Jose Vempilly, MD
Professor
Pulmonology - Fresno
School of Medicine

J. Joseph Vempilly, MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FCCP Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, VACCHCS Jose Joseph-Vempilly, M.D. specializes in Pulmonary & Critical Care, with an emphasis in asthma. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Joseph-Vempilly completed his fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina Teaching Hospitals. His medical degree is from St. John’s Medical College.

Education & Training

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• MRCP Medicine Royal College of Physicians 2001
• Fellowship Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Medical University of South Carolina 1995
• Research Registrar Respiratory Medicine Rotherham General Hospital 1991
• Senior House Officer Residency Cardiology and Rheumatology Barnsley General Hospital 1989
• MD Internal Medicine St. John's Medical College 1985
• Senior House Officer Internal Medicine St. John's Medical College 1982
• Internship Internal Medicine St. John's Medical College 1980
• MBBS Medicine and Surgery St. John's Medical College 1979
• PCMB Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology St. Philomena's College 1974

Publications (11)

Top publication keywords:
Forced Expiratory VolumeAlbuterolAsthmaPicornaviridae InfectionsBlood Flow VelocityRhinovirusTotal Lung CapacityRespiratory Function TestsVital CapacityPleural EffusionSpirometryAirway ObstructionResidual VolumeLung Volume MeasurementsTracheomalacia

• Residual Volume Responsiveness Testing May Improve the Detection of Reversible Airway Obstruction in Asthma.
  The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021 Vempilly JJ, Rashidian A, Jain VV, Abejie BA, Bhakta N
• Air Trapping Correlates With Increased Frequency of Albuterol Use and Severity of Wheeze in Persistent Asthma.
  Respiratory care 2020 Vempilly JJ, Abejie BA, Rashidian A, Jain VV, Bhakta N
• Increased E/A Ratio is a Risk Factor for the Formation of Pleural Effusion in Heart Failure.
  Lung 2019 Rajyaguru C, Kalra A, Samim A, Abejie B, Wessel R, Vempilly JJ
• Transesophageal approach to lung, adrenal biopsy and fiducial placement using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS): An interventional pulmonology experience. Initial experience of the UCSF-FRETOC (fresno tracheobronchial & oesophageal center) study group.
  Respiratory medicine 2018 Pais FM, Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Gullapalli S, Upadhyay D, Peterson M, Liberman M, Hegde P
• Ability of Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Discriminate for Airflow Obstruction Among Frequent Exacerbators of Clinically Diagnosed Asthma.
  Lung 2018 Jalota L, Allison DR, Prajapati V, Vempilly JJ, Jain VV

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• Combined Endosonography Reduces Time to Diagnose Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.
  Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2018 Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Noor Ul Husnain SM, Hegde P
• Longer duration of asthma is significantly associated with increased RV/TLC ratio.
  Respiratory medicine 2017 Tiwari A, Rahman K, Abejie B, Jain VV, Vempilly JJ
• Office spirometry correlates with laboratory spirometry in patients with symptomatic asthma and COPD.
  The clinical respiratory journal 2015 Bambra G, Jalota L, Kapoor C, Mills PK, Vempilly JJ, Jain VV
• The synergetic effect of ambient PM2.5 exposure and rhinovirus infection in airway dysfunction in asthma: a pilot observational study from the Central Valley of California.
  Experimental lung research 2013 Vempilly J, Abejie B, Diep V, Gushiken M, Rawat M, Tyner TR
• Lung volume abnormalities and its correlation to spirometric and demographic variables in adult asthma.
  The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2013 Jain VV, Abejie B, Bashir MH, Tyner T, Vempilly J
• Severe tracheomalacia in the ICU: identification of diagnostic criteria and risk factor analysis from a case control study.
  Respiratory care 2013 Kandaswamy C, Bird G, Gill N, Math E, Vempilly JJ