Rick Albert, MD

Recognitions

• Dean's List, University of Colorado (1966)
  
• Dean's List, University of Colorado (1967)
  
• Lange Award, University of Colorado (1971)
  Best student in Medicine
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Colorado (1971)
  
• Member, Western Society for Clinical Investigation (1983)
  
• Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (1987)
  
• Member, Western Association of Physicians (1989)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (1991)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (1994)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (1997)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (1999)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2001)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2003)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2005)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2007)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2009)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2011)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2013)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2014)
  
• Member, The Best Doctors in America (2015)
  
• Wasserman Lecture and Visiting Professorship, Harbor/UCLA (2003)
  
• Menkes Lecture, Maryland Thoracic Society (2005)
  
• First Prize, British Medical Association Medical Book Competition (2005)
  
• Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2007)
  
• Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2008)
  
• Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2010)
  
• Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2011)
  
• Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America (2012)
  
• Best Doctors in Colorado, ColoradoBiz (2013)
  
• Best Doctors, Denver Business Journal (2014)
  

Research Interests

Publications

• Albert, RK, Sbarbaro, JA, Hudson, LD, Iseman, MD. High-dose ethambutol: A 6-year study of its role in intermittent chemotherapy. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976; 114: 699-704.
• Albert, RK, Stage, A, Iseman, M, Pierson, D, Sbarbaro, JA. Monitoring tuberculosis patients for treatment failure. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976; 114: 1051-60.
• Albert, RK, Roberts, JP, Oliva, PB. Atrial arrhyhmias with low amplitude P waves. Chest 1974; 65: 82-3
• Albert, RK, Petty, TL. Endobronchial tuberculosis progressing to bronchial stenosis. Chest 1976; 70: 537-9.
• Butler, J, Culver, BH, Huseby, J, Albert, RK. The hemodynamics of pulmonary edema. Am Rev Respir Dis 1977; 115: 173-80.
• Albert, RK, Lakshminarayan, S, Miller, W. Long-term rifampin therapy and the secondary antibody response to killed influenza vaccine. Am Rev Respir Dis 1978; 117: 605-7.
• Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Huang T, Butler J. Fluid leaks from extra-alveolar vessels in living dog lungs. J Appl Physiol: Respir Environ Exercise Physiol 1978;44:759-62.
• Dreisin RB, Albert RK, Talley PA, Kryger MH, Scoggin CH, Zwillich CW. Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the teaching hospital. Chest 1978;74:144-9.
• Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Hildebrandt J, Kirk W, Butler J. Increased surface tension favors pulmonary edema formation in anesthetized dogs' lungs. J Clin Invest 1979;63:1015-8.
• Rostykus PS, McDonald GB, Albert RK. Upper intestinal endoscopy induces hypoxemia in patients with obstructive pulmonary disease. Gastroenterology 1980;78:488-91.
• Albert RK, Martin TR, Lewis SW. Controlled clinical trail of methylprednisolone in patients with chronic bronchitis and acute respiratory insufficiency. Ann Int Med 1980;92:753-8.
• Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Kirk W, Butler J. Lung inflation can cause pulmonary edema in zone I of in-situ dog lungs. J Appl Physiol: Respir Environ Exercise Physiol 1980;49:815-9.
• Iseman MD, Albert RK, Locks M, Raleigh J, Sutton F, Farer LS. Guidelines for short-course chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980;121:611-3.
• Albert RK, Condie F. Handwashing patterns in medical intensive care units. New Engl J Med 1981;304:1465-6.
• Albert RK. Factors affecting transvascular fluid and protein movement in pulmonary edema and ARDS. Sem Respir Med 1981;2:109-13.
• Martin TR, Lewis SW, Albert RK. The prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after hospitalization for acute respiratory failure. Chest 1982;82:310-4.
• Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Charan NB, Kirk W, Butler J. Extra-alveolar vessel contribution to hydrostatic pulmonary edema in in-situ dog lungs. J Appl Physiol: Respir Environ Exercise Physiol 1983;54:1010-7.
• Burki N, Albert RK. Noninvasive monitoring of arterial blood gases. Chest 1983;83:666-70.
• Bailey WC, Albert RK, Davidson, PT, Farer, LS, Glassroth, J, Kendig, E, Loudon, RG, Inselman, LS. Treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983;127:790-6.
• Farer LS, Flynn JP, Reza RJ, Bailey WC, Albert RK. Control of tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1983;128:336-46.
• Coffey RL, Robertson HT, Albert RK. Mechanisms of physiological dead space response to PEEP after oleic acid lung injury. J Appl Physiol: Respir Environ Exercise Physiol 1983;55:1550-7.
• Martin TR, Albert RK, Altman LC, Henderson WR. Leukotriene B4 production by the human alveolar macrophage: A potential mechanism for amplifying inflammation in the lung. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984;129:106-11.
• Baile EM, Albert RK, Kirk W, Lakshminarayan S, Wiggs BJR, Pare PD. Positive end-expiratory pressure decreases bronchial blood flow in the dog. J Appl Physiol: Respir Environ Exercise Physiol 1984;56:1289-93.
