Dennis Shusterman, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine
Education:
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MD, UC Davis, 1978. Rotating Internship, The Waltham Hospital, 1978-1979. FP Residency, San Jose Hospital, 1979-1981. MPH, Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley, 1982. Clinical Fellowship in Environmental Medicine, UCSF, 1994-1996. Employment: Medical Director, Sonoma County Indian Health Project, 1981-1984. Public Health Medical Officer, CA Dept. of Health Services, 1985-1991; Cal/EPA, 1991-1994. Full-time faculty, UCSF/SFGH Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1994-2004. Professor of Medicine and Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 2004-2007. Chief, Hazard Evaluation Section and Information Service (HESIS), CA Dept. of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch, Richmond, CA, 2007-2014. Staff Physician, Occupational Health Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-present.
Recent research activities: Co-PI, FAMRI Clinical Innovator Award: "Second-hand smoke and sinusitis: Effect of sidestream smoke on sinus ostial patency." Collaborated with ORL Depts. at UCSF and UW on use of acoustically stimulated nasal NO as an index of ostiomeatal complex patency. Collaborated with the ORL Dept. at Ohio State University on modeling nasal NO using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. Collaborated with Indoor Air Quality Section at California Department of Public Health on a pilot study of nasal trigeminal irritation by microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs). Mentored OEM fellow in a systematic literature review of the the relationship between occupational rhinitis and occupational asthma. Continuing work on the toxicology and epidemiology of methylene chloride exposures. Affiliated with Human Exposure Laboratory, ZSFGH, and Director of Upper Airway Biology Laboratory, UC Berkeley / Richmond Field Station.
Awards
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- Clean Air Award, California Breathing, 2013
- Gaspar de Portola Academic Exchange, University of Barcelona, 2002
Websites
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- ResearchGate (researchgate.net)
- Noselab (noselab.net)
- UCSF Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine - Interactive Case Studies (oem.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- Case-Based Teaching in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Nursing, University of California, San Francisco - Center for Instructional Technology, 2011-2012
- Second-hand smoke and sinusitis: Effect of sidestream smoke exposure on sinus ostial patency, FAMRI (Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute), 2008-2010
- Nasal physiologic reactivity of nonallergic rhinitics to cold air provocation, Glaxo SmithKline, 2006-2007
- Individual Factors in Nasal Irritant Sensitivity, NIH, 2000-2004
- Nasal Irritant Sensitivity and Allergic Rhinitis, NIH, 1996-2001
- Nasal Irritant Sensitivity and Allergic Rhinitis, NIH, 1996-2001
Publications (102)
Top publication keywords:
Methylene ChlorideRhinitisNitric OxideOccupational DiseasesRhinitis, Allergic, PerennialAir PollutantsOccupational ExposurePaintIrritantsNasal CavityParanasal SinusesEnvironmental ExposureRhinitis, Allergic, SeasonalChlorineNasal Mucosa
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History of pollutant adjuvants in respiratory allergy.
Frontiers in allergy 2024 Shusterman D -
Relationships between GABA, glutamate, and GABA/glutamate and social and olfactory processing in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging 2023 Johnson AJ, Shankland E, Richards T, Corrigan N, Shusterman D, Edden R, Estes A, St John T, Dager S, Kleinhans NM -
Trigeminal Function in Sino-Nasal Health and Disease.
Biomedicines 2023 Shusterman D -
Nasal nitric oxide flux from the paranasal sinuses.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 2022 Spector BM, Shusterman DJ, Zhao K -
Use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model observed nasal nitric oxide levels in human subjects.
International forum of allergy & rhinology 2021 Shusterman DJ, Spector BM, Goldberg AN, Weaver EM, Otto BA, Zhao K
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Firefighters/Paramedics in San Francisco, CA.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2021 Grant M, Harrison R, Nuñez A, Kurtz T, Phelps S, Brokaw J, Shusterman D -
Computational modeling of nasal nitric oxide flux from the paranasal sinuses: Validation against human experiment.
Computers in biology and medicine 2021 Spector BM, Shusterman DJ, Goldberg AN, Weaver EM, Farag AA, Otto BA, Zhao K -
Assessment of Methylene Chloride-Related Fatalities in the United States, 1980-2018.
JAMA internal medicine 2021 Hoang A, Fagan K, Cannon DL, Rayasam SDG, Harrison R, Shusterman D, Singla V -
Association of Allergic Rhinitis With Change in Nasal Congestion in New Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Users.
JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2020 Skirko JR, James KT, Shusterman DJ, Weaver EM -
Solvent-based paint and varnish removers: a focused toxicologic review of existing and alternative constituents.
Journal of applied toxicology : JAT 2020 Durrani T, Clapp R, Harrison R, Shusterman D -
A simplified technique for evaluating nasal mucociliary clearance via saccharin transit time.
International forum of allergy & rhinology 2020 Shusterman D -
FMRI correlates of olfactory processing in typically-developing school-aged children.
Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging 2018 Kleinhans NM, Reilly M, Blake M, Greco G, Sweigert J, Davis GE, Velasquez F, Reitz F, Shusterman D, Dager SR -
Measurement of heating coil temperature for e-cigarettes with a "top-coil" clearomizer.
PloS one 2018 Chen W, Wang P, Ito K, Fowles J, Shusterman D, Jaques PA, Kumagai K -
Occupational rhinitis and occupational asthma: Association or progression?
American journal of industrial medicine 2018 Balogun RA, Siracusa A, Shusterman D -
Nasal Trigeminal Perception of Two Representative Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs): 1-Octen-3-ol and 3-Octanol—a Pilot Study
Chem Percept 2017 Shusterman D, Wang P, Kumagai K -
Dust Exposure and Coccidioidomycosis Prevention Among Solar Power Farm Construction Workers in California.
American journal of public health 2017 Sondermeyer Cooksey GL, Wilken JA, McNary J, Gilliss D, Shusterman D, Materna BL, Vugia DJ -
A Device-Independent Evaluation of Carbonyl Emissions from Heated Electronic Cigarette Solvents.
PloS one 2017 Wang P, Chen W, Liao J, Matsuo T, Ito K, Fowles J, Shusterman D, Mendell M, Kumagai K -
Role of the Allergist-Immunologist and Upper Airway Allergy in Sleep-Disordered Breathing.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2016 Shusterman D, Baroody FM, Craig T, Friedlander S, Nsouli T, Silverman B, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology's Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis and Ocular Allergy Commi -
Nonallergic Rhinitis: Environmental Determinants.
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America 2016 Shusterman D -
The nasal nitric oxide response to external acoustic energy: A pilot study of sampling dynamics
Sinusitis 2015 Shusterman D -
Coccidioidomycosis among Workers Constructing Solar Power Farms, California, USA, 2011-2014.
Emerging infectious diseases 2015 Wilken JA, Sondermeyer G, Shusterman D, McNary J, Vugia DJ, McDowell A, Borenstein P, Gilliss D, Ancock B, Prudhomme J, Gold D, Windham GC, Lee L, Materna BL -
Occupational irritant and allergic rhinitis.
Current allergy and asthma reports 2014 Shusterman D -
Fatalities due to dichloromethane in paint strippers: a continuing problem.
American journal of industrial medicine 2013 Macisaac J, Harrison R, Krishnaswami J, McNary J, Suchard J, Boysen-Osborn M, Cierpich H, Styles L, Shusterman D -
Thirty minute-exposure to aged cigarette smoke increases nasal congestion in nonsmokers.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A 2013 Schick SF, van den Vossenberg G, Luo A, Whitlatch A, Jacob P, Balmes J, Shusterman D -
Occupational rhinitis and other work-related upper respiratory tract conditions.
