Edward Petsonk, MD, FCCP, FACP

Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Medicine

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, McGill University

1. Cohen RA, Petsonk EL, Rose C, Young B, Regier M, Najmuddin A, Abraham JL, Churg A, Green FH. Lung Pathology in U.S. Coal Workers with Rapidly Progressive Pneumoconiosis Implicates Silica and Silicates.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2016; 193:673-80.

2. Petsonk EL, Stansbury RC, Beeckman-Wagner LA, Long JL, Wang ML. Small airways dysfunction and abnormal exercise responses – a study in coal miners.  Ann Am Thorac Soc 2016;13(7):1076–1080.

3. Christiane Beer, Henrik A. Kolstad, Klaus Søndergaard, Elisabeth Bendstrup,Dick Heederik, Karen E. Olsen, Øyvind Omland, Edward Petsonk, Torben Sigsgaard, David L. Sherson & Vivi Schlünssen (2017) A systematic review of occupational exposure to coal dust and the risk of interstitial lung diseases. European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 4:1, 1264711, DOI:10.1080/20018525.2017.Published online: 03 Jan 2017.

4. Stansbury RC, Long JL, Petsonk EL. Respiratory Mechanics in a Patient Requiring Neuromuscular Blockade. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2017; 14 (2): 288–292.)

5. Halldin CN, et al.  Variability in A Reader and B Reader classifications using the International Labour Office Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses in a large population of United States coal workers. Radiology 2017;284:870-76.

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University.
University Scholar, McGill University.
Fellowship, American College of Physicians.
United States Public Health Service Commendation Medal, 1991.
Centers for Disease Control Certificate of Appreciation, 1991.
United States Public Health Service Unit Commendations, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2006.
United States Public Health Service Bicentennial Unit Commendation, 1998.
United States Public Health Service Outstanding Unit Commendation, 2002.
United States Public Health Service Achievement Medal, 1994.
Honorable mention, 2006 Statistical Science Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR).
Nominee, 1987, 2001, 2007 Charles C. Shepard Science Award, CDC/ATSDR Nominee, 1987, 1994, 2006 Alice Hamilton Award for Science and Occupational Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Nominee, 1989 Joseph Mountin CDC/ATSDR Poster Award.
American Medical Association, Physician's Recognition Awards December 1, 1990, January 1, 1994, December 1, 1996, August 1, 2000, August 1, 2003.

Dr. Petsonk is currently a Professor in the Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine. He received an AB in Physics, summa cum laude from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and MDCM from the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.  He performed his internship in Internal Medicine at Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, OH, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Jewish General Hospital of McGill University where he also served as a Chief Resident.  He completed fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases at McGill University and West Virginia University and is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases.  He served for 27 years as a Medical Officer in the United States Public Health Service, initially at the Indian Health Service Hospital in Parker, AZ where he served as Clinical Director, and subsequently at the laboratories  of the Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown, WV, where he served as Chief of the Clinical Section, and Team Leader for the Workforce Screening and Surveillance Team.  He has been a member of the faculty in the School of Medicine at WVU since 1980.  He has been the recipient of numerous CDC and U.S. Public Health Service awards, is a NIOSH-certified B Reader, and is considered an international expert in occupational lung diseases.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

1.  Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease

2.  Methodologic Issues in Occupational Respiratory Medical Screening

3.  Lung Imaging in Occupational Lung Disorders

Medical Specialties

• Cancer / Oncology
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Internship
  Case-Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
• Residency, Internal Medicine
  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
• Fellowship, Pulmonary Diseases
  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
• Fellowship, Pulmonary Diseases
  West Virginia University & NIOSH