Rush University Medical Center

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Robert A. Balk, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

1725 W. Harrison Street
Ste. 054
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-6744
Fax: (312) 942-3131
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Practice Emphasis:	Pulmonary Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Medical Education:	University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency:	University of Missouri - Kansas City Affiliated Hospitals Kansas City, MO, Internal Medicine
Fellowship:	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Board Certification:	Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Critical Care Medicine

Special Interests:	Sepsis and septic shock Lung injury, acute Sarcoidosis Asthma Respiratory failure Acute respiratory distress syndrome Cystic Fibrosis
Special Procedures:	Bronchoscopy Pleural biopsy Lung biopsy Chest tube insertion Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Research Interests:	Sepsis and septic shock Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome Ventilator-associated pneumonia