Connie Hsia, MD

Professor
Internal Medicine
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

connie.hsia@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Main research interests: Lung and exercise physiology, mechanisms of lung growth and regeneration. Main clinical interests: Lung function in diabetes mellitus, sarcoidosis, and destructive lung disease.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Pulmonary Disease (1989)
FellowshipUniversity of Toronto Hospitals, Pulmonary (1987)
ResidencyUniversity of Toronto Hospitals, Internal Medicine (1985)
InternshipSt. Michael's Hospital, Medicine (1983)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Toronto (1982)

Research Interests

Adaptation to high altitude / hypoxia
Exercise pulmonary physiology
Gas exchange and oxygen transport
Mechanisms of compensatory lung growth

Publications

Long-term post-pneumonectomy pulmonary adaptation following all-trans-retinoic acid supplementation.

Ravikumar P, Dane DM, McDonough P, Yilmaz C, Estrera AS, Hsia CC, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2011 Mar; 110 (3):764-73

Progressive adaptation in regional parenchyma mechanics following extensive lung resection assessed by functional computed tomography.

Yilmaz C, Tustison NJ, Dane DM, Ravikumar P, Takahashi M, Gee JC, Hsia CC, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2011 Jul;

Quantification of Regional Interstitial Lung Disease from CT-derived Fractional Tissue Volume A Lung Tissue Research Consortium Study.

Yilmaz C, Watharkar SS, Diaz de Leon A, Garcia CK, Patel NC, Jordan KG, Hsia CC, Academic radiology, 2011 Aug; 18 (8):1014-23

Significant blood resistance to nitric oxide transfer in the lung.

Borland CD, Dunningham H, Bottrill F, Vuylsteke A, Yilmaz C, Dane DM, Hsia CC, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2010 May; 108 (5):1052-60

Fatty diabetic lung: altered alveolar structure and surfactant protein expression.

Foster DJ, Ravikumar P, Bellotto DJ, Unger RH, Hsia CC, American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2010 Mar; 298 (3):L392-403

American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Task Force. An official research policy statement of the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: Standards for quantitative assessment of lung structure

Hsia CCW, DM Hyde, M Ochs, ER Weibel , Am J Respir Crit Care Med , 2010; (181):394-418

Fatty diabetic lung: Functional impairment in a model of metabolic syndrome

Yilmaz C, P Ravikumar, DJ Bellotto, RH Unger, and CCW Hsia , J Appl Physiol , 2010; (109):1913-1919

Noninvasive quantification of heterogeneous lung growth following extensive lung resection by high-resolution computed tomography.

Yilmaz C, Ravikumar P, Dane DM, Bellotto DJ, Johnson RL, Hsia CC, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2009 Nov; 107 (5):1569-78

Simulation system for a rebreathing technique to measure multiple cardiopulmonary function parameters.

Yilmaz C, Chance WW, Johnson RL, Hsia CC, Chest, 2009 May; 135 (5):1309-14

Permanent alveolar remodeling in canine lung induced by high-altitude residence during maturation.

Ravikumar P, Bellotto DJ, Johnson RL, Hsia CC, Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2009 Dec; 107 (6):1911-7

Honors/Awards

American Heart Association

Established Investigator Award 1993-1998

Will Rogers Memorial Foundation Research Fellowship

1987, 1988

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Chest Physicians

American Physiological Society

American Thoracic Society

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Texas Medical Association