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Jeffrey Fineman

MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care, San Francisco

Dr. Jeffrey Fineman is a pediatric critical care specialist who serves as chief of the pediatric critical care division. He is an associate investigator in the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute. His research has focused on diseases related to pulmonary circulation and has led to new therapies for pulmonary hypertension, including a drug called inhaled nitric oxide that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. His laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health, investigates disease processes in the body involved in pulmonary hypertension.

Fineman earned his medical degree at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and completed a residency in pediatrics at NYU Langone Health's Bellevue Hospital Center, serving as chief resident. He completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at UCSF before joining the staff.

  • Education

    New York University, MD, 1984

  • Residencies

    New York University, Pediatrics, 1987

  • Fellowships

    UCSF Medical Center, Critical Care Medicine, 1990

  • Academic Title

    Professor

Where I see patients (3)

    Decorative Caduceus

    Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Informatics Registry

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    Mono vs. Dual Therapy for Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    There are four WHO functional classes: Class I: Pulmonary hypertension without resulting limitation of physical activity; Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue dyspnea or fatigue, or chest pain or near-syncope; Class II:...

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    Fetal surgery firsts

    The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.

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