Richard Levi Lubman, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Overview

Dr. Lubman is an Associate Professor of both Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology and of Physiology and Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. In 2004, Dr. Lubman had the opportunity to teach at Imperial College in London, UK as a Visiting Professor at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre. Along with his academic appointments, Dr. Lubman holds clinical positions as an attending physician at the Keck Hospital of USC, the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and the LAC+USC Medical Center.

Dr. Lubman has received grants for thirteen research studies and has given scientific and medical lectures all across the United States and Canada. An accomplished writer, Dr. Lubman has authored over 60 peer reviewed articles for medical journals and contributed to a number of book chapters and clinical presentations.

Awards

  • American Heart Association: Initial Investigator, Greater Los Angeles Affiliate, 1993-1995
  • USC: Wright Foundation Research Award, 1992-1993
  • Parker B. Francis Foundation Fellowship, 1988-1991
  • New York Lung Association: J. Burns Amberson Fellowship, 1986-1988
  • Downstate Medical Center: Summer Research Fellowship, 1978
  • New York State Regents: Scholarship Award, 1973-1977
  • New York State Cornell Regents: Scholarship Award, 1973-1977
  • National Merit Scholarship Program: Finalist, 1973

Publications

  • Chylous Ascites as a Presentation of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ACG Case Rep J. 2021 Mar; 8(3):e00517. . View in PubMed
  • Extracellular matrix-driven alveolar epithelial cell differentiation in vitro Exp Lung Res. 2005 Jun; 31(5):461-82. . View in PubMed
  • Cell-cell communication in heterocellular cultures of alveolar epithelial cells Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2003 Nov; 29(5):552-61. . View in PubMed
  • Heterocellular cultures of pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells grown on laminin-5 supplemented matrix In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2002 Sep; 38(8):443-9. . View in PubMed
  • Polarity of alveolar epithelial cell acid-base permeability Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002 Apr; 282(4):L675-83. . View in PubMed
  • Na transport proteins are expressed by rat alveolar epithelial type I cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002 Apr; 282(4):L599-608. . View in PubMed
  • Culturing alveolar type I, alveolar type II, and mixed cell populations by altering the extracellular matrix promotes changes in intercellular signaling mechanisms Chest. 2002 Mar; 121(3 Suppl):35S-36S. . View in PubMed
  • Modulation of pulmonary alveolar type II cell phenotype and communication by extracellular matrix and KGF Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2001 Oct; 281(4):C1291-9. . View in PubMed
  • Integrin alpha(3)-subunit expression modulates alveolar epithelial cell monolayer formation Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2000 Jul; 279(1):L183-93. . View in PubMed
  • Epidermal growth factor regulation in adult rat alveolar type II cells of amiloride-sensitive cation channels Am J Physiol. 1999 12; 277(6):C1058-65. . View in PubMed
  • KGF prevents hyperoxia-induced reduction of active ion transport in alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1999 06; 276(6):C1352-60. . View in PubMed
  • Keratinocyte growth factor modulates alveolar epithelial cell phenotype in vitro: expression of aquaporin 5 Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1998 Apr; 18(4):554-61. . View in PubMed
  • Mechanisms of EGF-induced stimulation of sodium reabsorption by alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1998 07; 275(1):C82-92. . View in PubMed
  • Modulation of t1alpha expression with alveolar epithelial cell phenotype in vitro Am J Physiol. 1998 07; 275(1):L155-64. . View in PubMed
  • Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase expression in alveolar epithelial cells: upregulation of active ion transport by KGF Am J Physiol. 1998 01; 274(1):L149-58. . View in PubMed
  • Identification of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase beta-subunit in alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1997 Jan; 272(1 Pt 1):L85-94. . View in PubMed
  • Effects of EGF on alveolar epithelial junctional permeability and active sodium transport Am J Physiol. 1996 Apr; 270(4 Pt 1):L559-65. . View in PubMed
  • Basolateral localization of Na(+)-HCO3- cotransporter activity in alveolar epithelial cells Respir Physiol. 1995 Apr; 100(1):15-24. . View in PubMed
  • Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger isoform AE2 is restricted to the basolateral surface of alveolar epithelial cell monolayers Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1995 Feb; 12(2):211-9. . View in PubMed
  • Polarized distribution of Na(+)-H+ antiport activity in rat alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1994 Feb; 266(2 Pt 1):L138-47. . View in PubMed
  • Measurement of solute fluxes in isolated rat lungs Respir Physiol. 1993 Mar; 91(2-3):321-34. . View in PubMed
  • Evidence for amiloride-sensitive sodium channels in alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1992 Apr; 262(4 Pt 1):L405-11. . View in PubMed
  • Regulation of intracellular pH in alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1992 Jan; 262(1 Pt 1):L1-14. . View in PubMed
  • Na(+)-HCO3- symport modulates intracellular pH in alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1991 Jun; 260(6 Pt 1):L555-61. . View in PubMed
  • Evidence for active H+ secretion by rat alveolar epithelial cells Am J Physiol. 1989 Dec; 257(6 Pt 1):L438-45. . View in PubMed
  • Hydrophilic solute transport across rat alveolar epithelium J Appl Physiol (1985). 1989 May; 66(5):2320-7. . View in PubMed