Gibbe H. Parsons, M.D., B.A.

Philosophy of Care

My interests include pulmonary hypertension and severe asthma. I am currently a UC Davis Health System medical director of Managed Care and Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Title:

Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Assistant Dean, Continuing Medical Education, School of Medicine

Specialty:

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Address:

UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
2825 J St., Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95816

Education:

George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
M.D. 1968

Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California
B.A. 1962

San Jose State University
San Jose, California
B.A. 1964

Internships:

St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York
New York City, New York
1968-1969

Residency:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1971-1973
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1973-1975
Pulmonary Disease

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 1991
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 1976
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1973

Professional Memberships:

American College of Physicians, Fellow
American Federation of Clinical Research
American Medical Association, Alternate delegate
American Physiological Society
American Thoracic Society, Alternate delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA)
British Thoracic Society
California Thoracic Society, Past-President
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society

Select Recent Publications:

Quail, A., S. McIlveen, R Bishop, D. McLeod, R Gunther, J. Davis ,L. Talken, D. Cottee, G. Parsons, S. White. Autonomic control of bronchial blood flow and airway dimensions during strenuous exercise in sheep. Pulmonary Pharmacology and Theraqeutics, 20: 190-199. 2007.

Bishop, R, D. McLeod, S. McIlveen, R. Blake, R Gunther, J. Davis, L. Talken, D. Cottee, A.Quail, G. Parsons, and S. White. Effects of graded exercise on bronchial blood flow and airway dimensions in sheep. Pulmonary Pharmacology and therapeutics, 20: 178-189. 2007.

Parsons, G.H., W.J. Bommer, A.D. Siefkin, J. Brock, B.M.T. Lantz. Drainage routes of bronchial blood flow in anaesthetized sheep. Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 20: 109-111. 2007.

Bishop R., D. McLeod, S. McIlveen, R Blake, R Gunther, J. Davis, L. Talken, D. Cottee, A Quail, G. Parsons, S. White. Long-term measurement of bronchial vascular resistance in awake sheep and dogs. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 111(4), 315-316. 2003.

White, S., S. McIlveen, G. Parsons, A. Quail, D. Cottee, R Gunther, R Bishop, D. McLeod, R Blake. Neural control of the bronchial circulation. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 111(4):305-308. 2003.

White, S. W., K. F. Pitsillides, G. H. Parsons, S. G. Hayes, R. A. Gunther and D. B. Cottee. Coronary-bronchial blood flow and airway dimensions in exercise-induced syndromes. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 28:472-478. 2001.

Porges, W. L., E. J. Hennessy, A. W. Quail, D. B. F. Cottee, P. G. Moore, S. A. McIlveen, G. H. Parsons and S. W. White. Heart-lung interactions: the sigh and autonomic control in the bronchial and coronary circulations. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 27:1022-1027. 2000.

McIlveen S, White SW, Parsons GH. Autonomic control of the resting bronchial circulation in awake sheep during rest and behavior. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 1997;24(12):940-947

Nichol GM, Parsons GH, Chung KF. Effect of sodium metabisulphite on bronchial blood flow in conscious sheep: pharmacological modulation. British Journal of Pharmacology 1993;111(3):918-922

Parsons GH, Villablanca AC, Brock JM, Howard RS, Colbert SR, Nichol GM, Chung KF. Bronchial vasodilation by histamine in sheep: characterization of receptor subtype. Journal of Applied Physiology 1992;72(6):2090-2098