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Thomas V. Colby

Thomas V. Colby

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Medicine

D-Index
155
Citations
98498
World Ranking
954
National Ranking
546

Overview

Thomas V. Colby is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a primary focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their research also spans subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Colby's research work extensively covers topics such as Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research, Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

They have published in a variety of academic venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • American Journal Of Pathology

Recent notable papers associated with their research include:

  • Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging, 2024, Radiology
  • Small airways pathology in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • European Respiratory Society guidelines on transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases, 2022, European Respiratory Journal
  • Utility of a Molecular Classifier as a Complement to High-Resolution Computed Tomography to Identify Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Small Airway Reduction and Fibrosis Is an Early Pathologic Feature of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, 2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Alberto Cavazza
  • Athol U. Wells
  • Mary Beth Beasley
  • William D. Travis
  • Sara Tomassetti

Best Publications

  • An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management

    Ganesh Raghu;Harold R. Collard;Jim J. Egan;Fernando J. Martinez

  • American thoracic society/European respiratory society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Talmadge E. King;Eric D. Bateman;David A. Lynch

  • An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

    William D. Travis;Ulrich Costabel;David M. Hansell;Talmadge E. King

  • Histological Typing of Lung and Pleural Tumours

    T.V. Colby;W.D. Travis

  • Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.

    Gary R. Epler;Thomas V. Colby;Theresa C. McLoud;Charles B. Carrington

  • The new World Health Organization classification of lung tumours

    Brambilla E;Travis Wd;Colby Tv;Corrin B

  • Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Harold R. Collard;Bethany B. Moore;Kevin R. Flaherty;Kevin K. Brown

  • Efficacy and safety of sirolimus in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

    Francis X. McCormack;Yoshikazu Inoue;Joel Moss;Lianne G. Singer

  • Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Fleischner Society White Paper.

    David A Lynch;Nicola Sverzellati;William D Travis;Kevin K Brown

  • Histopathologic subsets of fibrosing alveolitis in patients with systemic sclerosis and their relationship to outcome.

    Demosthenes Bouros;Athol U Wells;Andrew G Nicholson;Andrew G Nicholson;Thomas V Colby

  • Cigarette smoking: a risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

    Kathy B. Baumgartner;Jonathan M. Samet;Christine A. Stidley;Thomas V. Colby

  • Histopathologic variability in usual and nonspecific interstitial pneumonias.

    Kevin R. Flaherty;William D. Travis;Thomas V. Colby;Galen B. Toews

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Relationship between histopathologic features and mortality

    Talmadge E. King;Marvin I. Schwarz;Kevin Brown;Janet A. Tooze

  • Sudden-Onset Fatal Asthma: A Distinct Entity with Few Eosinophils and Relatively More Neutrophils in the Airway Submucosa?

    Sanjiv Sur;Thomas B. Crotty;Gail M. Kephart;Bruce A. Hyma

  • Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: what is the effect of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis?

    Kevin R. Flaherty;Talmadge E. King;Ganesh Raghu;Joseph P. Lynch

  • Long-term survival after resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Is it really improving?

    S S Nitecki;M G Sarr;T V Colby;J A van Heerden

  • Clinical diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

    Yves Lacasse;Moises Selman;Ulrich Costabel;Jean Charles Dalphin

  • Prognosis of fibrotic interstitial pneumonia: idiopathic versus collagen vascular disease-related subtypes.

    Joo Hun Park;Dong Soon Kim;I-Nae Park;Se Jin Jang

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a composite physiologic index derived from disease extent observed by computed tomography.

    Athol U Wells;Sujal R Desai;Michael B Rubens;Nicole S L Goh

  • Utility of a Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Gary W. Hunninghake;M. Bridget Zimmerman;David A. Schwartz;Talmadge E. King

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Travis
William D. Travis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Kevin R. Flaherty
Kevin R. Flaherty University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jay H. Ryu
Jay H. Ryu Mayo Clinic
Athol U. Wells
Athol U. Wells Imperial College London
David A. Lynch
David A. Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Andrew G. Nicholson
Andrew G. Nicholson Royal Brompton Hospital
Takeshi Johkoh
Takeshi Johkoh Osaka University
Galen B. Toews
Galen B. Toews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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