i am a pulmonlogist interested in cystic fibrosis, non CF bronchiectasis, non tuberculous mycobacteria, interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis and sleep medicine. I have worked in India, UK, Sweden and various parts of US. Listed are a few of my publications.
Taskar, V., and Hirshkowitz, M. Health effects of sleep deprivation. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 10 (1); 47-52, 2003.
Taskar, V., and Coultas, D.B. Is Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis an environmental disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc Vol 3, pp 293-98, 2006.
Taskar, V., Stocks J., Shafer D., Hirskowitz M. Metabolic Causes and Consequences of Sleep Disorders. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 15 (1), 40-44, 2008
Taskar,V., and Coultas, D. B. Exposures and Idiopathic Lung Disease. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2008: Dec 29(6); 670.
Original peer reviewed articles
Ghosh, D.K., Rashid, M.R., Crane, B., Taskar, V., Mast, M., Misukonis, M., Brice Weinberg, J., and Eissa, N.T. Characterization of key residues in the subdomain encoded by exons 8 and 9 of human inducible nitric oxide synthase: a critical role for Asp –280 in substrate binding and subunit interactions. PNAS. 98 ; 10392-7, 2001.
Taskar, V., John, J., Evander, E., Robertson, B., and Jonson, B. Surfactant dysfunction makes lungs vulnerable to injury from repetitive collapse and reexpansion. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 155: 313-20, 1997.
Freed, A., Taskar, V., Schofield, B., and Omori, C. Effects of 1-Adrenergic agonists on hyperpnea-induced airway injury and vascular leakage in dogs. J Appl Physiol. 83: 1884-9, 1997.
John, J., Taskar, V., Evander, E., Wollmer, P., and Jonson, B. Additive nature of distention and surfactant perturbation on alveolocapillary permeability. Eur Respir J. 10: 192-9, 1997.
Taskar, V., Wollmer, P., Evander, E., John, J., and Jonson, B. Effect of detergent combined with large tidal volume ventilation on alveolo-capillary permeability. Clin Physiol. 16: 103-14, 1996.
Saw, S.M., and Taskar, V. Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. Md Med J. 45: 305-7, 1996.
Taskar, V., John, J., Larsson, A., Wetterberg, T., and Jonson, B. Dynamics of carbon dioxide elimination following ventilator resetting. Chest. 108: 196-202, 1995.
Taskar, V., Clayton, N., Atkins, M., Shaheen, Z., Stone, P., and Woodcock, A. Breath holding time in normal subjects, snorers and sleep apnea patients. Chest. 107: 959-62, 1995.
Taskar, V., John, J., Evander, E., Wollmer, P., Robertson, B., and Jonson, B. Healthy lungs tolerate repetitive collapse and reopening during short periods of mechanical ventilation. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 39: 370-6, 1995.
Atkins, M., Taskar, V., Clayton, N., Stone, P., and Woodcock, A. Nasal resistance in obstructive sleep apnea. Chest. 105: 1133-5, 1994.

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