Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine
School of Medicine

Airflow dynamics and several novel bronchoscopic and radiologic imaging techniques. The major area of clinical interest is in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with various forms of central airway obstruction

• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Tracheobronchomalacia and Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse: Novel diagnostic tools clarify the issues; Pulmonary Perspectives, October 2005; Volume 22, Issue 3
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Tracheobronchomalacia: Untangling the Gordian Knot- Clinical Commentary; Journal of Bronchology, October 2005, Volume 12, No. 4
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Bronchoscopic lung biopsy evidence of calcium oxalate crystals signals Aspergillus Niger infection; Chest, October 2005, Volume 128, Number 4 (Supplement)
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Treatment of adult tracheobronchomalacia and excessive dynamic airway collapse: an update. Treat Respir Med. 2006; 5(2):103-15
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: A 68-year-old man with intractable dyspnea and wheezing 45years after a pneumonectomy. Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls Chest. 2006 Apr; 129(4):1107-11
• S.D. Murgu, C.S.H. Sassoon: Alternative Invasive Ventilatory Strategies: in P. Parsons, J. Heffner: Pulmonary/ Respiratory Therapy Secrets 3rd ed. Elsevier 2006
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Tracheobronchomalacia: Is it the cartilage or the posterior membrane and does it matter? Chest electronic letter (20 March 2006)
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Tracheobronchomalacia and Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse: Respirology. 2006 Jul; 11(4):388-406
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Expiratory collapse of the central airways - Letter to the editor- Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 82:768-769
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Recognizing Tracheobronchomalacia: Journal of Respiratory Diseases: Aug 2006
• Cho YJ, Murgu SD, Colt HG. Bronchoscopy for bevacizumab-related hemoptysis. Lung Cancer. 2007;56:465-8
• Murgu SD, Cherrison LJ, Colt HG. Respiratory failure due to expiratory central airway collapse. Respir Care. 2007;52:752-4
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Description of a multidimensional classification system for patients with expiratory central airway collapse. Respirology, 2007;12:543-50
• S.D. Murgu, H.G. Colt: Complications of silicone stent insertion in patients with expiratory central airway collapse. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007;84:1870-7
• Murgu S, Kurimoto N, Colt H. Endobronchial ultrasound morphology of expiratory central airway collapse. Respirology. 2008; 13:315-9
• H Colt, M Davoudi, S Murgu: Sight and sound: what respiratory care clinicians need to know about ultrasonography. Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care, 2008: 17: 22-25
• D Tran, C Sassoon, S Murgu: Alternative invasive positive pressure ventilatory strategies. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, 2008
• P Pornsuriyasak, S Murgu, H Colt. Pseudomembranous Aspergillus Tracheobronchitis Superimposed on Post-Tuberculosis Tracheal Stenosis. Respirology 2008 (in press)
• H Colt, S Murgu. Successful Closure of Right Pneumonectomy Stump Fistula using Custom Y stent and Cufflink-shaped Silicone Prostheses (submitted for publication to Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
• S Murgu, N Singh, H Colt: Morphometric bronchoscopy for central airway obstruction: review of the literature and description of method (submitted for publication to European Respiratory Journal)

• Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2001

• American College of Chest Physicians, 2004

• American Association for Bronchology, 2004

• World Association for Bronchology, 2007

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Last updated
11/08/2008