Juan J. Guardiola-Sala, M.D.

Juan J. Guardiola-Sala, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-5841 - Academic Office 502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

Pulmonary hypertension; Critical care medicine; Lung cancer

Board Certifications

• American Board of Examiners

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Pulmonary Disease / Sleep Medicine

• American Board of Sleep Medicine
  

Education and Training

• Medical School: Central University of Barcelona, Spain

• Residency: University of Louisville

• Fellowship: University of Louisville

Recent Publications

• Sarmiento X, Guardiola JJ, Soler M. [Alcohol and acute respiratory distress syndrome: casuality or causality?]. Med Clin (Barc). 2012 Nov 20. doi:pii: S0025-7753(12)00800-7. 10.1016/j.medcli.2012.09.011. [Epub ahead of print] Spanish. PubMed PMID: 23177306.

• Lin S, Li H, Xu L, Moldoveanu B, Guardiola J, Yu J. Arachidonic acid products in airway nociceptor activation during acute lung injury. Exp Physiol. 2011 Sep;96(9):966-76. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.058263. Epub 2011 May 27. PubMed PMID: 21622966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3162081.

• Sarmiento X, Guardiola JJ, Almirall J, Mesalles E, Mate JL, Soler M, Klamburg J. Discrepancy between clinical criteria for diagnosing acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to community acquired pneumonia with autopsy findings of diffuse alveolar damage. Respir Med. 2011 Aug;105(8):1170-5. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 May 12. PubMed PMID: 21570273.

• Liang YJ, Zhou P, Wongba W, Guardiola J, Walker J, Yu J. Pulmonary innervation, inflammation and carcinogenesis. Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2010 Jun 25;62(3):191-5. PubMed PMID: 20571734.

• Li H, Du L, Otmishi P, He Y, Guardiola J, Yu J. Opposite responses to lidocaine between intrapulmonary mechanical and chemical sensors. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Sep;297(3):R853-8. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00013.2009. Epub 2009 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 19605767; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2739778.

• Mehta JP, Campian JL, Guardiola J, Cabrera JA, Weir EK, Eaton JW. Generation of oxidants by hypoxic human pulmonary and coronary smooth-muscle cells. Chest. 2008 Jun;133(6):1410-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-2984. Epub 2008 Mar 13. PubMed PMID: 18339777.

• Otmishi P, Gordon J, El-Oshar S, Li H, Guardiola J, Saad M, Proctor M, Yu J. Neuroimmune interaction in inflammatory diseases. Clin Med Circ Respirat Pulm Med. 2008 Apr 29;2:35-44. PubMed PMID: 21157520; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2990232.

• Yu J, Lin S, Zhang J, Otmishi P, Guardiola JJ. Airway nociceptors activated by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2007 May 14;156(2):116-9. Epub 2006 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 17182290.

• Khan ZU, Guardiola J, Salzman G. A case of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent host. South Med J. 2005 Oct;98(10):1036-8. PubMed PMID: 16295821.

• Guardiola J, Yu J, Hasan N, Fletcher EC. Evening and morning blood gases in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Med. 2004 Sep;5(5):489-93. PubMed PMID: 15341895.