Robert Stansbury, MD

Professor and Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine; Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, West Virginia University

PUBLICATIONS:

Sangani R and Stansbury RC. Coal workers pneumoconiosis and silicosis. In: Heffner, Grippi. Kotloff, Editors. Clinical Decision Support: Pulmonary Medicine 2^nd Edition Decisions Support in Medicine, LLC., Publisher Copyright 2017.  August 2017

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

Petsonk EL, Stansbury R.C., Beckman-Wagner.L, Long J, et al Small airways dysfunction and abnormal exercise responses – a study in coal miners. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2016 Jul;13(7):1076-80.      July 2016

Stansbury RC and Strollo PJ. Clinical manifestations of sleep apnea. J Thorac Dis. 2015;7(9): 298-310.   September 2015

Long J, Stansbury RC, Petsonk EL Small airways involvement in coal mine dust lung disease. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;36(3):358-65. June 2015

Stansbury RC, Petsonk EL, and Parker JE. Coal Workers' Lung Diseases and Silicosis. In: Fishman AP, Fishman JA, Grippi MA, Kaiser LB, Senior RM, editors. Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, New 5th Ed. New York:McGraw-Hill.      May 2015

Pien GW, Szymusiak R, Ryden AM, Avidan AY, Stansbury RC, Strollo PJ, Jr, Fields BG, Rosen IM, and Kingman P. Strohl. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of sleep related breathing disorders. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 11(9), Nov 2014. 1480-1487.  November 2014

Stansbury RC and Strollo PJ. An unorthodox CPAP usage pattern. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Nov 15:10 (11):1241-3.  November 2014

Hussain K and Stansbury RC. Primary cardiac involvement in scleroderma and role of cardiac MRI. Int J Clin Med. 5, 1316-19.  November 2014

Stansbury RC, Becekman-Wagner LF, Wang M, Hogg JP, Petsonk EL. Rapid decline in lung function in a sub-group of coal workers: Evidence of disease in small airways. Am J Ind Med. 2013 Sep;56(9):1107-12.    September 2013

Stansbury RC and Parker JE. Coal workers pneumoconiosis and silicosis. In: Heffner, Grippi. Kotloff, Editors. Clinical Decision Support: Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders. Decisions Support in Medicine, LLC., Publisher Copyright 2013.    July 2011

Stansbury RC and Mannino DM. Diseases associated with restrictive lung function impairment. In: V. Bellia and R. Antonelli Incalzi. Respiratory diseases in the Elderly. European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 43, 2009.   September 2009

AWARDS AND HONORS:

American College of Cardiology West Virginia Chapter Meeting First Place: Case Reports.  March 2017 

2013 GME Week Research Competition First place in: Education.   May 2013

Mrs. Sakarba Vasanji Dedhia Foundation Award for Outstanding Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine West Virginia University Department of Medicine.   June 2012                                

Margaret J. Albrink Research Award West Virginia University Department of Medicine.  June 2012

2011 GME Week Research Poster Competition First place in: Clinical Venue.   May 2011

Junior Resident of the Year University of Kentucky Department of Medicine.  June 2009

Resident Scholastic Award University of Kentucky Department of Medicine: First Place.   June 2008

White Hill Chemistry Award West Virginia University chemistry department   April 2000

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 American Thoracic Society

 American College of Chest Physicians

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

NIH RO1 DK096023 “The Effect of Treatment of OSA on Diabetes Self-Management and Glycemic Control.” Developed Protocol for local site. Site-PI. Support $120,818.   July 2016 – present

NIH/NIGMS U54GM104942 “Initiation of CPAP for Newly Diagnosed OSA in Hospitalized Heart Failure. Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” Developed Grant and Protocol. Project PI. Support $50,000. March 2016-present

NIH R15 AT008606-01A1 Yoga for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), Common and Burdensome Sleep Disorder: A Preliminary 3- Arm Randomized Controlled Trial Co-investigator. Support $6,843.   August 2015-present

Medical Specialties

• Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications

• Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Sleep Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Internal Medicine
  University of Kentucky, 2010
• Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care
  West Virginia University
• Fellowship, Sleep Medicine
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine