Todd Bull, MD
Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care

Professional Titles

• Director Center for Lungs and Breathing
• Director Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center

Recognition & Awards

• Top Doctor in Denver - Critical Care, 5280 magazine (2020)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver - Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2019)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver - Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 magazine (2019)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2018)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver - Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2018)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Pulmonary Hypertension Physician of the Year, Pulmonary Hypertension Association (2018)
  National Physician of the Year
• Top Doctor in Denver - Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2017)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor In Denver- Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2017)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2016)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver - Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2016)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2015)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2015)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2014)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2014)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2013)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Pulmonary Medicine, 5280 Magazine (2013)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Physician of the Year, Colorado Society for Respiratory Care (2013)
  For outstanding contributions towards the advancement of respiratory care
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2012)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Top Doctor in Denver- Critical Care, 5280 Magazine (2009)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"

Teaching

Publications

• Lashari BH, Kumaran M, Aneja A, Bull T, Rali P. BEYOND CLOTS IN THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY ARTERY TUMORS MIMICKING PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Chest. 2022 Jan 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35041833
• DuBrock HM, Burger CD, Bartolome SD, Feldman JP, Ivy DD, Rosenzweig EB, Sager JS, Presberg KW, Mathai SC, Lammi MR, Klinger JR, Eggert M, De Marco T, Elwing JM, Badesch D, Bull TM, Cadaret LM, Ramani G, Thenappan T, Ford HJ, Al-Naamani N, Simon MA, Mazimba S, Runo JR, Chakinala M, Horn EM, Ryan JJ, Frantz RP, Krowka MJ. Erratum: Health disparities and treatment approaches in portopulmonary hypertension and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: An analysis of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Pulm Circ. 2022 Oct;12(4):e12172. PubMed PMID: 36540874
• Garry JD, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal R, Thenappan T, Hemnes A, Grinnan D, Bull T, Chakinala MM, Horn E, Simon MA, De Marco T. Anticoagulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension - association with mortality, healthcare utilization, and quality of life: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Dec;41(12):1808-1818. PubMed PMID: 36150996
• Hill NS, Feldman JP, Sahay S, Benza RL, Preston IR, Badesch D, Frantz RP, Patel S, Galloway A, Bull TM. INSPIRE: Safety and tolerability of inhaled Yutrepia (treprostinil) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Pulm Circ. 2022 Jul;12(3):e12119. PubMed PMID: 36034402
• Grinnan D, Kang L, DeWilde C, Badesch D, Benza R, Bull T, Chakinala M, DeMarco T, Feldman J, Ford HJ, Klinger J, McConnell J, Rosenzweig EB, Sager J, Shlobin O, Zamanian R. Prediction of patient outcomes through social determinants of health: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR) evaluation. Pulm Circ. 2022 Jul;12(3):e12120. PubMed PMID: 35911181
