference, Emory University

45. Ioachimescu O.C., 2011, “Pulmonary Function Testing: Spirometry”, IM Residents

Conference, Emory University

46. Ioachimescu O.C., May 2011, “Predictive Health in Sleep Medicine” – GA Association of

Sleep Professionals (GASP) – invited conference

47. Ioachimescu O.C., September 2011, “Predictive Health in Sleep Medicine”, Pennsylvania

State University, Hershey, PA – invited conference

48. Ioachimescu O.C., October 2011, “Jet Lag Syndrome” – ACCP annual meeting

(“CHEST”), Honolulu, HI – invited faculty

49. Ioachimescu, O.C., February 2012, "Sleep Disordered Breathing" (30-minute

presentation for Perianesthesia VAMC Sleep Journal Club), 2012

50. Ioachimescu O.C., February 2012, "Sleep Cycles and Debt", Emory University College

Freshman lecture – invited conference

51. Ioachimescu O.C., February 2012, "Citywide Sleep Journal Club – Three Recent Articles

on Jet Lag", Atlanta VAMC

52. Ioachimescu O.C., February 2012, "Pulmonary Board Review", Education Consultants

Inc (CME), 4-hour conference, Atlanta, GA

53. Ioachimescu O.C., March 2012, "Jet Lag Syndrome", Atlanta Medical Center Grand

Rounds for IM Residents – invited conference


54. Ioachimescu O.C., April 2012, “Chronodisruption and Metabolic Syndrome” – GA

Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) – invited conference

55. Ioachimescu O.C., April 2012, “Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Syndrome” – GA

Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) – invited conference

56. Ioachimescu O.C., May 2012, "Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome", Danbury Hospital,

Danbury , CT

57. Ioachimescu O.C., May 2012, "Hypersomnia and Parasomnia Syndromes", Emory

University Pulmonary Fellowship core conference

58. Ioachimescu O.C., June 2012, "Palliative Care in COPD", Emory University, Palliative

Care Fellowship core conference

59. Ioachimescu O.C., August 2012, "Physiology of Sleep (Respiratory/Cardiovascular)",

Emory University, Sleep Medicine Fellowship core conference

60. Ioachimescu O.C., August 2012, "Vasculitides", American College of Chest Physicians

Board Review Course on Respiratory Pathology – invited conference

61. Ioachimescu O.C., August 2012, "Pathology of Small Lung Samples", American College

of Chest Physicians Board Review Course on Respiratory Pathology – invited conference

62. Ioachimescu O.C., September 2012, "Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Pathophysiology and

Evaluation", Emory University, Sleep Medicine Fellowship core conference

63. Ioachimescu O.C., October 2012, "Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Pulmonary

Nodules as Clinical Predictors of Lung Cancer", American College of Chest Physicians

(ACCP) international meeting, Atlanta, GA – invited conference

64. Ioachimescu O.C., October 2012, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Clinical

Pulmonary Medicine Network Forum Featured Speaker, "Volumetric analysis of pulmonary

nodules: impact on clinical decisions in diagnosis and management" – invited conference

65. Ioachimescu O.C., February 2013 , Emory University School of Medicine, M1 Pulmonary

Module, "Respiratory Gas Exchange"

66. Ioachimescu O.C., May 2013, Atlanta VA Advanced Practice Conference, "Sleep

Medicine for Non-Sleep Specialists"




68. Ioachimescu O.C., October 2013, "Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Pathophysiology and

Evaluation", Emory University, Sleep Medicine Fellowship core conference

69. Ioachimescu O.C., October 2013, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Clinical

Pulmonary Medicine Network Plenary Session, CHEST meeting, Chicago, IL, "Obstructive

Lung Disease (OLD) and OSA: A New Clinical Entity?"

70. Ioachimescu, O.C., October 2013, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP),

CHEST meeting, Chicago, IL, "Sleep Deprivation and Shift Work Disorder in Post-Training

Physicians"

71. Ioachimescu O.C., February 2014, Emory University School of Medicine, M1 Pulmonary

Module, "Respiratory Gas Exchange"

72. Ioachimescu O.C., April 2014, Emory University Department of Medicine Grand Rounds,

“A New View on Obstructive Lung and Airway Disorders”

73. Ioachimescu O.C., June 2014, Emory University Department of Medicine Noon

Conference for Residents, “Sleep Medicine for Non-Sleep Providers”

74. Ioachimescu O.C., July 2014, Pulmonary Citywide Conference, “An Old Case of

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis”



76. Ioachimescu O.C., November 2014, “Sleepy patients”, Pulmonary /Critical Care Medicine

Fellows Conference, Emory University

77. Ioachimescu O.C., November 2014, Emory University Department of Medicine Core

Conference for IM Residents, “Sleep Medicine for Internal Medicine Providers”

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