Professor of Pediatrics Washington University in St. Louis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Albert Faro is an expert in the field of Pediatric Pulmonology. He attended University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FAAP)". Albert Faro is also published. He has 37 publications published. The lastest publication: "Interferon-alpha and its effects on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.'

Publications

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• Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired Pulmonary vein stenosis.
• Lung transplantation for childhood diffuse lung disease.
• Intravenous ribavirin and hyperammonemia in an immunocompromised patient infected with adenovirus.
• Interferon-alpha and its effects on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders.
• Airway function tests and vocal cord paralysis in lung transplant recipients.
• A multi-facets analysis of the driver status by EEG and fuzzy hardware processing.
• An automated tool for face recognition using visual attention and active shape models analysis.
• Cystic fibrosis in three children with bronchoPulmonary dysplasia.
• The Registry of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation: Third Official Pediatric Report-1999.
• American Society of Transplantation executive summary on pediatric lung transplantation.
• Bilateral lung transplantation for pediatric idiopathic Pulmonary arterial hypertension: a multi-center experience.
• Respiratory viral infections within one year after pediatric lung transplant.
• The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Fourth Official Pediatric Report--2000.
• Interferon-alpha affects the immune response in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.
• Analysis of early deaths after isolated lung transplantation.
• Lung transplantation in infants and toddlers from 1990 to 2004 at St. Louis Children''s Hospital.
• Discovering genes-diseases associations from specialized literature using the grid.
• Evaluation of the traffic parameters in a metropolitan area by fusing visual perceptions and CNN processing of webcam images.
• New developments in treatment after lung transplantation.
• Lung transplantation for Pulmonary fibrosis in dyskeratosis congenita: Case Report and systematic literature review.
• Exercise testing in pediatric lung transplant candidates with cystic fibrosis.
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric lung transplantation.
• Minimal acute rejection in pediatric lung transplantation--does it matter?
• Cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin decreases the risk of cytomegalovirus infection but not disease after pediatric lung transplantation.
• The risk, prevention, and outcome of cytomegalovirus after pediatric lung transplantation.
• Increased mortality after Pulmonary fungal infection within the first year after pediatric lung transplantation.
• Lower incidence of bronchiolitis obliterans in pediatric liver-lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis.
• Pre-transplant mechanical ventilation increases short-term morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis.
• Special considerations in pediatric lung transplantation.
• Recurrent pneumonia in children: a case report and approach to diagnosis.
• Not so fast--don't deprive children with cystic fibrosis of the option for lung transplantation.
• The use of multiple transbronchial biopsies as the standard approach to evaluate lung allograft rejection.
• Role of transbronchial biopsies in pediatric lung diseases.
• Variability in standard care for cytomegalovirus prevention and detection in pediatric lung transplantation: survey of eight pediatric lung transplant programs.
• Chronic cough in children.
• Toxic serum trough concentrations after administration of nebulized tobramycin.

Schools

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• University of Pittsburgh Main Campus

• Chldns Hospital Pittsburgh

• Children39s Hospital Of Pittsburgh

Procedures Preformed

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• Bronchoscopy

Conditions Treated

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• Empyema
• Pneumonitis (Due to Solids or Liquids)
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Sleep Apnea

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Pulmonology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Hospital

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• St. Louis Children's Hospital

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