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Medical Author:

Girish Sharma, MD

Medical Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Authors and Editors

Author: Girish Sharma, MD, Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Section and Director, Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center, Rush University Medical Center; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University.

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Previous contributing editors:

Editors: Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, Quillen VA Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Zab Mosenifar, MD, Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine.

REFERENCES:

"Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma-Summary Report 2007." J Allergy Clin Immunol 120.5 Nov. 2007:S94-138.

Sharma, G.D., and Payel Gupta. "Pediatric Asthma." eMedicine.com. Sept. 9, 2009. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1000997-overview>.