Faculty Profiles
Rajiv Dhand, MD, F.C.C.P., FACP, F.A.A.R.C.
Division Director Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental MedicineCurrent Appointments:
- Faculty since January 2002,
- Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Staff Physician, Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital
- Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program
- Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Columbia Regional Hospital
- Director, Respiratory Care Program, University Health Care System
- Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Program, School of Allied Health, University of MO-Columbia
- Medical Director, Step Down Unit
Current Research Interests:
- General pulmonary & critical care
- Aerosol therapy
- COPD
- Asthma
- Mechanical ventilation
- Smoking cessation
Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
Medical School
Amritsar, India
Internship
Amritsar, India Residency
Postgraduate InstituteChandigarh, India
Fellowship
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood, IL
Society Memberships:
- Fellow
- American Association of Respiratory Care
- American College of Physicians
- American College of Chest Physicians
- National College of Chest Physicians (India)
- Indian College of Physicians
- Member
- American Thoracic Society
- International Society for Aerosols in Medicine
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
- Association of Physicians of India
- American College of Physicians
- Vice President, Missouri Thoracic Society 2002-2005
- Appointed Member, ATS International Lung Health Committee 2003-2005
- Invited Member, AZ Disease Control Research Commission Review Panel 2005-2006
Editorial Board Member
- Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
- International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Journal of Aerosol Medicine
- Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Section: Current Opinion in Pulmonary- Section Editor
- Respiratory Care
- Update in Respiratory Care and Applied Technology
Current Grants:
GAANN Fellowships in Environmental Health Engineering Particulate Systems.
U.S. Department of Education Grant.
Principal Investigator: Loyalka SK.
Co-investigators: Waldrep JC and Dhand R.
Amount: $210,000.
Dates: 7/1/04 - 7/31/07.
