Faculty

Sverre Vedal, M.D.
Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1972B.A.Philosophy

Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
1972-1976M.D.

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1976-1979ResidentInternal Medicine

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1979-1981FellowRespiratory Medicine

Harvard University, Boston, MA
1981-1983M.Sc.Epidemiology

 UCD
4200 E. Ninth Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
Tel: 303.398.1296
Sverre.Vedal@uchsc.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1981-1983
Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts

1983-1984
Research Associate, School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1984-1989
Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1989-1997
Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1997-2001
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2001-
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics and Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

2001-
Senior Staff Physician, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications (Selected from 59, Total Publications = 75)

  1. Zwirewich C, Vedal S, Miller RR, Müller N. High resolution CT of the solitary pulmonary nodule: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiology 1991; 179:469-476.
  2. Kennedy SM, Vedal S, Müller N, Kassam A, Chan-Yeung M. Lung function and chest radiograph abnormalities among construction insulators. Am J Indust Med 1991; 20:673-684.
  3. Korzeniewska-Kosela M, Fitzgerald JM, Vedal S, Allen EA, Schecter MT, Lawson L, Phillips P, Black W, Montaner JSG. Spectrum of tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection in British Columbia: report of 40 cases. Can Med Assoc J 1992; 146:1927-1934.
  4. Lam S, Hung JYC, Kennedy SM, LeRiche JC, Vedal S, Nelems B, MacAulay CE, Palcic B. Detection of dysplasia and carcinoma in situ by ratio fluorometry. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 146:1458-1461.
  5. Churg A, Wright J, Vedal S. Fiber burden and patterns of asbestos-related disease in chrysotile miners and millers. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 148:25-31.
  6. Kennedy SM, Dimich-Ward H, Desjardins A, Kassam A, Vedal S, Yeung M. Respiratory health among retired grain elevator workers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 150:59-65.
  7. Churg A, Vedal S. Fiber burden and patterns of asbestos-related disease in workers with heavy mixed amosite and chrysotile exposure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 150:663-669.
  8. Mayo JR, Hartman TE, Lee KS, Primack SL, Vedal S, Müller NL. CT of the chest: minimal tube current required for good image quality with the least radiation dose. Am J Roentg 1995; 164:603-607.
  9. Okazawa M, Vedal S, Verburgt L, Lambert RK, Paré PD. Determinants of airway smooth muscle shortening in excised canine lobes. J Appl Physiol 1995; 78:608-614.
  10. Wright JL, Sun J-P, Vedal S, Churg A. Effect of cigarette smoke on bronchial reactivity. Can Respir J 1995; 2:231-235.
  11. Vedal S. Outdoor air pollution and obstructive airways disease (invited review). Eur Respir Rev 1995; 5:323-326.
  12. Churg A, Vedal S, Stevens B. Carinal and tubular airway particle concentrations in the large airways of non-smokers in the general population: evidence for high particle concentrations at airway carinas. Occup Environ Med 1996; 53:553-566.
  13. Moore B, Hilliam C, Verburgt L, Wiggs B, Vedal S, Paré P. Shape and position of the complete dose response curve for methacholine in normal subjects. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 154:642-648.
  14. Perez-Padilla R, Regalado J, Vedal S, Paré P, Chapela R, Selman M. Domestic biomass burning and chronic airflow obstruction in Mexican women: a case-control study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 154:701-706.
  15. Brauer M, Blair J, Vedal S. Effect of ambient ozone exposure on lung function in farm workers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 154:981-987.
  16. Vedal S. Health effects of ambient particles: lines that divide (invited review). J Air Waste Manage Assoc 1997; 47:551-581.
  17. Wright JL, Sun JP, Vedal S. A longitudinal analysis of pulmonary function in rats during a twelve month cigarette smoke exposure. Eur Respir J 1997; 10:1115-1119.
  18. Vedal S, Petkau J, White R, Blair J. Acute effects of ambient inhalable particles in asthmatic and non-asthmatic children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 157:1034-1043.
  19. Turner MO, Noertjojo K, Vedal S, Bai T, Crump S, FitzGerald JM. Risk factors for near fatal asthma: a case control study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 157: 1804-1809.
  20. Vedal S. Lung health and the environment in developing countries (invited review). Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2: S71-S76.
  21. Wright JL, Sun JP, Vedal S. Long term cigarette smoke exposure does not increase airway responsiveness in rats. Lung 1998: 176: 289-297.
  22. Churg A, Brauer M, Vedal S, Stevens B. Ambient mineral particles in the small airways of the normal lung. J Environ Med 1999; 1: 39-45.
  23. West JA, Dakhama A, Vedal S, Hegele RG. Use of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to determine the prevalence of asthma-associated RNA viruses in the upper respiratory tract of children. J Asthma 1999; 36: 605-612.
  24. Almoamary M, Black W, Bessuille E, Elwood K, Vedal S. The significance of the persistent presence of acid-fast bacilli in sputum smears in pulmonary tuberculosis. Chest 1999; 116: 726-731.
  25. Brauer M, Vedal S. Health effects of photochemical smog: seasonal and acute lung function change in outdoor workers. J Environ Health 2000; 1: 163-170.
  26. Ebelt ST, Fisher TV, Petkau AJ, Vedal S, Brauer M. Exposure of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients to particulate matter: relationship between personal and ambient air concentrations. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 2000; 50: 1081-1094.
  27. Alamoudi OS, Logan PM, Müller NL, Vedal S, Abboud RT. High-resolution computed tomography in fibrosing alveolitis: relationship to survival. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2000; 8:353-6.
  28. Brauer M, Avila-Casado C, Fortoul T, Vedal S, Stevens B, Churg A. Air pollution and retained particles in the lung. Environ Health Perspect 2001 (accepted for publication).
  29. Brauer M, Ebelt ST, Fisher TV, Brumm J, Petkau AJ, Vedal S. Exposure of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients to particles: respiratory and cardiovascular health effects. J Expos Anal Environ Epidemiol 2001 (accepted for publication).