Rebecca Bascom
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Academic title Professor of Medicine
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Medicine
Graduate programs
Email Phone FAX
  rbascom@psu.edu
  717 531 6525
  7175315785
Educational background
  M.D., University of Oregon Health Science Center, 1979
Internship, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Research interests
 

Inhalation toxciology

Dr. Bascom is leading the analysis team to evaluate the cardiorespiratory health effects of the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City police officers in collaboration with the Living Heart Foundation(LHF). The LHF conducted the health screening in the weeks following 9/11. Collaborators includ Zheng-min Qian MD PhD and Mark Young in the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Arthur Roberts MD of the LHF, and George Kapalka PhD of Monmouth University.

Areas of expertise
 
Lung DiseasesBronchoscopy
Lymph NodesTomography, X-Ray Computed
ToxicologyBronchi
Computer SimulationObserver Variation
Phantoms, ImagingLung
OzoneSmoking
Publication author name
  Bascom R
Select publications
  Tucakovic M. Bascom R. Bascom PB. Pulmonary medicine and palliative care. 2001 Apr. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 15(2):291-304.
Hopper KD. Lucas TA. Gleeson K. Stauffer JL. Bascom R. Mauger DT. Mahraj R. Transbronchial biopsy with virtual CT bronchoscopy and nodal highlighting. 2001 Nov. Radiology. 221(2):531-6.
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