Dr. Park is currently Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington, and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. His primary interests are in tuberculosis, lung infection, lung host defenses, and clinical training in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is co-chair of the Washington State Tuberculosis Advisory Council, Chair of the Harborview Medical Center TB Control Committee, and a Consultant with the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center. In addition, Dr. Park is a member of the American Thoracic Society and Washington Thoracic Society, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and the American College of Physicians. He is also a fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians and a volunteer for the American Lung Association of Washington.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A. in Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1983
M.D., University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 1988
Internship in Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1989
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1991
Chief Medical Resident, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 1992
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1999
Teaching Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2003-2004.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Park DR and SJ Skerrett. IL-10 enhances the growth of Legionella pneumophila in human mononuclear phagocytes and reverses the protective effect of IFN-g: Differential responses of blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages. J Immunol 1996; 157:2528-2538.
Park DR and SJ Skerrett. Cytokines in Legionella pneumophila infection. In Nelson S and Martin TR (eds.) Cytokines in pulmonary infectious diseases: pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies. NIH Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series. Volume 141. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000.
Park DR and SJ Skerrett. The usefulness of the Gram stain in the diagnosis of pneumonia. Clin Pulm Med 1995; 2:201-212.
Park DR and DJ Pierson. Disorders of the mediastinum: general principles and diagnostic approach, pneumomediastinum and mediastinitis, and tumors and cysts of the mediastinum. In Murray JF, JA Nadel, RJ Mason, and HA Boushey, Jr. (eds.) Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
Curtis JR, Park DR, Krone MR, and Pearlman RA. Use of the medical futility rationale in Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation orders. JAMA 1995; 273:124-128.
Park DR, VL Sherbin, MS Goodman, AD Pacifico, GD Rubenfeld, NL Polissar, RK Root. The etiology of community-acquired pneumonia at an urban public
hospital: influence of HIV infection and initial severity of illness. J
Infect Dis 2001; 184:268-277.