Leadership
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Leadership
Thomas Similowski
MD, Professor of Respiratory Medicine
France
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Place of work
University of Paris.
Experience
Thomas Similowski is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of the Respiratory Physiopathology Laboratory at the University of Paris, and Head of Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris. He qualified from the University of Paris, where he also subsequently received his doctorate and habilitation.
Professor Similowski was previously Associate Editor and subsequently Chief Editor of the Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, which is the official organ of the French Society of Respiratory Medicine. He has also been a member of the scientific committee of the French Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Chairman of the Respiratory Muscle Group of the European Respiratory Society and a board member of the French Society of Respiratory Medicine. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, Chairman of the Ethical Committee for Observational Research of the French Society of Respiratory Medicine and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Professor Similowski has published over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 120 chapters in books. He also co-edited two volumes of the Lung Biology in Health and Disease series devoted to COPD. A selection of his most recent publications is listed below.
Recent publications
Blot F, Similowski T, Trouillet JL, Chardon P, Korach JM, Costa MA, Journois D, Thiéry G, Fartoukh M, Pipien I, Bruder N, Orlikowski D, Tankere F, Durand-Zaleski I, Auboyer C, Nitenberg G, Holzapfel L, Tenaillon A, Chastre J, Laplanche A. Early tracheotomy versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in unselected severely ill ICU patients. Intensive Care Med 2008 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]
Similowski T, Straus C, Fiamma MN. Life is chaos...fortunately. J Appl Physiol 2008;104(6):1849–50; author reply 1851.
Mangin L, Fiamma MN, Straus C, Derenne JP, Zelter M, Clerici C, Similowski T. Source of human ventilatory chaos: lessons from switching controlled mechanical ventilation to inspiratory pressure support in critically ill patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008;161(2):189–96.
Sériès F, Wang W, Mélot C, Similowski T. Concomitant responses of upper airway stabilizing muscles to transcranial magnetic stimulation in normal men. Exp Physiol 2008;93(4):496–502.
Demoule A, Verin E, Montcel ST, Similowski T. Short-term training-dependent plasticity of the corticospinal diaphragm control in normal humans. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008;160(2):172–80.
Raux M, Ray P, Prella M, Duguet A, Demoule A, Similowski T. Cerebral cortex activation during experimentally induced ventilator fighting in normal humans receiving noninvasive mechanical ventilation. Anesthesiology 2007;107(5):746–55.
Nseir S, Duguet A, Copin MC, De Jonckheere J, Zhang M, Similowski T, Marquette CH. Continuous control of endotracheal cuff pressure and tracheal wall damage: a randomized controlled animal study. Crit Care 2007;11(5):R109.
Morélot-Panzini C, Fournier E, Donzel-Raynaud C, Dubourg O, Willer JC, Similowski T. Conduction velocity of the human phrenic nerve in the neck. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2007 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Teixeira A, Demoule A, Verin E, Morélot-Panzini C, Sériès F, Straus C, Similowski T. Superiority of nasal mask pressure over mouth pressure, as a surrogate of diaphragm twitch-related esophageal pressure, in healthy humans. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007;159(2):236–40.
Demoule A, Similowski T. [The lung in the elderly: respiratory intensive care.] Rev Mal Respir 2007;24(6):806–8.
Wang W, , Sériès F. Interaction between genioglossus and diaphragm responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in awake humans. Exp Physiol 2007;92(4):739–47.
Similowski T, Straus C. [Pulmonary function testing: dissemination in French of the European recommenSimilowski T dations] Rev Mal Respir 2007;24(3 Pt 2):2S5–7.