Clinics in chest medicine 2012 Zhao YA, Shusterman D -
Pilot evaluation of the nasal nitric oxide response to humming as an index of osteomeatal patency.
American journal of rhinology & allergy 2012 Shusterman DJ, Weaver EM, Goldberg AN, Schick SF, Wong HH, Balmes JR -
The role of state public health agencies in national efforts to track workplace hazards and the relevance of state experiences to nanomaterial worker surveillance.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2011 Roisman R, Materna B, Beckman S, Katz E, Shusterman D, Harrison R -
The effects of air pollutants and irritants on the upper airway.
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2011 Shusterman D -
Regarding "Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 antagonists block the noxious effects of toxic industrial isocyanates and tear gases".
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2010 Shusterman D -
MMWR
Occupational transmission of Neisseria meningitidis – California, 2009 2010 Materna B, Harriman K, Rosenberg J, Shusterman D, Windham G, Atwell J, Beckman S, Mortensen E, Zipprich J -
Toxicology of the Nose and Upper Airways. NY: Informa Healthcare
Toxicology of the Nose and Upper Airways. NY: Informa Healthcare 2010 Morris JB, Shusterman DJ (eds.) -
Nasal physiological reactivity of subjects with nonallergic rhinitis to cold air provocation: a pilot comparison of subgroups.
American journal of rhinology & allergy 2009 Shusterman DJ, Tilles SA -
Carbon monoxide epidemic among immigrant populations: King County, Washington, 2006.
American journal of public health 2009 Gulati RK, Kwan-Gett T, Hampson NB, Baer A, Shusterman D, Shandro JR, Duchin JS -
Qualitative effects in nasal trigeminal chemoreception.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2009 Shusterman D -
Symposium overview: Nasal trigeminal function: qualitative, quantitative, and temporal effects.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2009 Shusterman D, Hummel T -
Documentation of the nasal nitric oxide response to humming: methods evaluation.
European journal of clinical investigation 2007 Shusterman DJ, Jansen K, Weaver EM, Koenig JQ -
Nasal hyperreactivity in allergic and non-allergic rhinitis: a potential risk factor for non-specific building-related illness.
Indoor air 2007 Shusterman D, Murphy MA -
Trigeminally-mediated health effects of air pollutants: sources of inter-individual variability.
Human & experimental toxicology 2007 Shusterman D -
Environmental nonallergic rhinitis.
Clinical allergy and immunology 2007 Shusterman D -
Does Haber's law apply to human sensory irritation?
Inhalation toxicology 2006 Shusterman D, Matovinovic E, Salmon A -
Seasonal allergic rhinitic and normal subjects respond differentially to nasal provocation with acetic acid vapor.
Inhalation toxicology 2005 Shusterman D, Tarun A, Murphy MA, Morris J -
Chlorine inhalation produces nasal airflow limitation in allergic rhinitic subjects without evidence of neuropeptide release.
Neuropeptides 2004 Shusterman D, Balmes J, Murphy MA, Tai CF, Baraniuk J -
Acute respiratory responses of the mouse to chlorine.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 2004 Morris JB, Wilkie WS, Shusterman DJ -
Oscillometric assessment of airway obstruction in a mechanical model of vocal cord dysfunction.
Journal of biomechanics 2004 Rigau J, Farré R, Trepat X, Shusterman D, Navajas D -
Potential health effects of odor from animal operations, wastewater treatment, and recycling of byproducts.
Journal of agromedicine 2004 Schiffman SS, Walker JM, Dalton P, Lorig TS, Raymer JH, Shusterman D, Williams CM -
Influence of age, gender, and allergy status on nasal reactivity to inhaled chlorine.
Inhalation toxicology 2003 Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J -
Gene expression for carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes in human nasal mucosa.
