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    Who is Dr. Cornfield, Pediatric Pulmonologist in Palo Alto, CA?

    Dr. David Cornfield, MD is a Pediatric Pulmonologist, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA. He is board certified. Dr. Cornfield is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Cornfield’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Cornfield’s office at (650) 723-5227.
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    What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Cornfield?

    Dr. David Cornfield, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Pediatric Pulmonologist known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions and procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Cornfield empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Critical Care, Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Failure, and comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto, CA community, Dr. Cornfield is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

    Where did Dr. Cornfield go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Fellowship: Children's Hospital-Denver, Aurora, CO | Children's Hospital-Denver CO

    Is Dr. Cornfield board certified as a Pediatric Pulmonologist?

    Yes, Dr. David Cornfield, MD is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics , American Board of Pediatrics since 1996, American Board of Pediatrics since 1994

    What languages does Dr. Cornfield speak?

    Dr. Cornfield and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    What conditions does a Pediatric Pulmonologist like Dr. Cornfield typically treat?

    As a Pediatric Pulmonologist, Dr. Cornfield diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Cornfield. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.

    Also known as:

    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Cystic Fibrosis with Lung Problems
    • CF
    • Mucoviscidosis
    • Pulmonary Cystic Fibrosis
    • CF Lung Disease
    • Cystic Fibrosis Affecting Lungs

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • E849: Cystic fibrosis, unspecified
    • E840: Cystic fibrosis with pulmonary manifestations

    Also known as:

    • Moderate Persistent Asthma
    • Mild Persistent Asthma
    • Asthma
    • Ongoing Moderate Asthma
    • Regular Moderate Asthma
    • Chronic Moderate Asthma
    • Ongoing Mild Asthma
    • Regular Mild Asthma
    • Chronic Mild Asthma

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • J4540: Moderate persistent asthma, uncomplicated
    • J4530: Mild persistent asthma, uncomplicated

    Also known as:

    • Other Metabolic Disorder
    • Metabolic Disorder
    • Uncommon Metabolic Condition
    • Rare Metabolic Disease

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • E8889: Other specified metabolic disorders

    What procedures does a Pediatric Pulmonologist like Dr. Cornfield typically perform?

    As a Pediatric Pulmonologist, Dr. Cornfield performs a variety of medical procedures. This procedure information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical procedures most commonly performed by Dr. Cornfield. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.

    Also known as:

    • Bronchoscopy with Lung Wash (BAL)
    • Bronchoscopy and Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL)
    • Fluoroscopy
    • Bronchial lavage
    • BAL procedure
    • Lung washing
    • Flexible bronchoscopy

    CPT Codes:

    • 31624: Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; with bronchial alveolar lavage

    Does Dr. Cornfield accept my insurance?

    Dr. Cornfield accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 723-5227 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Cornfield accept in Palo Alto, CA?

    Dr. Cornfield in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • Blue Shield of California

    • California Water Service Group

    • Cigna Group

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Federal government of the United States

    • Kaiser Permanente

    • Molina Healthcare

    • Santa Cruz County

    • State of California

    • UnitedHealth Group

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    Where is Dr. Cornfield's office located?

    Dr. David Cornfield's Primary Practice

    725 Welch Rd

    Palo Alto, CA 94304

    (650) 723-5227

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    What hospitals are Dr. Cornfield affiliated with?

    Dr. Cornfield has admitting privileges at the following hospitals:

    Stanford Medicine Children’s Health,Palo Alto, CA

    Recognitions

    Awards

    • President, Society for Pediatric Research

    • Pediatric Academic Societies-Steering Committee, PAS

    • Study Section Member-RIBT, NIH

    • Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Physiology-Lung, Cell and

    • Editorial Board Member, Pediatrics

    • Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Stanford

    Publications

    • Use of Electronic Medical Record-Enhanced Checklist and Electronic Dashboard to Decrease CLABSIs., 2014

    • Acute respiratory distress syndrome in children: physiology and magement., 2013

    • Embedding time-limited laboratory orders within computerized provider order entry reduces, 2013

    • Creation and retention of the next generation of physician-scientists for child health research., 2013

    • Hypoxia-inducible factor, 2013

    • Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel, 2012

    • Quantitative Alysis of the Human Airway Microbial Ecology Reveals a Perv, 2012

    • Inhibiting NF-kappa B in the developing lung disrupts angiogenesis and alveolarization, 2012

    • Decisions about life-sustaining measures in children: in whose best interests?, 2012

    • Hypoxia-inducible factor, 2012

    • Society for Pediatric Research 2010 Presidential Address, 2011

    • Computerized Physician Order Entry With Decision Support Decreases Blood Transfusions in Children, 2011

    • The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education proposed work hour regulations, 2011

    • Rho kise modulates posttal adaptation of the pulmory circulation through separate effects on, 2010

    • Developmental Regulation of Oxygen Sensing and Ion Channels in the Pulmory Vasculature, 2010

    • Successful treatment of severe cerebral vasospasm following hemorrhage of an arteriovenous mal, 2009

    • Utility of blood cultures in postoperative pediatric intensive care unit patients, 2009

    • Quantitative Alysis of Longitudil Response to Aerosolized Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony, 2009

    • Developmental regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1, 2007

    • The unexpected effect of cyclosporin A on CD56(+)CD16(-), 2007

    • Case-series of nurse-administered nitrous oxide for uriry catheterization in children, 2007

    • Chronic intrauterine pulmory hypertension increases capacitative calcium entry, 2007

    • Wnt5a is required for cardiac outflow tract septation in mice, 2007

    • Lung specific developmental expression of the Xenopus laevis surfactant protein C and B genes, 2007

