
Timothy Fernandes, MD, MPH
@DrTimFernandes
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician. Director of Comprehensive Pulmonary Embolism Care @UCSDHealth. #PE, #CTEPH, and #PAH. @Browns & @Padres fan. @UCSDPCCM
San Diego, CA
Joined December 2009
Our group’s review on Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension was just published in JACC. Fifty years of CTEPH experience at UCSD distilled into a couple thousand words.
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The first author is Liz Bird who is a stellar intern at @ucsdim who completed the work in the final year of med school at @ucsdmed. @AtulMalhotra13 @ucsdpccm @UCSDCardiology @JennyYangMD @DemosP @KimKerrMD.
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RT @PERTConsortium: Calling all future leaders in PE care: The PERT Consortium Trainee Bootcamp is BACK. On September 20, 2025, #PERT2025 w….
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RT @UCSDCardiology: New publication:. Safety and Immediate Efficacy of Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Disease.@….
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RT @JennyYangMD: Our stellar PH pharmacist Sheryl Wu presenting at ATS! Meth-associated PAH patients are less adherent with their therapies….
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RT @ucsdpccm: Let's make some noise for our Division Chief, Dr. Jess Mandel! He's receiving the prestigious ATS Outstanding Educator Award….
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RT @LungAssociation: CDC’s National Asthma Control Program was eliminated—despite every $1 invested returning $70 in benefits. Now the futu….
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Updated: May 14 at 5:20 p.m. ET | Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is defending the Trump administration's actions in reshaping the HHS. Industry pushback and fear are plaguing national healthcare...
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If only @Merck would have funded a phase 4 registry so we could have more surveillance and data on incidence of this complication….
Every once in a while case reports/series are important. In pulmonary hypertension, I think this one will end up being one. Thoughts?
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RT @mark_toshner: Every once in a while case reports/series are important. In pulmonary hypertension, I think this one will end up being on….
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RT @usatodaysports: UC San Diego, one of the most statistically dominant teams in the country, finding success with its first NCAA men's to….
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UC San Diego, one of the most statistically dominant teams in the country, finding success with its first NCAA men's tournament spot in sight.
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RT @VenkteshR: My OpEd piece today in the Los Angeles Times in response to the strange email request that showed up in almost 2 million fed….
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Elon Musk demands that I justify my work in writing. Here's what a San Diego critical care physician does at federal, local and rural facilities.
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RT @UCSDHealth: Some contraceptives carry higher venous thromboembolism risk than others. "The relative risk of VTE is elevated among combi….
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Experts caution that pregnancy has an even higher VTE risk
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RT @IM_Crit_: ICU Pulmonary Embolism Review:. Kudos to the authors for reviewing PE management strategies:
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Treating patients with exercise induced #PAH with PAH-targeted medications improves stroke volume augmentaton as measured by the O2 pulse change from rest to AT. #CPET
Non-invasive #CPET can be used to monitor response to PAH-targeted meds in exercise-induced #PH. We see objective improvement in #O2pulse (stroke volume augmentation) and #VO2 at anaerobic threshold. Congrats @AlishaKabadi! @DrTimFernandes @ucsdpccm .
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RT @JennyYangMD: Non-invasive #CPET can be used to monitor response to PAH-targeted meds in exercise-induced #PH. We see objective improvem….
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RT @accpchest: A new #CHESTReview explores management strategies for acute #PulmonaryEmbolism from across the literature to clarify and con….
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