• Aitken ML, Sparks R, Anderson K, Albert RK. Predictors of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984;130:831-3.
• Bone RC, Albert RK, Dantzker D, Divertie M, Fallot R, Fruth R, Rawlings C. Monitoring oxygen therapy. In: ACCP-NHLBI National Conference on Oxygen Therapy, ed., Fullmer J, Snider GL, Chest 1984;87:234-247.
• Albert RK. Least PEEP: Primum non nocere. Chest 1985;87:2-4.
• Addington WW, Albert RK, Bass JB, Jr., Catlin BJ, Loudon RG, Seggerson J, Slutkin G. Non-drug issues in chemotherapy. In Report of the Consensus Committee on Tuberculosis, ed.: Iseman M, and Sbarbaro JA. Chest 1985;87:11S-49S.
• Sato P, Madtes DK, Thorning D, Albert RK. Bronchiolitis obliterans caused by Legionella Pneumophilia. Chest 1985; 87: 840-2.
• Albert RK, Muramoto A, Caldwell J Koepsell T, Butler J. Increases in intrathoracic pressure do not explain the rise in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure that occurs during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985;132:623-7.
• Albert RK, Kirk W, Pitts C, Butler J. Extra-alveolar vessel fluid filtration coefficients in excised and in-situ canine lobes. J Appl Physiol 1985;59:1555-9.
• Muramoto A, Caldwell J, Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Butler J. Nifedipine dilates the pulmonary vasculature without producing symptomatic systemic hypotension in upright resting and exercising patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985;132:963-6.
• Charan N, Albert RK, Lakshminarayan S, Kirk W, Butler J. Factors affecting bronchial blood flow through bronchopulmonary anastomoses in anesthetized dogs. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;134:85-88.
• Maunder RJ, Hackman RC, Riff ER, Albert RK, Springmeyer SC. Occurence of the adult respiratory distress syndrome in neutropenic patients. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;133:313-6.
• Charan N, Lakshminarayan S, Kirk W, Albert RK, Butler J. Hypoxia and hypercarbia increase bronchial blood flow through broncho-pulmonary anastomoses in anesthetized dogs. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;134:89-92.
• Albert RK, Schrijen F, Poincelot F. Oxygen consumption and transport in stable patients with chronic pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;134:678-82.
• Albert RK, Greenberg G, Guest RJ, Luchtel D, Henderson WR. Leukotrienes C4 and D4 do not increase the filtration coefficient of excised perfused guinea pig lungs. J Appl Physiol 1987;62:1-9.
• Albert RK, Leasa, D Sanderson M, Robertson HT, Hlastala MP. The prone position improves oxygenation and reduces shunt in oleic acid-induced acute lung injury. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987;135:628-33.
• Agostoni PG, Deffebach ME, Kirk W, Mendenhall JM, Albert RK, Butler J. Temperature alters the bronchial blood flow response to pulmonary artery obstruction. J Appl Physiol 1987;62:1907-11.
• Lamm WJE, Albert RK. Continuity of arterial and venous extra-alveolar interstitium in excised rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol 1987; 63:634-8.
• Lamm WJE, Albert RK. Continuity of arterial and venous extra-alveolar interstitium in excised rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol 1987; 63:634-8.
• Aitken ML, Anderson KM, Albert RK. Is the tuberculosis screening program of hospital employees still required? Am Rev Respir Dis 1987;136:805-7.
• Bolin RW, Albert RK. Lung endothelial and epithelial permeability after platelet activating factor. J Appl Physiol 1987;63:1770-5.
• Massey LW, Hussey JD, Albert RK. Inaccurate oxygen delivery in some portable liquid oxygen devices. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;137:204-5.
• Albert RK. Non-pulmonary effects of PEEP. Respir Care 1988;6:464-71.
• Albert RK, Lamm WJE, Luchtel DL. Effect of lung inflation on fluid flux in zone I lungs. J Appl Physiol 1988;64:285-90.
• Lamm WJE, Luchtel DL, Albert RK. Sites of leakage in three models of acute lung injury. J Appl Physiol 1988;64:1079-83.
• Bolin R, Guest RJ, Albert RK. Glycolysis is not required for fluid homeostasis in isolated rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol 1988;64:2517-21.
• Aitken ML, Anderson K, Albert RK. Annual tuberculosis screening of hospital employees: An idea lacking supporting data. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138:3-4.
• Albert RK. Assessment of right ventricular function. Chest 1988;94:1123-4
• Butler J, Schrijen F, Henriquez A, Polu J-M, Albert RK. Cause of the raised wedge pressure on exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138:350-4.
• Albert RK, Lamm WJE, Henderson WR, Bolin RW. Effect of leukotrienes B4, C4, and D4 on segmental pulmonary vascular pressures. J Appl Physiol 1989;66:458-64.
• Koyama S, Lamm WJE, Hildebrandt J, Albert RK. Flow characteristics of open vessels in zone I rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol 1989;66:1817-1823.
• Wiener CM, Kirk W, Albert RK. The prone position reverses the gravitational distribution of perfusion in dog lungs with oleic acid-induced injury. J Appl Physiol 1990;68:1386-92.
• Lamm WJE, Albert RK. Surfactant replacement improves lung recoil in rabbit lungs after acid aspiration. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990;142:1279-83.
• Lamm WJE, Kirk KR, Hanson WL, Wagner WW Jr., Albert RK. Flow through Zone I lungs utilizes alveolar corner vessels. J Appl Physiol. 1991;70:1518-23.
• Butler J, Albert RK. Estimating left ventricular filling pressure in patients receiving positive end-expiratory pressure. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144: 993.
• Mutoh T, Lamm WJE, Embree LJ, Hildebrandt J, Albert RK. Abdominal distension alters regional pleural pressures and chest wall mechanics in pigs in vivo. J Appl Physiol 1991;70:2611-8.
• Glenny R, Lamm WJE., Albert RK, Robertson, H.T. Gravity is a minor determinant of pulmonary blood flow distribution. J Appl Physiol. 1991;71:620-29.
• Luchtel DL, Embree L, Guest R, Albert, RK. Extra-alveolar veins are continuous with, and leak fluid into, peri-arterial cuffs in rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol. 1991;71:1606-13.
• Mutoh T, Lamm WJE, Embree LJ, Hildebrandt J, Albert RK. Volume infusion produces abdominal distension, lung compression and chest wall stiffening in pigs in-vivo. J. Appl. Physiol. 1992;72:575-82.
• Bishop MJ, Lamm WJE, Guidotti SM, Albert RK. Pulmonary artery occlusion is sufficient to increase pulmonary vascular permeability in rabbits. J Appl Physiol. 1992;73 272-5.
• Albert RK, Embree LJ, McFeeley JE, Hickstein DD. Expression and function of ?2 integrins on alveolar macrophages from human and non-human primates. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1992;7:182-9.
• Mutoh T, Guest RJ, Lamm WJE, Albert RK. Prone position alters the effect of volume overload on regional pleural pressures and improves hypoxemia in pigs in-vivo. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992;146:300-6.
• Albert RK, Lamm WJE, Rickaby DA, Al-Tinawi A, Dawson CA. Lung inflation distends small arteries (< 1 mm) in excised dog lungs. J Appl Physiol 1993;75:2595-2601.
• Saito O, Lamm WJE, Hildebrandt J, Albert RK. Pulsatile and non-pulsatile pressure-flow relations in zone III excised rabbit lungs. J Appl Physiol 1994;76:370-79.
• Lamm, WJE, Graham, MM, Albert, RK. Mechanism by which the prone position improves oxygenation in acute lung injury. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1994;150:184-93.
• Hert R, Albert RK. Sequelae of the adult respiratory distress syndrome. Thorax 1994;49:8-13.
• Albert, RK. One good turn.... Intensive Care Medicine 1994;20:247-8.
• Albert, RK. A critique of the ACCP Consensus Conference on mechanical ventilation. J Intensive Care Med 1995;10:201-7.
• Saito O, Lamm WJE, Hildebrandt J, Albert RK. Flow pulsatility does not increase mean microvascular pressure or filtration in zone 3 rabbit lungs. J App. Physiol 1995;78:914-1003.
• Benditt JO, Albert RK. Lung reduction surgery: Great expectations and a cautionary note. Chest 1995;107:297-8.
• Kelly JL, Albert RK, Raghu G. Effect of six weeks of ganciclovir as CMV prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients. Transplantation 1995;59:1144-7.
• Albert RK. Mechanisms of the adult respiratory distress syndrome: selectins. 1994 Year-in-Review, Thorax 1995;50; Supplement 1, S49-S52.
• Ramsey SD, Patrick DL, Lewis S, Albert RK, Raghu G. Improvement in quality of life as a function of diagnosis in lung transplant patients: A preliminary study. J Heart Lung Trans. 1995;14:870-7.
• Ramsey SD, Patrick DL, Albert RK, Larson EB, Raghu G. The cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation. Chest 1995;108:1594-1601.
• Lamm WJE, Obermiller T, Hlastala MP, Albert RK. Perfusion through vessels open in zone 1 contributes to gas exchange in rabbit lungs in situ. J Appl Physiol 1995;79:1895-99.
• Albert RK. Positioning and the Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Current Opinion in Critical Care 1996;2:67-72.
• ATS Pulmonary and Critical Care Training Committee. Role of the pulmonary and critical care medicine physician in the American health care system. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;152: 2199-2201.
• Albert RK, Lewis S, Wood D, Benditt JO. Economic aspects of lung volume reduction surgery. Chest 1996;110:1068-71.
• Tonelli R, Benditt JO, Albert RK. Clinical Experimentation: Lessons from lung volume reduction surgery. Chest 1996;110:230-8.
• Ramsey SD, Larson EB, Albert RK, Raghu G, Wood DE, Patrick DL. Reassessing the cost-effectiveness of lung transplantation. Chest 1996;110:577.
• Zhang Y, Lamm WJE, Albert RK, Chi EY, Henderson WR Jr., Lewis DB. Influence of the route of allergen administration and genetic background on the murine allergic pulmonary response. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:661-9.
• Benditt JO, Wood DE, McCool FD, Lewis S, Albert RK. Changes in breathing and ventilatory muscle recruitment patterns induced by lung volume reduction surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:279-84.
• Albert RK. How effective is pulmonary rehabilitation? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:784-5.
• Albert RK. For every thing (turn...turn...turn). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155:393-4
• Henderson WR, Lewis DB, Albert RK, Yu Zang, Lamm WJE, Eriksen P, Jonas M, Chi EY. The importance of leukotrienes in airway inflammation in a mouse model of asthma. J Exp Med 1996;184:1483-94.
• Benditt JO, Lewis S, Wood DE, Klima L, Albert RK. Lung volume reduction surgery improves maximum O2 consumption, maximum minute ventilation, O2 pulse and dead space-to-tidal volume ratio during leg cycle ergometry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997:156;561-6.
• Henderson WR Jr, Chi EY, Albert RK, Chu S-J, Lamm WJE, Rochon Y, Jonas M, Christie P, Harlan JE. Blockade of CD49d (?4 integrin) on intrapulmonary but not circulating leukocytes inhibits airway inflammation and hyperresponsivenss in a mouse model of asthma. J Clin Investig 1997;100:3083-92.
• Benditt JO, Albert RK. Surgical options for patients with advanced emphysema. Clin Chest Med 1997;18:577-94.
• Sinclair S, Albert RK. Altering ventilation-perfusion relationships in patients with acute lung injury. Intensive Care Med 1997;23:942-50.
• Albert RK. The prone position in ARDS. Where we are and where do we go from here. Crit Care Med. 1997;25:1453-4
• Takasugi JE, Wood DE, Godwin JD, Richardson ML, Benditt JO, Albert RK. Lung volume reduction surgery for diffuse emphysema: Radiologic assessment of changes in thoracic dimensions. J Thoracic Imag 1998;13:36-41.
