Licensure:

Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Virginia
Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art #0101221369

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995
Diplomate in Pulmonary Diseases, 1998
Diplomate in Critical Care Medicine, 1999
A.C.L.S. Certification, 1998

Education:

Study abroad in Tours, France, Bowling Green State University, 1982
B.S. Cum Laude (Zoology), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1983- 1988
M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1988- 1992
Categorical Residency I-III (Internal Medicine), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1992-1995
Fellowship (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1996-1999

Professional Experience:

Private Practice, Pulmonary and Internal Medicine
Pulmonary and Medical Associates of Northern Virginia, Ltd.
1400 South Joyce Street, #126
Arlington, Virginia 22202
1999-present

Critical Care Physician
Christian Hospital Northeast
St. Louis, Missouri
1998-1999

Staff Physician
Sacramento Internal Medicine Associates, Inc.
1995-1996

Research Technician
Division of Microbiology and Immunology
Duke University Medical Center
1987-1988

Honors and Awards:

Duke University Class Honors, 1984, 1985
Dean's List, 1984, 1985
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Professional Memberships:

American College of Physicians
American Thoracic Society
American College of Chest Physicians

Committees:

Intensive Care Unit Committee, Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington

Research:

The Natural History of Endobronchial Metastatic Disease and Survival Following Nd:Yag Laser Resection of Endobronchial Metastases. Conducted at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. Principal Investigator, Dr. Allan Siefkin, 1994.

Determining the Nucleotide Sequence of cDNA Encoding the B-cell Isoform of Ly-5. Senior Independent Study conducted at Duke University Medical Center under Dr. Ronald Corley, 1986-1987.

Publications:

Kruger RM, Paranjothi S, Storch GA, Lynch JP and Trulock EP. Impact of prophylaxis with CytoGam alone on the incidence of CMV viremia in CMV-seropositive lung transplant recipients. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2003, 22(7):754-763.

Kruger RM, Shannon WD, Arens MQ, Lynch JP, Storch GA, Trulock EP. The Impact of Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection after Lung Transplantation. Transplantation 1999, 68(9):1272-9.

Gillig, P., Grubb, P., Kruger, R., Johnson, A., Hillard, J., and Tucker, N. "What do Psychiatric Emergency Patients Really Want and How Do They Feel About What They Get?" Psychiatric Quarterly, Fall 1990, 61(3).

Sanchez J, Kruger R, Paranjothi S, Trulock E, Lynch J, Hicks C, Shannon W, and Storch G. Relationship of CMV Viral Load in Blood to Pneumonitis in Lung Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2001, 72(4):733-5.

Presentations:

The Impact of Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection after Lung Transplantation. Abstract and oral presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Francisco, April 1999.

Respiratory Complications of High Altitude. Pulmonary Grand Rounds given at Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, May 1999.

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Pulmonary and Medical Associates
of Northern Virginia, LTD.

Pentagon City Office Pulmonary, Sleep and Internal Medicine 1400 South Joyce St. Suite 126 Arlington, VA 22202 Tel: 703.521.6662 Fax: 703.521.5991 view map» Located in the Potomac Building/River House. Free parking in front of the building.

Virginia Hospital Center Office Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine 1625 N. George Mason Dr. Suite 355 Arlington, VA 22205 Phone: 703.521.6662 Fax: 703.528.3408 view map» Located in the Virginia Hospital Center. Park in the Blue Parking Garage on the hospital campus.