• Minhas J, Narasimmal SP, Bull TM, De Marco T, Mc Connell JW, Lammi MR, Thenappan T, Feldman JP, Sager JS, Badesch DB, Ryan JJ, Grinnan DC, Zwicke D, Horn EM, Elwing JM, Moss JE, Eggert M, Shlobin OA, Frantz RP, Bartolome SD, Mathai SC, Mazimba S, Pugliese SC, Al-Naamani N. Corrigendum for health-related quality of life and hospitalizations in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension versus idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: And analysis from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Pulm Circ. 2022 Apr;12(2):e12085. PubMed PMID: 35783032
• Mickael C, Kheyfets VO, Langouët-Astrié C, Lee MH, Sanders LA, Trentin CO, Sweatt AJ, Zamanian RT, Bull TM, Stenmark K, Graham BB, Tuder RM. Peripheral Blood Inflammation Profile of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using the High-Throughput Olink Proteomics Platform. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 May;66(5):580-581. PubMed PMID: 35486078
• Chang KY, Duval S, Badesch DB, Bull TM, Chakinala MM, De Marco T, Frantz RP, Hemnes A, Mathai SC, Rosenzweig EB, Ryan JJ, Thenappan T. Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Modern Era: Early Insights From the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 3;11(9):e024969. PubMed PMID: 35475351
• Bradley M, Bull T, Hountras P, MacLaren R. Pragmatic Use of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Venous Thromboembolism and a Comparative Evaluation With Traditional Therapies in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. J Pharm Pract. 2022 Oct;35(5):738-746. PubMed PMID: 33823705
• Minhas J, Shou H, Hershman S, Zamanian R, Ventetuolo CE, Bull TM, Hemnes A, Chakinala MM, Mathai S, Al-Naamani N, Ellenberg S, Matura LA, Kawut SM, Shcherbina A. Physical Activity and Its Association with Traditional Outcome Measures in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Apr;19(4):572-582. PubMed PMID: 34473938
• Barrett CD, Moore HB, Moore EE, Wang J, Hajizadeh N, Biffl WL, Lottenberg L, Patel PR, Truitt MS, McIntyre RC Jr, Bull TM, Ammons LA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Douglas IS, Schmidt EP, Moore PK, Wright FL, Ramdeo R, Borrego R, Rueda M, Dhupa A, McCaul DS, Dandan T, Sarkar PK, Khan B, Sreevidya C, McDaniel C, Grossman Verner HM, Pearcy C, Anez-Bustillos L, Baedorf-Kassis EN, Jhunjhunwala R, Shaefi S, Capers K, Banner-Goodspeed V, Talmor DS, Sauaia A, Yaffe MB. Study of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19: A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2022 Mar;161(3):710-727. PubMed PMID: 34592318
• Lashari BH, Kumaran M, Aneja A, Bull T, Rali P. Beyond Clots in the Pulmonary Circulation: Pulmonary Artery Tumors Mimicking Pulmonary Embolism. Chest. 2022 Jun;161(6):1642-1650. PubMed PMID: 35041833
• Bernardo RJ, Lu D, Ramirez RL 3rd, Hedlin H, Kawut SM, Bull T, De Marco T, Ford HJ, Grinnan D, Klinger JR, McConnell JW, Berman-Rosenzweig E, Shlobin OA, Zamanian RT, de Jesus Perez VA. Hispanic Ethnicity and Social Determinants of Health in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Sep;19(9):1459-1468. PubMed PMID: 35239467
• Barrett CD, Moore HB, Moore EE, Benjamin Christie D 3rd, Orfanos S, Anez-Bustillos L, Jhunjhunwala R, Hussain S, Shaefi S, Wang J, Hajizadeh N, Baedorf-Kassis EN, Al-Shammaa A, Capers K, Banner-Goodspeed V, Wright FL, Bull T, Moore PK, Nemec H, Thomas Buchanan J, Nonnemacher C, Rajcooar N, Ramdeo R, Yacoub M, Guevara A, Espinal A, Hattar L, Moraco A, McIntyre R, Talmor DS, Sauaia A, Yaffe MB. MUlticenter STudy of tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) use in COVID-19 severe respiratory failure (MUST COVID): A retrospective cohort study. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2022 Feb;6(2):e12669. PubMed PMID: 35341072
• Koff PB, Min SJ, Freitag TJ, Diaz DLP, James SS, Voelkel NF, Linderman DJ, Diaz Del Valle F, Zakrajsek JK, Albert RK, Bull TM, Beck A, Stelzner TJ, Ritzwoller DP, Kveton CM, Carwin S, Ghosh M, Keith RL, Westfall JM, Vandivier RW. Impact of Proactive Integrated Care on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021 Jan;8(1). PubMed PMID: 33238087
• Lee MH, Graham BB, Bull TM. Double Trouble: Airflow and Pulmonary Vascular Obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Dec 15;204(12):1365-1367. PubMed PMID: 34644521