• Albert RK, Benditt JO, Hildebrandt J, Wood DE, Hlastala MP. Lung volume reduction surgery has variable effects on blood gases in patients with emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:71-76.
• Weiss DL, Kreck T, Albert RK. Dyspnea resulting from fibromyalgia. Chest 1998;113:246-249.
• Round Table Conference. Acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:675-9.
• Wilson CB, Embree L, Scholalter D, Albert R, Aruffo A, Hollenbaugh D, Linsley P, Kay MA. Transient inhibition of CD28 and CD40 ligand interactions prolongs adenoviral mediated transgene expression in the lung and facilitates expression after secondary vector administration. J. Virlolgy, 1998;72:7542-50.
• Huizenga JF, Ramsey S, Albert RK. Estimated growth of lung volume reduction surgery among Medicare enrollees: 1994-1996. Chest 1998;114:1583-7.
• Albert RK. The prone position in ARDS: What do we know and what do we need to know? Crit Care Med 1999;27:2574-5.
• Lamm WJE, Albert RK. Effect of zonal conditions and posture on pulmonary blood flow distribution to subpleural and interior lung. J Appl Physiol 2000;88:120-5.
• Albert RK, Hubmayr RD. The prone position eliminates compression of the lungs by the heart. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:1660-5.
• Albert RK, Benditt JO. Relationship between resting hypercapnia and physiologic parameters before and after lung volume reduction surgery in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161:674.
• Renal Physicians Association, American Society of Nephrology. Shared decision-making in the appropriate initiation of and withdrawal from dialysis. Renal Physicians Association and American Society of Nephrology Clinical Practice Guideline 2000:2:1-88.
• Albert RK. Residency training (letter). The Pharos Winter 2000:52.
• Albert RK. Turn about may be more than fair play. Crit Care Med 2000;28:571-2.
• Butler CW, Snyder M, Wood DE, Curtis JR, Albert RK, Benditt JO. Underestimation of mortality following lung volume reduction surgery resulting from incomplete followup. Chest 2001;119:1056-60.
• Albert RK. The COMPACCS Study: The buck stops here. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:9-11.
• Evans TW, Albert RK, Angus DC, Bion JF, Epstein SK, Fagan JY, Ranieri M, Sznajder JI, Torres A, Walley KR. International consensus conferences in intensive care medicine: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure. Intensive Care Med 2001;27:166-78.
• Evans TW, Albert, RK Angus DC, Bion JF, Epstein SK, Fagan JY, Ranieri M, Sznajder JI, Torres A, Walley KR. International consensus conferences in intensive care medicine: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001;163:283-91.
• Gatof D, Albert RK. Bilateral thumb burns leading to the diagnosis of crack lung. Chest 2002;121:289-91.
• Messerole E, Pein, P Wittkopp, S, Marini JJ, Albert, RK. The Pragmatics of Prone Positioning. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165:1359-63.
• Albert RK. Which Patients with ARDS will improve with prone ventilation, MD Consult, Respiratory Disease, September, 2002.
• Albert RK, Lamm WJE. Left atrial pressure can be accurately transmitted to the pulmonary artery despite zone 1 conditions. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003;167:1016-20.
• Albert RK. Low-stretch ventilation revisited. MD Consult - Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, February 2003.
• Schwarz MA Albert RK. Imitators of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment. Chest 2004;125:1530-5.
• Albert RK, for the COPD Clinical Research Network. The NHLBI COPD Clinical Research Network. Pulm Pharmacol Therap 2004;17:111-2.
• Nemery B, Yew WW, Albert R, Brun-Buisson C, MacNee W, Martinez FJ, Angus DC, Abraham E. Tuberculosis, nontuberculous lung infection, pleural disorders, pulmonary function, respiratory muscles, occupational lung disease, pulmonary infections and social issues in AJRCCM in 2004. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;171:554-62.
• Kranz M, Zwang O, Rowen S, Statland B, Chu E, Reid M, Albert, RK. Hospitalists decrease length of stay in a chest pain observation unit: a pilot study. Crit Pathways in CV Dis 2005;4:55-58.
• Alvarado JF, Albert RK. Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule. Virtual Mentor. Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005, Vol 7, Number 7.
• Chu E, Albert RK. Equitable allocation of resources. in Pistoria M, Amin A, Dressler D, McKean S, Budnitz T. Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2006; 1 (supplement 1): 68.
• Mancebo J, Fernandez R, Blanch L, Rialp G, Gordo F, Ferrer M, Rodriguez F, Garro P, Ricart P, Villiverdu I, Gich I, Castano J, Saura P, Dominguez G, Bonet A, Albert RK. A multicenter trial of prolonged prone versus supine ventilation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1233-9.
• Boyle D, O’Connell D, Platt FW, Albert RK. Disclosing errors in the ICU. Crit Care Med 2006;34:1532-7.
• Gabow PA, Karkhanis A, Knight A, Dixon P, Eisert S, Albert, RK. The Fragmented Nature of Resident Workflow. A Case for Work Redesign. Acad Med 2006;81:766-75.
• Zwang O, Albert, RK. An analysis of strategies to improve cost effectiveness of blood cultures. J Hosp Med 2006;1:272-6.
• Bull SV, Douglas I, Foster M, Albert, RK. A mandatory protocol for treating patients with diabetic ketoacidosis reduces intensive care unit and hospital lengths of stay: Results of a non-randomized trial. Crit Care Med 2007;35:41-6.
• Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Albert RK. Macrolide therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Role of acute and chronic therapy. Int J Chronic Obstruct Pulm Dis 2008;3:331-50.