Chemical senses 2003 Tarun AS, Bryant B, Zhai W, Solomon C, Shusterman D -
Real-time monitoring of nasal mucosal pH during carbon dioxide stimulation: implications for stimulus dynamics.
Chemical senses 2003 Shusterman D, Avila PC -
Differences in nasal irritant sensitivity by age, gender, and allergic rhinitis status.
International archives of occupational and environmental health 2003 Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J -
Epidermal growth factor receptor - but not histamine receptor - is upregulated in seasonal allergic rhinitis.
Allergy 2003 Matovinovic E, Solberg O, Shusterman D -
Toxicology of nasal irritants.
Current allergy and asthma reports 2003 Shusterman D -
Chlorine inhalation produces nasal congestion in allergic rhinitics without mast cell degranulation.
The European respiratory journal 2003 Shusterman D, Balmes J, Avila PC, Murphy MA, Matovinovic E -
Cholinergic blockade does not alter the nasal congestive response to irritant provocation.
Rhinology 2002 Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Walsh P, Balmes JR -
Review of the upper airway, including olfaction, as mediator of symptoms.
Environmental health perspectives 2002 Shusterman D -
Individual factors in nasal chemesthesis.
Chemical senses 2002 Shusterman D -
Chlorine exposure and the upper respiratory tract.
The European respiratory journal 2002 Shusterman D, Solomon C, Balmes J, Blanc P -
Odor-associated health complaints: competing explanatory models.
Chemical senses 2001 Shusterman D -
The influence of sex, allergic rhinitis, and test system on nasal sensitivity to airborne irritants: a pilot study.
Environmental health perspectives 2001 Shusterman D, Murphy MA, Balmes J -
Work-related asthma and latex allergy. Sorting out the types, causes, and consequences.
Postgraduate medicine 1999 Avila PC, Shusterman DJ -
Critique of the multicenter latex skin testing efficacy study.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1999 Shusterman D, Key L -
Chest wall pain and possible rhabdomyolysis after chloropicrin exposure. A case series.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1999 Prudhomme JC, Bhatia R, Nutik JM, Shusterman DJ -
Subjects with seasonal allergic rhinitis and nonrhinitic subjects react differentially to nasal provocation with chlorine gas.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1998 Shusterman DJ, Murphy MA, Balmes JR -
Acute-onset persistent olfactory deficit resulting from multiple overexposures to ammonia vapor at work.
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 1998 Prudhomme JC, Shusterman DJ, Blanc PD -
A comparison of two methods for determining nasal irritant sensitivity.
American journal of rhinology 1997 Shusterman DJ, Balmes JR -
Measurement of nasal irritant sensitivity to pulsed carbon dioxide: a pilot study.
Archives of environmental health 1997 Shusterman D, Balmes J -
Latex allergy.
The Western journal of medicine 1996 Shusterman D -
Medical causation analysis heuristics.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1996 Harber P, Shusterman D -
A community-based epidemiologic study of acute health effects from a metam-sodium spill on California's Sacramento River.
Toxicology and industrial health 1996 Kreutzer RA, Hewitt DJ, Sun R, Draper W, Mangiamele D, Goldman L, Jackson R, Smith D, Shusterman D -
Predictors of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide exposure in smoke inhalation patients.
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology 1996 Shusterman D, Alexeeff G, Hargis C, Kaplan J, Sato R, Gelb A, Becker C, Benowitz N, Gillen M, Thollaug S, Balmes J -
Irritant-induced asthma.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1995 Shusterman D, Balmes J, Cone J -
Surrogate laboratory measures of cyanide intoxication.
Annals of emergency medicine 1994 Shusterman D, Hargis C -
Persistent respiratory health effects after a metam sodium pesticide spill.
Chest 1994 Cone JE, Wugofski L, Balmes JR, Das R, Bowler R, Alexeeff G, Shusterman D -
Dose-response assessment of airborne methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) following a metam sodium spill.