• Barrett CD, Moore HB, Moore EE, Wang DJ, Hajizadeh N, Biffl WL, Lottenberg L, Patel PR, Truitt MS, McIntyre R, Bull TM, Ammons LA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Douglas I, Schmidt E, Moore PK, Wright FL, Ramdeo R, Borrego R, Rueda M, Dhupa A, McCaul DS, Dandan T, Sarkar PK, Khan B, Sreevidya C, McDaniel C, Grossman Verner HM, Pearcy C, Anez-Bustillos L, Baedorf-Kassis EN, Jhunjhunwala R, Shaefi S, Capers K, Banner-Goodspeed V, Talmor DS, Sauaia A, Yaffe MB. Study of Alteplase for Respiratory Failure in SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19: A Vanguard Multicenter, Rapidly Adaptive, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2021 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34592318
• Minhas J, Shou H, Hershman S, Zamanian R, Ventetuolo CE, Bull T, Hemnes A, Chakinala MM, Mathai S, Al-Naamani N, Ellenberg S, Matura LA, Kawut SM, Shcherbina A. Physical Activity and Its Association with Traditional Outcome Measures in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34473938
• Lee MH, Doran J, Bang TJ, Hohsfield R, Hountras P, Boddie G, Wagh MS, Badesch D, Bull TM. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas: A Novel Association?. Chest. 2021 Dec;160(6):2260-2265. PubMed PMID: 34284002
• DuBrock HM, Burger CD, Bartolome SD, Feldman JP, Ivy DD, Rosenzweig EB, Sager JS, Presberg KW, Mathai SC, Lammi MR, Klinger JR, Eggert M, De Marco T, Elwing JM, Badesch D, Bull TM, Cadaret LM, Ramani G, Thenappan T, Ford HJ, Al-Naamani N, Simon MA, Mazimba S, Runo JR, Chakinala M, Horn EM, Ryan JJ, Frantz RP, Krowka MJ. Health disparities and treatment approaches in portopulmonary hypertension and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: an analysis of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Pulm Circ. 2021 Jul-Sep;11(3):20458940211020913. PubMed PMID: 34158918
• Bull TM. Clotting and COVID-19. Chest. 2021 Jun;159(6):2151-2152. PubMed PMID: 34099126
• Bradley M, Bull T, Hountras P, MacLaren R. Pragmatic Use of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Venous Thromboembolism and a Comparative Evaluation With Traditional Therapies in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. J Pharm Pract. 2021 Apr 7;:8971900211004833. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33823705
• Borgese M, Badesch D, Bull T, Chakinala M, DeMarco T, Feldman J, Ford HJ, Grinnan D, Klinger JR, Bolivar L, Shlobin OA, Frantz RP, Sager JS, Mathai SC, Kawut S, Leary PJ, Gray MP, Popat RA, Zamanian RT. EmPHasis-10 as a measure of health-related quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension: data from PHAR. Eur Respir J. 2021 Feb;57(2). PubMed PMID: 33243844
• Al-Naamani N, Krowka MJ, Forde KA, Krok KL, Feng R, Heresi GA, Dweik RA, Bartolome S, Bull TM, Roberts KE, Austin ED, Hemnes AR, Patel MJ, Oh JK, Lin G, Doyle MF, Denver N, Andrew R, MacLean MR, Fallon MB, Kawut SM. Estrogen Signaling and Portopulmonary Hypertension: The Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study (PVCLD2). Hepatology. 2021 Feb;73(2):726-737. PubMed PMID: 32407592
• Koff PB, Min SJ, Freitag TJ, Diaz DLP, James SS, Voelkel NF, Linderman DJ, Diaz Del Valle F, Zakrajsek JK, Albert RK, Bull TM, Beck A, Stelzner TJ, Ritzwoller DP, Kveton CM, Carwin S, Ghosh M, Keith RL, Westfall JM, Vandivier RW. Impact of Proactive Integrated Care on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2021 Jan;8(1). PubMed PMID: 33238087
• Hountras P, Bull TM. Advanced therapies for pulmonary embolism. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020 Sep;26(5):397-405. PubMed PMID: 32740381
• Rochon ER, Krowka MJ, Bartolome S, Heresi GA, Bull T, Roberts K, Hemnes A, Forde KA, Krok KL, Patel M, Lin G, McNeil M, Al-Naamani N, Roman BL, Yu PB, Fallon MB, Gladwin MT, Kawut SM. BMP9/10 in Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun 15;201(12):1575-1578. PubMed PMID: 32083953
• Purohit SN, Lee PJ, Strobel AL, Desai AA, Marsala MT, Bull TM, Brieke A, Vargas D, Kay JD, Altman NL. Unusual Case of Acquired Hypoxemia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006394. PubMed PMID: 31896269
• White D, MacDonald S, Bull T, Hayman M, de Monteverde-Robb D, Sapsford D, Lavinio A, Varley J, Johnston A, Besser M, Thomas W. Correction to: Heparin resistance in COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 Aug;50(2):478. PubMed PMID: 32572676