• Bapoje S, Whitaker JF, Schulz T, Albert RK. Preoperative evaluation of patients with pulmonary disease. Chest 2007;132:1637-45.
• Bull, SV, Douglas, I, Albert, RK. Mandatory protocol for treating DKA (Letter to the editor). Crit Care Med 2007 2007;35:1450-1.
• Gabow PA, Albert R, Kaufman L, Wilson M, Eisert S. Denver Health uses 5S to delivery quality, safety, efficiency. Industrial Engineering 2008, February, 44-48.
• Agostoni P, Apostolo, A, Albert, RK. Mechanisms of periodic breathing during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure. Chest 2008;133:197-203.
• Chu, ES, Hakkarinen D, Evig C, Page S, Albert RK. Underutilized time for health education of hospitalized patients. J Hosp Med 2008;3:238-46.
• Chu ES, Albert, RK. Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists and family physicians. N Engl J Med (Letter to the editor) 2008;358:1756.
• Cleary, BS, Keniston A, Havranek EP, Albert RK. Intimate partner violence in women hospitalized on an internal medicine service: Prevalence and relationship to responses to the review of systems. J Hosp Med 2008;3:299-307.
• Chu ES, Reid M, Schulz T, Burden M, Mancini D, Ambardekar AV, Keniston A, Albert RK. A structured handoff program for interns. Acad Med 2009;84:347-352.
• Prado, R, Albert, RK, Chu, ES, Mehler, P. Rapid Response: A Quality Improvement Conundrum. J Hosp Med 2009;4:255-7.
• Reid, M, Padilla, R, Albert, RK. Injury and death associated with incidents reported to the Patient Safety Net. Amer J Hosp Qual 2009;24:520-4.
• Hecht A, Ma S, Porszasz J, Casaburi R, for the COPD Clinical Network. Methods for Utilizing Long-Term Accelerometry Monitoring to Describe Daily Activity Patterns of COPD Patients. J COPD 2009;6(2):121-9.
• Dransfield MT, Nahm MH, Han MK, Harnden S, Criner GJ, Martinez FJ, Scanlon PD, Woodruff PG, Washko GR, Connett JE, Anthonisen NR, Bailey WC for the COPD Clinical Research Network. Superior immune response to protein-conjugate versus free pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;180:499-505.
• Albert, RK. Nutritional Support (Letter to the editor). Crit Care Med 2009;37:2679-80.
• Friedlander AL, Albert RK. Chronic macrolides therapy in inflammatory airways diseases. Chest 2010;138:1202-12.
• Bapoje SR, Gaudiani JL, Narayanan V, Albert RK. Unplanned Transfers to a Medical Intensive Care Unit: Causes and Relationship to Preventable Errors in Care. J Hosp Med (in press)
• Albert, RK, Wiener, CW. The new recommendations on duty hours from the ACGME task force (Letter to the editor). N Engl J Med 2010;363:1680
• Burden M, Weed D, Keniston A, Price C, Albert RK. Newly cleaned physician uniforms and infrequently washed white coats have similar rates of bacterial contamination after an eight-hour workday. J Hosp Med (in press).
• Albert, RK. Susceptibility to excacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Letter to the Editor) N Engl J Med (in press).
• Woodruff P, Albert RK, Bailey W, Casaburi R, Connett J, Cooper J, Criner G, Curtis J, Dransfield M, Han ML, Harnden S, Kim V, Marchetti N, Martinez F, McEvoy C, Reilly J, Rice K, Scanlon P, Scharf S, Sciurba F, Washko G, Lazarus S for the COPD Clinical Research Network. Randomized trial of zileuton for treatment of COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization. J COPD (in press).
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Edema. In: Pulmonary Emergencies, ed.: Sahn, SA, Churchill-Livingstone, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 149-96, 1982.
• Albert RK. Mechanisms of Lung Injury. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 3, Ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 19-54, 1982.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Edema: Morphology and Physiology. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 3, ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 55-77, 1983.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Edema: Morphology and Physiology. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 4, ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 21-53, 1984.
• Albert RK. Basic Mechanisms of Lung Injury. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 4, ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 55-97, 1984.
• Albert RK. Treatment of normal- and increased-permeability edema. In: Current Therapy of Respiratory Disease, ed. Cherniack, R, B.C. Decker, Inc., New York, New York, pp. 244-9, 1984; and in: Current Therapy in Internal Medicine, ed.: Bayless, TM, Brain, MC, Cherniack, RM, B.C. Decker, Inc., New York, NY, pp. 873-878, 1984.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Edema: Morphology, Physiology, Classification, and Measurement. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 5, ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 27-58, 1985.
• Albert RK, Martin, TR. Pulmonary Edema: Mechanisms of Lung Injury. In: Pulmonary Disease Reviews, Volume 5, ed.: Bone, RC, Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, pp. 59-104, 1985.
• Albert RK. Sites of leakage in pulmonary edema. In: The Pulmonary Circulation and Pulmonary Vascular Injury, ed.: Said, SI, Futura Publishing Co., Mt. Kisko, NY, pp. 189-207, 1985.
• Albert RK. Diagnosis of tuberculosis. In: Manual of Medical Diagnosis, ed.: Eisenberg, M and Cummins, R, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 342-9, 1986.
• Albert RK. Physiology and treatment of inadequate oxygen delivery. In: Cardiopulmonary Critical Care Management, ed.: Fallot, R, and Luce, J, Churchill Livingston, New York, NY, pp. 37-59, 1987.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Edema. In: Current Pulmonology, Volume 7, ed.: Simmons, DH, Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, IL, pp. 1-16, 1987.
