Kent S. Kapitan, MD  

Kent S. Kapitan, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Office Location: 751 N. Rutledge, Room 0300
Springfield, IL 62702
Appointments: 217-545-LUNG (5864)

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Degree Year Institution Area
BS 1974 University of Wisconsin-Madison Molecular Biology
MD 1978 University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Internship 1979 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Internal Medicine
Residency 1981 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Internal Medicine
MS 1983 University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering Mechanics
Fellowship 1985 University of California, San Diego Respiratory Physiology
Fellowship 1987 University of California, San Diego Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
 
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases
Critical Care Medicine
 
Academic Interests

After 16 years in private practice, Dr Kapitan returned to academic medicine in 2005 to focus on teaching. He is also interested in studying the fluid mechanics of airflow in the lung.

 
Clinical Interests

Dr Kapitan is interested in all areas of adult pulmonary medicine, and particularly in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 
Representative Publications
  1. Kapitan, KS. 2008 Teaching pulmonary physiology using computer modeling. Adv. Physiol. Educ. 32:61-64.
  2. Kapitan, KS; Clausen, JL and Moser, KM. 1990 Gas exchange in chronic thromboembolism after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Chest, 98:14-19
  3. Kapitan, KS. 1990 The information content of the multiple breath nitrogen washout. J Applied Physiol, 68:1621-28.
  4. Kapitan, KS; Buchbinder, M; Wagner, PD and Moser, KM. 1989 Mechanisms of hypoxemia in chronic thromboembolism. Amer Rev Resp Dis, 139-1150-1155
  5. Kapitan, KS and Wagner, PD. 1987 The information content of multiple inert gas elimination measurements. J Appl Physiol, 63:861-868

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