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Barbara Chini, MD

Title

Director, Pulmonary Fellowship Training Program

Appointment

Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

barb.chini@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-6771

Fax

513-636-4615

Credentials

BS: University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana, 1986

MD: Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, 1990

Internship: Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center Pediatrics, Rochester, New York, 1991

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 1993

Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Pediatric Pulmonology, Rochester, New York, 1994

Fellowships: Pediatric Pulmonology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Pediatric Pulmonology, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997

Awards and Honors

 The Distinguished Residents and Fellows Asthma Education Scholarship Program - 1996

Publications, Most Recent

Mannaa M, Chini B. A case in point. A boy with shortness of breath, cough, and myalgia’s. Journal of Respiratory Diseases 2006;27(8):356-8.

Shott SR, Amin R, Chini B, Heubi C, Hotze S, Akers R. Obstructive sleep apnea – Should all children with Down syndrome be tested?Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery 2006;132(4):432-436.

Fricke GL, Donnelly LF, Shott SR, Kalra M, Poe SA, Chini BA, Amin RS. Lingual Tonsil Size as Depicted on MR Imaging Between Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Despite Previous Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy and Normal Controls. Pediatric Radiology 2006;36:518-523.

Beebe DW, Wells CT, Jeffries J, Chini B, Kalra M, Amin RS. Neuropsychological Effects of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea. JINS 2004; 10:962-975.

Abbott MB, Donnelly LF, Dardzinski BJ, Poe SA, Chini BA, Amin RS. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: MR Imaging Volume Segmentation Analysis. Radiology 2004; 232:889-895.

Amin RS, Carroll J, Bean J, Jeffries J, Chini B, Bokulic R, Daniels S. Twenty Four Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 169:950-56.

Donnelly LF, Shott SR, Connor RL, Chini BA, Amin RS. Causes of Persistent Obstructive Sleep Apnea Despite Previous Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy in Children with Down Syndrome as Depicted on Static and Dynamic Cine MRI. AJR 2004;183:175-181.

Professional Organization Memberships

Books

Chini B. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. In: Garfunkel, Christy, Kaczorowski eds. The Pediatric Clinical Advisor, 2nd Edition Mosby. St.Louis, MO. 2007. (15).

Chini B. Asthma. In: Garfunkel, Christy, Kaczorowski eds. The Pediatric Clinical Advisor Mosby. St.Louis, MO. 2007. (58-59).

Chini B. Cystic Fibrosis. In: Garfunkel, Christy, Kaczorowski eds. The Pediatric Clinical Advisor Mosby. St.Louis, MO. 2007. (145-146).

Chini B. Spontaneous Pneumothorax. In: Garfunkel, Christy, Kaczorowski eds. The Pediatric Clinical Advisor Mosby. St.Louis, MO. 2007. (450-451).

Amin, Donnelly, Beebe, Chini. Sleep-related Breathing Disorders in Children. In: Progress in Respiratory Diseases. May 2006.

Wilmott, Kaplan, Perez, Hardie, Chini and Daines. Pulmonology. In: Pediatric Secrets, 4rd ed. Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia. 2005. (641-672).

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