    • Acute normoxia increases fetal pulmory artery endothelial ceff cytosolic Ca2+ via Ca2+, 2006

    • Oxygen tension modulates the expression of pulmory vascular BKCa channel alpha- and beta-subunits, 2006

    • Inflammatory cytokines, 2006

    • Chronic intrauterine pulmory hypertension selectively modifies pulmory artery smooth muscle cell, 2006

    • Oxygen increases ductus arteriosus smooth muscle cytosolic calcium via release of calcium from, 2005

    • Extubation failure in pediatric intensive care incidence and outcomes., 2005

    • tural history of pulmory complications in children after bone marrow transplantation, 2005

    • Myeloperoxidase deficiency enhances inflammation after allogeneic marrow transplantation, 2004

    • Chronic intrauterine pulmory hypertension compromises fetal pulmory artery smooth muscle cell O, 2003

    • A rose by any other me is yet a rose - Acute respiratory failure in children, 2003

    • Safety of inhaled nitric oxide after lung transplantation, 2003

    • Continuous propofol infusion in 142 critically ill children, 2002

    • Pulmory vascular K+ channel expression and vasoreactivity in a model of congenital heart disease, 2002

    • Contribution of the K-Ca channel to membrane potential, 2002

    • Interactive effects of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, 2002

    • Oxygen-induced fetal pulmory vasodilation is mediated by intracellular calcium activation of K, 2001

    • A beta-peptides enhance vasoconstriction in cerebral circulation, 2001

    • Effects of oxidant stress on inflammation, 2001

    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon diol epoxides increase cytosolic Ca2+ of airway epithelial cells, 2001

    • Ca2+-activated K+ channels modulate basal, 2001

    • Pulmory vascular response to normoxia and K-Ca channel activity is developmentally regulated, 2001

    • Chronic intrauterine pulmory hypertension decreases calcium, 2000

    • Fetal rabbit pulmory artery smooth muscle cell response to ryanodine is developmentally regulated, 2000

    • Voltage-gated K+-channel activity in ovine pulmory vasculature is developmentally regulated, 2000

    • Randomized, controlled trial of low-dose inhaled nitric oxide in the treatment of term and near, 1999

    • Aerosol delivery of diethylenetriamine, 1999

    • Inhaled nitric oxide in premature neotes with severe hypoxaemic respiratory failure, 1999

    • Interactions of keratinocyte growth factor with a nitrating species after marrow transplantation, 1999

    • NO causes perital pulmory vasodilation through K+-channel activation and intracellular Ca2+ release, 1999

    • Multicenter randomized controlled trial of the effects of inhaled nitric oxide therapy on gas, 1999

    • K+-channel blockade inhibits shear stress-induced pulmory vasodilation in the ovine fetus, 1999

    • Effects of inhaled nitric oxide and oxygen in high-altitude pulmory edema, 1998

    • A maturatiol shift in pulmory K+ channels, from Ca2+ sensitive to voltage dependent, 1998

    • Diversity of response in vascular smooth muscle cells to changes in oxygen tension, 1997

    • Ventilation-induced pulmory vasodilation at birth is modulated by potassium channel activity, 1996

    • Oxygen causes fetal pulmory vasodilation through activation of a calcium, 1996

    • Inhalatiol nitric oxide in pulmory parenchymal and vascular disease, 1996

    • HYPOXIA POTENTIATES NITRIC, 1995

    • CA2+-INHIBITABLE ADENYLYL, 1995

    • REDUCED PO2 ALTERS THE BEHAVIOR OF FURA-2 AND INDO-1 IN BOVINE PULMORY-ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS, 1994

    • ACUTE REDUCTIONS IN PO-2 DEPOLARIZE PULMORY-ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS AND DECREASE [CA2+](I), 1994

    • ACUTE-HYPOXIA CAUSES MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION AND CALCIUM INFLUX IN FETAL PULMORY, 1994

    • ACUTE-HYPOXIA INCREASES CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM IN FETAL PULMORY-ARTERY SMOOTH-MUSCLE CELLS, 1993

    • EFFECTS OF OXYGEN AND EXOGENOUS L-ARGININE ON EDRF ACTIVITY IN FETAL PULMORY CIRCULATION, 1993

    • ROLE OF ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN OVINE FETAL PULMORY VASCULAR TONE, 1992

    • EFFECTS OF BIRTH-RELATED STIMULI ON L-ARGININE-DEPENDENT PULMORY VASODILATION IN OVINE FETUS, 1992

    What is Dr. Cornfield's NPI number?A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Cornfield's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1598792079.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Cornfield?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Cornfield

    What is Dr. David Cornfield's specialty?

    What does a Pediatric Pulmonologist do?

    A pediatrician dedicated to preventing and treating respiratory diseases in infants, children, and young adults. This specialist possesses in-depth knowledge of lung growth and development, assesses respiratory function in young patients, and is experienced in various invasive and noninvasive diagnostic techniques.

    Is Dr. David Cornfield affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    No, Dr. Cornfield is not affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital, but is affiliated with the following hospitals: Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Dr. David Cornfield accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?

    Yes, Dr. David Cornfield is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. David Cornfield offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Cornfield's office at (650) 723-5227 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Dr. David Cornfield?

    Please contact Dr. Cornfield's office at (650) 723-5227 to schedule an appointment.

    Where is Dr. Cornfield's office located?

    Dr. Cornfield's office is located in Palo Alto, CA.

    Which board certifications does Dr. David Cornfield have?

    Dr. David Cornfield is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.