• Albert RK. Evaluation of the patient with cyanosis and/or hypoxemia. In: Textbook of Internal Medicine, ed.: Kelley, WN, J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 1989; pp. 2041-4.
• Albert RK. Evlauation of the patient with hemoptysis. In: Textbook of Internal Medicine, ed.: Kelley, WN, J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 1989, pp. 2051-3.
• Mengert TJ, Chestnut T, Albert RK. Pulmonary Therapeutics. In: Medical Therapeutics: A Cecil Companion, eds. Larson, EB, Ramsey, PG, WB Saunders, Philadelphia PA, 1989, pp. 119-182.
• Albert RK. Sites of leakage in pulmonary edema,. In: The Pulmonary Circulation and Acute Lung Injury, Second Edition, ed. S.I. Said, Futura Publishing Co., Mt. Kisko, NY, 1991, 243-52.
• Albert RK. Evaluation of the patient with cyanosis and/or hypoxemia. In: Textbook of Internal Medicine, Second edition, ed.: Kelley, WN, J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 1874-7.
• Albert RK. Hemoptysis and lung hemorrhage. In: Principles of Critical Care Medicine, ed.: Hall, JB, Wood, LDH, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992, pg 1736-39.
• Albert RK. Tuberculosis. In: Medical Diagnostics, ed: Dugdale, DC, and Eisenberg, MD, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, in press.
• Mengert TJ, Albert RK. Pulmonary Conditions. In: Medical Therapeutics, Second Edition, eds.: Ramsey, PG, Larson, EB, WB Saunders, Philadelphia PA, 1992, pp. 238-93.
• Albert RK. New Ideas in Treatment of ARDS. In: Yearbook on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, ed. J-L Vincent, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993; pp. 135-47.
• Albert RK. Indications and Contraindications of Liver Transplantation. In: Yearbook on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, ed. J-L Vincent, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995; pp. 807-16.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale. In: Medicine for the Practicing Physician, Fourth Edition, ed. JW Hurst, Appleton-Lange, Stamford, CT, 1996; pp. 989-93.
• Albert RK. Outcome and Long-Term Care of ARDS. In: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach. Eds: JA Russell and KR Walley. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, Eng., In press.
• Albert RK. The Effect of Body Position on Perfusion, Ventilation and Gas Exchange in Normal and Injured Lungs. In: Physiological Basis of Ventilatory Support. Ed. JJ. Marini and AS. Slutsky. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol 118, ed. C. Lenfant, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY., 1998, pp. 1093-1112.
• Albert RK. Immediate Post-Operative Care of Transplant Patients. In: Yearbook on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, ed. J-L Vincent, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1997, pp. 859-67.
• Albert RK. Ventilatory Management of ARDS: Permissive Hypercapnia or the Prone Position? In: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1997, pp. 329-37.
• Albert RK. Chest Pain. In: Principles of Respiratory Medicine, ed. RK Albert, S. Spiro, J. Jett. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 1999; 18.1 - 18.6.
• Celli B, Benditt J, Albert RK. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Principles of Respiratory Medicine, ed. RK Albert, S. Spiro, J. Jett. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 1999; 37.1 - 37.24.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Complications of Obesity. In: Principles of Respiratory Medicine, ed. RK Albert, S. Spiro, J. Jett. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 1999; 73.1 - 73.4.
• Albert RK, Wiener-Kronish, J. Preoperative Evaluation. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Third Edition, Eds. J.F. Murray, J.A. Nadel, R.J. Mason, H.A. Boushey, Jr., M.D. W.B. Saunders, Orlando, FL. 2000; pp. 883-894.
• Albert RK. Prone Ventilation. In: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2000; 21: 511-17.
• Sinclair SE Albert RK. Prone ventilation in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In: Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care. Eds. R Karmy-Jones, A Nathens, E Stern. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA. 2002. pp. 467-78.
• Albert RK. Prone ventilation. In: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Number 40: Mechanical Ventilation, eds. AS Slutsky, L Brochard. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2003. pp. 381-388.
• Piedalue F, Albert RK. Prone Ventilation. In: Respiratory Care Clinics of North America 2003;9:495-509.
• Albert RK. Chest Pain. In: Principles of Respiratory Medicine, Second Edition, ed. RK Albert, S. Spiro, J. Jett. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 2004, pp. 255-62.
• Albert RK. Pulmonary Complications of Obesity. In: Principles of Respiratory Medicine, Second Edition, ed. RK Albert, S. Spiro, J. Jett. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 2004, pp. 783-8.
• Albert RK. Hemoptysis and Lung Hemorrhage. In: Principles of Critical Care Medicine, Third Edition, ed.: Hall, JB, Schmidt, G, Wood, LDH, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005. pp. 583-5.
• Wiener-Kronish J, Albert RK. Preoperative Evaluation. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Fourth Edition, ed. RJ Mason, V C Broaddus, JF Murray, JA Nadel, W.B. Saunders, Orlando, FL. 2005, pp. 781-94.
• Albert RK. The Importance of Positioning in the Critically Ill Patient. In: Manual of Critical Care, ed. S. Raoof, McGraw Hill, New York, 2008, pp 179-85.
• Reid M, Albert RK. The Respiratory Diseases of Addiction. In: Addictions in Medicine: Principles and Practice, ed: M.S. Miller, W.C. Wadland, Wiley, in press.
• Albert RK. Chest Pain. In: Clinical Respiratory Medicine, Third Edition, Ed. RK Albert, S Spiro, J Jett, Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 2008, pp. 317-24.
• Wiener-Kronish J, Shepherd KE, Bapoje S, Albert RK, Preoperative Evaluation. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Fifth Edition, ed. RJ Mason, V C Broaddus, JF Murray, JA Nadel, W.B. Saunders, Orlando, FL., 2010, pp 578-89.
• Albert RK, Jobe A. Gas exchange in the respiratory distress syndromes. In: Comprehensive Physiology, ed. RL Terjung, Respiratory Physiology , eds. PW Wagner, M Hlastala, Wiley-Blackwell & American Physiological Society, 1:1-33, 2011.
• Benson A, Albert RK. Massive hemopytsis. Principles of Critical Care Medicine, Fourth Edition, ed.: Hall, JB, Schmidt, G, Wood, LDH, McGraw-Hill, New York, in press.
• Spiro S, Albert RK, Fielding D (eds). Self-Assessment Color Review of Respiratory Medicine, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA, 1997. Spanish edition, 2001
• Albert RK, Spiro S, Jett, J. Comprehensive Respiratory Medicine. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 1999, Reprinted, 2001, Spanish edition, 2002.
• Albert, RK, Spiro, S, Jett, J. Clinical Respiratory Medicine, Second Edition, Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, 2004.
• Spiro, S, Albert, RK, Fielding, D, Bhowmik A (eds). Color Review of Respiratory Medicine (Second edition), Thieme (New York) and Manson Publishing (London), 2004
• Albert RK, Spiro S, Jett J. Comprehensive Respiratory Medicine. Mosby, London and Philadelphia, 1999, Reprinted, 2001, Greek edition, 2004.
• Albert RK, Slutsky AS, Torres A, Tukkala J, Ranieri M. Clinical Critical Care Medicine. Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, 2006.
• Albert RK, Spiro S, Jett J. Clinical Respiratory Medicine, Third Edition, Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, 2008.
• Indovina K, Keniston A, Reid M, Sachs K, Zheng C, Tong A, Hernandez D, Bui K, Ali Z, Nguyen T, Guirguis H, Albert RK, Burden M. Real-Time Patient Experience Surveys of Hospitalized Medical Patients. J Hosp Med (in press)
• Geiger-Brown J, Lindberg S, Krachman S, McEvoy CE, Criner GJ, Connett JE, Albert RK, Scharf SM. Self-reported sleep quality and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2015;10:389-97. PubMed PMID: 25759571
• Burden M, Frank MG, Keniston A, Chadaga SR, Czernik Z, Echaniz M, Griffith J, Mintzer D, Munoa A, Spence J, Statland B, Teixeira JP, Zoucha J, Lones J, Albert RK. Gender disparities in leadership and scholarly productivity of academic hospitalists. J Hosp Med. 2015 Aug;10(8):481-5. PubMed PMID: 25755183
• Cilloniz C, Albert RK, Liapikou A, Gabarrus A, Rangel E, Bello S, Marco F, Mensa J, Torres A. The Effect of Macrolide Resistance on the Presentation and Outcome of Patients Hospitalized for Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun 1;191(11):1265-72. PubMed PMID: 25807239
• . A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 27;375(17):1617-1627. PubMed PMID: 27783918
• Wedzicha JA, Miravitlles M, Hurst, JR, Calverley PMA, Albert RK, Anzueto A, Criner GJ, Papi A, Rabe KF, Rigau D, Sliwinski P, Tonia T, Vestbo J, Wilson KC, Krishnan JA. Management of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline. Eur Respir J. 2017 Mar 15;49(3). pii: 1600791. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00791-2016. PMID: 28298398
• Long-term Oxygen Treatment Trial Research Group (Albert RK, Au, DH, Blackford AL, Casaburi R, Cooper JA, Criner GJ, Diaz P, Fuhlbrigge AL, Gay SE, Kanner RE, NacIntyre N, Martinez FJ, Panos RJ, Piantadosi S, Sciurba F, Shade D, Stibolt T, Stoller JK, Wise R, Yusen RD, Tonascia J, Sternberg AL, Bailey W). A randomized trial of long-term oxygen for COPD with moderate desaturation. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1617 (PMID: 27783918; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1604344)
• Filho FSL, Ra SW, Mattman A, Schellenberg RS, Fishbane N, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Lazarus SC, Albert RK, Connett JE, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Leung JM, Man SFP, Aaron SD, Reed RM Sin, DD. Serum immunoglobulin G and risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017;140:1164-7 (PMID 28456620. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.01.046)
• Indovina K, Keniston A, Reid M, Sachs K, Zheng C, Tong A, Hernandez D, Bui K, Ali Z, Nguyen T, Guirguis H, Albert RK, Burden M. Real-time patient experience surveys of hospitalized medical patients. J Hosp Med. 2016 Apr;11(4):251-6. PubMed PMID: 26777721
• Wedzicha JA, Miravitlles M, Hurst JR, Calverley PMA, Albert RK, Anzueto A, Criner GJ, Papi A, Rabe KF, Rigau D, Sliwinski P, Tonia T, Vestbo J, Wilson KC, Krishnan JA. Prevention of COPD Exacerbations: A European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society (ERS/ATS) guideline. Eur Respir J. 2017;50(3). PMID: 1602265. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02265-2016.
• Ra SW, Sze MA, Lee EC, Tam S, Oh Y, Fishbane N, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Lazarus SC, Albert RK, Reed RM, Man SFP, Sin DD on behalf of the Canadian Respiratory Research Network. Azithromycin and risk of COPD exacerbations in patients with and without Helicobacter pylori. Resp Res 2017;18:109. PMID: 28558695. DOI: 10.1186/s12931-017-0594-x
• Sadatsafavi M, Sin DD, Zafari Z, Criner G, Connett JE, Lazarus S, Han M, Martinez F, Albert R. The Association Between Rate and Severity of Exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Application of a Joint Frailty-Logistic Model. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 1;184(9):681-689. PubMed PMID: 27737842
• Heppe EB, Keniston A, Bendelow T, McBeth L, Lyons J, Albert RK. Reducing the severity of alcohol withdrawal with oral baclofen: a randomized controlled trial. Addict Res & Theory. doi:10.1080/16066359.2018.1493104.
