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Vincent S. Fan, MD, MPHDr
Title: Core Investigator
Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine
Contact: Vincent.Fan@va.gov
Location: Seattle
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See Dr. Fan's Dimensions profile that includes: publications, grants, datasets, patents and clinical trials

 

Dr. Fan is a pulmonologist and health systems researcher whose work focuses on developing interventions to help people with chronic obstructive disease and other chronic illnesses manage their conditions at home, and to develop programs to help patients remain physically active. He has examined self-management interventions for COPD, and studied the effect of depression and anxiety on self-care in COPD. He has used new health care technologies and mHealth to deliver self-management education for COPD and for telemonitoring.

His current research focuses how to improve access to care for patients who develop acute exacerbations of COPD. He is also examining the effect of air pollution on development of early lung disease, as well as the contribution of air pollution to causing COPD exacerbations. Dr. Fan is Associate Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Services at the University of Washington. Dr. Fan received his MD form the University of Minnesota and MPH in Epidemiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.

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Recent Publications

 

2024

MacDonald DM, Samorodnitsky S, Lock EF, Fan V, Chen Z, Nguyen HQ, Wendt CH. Biomarkers of Inflammation and Longitudinal Evaluation of Lung Function, Physical Activity, and Grip Strength: A Secondary Analysis in the CASCADE Study. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2024 Jun 5. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2024.0500. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38838254.

C. Bradley Kramer, Karin M. Nelson, George Sayre, Jennifer L Williams, Leon Spruill, Tiffanie Fennell, Kristen E. Gray, Bryan J. Weiner, Vincent Fan, Jessica Jones-Smith, Mayuree Rao. “Veteran to Veteran, there's automatically a trust”: A qualitative study of Veterans’ experiences in a peer health coaching program for hypertension., AJPM Focus, 2024, 100257, ISSN 2773-0654.
DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2024.100257.

Himalaya Patel, April Savoy, Steven L. Sanchez, Morgan Traylor, Khoa A. Nguyen, Kenneth S. Boockvar, Vincent S. Fan, Emily R. Locke, Bryan Gibson, Amanda S. Mixon, Susan H. Byerly, David A. Haggstrom, Teresa M. Damush, Michael Weiner, Alissa L. Russ-Jara. Clinicians’ user experience with health information exchange technologies during simulated medication reconciliation. Human Factors in Healthcare, 2024, 100073, ISSN 2772-5014.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfh.2024.100073.

Crothers K, Adams SV, Turner AP, Batten L, Nikzad R, Kundzins JR, Fan VS. COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in Veterans with Chronic Lung Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202311-974OC. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38530061.

Maccarone JR, Sterns OR, Timmons A, Korpak AM, Smith NL, Nakayama KS, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Jerrett M, Kuschner WG, Ioachimescu OC, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Redlich CA, Wendt CH, Blanc PD, Garshick E, Wan ES. Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans. Mil Med. 2024 Mar 25:usae049. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae049. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 38536226.

2023

Lee JE, Nguyen HQ, Fan VS. Inflammatory Markers and Fatigue in Individuals With Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Nurs Res. 2024 Jan-Feb 01;73(1):54-61. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000695.
PMID: 38064303.
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Ritchey KC, Yohannes AM, Locke ER, Chen S, Simpson T, Battaglia C, Trivedi RB, Swenson ER, Edelman J, Fan VS. Association between self-reported falling risk and risk of hospitalization for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Med. 2023 Nov 17:107466. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107466. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 37981244.
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Locke ER, Thomas RM, Simpson TL, Fortney JC, Battaglia C, Trivedi RB, Gylys-Colwell J, Swenson ER, Edelman JD, Fan VS. Cognitive and Emotional Responses to COPD Exacerbations and Patterns of Care Seeking. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Nov 15. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202303-287OC. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 37966313.
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Garshick E, Redlich CA, Korpak A, Timmons AK, Smith NL, Nakayama K, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan VS, Hart JE, Koutrakis P, Kuschner W, Ioachimescu O, Jerrett M, Montgrain PR, Proctor SP, Wan ES, Wendt CH, Wongtrakool C, Blanc PD. Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans. Occup Environ Med. 2023 Nov 15:oemed-2023-109146. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109146. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 37968126.
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Pattock AM, Locke ER, Hebert PL, Simpson T, Battaglia C, Trivedi RB, Swenson ER, Edelman J, Fan VS. Predictors of Patient-Reported and Pharmacy Refill Measures of Maintenance Inhaler Adherence in Veterans with COPD. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Sep 29. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202211-975OC. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 37774091.
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2022