• Marron RM, Rali P, Hountras P, Bull TM. Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Past, Present, and Future. Chest. 2020 Dec;158(6):2579-2589. PubMed PMID: 32795479
• Hountras P, Bull TM. Advanced therapies for pulmonary embolism. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020 Sep;26(5):397-405. PubMed PMID: 32740381
• Al-Naamani N, Krowka MJ, Forde KA, Krok KL, Feng R, Heresi GA, Dweik RA, Bartolome S, Bull TM, Roberts KE, Austin ED, Hemnes AR, Patel MJ, Oh JK, Lin G, Doyle MF, Denver N, Andrew R, MacLean MR, Fallon MB, Kawut SM. Estrogen Signaling and Portopulmonary Hypertension: The Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study (PVCLD2). Hepatology. 2020 May 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32407592
• Rochon ER, Krowka MJ, Bartolome S, Heresi GA, Bull T, Roberts K, Hemnes A, Forde KA, Krok KL, Patel M, Lin G, McNeil M, Al-Naamani N, Roman BL, Yu PB, Fallon MB, Gladwin MT, Kawut SM. BMP9/10 in Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun 15;201(12):1575-1578. PubMed PMID: 32083953
• Purohit SN, Lee PJ, Strobel AL, Desai AA, Marsala MT, Bull TM, Brieke A, Vargas D, Kay JD, Altman NL. Unusual Case of Acquired Hypoxemia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006394. PubMed PMID: 31896269
• Borgese M, Badesch D, Bull T, Chakinala M, DeMarco T, Feldman J, Ford HJ, Grinnan D, Klinger JR, Bolivar L, Shlobin OA, Frantz RP, Sager JS, Mathai SC, Kawut S, Leary P, Gray MP, Popat RA, Zamanian RT. EmPHasis-10 as a Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: data from PHAR. Eur Respir J. 2020 Nov 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33243844
• Fakhri S, Hannon K, Moulden K, Peterson R, Hountras P, Bull T, Maloney J, De Marco T, Ivy D, Thenappan T, Sager JS, Ryan JJ, Mazimba S, Hirsch R, Chakinala M, Shlobin O, Lammi M, Zwicke D, Robinson J, Benza RL, Klinger J, Grinnan D, Mathai S, Badesch D. Residence at moderately high altitude and its relationship with WHO Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension symptom severity and clinical characteristics: the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Pulm Circ. 2020 Oct-Dec;10(4):2045894020964342. PubMed PMID: 33240488
• Lee MH, Bull TM. The role of pulmonary arterial hypertension-targeted therapy in systemic sclerosis. F1000Res. 2019;8. PubMed PMID: 32025283
• Vieillard-Baron A, Naeije R, Haddad F, Bogaard HJ, Bull TM, Fletcher N, Lahm T, Magder S, Orde S, Schmidt G, Pinsky MR. Diagnostic workup, etiologies and management of acute right ventricle failure : A state-of-the-art paper. Intensive Care Med. 2018 May 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29744563
• Naeije R, Saggar R, Badesch D, Rajagopalan S, Gargani L, Rischard F, Ferrara F, Marra AM, D' Alto M, Bull TM, Saggar R, Grünig E, Bossone E. Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension: Translating Pathophysiological Concepts Into Clinical Practice. Chest. 2018 Jul;154(1):10-15. PubMed PMID: 29382472
• Gomberg-Maitland M, Bull TM, Saggar R, Barst RJ, Elgazayerly A, Fleming TR, Grimminger F, Rainisio M, Stewart DJ, Stockbridge N, Ventura C, Ghofrani AH, Rubin LJ. New trial designs and potential therapies for pulmonary artery hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Dec 24;62(25 Suppl):D82-91. PubMed PMID: 24355645
• Clark BJ, Bull TM, Benson AB, Stream AR, Macht M, Gaydos J, Meadows C, Burnham EL, Moss M, the ARDS Network Investigators. Growth differentiation factor-15 and prognosis in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2013 May 24;17(3):R92. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23706007
• Bull TM, Stenmark KR. Mechanics and mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension: An introduction to the 55(th) annual Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference. Pulm Circ. 2013 Jan;3(1):127. PubMed PMID: 23662188
• Meyer S, McLaughlin VV, Seyfarth HJ, Bull TM, Vizza CD, Gomberg-Maitland M, Preston IR, Barberà JA, Hassoun PM, Halank M, Jaïs X, Nickel N, Hoeper MM, Humbert M. Outcomes of noncardiac, nonobstetric surgery in patients with PAH: an international prospective survey. Eur Respir J. 2013 Jun;41(6):1302-7. PubMed PMID: 23143546