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis 1994 Alexeeff GV, Shusterman DJ, Howd RA, Jackson RJ -
The respiratory health impact of a large urban fire.
American journal of public health 1994 Lipsett M, Waller K, Shusterman D, Thollaug S, Brunner W -
Neurogenic inflammation: additional points.
Environmental health perspectives 1994 Shusterman D -
Clinical smoke inhalation injury: systemic effects.
Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1993 Shusterman DJ -
Mixing incompatibilities and toxic exposures.
Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1993 Olson KR, Shusterman DJ -
Polymer fume fever and other fluorocarbon pyrolysis-related syndromes.
Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1993 Shusterman DJ -
Trichloroethylene exposure.
American family physician 1993 Shusterman D -
Employment in electronics manufacturing and risk of spontaneous abortion.
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1993 Shusterman D, Windham GC, Fenster L -
Immediate health effects of an urban wildfire.
The Western journal of medicine 1993 Shusterman D, Kaplan JZ, Canabarro C -
Unintentional carbon monoxide deaths in California from charcoal grills and hibachis.
Journal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology 1993 Liu KS, Girman JR, Hayward SB, Shusterman D, Chang YL -
Community health and odor pollution regulation.
American journal of public health 1992 Shusterman D -
Environmental odor pollution.
Archives of environmental health 1992 Shusterman D -
Occupational and environmental disorders of the special senses.
Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1992 Shusterman DJ, Sheedy JE -
Critical review: the health significance of environmental odor pollution.
Archives of environmental health 1992 Shusterman D -
Health effects of indoor odorants.
Environmental health perspectives 1991 Cone JE, Shusterman D -
Hypotheses to explain the higher symptom rates observed around hazardous waste sites.
Environmental health perspectives 1991 Neutra R, Lipscomb J, Satin K, Shusterman D -
Symptom prevalence and odor-worry interaction near hazardous waste sites.
Environmental health perspectives 1991 Shusterman D, Lipscomb J, Neutra R, Satin K -
Pregnancy outcomes in women potentially exposed to occupational solvents and women working in the electronics industry.
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1991 Lipscomb JA, Fenster L, Wrensch M, Shusterman D, Swan S -
Exposure to organic solvents and adverse pregnancy outcome.
American journal of industrial medicine 1991 Windham GC, Shusterman D, Swan SH, Fenster L, Eskenazi B -
Prevention of psychological disability after occupational respiratory exposures.
Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1991 Shusterman DJ, Dager SR -
Espresso maker's wrist.
The Western journal of medicine 1990 Shusterman D -
Methylene chloride intoxication in a furniture refinisher. A comparison of exposure estimates utilizing workplace air sampling and blood carboxyhemoglobin measurements.
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1990 Shusterman D, Quinlan P, Lowengart R, Cone J -
Pregnancy outcomes in women potentially exposed to solvent-contaminated drinking water in San Jose, California.
American journal of epidemiology 1990 Wrensch M, Swan S, Lipscomb J, Epstein D, Fenster L, Claxton K, Murphy PJ, Shusterman D, Neutra R -
Behavioral sensitization to irritants/odorants after acute overexposures.
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1988 Shusterman D, Balmes J, Cone J -
Workers' compensation.
American family physician 1988 Shusterman D -
Skeletal muscle and myocardial injury associated with metal fume fever.
The Journal of family practice 1986 Shusterman D, Neal E -
Prolonged fever associated with inhalation of multiple pyrolysis products.
Annals of emergency medicine 1986 Shusterman D, Neal E -
Criticism of mathematical approach to compensatory issue.
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1985 Shusterman D -
Problem-solving techniques in occupational medicine.
The Journal of family practice 1985 Shusterman D -
Kinetics of bilirubin oxidation with peroxidase, as applied to studies of bilirubin-albumin binding.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation 1979 Brodersen R, Cashore WJ, Wennberg RP, Ahlfors CE, Rasmussen LF, Shusterman D