 

Fan VS, Coultas DB. Peer Support and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Self-Management: A Promising Approach? Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Oct;19(10):1640-1641. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202207-591ED. PMID: 36178399
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Locke ER, Young JP, Battaglia C, Simpson TL, Trivedi R, Simons C, Fortney JC, Hebert P, Swenson ER, Edelman J, Fan VS. Care-seeking and delay of care during COPD exacerbations. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2022 Feb 15;32(1):7. doi: 10.1038/s41533-022-00269-9. PMID: 35169140
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2021

 

O'Hare AM, Berry K, Fan VS, Crothers K, Eastment MC, Dominitz JA, Shah JA, Green P, Locke E, Ioannou GN. Age differences in the association of comorbid burden with adverse outcomes in SARS-CoV-2. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Jul 6;21(1):415. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02340-5. PMCID: PMC8258273. PMID: 34229623.

Suresh M, Young J, Fan V, Simons C, Battaglia C, Simpson TL, Fortney JC, Locke ER, Trivedi R. Caregiver Experiences and Roles in Care Seeking During COPD Exacerbations: A Qualitative Study. Ann Behav Med. 2021 Jun 24:kaab045. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab045. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34165138

Ioannou GN, O'Hare AM, Berry K, Fan VS, Crothers K, Eastment MC, Locke E, Green P, Shah JA, Dominitz JA. Trends over time in the risk of adverse outcomes among patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 11:ciab419. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab419. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33973000

Ioannou GN, Green P, Fan VS, Dominitz JA, O'Hare AM, Backus LI, Locke E, Eastment MC, Osborne TF, Ioannou NG, Berry K. Development of COVIDVax Model to Estimate the Risk of SARS-CoV-2-Related Death Among 7.6 Million US Veterans for Use in Vaccination Prioritization. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e214347. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4347. PMID: 33822066

2020

 

Yohannes AM, Kohen R, Nguyen HQ, Pike KC, Borson S, Fan VS. Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and depressive symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2021 May;15(5):681-687. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2021.1865159. Epub 2020 Dec 29. PMID: 33325315

Eastment MC, Berry K, Locke E, Green P, O'Hare A, Crothers K, Dominitz J, Fan VS, Shah JA, Ioannou GN. Body mass index (BMI) and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 among US veterans. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Dec 18. doi: 10.1002/oby.23111. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33336934

Ioannou GN, Liang PS, Locke E, Green P, Berry K, O'Hare AM, Shah JA, Crothers K, Eastment MC, Fan VS, Dominitz JA. Cirrhosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection in US Veterans: risk of infection, hospitalization, ventilation and mortality. Hepatology. 2020 Nov 21. doi: 10.1002/hep.31649. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33219546

Fan VS, Dominitz JA, Eastment MC, Locke E, Green P, Berry K, O'Hare AM, Shah JA, Crothers K, Ioannou GN. Risk Factors for testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a national US healthcare system. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 27:ciaa1624. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1624. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC7665412. PMID: 33105485

Yee N, Locke ER, Pike KC, Chen Z, Lee J, Huang JC, Nguyen HQ, Fan VS. Frailty in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Exacerbations and Hospitalizations. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2020 Aug 11;15:1967-1976. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S245505. PMCID: PMC7429100. PMID: 32848382.

Nici L, Mammen MJ, Charbek E, Alexander PE, Au DH, Boyd CM, Criner GJ, Donaldson GC, Dreher M, Fan VS, Gershon AS, Han MK, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Meek PM, Morgan M, Polkey MI, Puhan MA, Sadatsafavi M, Sin DD, Washko GR, Wedzicha JA, Aaron SD. Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 May 1;201(9):e56-e69. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0625ST. Erratum in: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep 15;202(6):910. PMC7193862. PMID: 32283960.

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Grants & Funding

 

CMA: Pulmonary and Systemic Effects of Deployment Related Particulate Matter Exposures

NIH website: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9892472