David J Feller-Kopman

Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America

Professor Pulmonology
Biography

Dr. David Feller-Kopman is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include bronchoscopy, critical care medicine and interventional pulmonology. Dr. Feller-Kopman serves as the director of interventional pulmonology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He earned his M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and performed a combined fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Feller-Kopman's research interests include pleural pathophysiology, including the treatment of recurrent pleural effusions; investigating the physiology and pathophysiology of non-malignant central airway obstruction; and improving the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with complex airway disease. He is a member of the board of directors for the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. He has been recognized with Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award for Advances in Interventional Pulmonology by the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, and received the Pasquale Ciaglia Award from the American College of Chest Physicians. He was recently inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Research Intrest

Pleural pathophysiology, including the treatment of recurrent pleural effusions; Investigating the physiology and pathophysiology of non-malignant central airway obstruction; Improving the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with complex airway disease

List of Publications
Corcoran JP, Wrightson JM, Belcher E, DeCamp MM, Feller-Kopman D, Rahman NM. "Pleural infection: past, present, and future directions." Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Jul;3(7):563-77.
Bintcliffe OJ, Hallifax RJ, Edey A, Feller-Kopman D, Lee YC, Marquette CH, Tschopp JM, West D, Rahman NM, Maskell NA. "Spontaneous pneumothorax: time to rethink management?" Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Jul;3(7):578-88.
Ost DE, Ernst A, Lei X, Kovitz KL, Benzaquen S, Diaz-Mendoza J, Greenhill S, Toth J, Feller-Kopman D, Puchalski J, Baram D, Karunakara R, Jimenez CA, Filner JJ, Morice RC, Eapen GA, Michaud GC, Estrada-Y-Martin RM, Rafeq S, Grosu HB, Ray C, Gilbert CR, Yarmus LB, Simoff M; AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry. "Diagnostic yield and complications of bronchoscopy for peripheral lung lesions: Results of the AQuIRE registry." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Sep 14.