• Jin M, Lee EC, Ra SW, Fishbane N, Tam S, Criner GH, Woodruff PG, Lazarus SC, Albert R, Connett JE, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Aaron SD, Reed RM, Man SFP, Leung JM, Sin DD. Relationship of absolute telomere length with quality of life, exacerbations and mortality in COPD. Chest 2018; doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.05.022.
• Pierce C, Keniston A, Albert RK. Imaging in acute pyelonephritis: Utilization, findings, and effect on management. South Med J
• Albert RK, Schwartz D. Revealing the secrets of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. N Engl J Med 2019;380:94-6. DOI:10.1056/NEJMcibr1811639.
• Filho L, Ra SW, Mattman A, Schellenberg RS, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Lazarus SC, Albert R, Connett JE, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Leung JM, Man P, Aaron SD, Reed RM, Sin DD, Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CRRN). Serum IgG subclass levels and risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations in patients with COPD. Respir Res. 2018;19:30. doi: 10.1186/s12931-018-0733-z.
• Krishnan J, Voelker H, Connett J, Niewoehner D, Albert R, Scanlon P, Criner G, Dransfield M, Han ML, Martinez F. Effect of Daily Azithromycin therapy and adherence on readmission risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 2019;53: 1801377. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01377-2018.
• Moy M, Harrington K, Sternberg A, Albert R, Au D, Casaburi R, Criner G, Diaz P, Kanner R, Krishnan J, Panos R, Stibolt T, Stoller J, Tonascia J, Yusen R, Tan A-Y, Fuhlbrigge F. Characteristics at the time of oxygen initiation associated with its adherence: Findings from the COPD long-term oxygen treatment trial. Respir Med (in press)
• Albert RK, Smith B, Perlman CE, Schwartz CA. Is progression of pulmonary fibrosis the result of ventilation-induced lung injury? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;200:140-51.
• Albert RK, Schwartz D. Revealing the Secrets of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. N Engl J Med
• Zoucha J, Hull M, Keniston A, Mastalerz K, Quinn R, Tsai A, Berman J, Lyden J, Stella SA, Echaniz M, Scaletta N, Handoyo K, Hernandez E, Saini I, Smith A, Young6 A, Walsh M, Zaros M, Albert RK, Burden M. Barriers to Early Hospital Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study at Five Academic Hospitals. J Hosp Med
• Burden MD, Keniston A, Wallace MA, Busse JW, Casademont J, Chadaga SR, Chandrasekaran S, Cicard M, Cunningham JM, Filella D, Hoody D, Hilden D, Hsieh M-J, Lee Y-S, Melley DD, Munoa A, Perego F, Shu C-C, Sohn CH, Spence J, Thurman L, Towns CR, You J, Zocchi L, Albert RK. Opioid Utilization and Perception of Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 11 Sites in 8 Countries. J Hosp Med (in press).
• Albert RK. Prone ventilation for mild or moderate ARDS. Ann Amer Thoracic Soc 2020;17:24-29. PMID: 31532692.
• Jin M, Lee EC, Ra SW, Fishbane N, Tam S, Criner GJ, Woodruff PG, Lazarus SC, Albert R, Connett JE, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Aaron SD, Reed RM, Man SFP, Leung JM, Sin DD. Relationship of absolute telomere length with quality of life, exacerbations and mortality in COPD. Chest 2018;154:266-273. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.05.022. Epub 2018 Jul 12. PMID: 30017346.
• Filho FSL, Mattman A, Schellenberg R, Criner G, Woodruff P, Lazarus S, Albert R, Connett J, Han M; Gay S, Martinez F, Fuhlbrigge A, Stoller J, MacIntyre N, Casaburi R, Diaz P, Panos R, Cooper JD, Jr., Bailey W, Lafon D, Sciurba F, Kanner R, Yusen R, Au DH, Pike K, Fan V, Man SFP, Aaron S, Leung J, Reed R, Sin D. Serum IgG Levels and Risk of COPD Hospitalization: A Pooled Meta-Analysis. Chest 2020;158:1420-30.
• Koff PB, Min, S-J, Diaz DLP, Freitag TJ, James SS, Voelkel NF, Linderman DJ, Diaz del Valle F, Zakrajsek JK, Albert RK, Bull TM, Beck A, Stelzner TA, Ritzwoller DP, Kveton KM, Carwin S, Ghosh M, Keith RL, Westfall JM, Vandivier RM. Impact of Proactive Integrated Care on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. JCOPD 2020; doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.19.20107110.
• Albert RK. Prone ventilation for mild or moderate ARDS. Ann Amer Thoracic Soc 2020;17:24-29. PMID: 31532692.
• Guerin C, Albert RK, Beitler J, Gattinoni L, Jaber S, Marini JJ, Munshi L, Papazian L, Pesenti Ak Viellard-Baron A Mancebo J. Prone position in ARDS patients: why, when, how and for whom. An update. Intensive Care Med 2020; doi.org/10.1007/s00134.06306-w
• Albert RK. Constant tidal volume ventilation and surfactant: An overlooked cause of ventilator-induced lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022;205:152-160.
• Albert RK. Pneumothorax: Challenging the paradigm of persistent air leak, but where is the leak? Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2022, doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1388LE.

Professional Memberships

• American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow
• American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Fellow
• American Thoracic Society (ATS), Member
• Western Society for Clinical Investigation (WSCI), Member
• American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Member
• Western Association of Physicians (WAP), Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification
• Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification
• Pulmonary Disease, Board Certification (1978)

• Lungs and Breathing - Lung Disease
• Lungs and Breathing - Pulmonary Disorders
• Lungs and Breathing - Respiratory Disease
• Lungs and Breathing
• Lungs and Breathing - Asthma
• Lungs and Breathing - Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)