Peter G. Tuteur, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine

CONTACT INFORMATION

Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8052
St. Louis, MO 63110

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Graduate Education:
B.A. - Johns Hopkins University, 1962
M.D. - University of Illinois School of Medicine, 1966

Training and Experience:
Internship, Medicine - Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Residency, Medicine - Chicago, IL (1966-1969)

Fellowship, Research Cardiopulmonary Physiology
cardiovascular-Pulmonary Division
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
(1969-1971)

Instructor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(1969-1971)

POSITIONS

Academic Positions:

1971 - 1973 Instructor in Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1973 - 1980 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1980 - present Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1974 - 1985 Coursemaster, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1985 - 1993 Coursemaster, Preparation to Clinical Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1981 - 1982 Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Assignment: Legislative Assistant For Health, Congressman Richard Gephardt

1983 - 1984 Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Medical Affairs, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

1988 - 1989 Coursemaster, Topics in Clinical Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

1993 - present Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (at Barnes-Jewish Hospital)

Hospital/University Committees:

Committee on Admissions, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1975-1979 and 1980-1981

Committee on Medical Education, Washington University School of Medicine 1984 -1993

Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (School of Medicine), 1987-1990

WUMC Human Studies Committee, 2002

Health Matters, Editor, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri,1983-1984

LCME subcommittee on the Educational Program and CME, 1997-1998

Physician Advisory Panel, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 1996 -

Physician Corporation of the Washington University Medical Center, 1985-1994
Board of Directors, 1986-1994
President, 1989-1992; Acting President, 1992-1993
Vice President, 1987-1989
HMO Development Board, Vice-President, 1986-1989
Newsletter Committee, 1989-1994
Alternate Delivery Systems Review Committee, 1989-1992

Washington University Academic Freedom and Tenure Hearing Committee, 1993-1995

Washington University Board of Trustees--Faculty Representative, 1988-1990

Washington University Faculty Council, 1987-1990
Executive Committee, 1987-1990
Chairman, Committee on Policy for Academic Misconduct and Fraud, 1988-1990

Washington University Medical Center Health Care Plan
ex-officio member board, 1989-1991
Board of Trustees, 1991 - 2001
Executive Committee, 1991-1995
Utilization Management Committee, 1988 -2001

Washington University Medical Center Alliance Corporation, 1988-1994
Vice President, 1990-1994

Washington University Department of Internal Medicine Quality Assurance Committee, 1991-1994

Washington University Department of Medicine Professional Practices Committee, 1996

Whittemore House, Board of Trustees, 1986-1991
Auditing Committee, 1986-1991

National Committees:

National Commission on Certification for Physicians' Assistants
Board of Directors, 1977-1981
Recertification Committee Chairman, 1980-1981
Nomination Committee, 1981

National Board of Medical Examiners PA PMP Test Committee, 1979-1981
Chairman, 1980-1981

Joint Review Committee on Accreditation for Physician Assistant Program
Board of Directors, 1976-1981
Ad Hoc Committee on Reliability and Validity of Standards, 1980-1981

Physician Payment Review Commission
Interspecialty Advisory Panel, 1991

Harvard Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)
Technical Expert Panel, 1991

ACADEMIC HONORS

Alpha Omega Alpha, 1978

Young Internist of the Year Award, Missouri Society of Internal Medicine, 1980

Young Internist of the Year Award, American Society of Internal Medicine, 1980

Washington University School of Medicine, OutstandingTeaching Accommodation, Class of 1983

Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 1991

Who's Who in the Midwest, 1993

Men of Distinction, 1994

Distinguished Internist of the Year Award, Missouri Society of Internal Medicine, 1994

International Who’s Who of Professionals, 1995

1996 American College of Physicians Book Award for Washington University named in honor of Peter G. Tuteur, MD, FACP

Who's Who in the World, 1996

Who's Who Medicine and Healthcare, 1997

Who’s Who in the World, 2000

Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2002-2003

Who's Who in America (58th Edition), 2004.

Who's Who in American Education, 2004-2005.

PUBLICATIONS

Original Articles:

Cherniack NS, Tuteur PG, Edelman NH, Fishman AP: Serial Changes in CO2 Storage in Tissues, Respiratory Physiology, 16:127-14-, 1972.

Giordano ARD, Tuteur PG, Longobardo GS, Cherniack NS: The Effect of Increased Metabolic Rate and Denervation on CO2 Storage in Muscle, Respiratory Physiology, 18:309-327, 1973.

Cherniack NS, Stanley NN, Tuteur PG, Altose MD, Fishman, AP: Effects of Lung Volume Changes on Respiratory Drive During Hypoxia and Hypercapnia, Journal of Applied Physiology, 35:635-641, 1973.

Tuteur PG, Reivich M, Goldberg HI, Cooper ED, West JW, McHenry LC, Cherniack NS: Transient Responses of Cerebral Blood Flow and Ventilation to Changes in PaCO2 in Normal Subjects and Patients with Cerebral Vascular Disease, Stroke, 7:584-590, 1976.

Beyt BE, Cannon RO, Tuteur PG: Successful Treatment of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in the Immunocompromised Host, Southern Medical Journal, 71:1164-1166,1978.

Tuteur PG: Introduction to Clinical Medicine: Description of a Course, Journal of Medical Education, 54:113-114, 1978.

Feldman J, Tuteur PG: Mechanical Ventilation: From Hospital Intensive Care to Home. Heart and Lung, 11:2, p. 162-165, 1980.

Steinman HK, Tuteur PG: Streptokinase/Streptodornase for Skin Testing, N. Engl. J. Med., 300:46-47, 1979. (letter)

Tuteur PG: Togetherness: ASIM, Town and Gown, The Internist, p. 17-18, March, 1983.

Tuteur PG: To Your Health: Exercise, Cardiovascular Conditioning and Weight Control, article in: Economic Advisor, Laurence H. Meyer, editor, p. 3, April, 1983.

Tuteur PG: Personal Outlook, Outlook Magazine, p. 21, Spring, 1984.

Tuteur PG, Tuteur SD: When Preconceptions Mar Patient-Physician Communications, The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, 1:49, 1984.

Tuteur PG: The Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act: The Kennedy-Gephardt Bill, St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine, 6:265, 1984.

Tuteur PG: Review of Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, 104:289, 1986.

Tuteur PG: Review of Computer Program: Perspective in Rational Management: Acute Respiratory Failure, Journal of the American Medical Association, 257:3426, 1987.

Tuteur PG: A 77-year Old Man With a Pleural Effusion, American Journal of Medicine, 84:941-48, 1988.

Tuteur PG: A Health Care Proposal: Universal Access with Fiscal Responsibility, Missouri Medicine, 86:787-789, 1989.

Chinsky K, Tuteur PG: Update on Inhalant Delivery Systems, Washington University School of Medicine Respiratory and Critical Care Division Newsletter, December, 1989.

Tuteur PG, RBRVS: It's Right, Physician Corporation Newsletter, 5:7-8, 1990.

Tuteur PG: Fever, Rash, & Lung Infiltrates in a 47-year Old Woman, American Journal of Medicine, 88:287-292, 1990.

Tuteur PG: Interview, Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.: Taking Over the Helm at HCFA, The Internist: Health Policy in Practice, 31:18-21,42, 1990.

King BF, Kindig RC, Noah WH, Tuteur PG: Internal Medicine Chief Residents Suggest Need to Improve Health Care Delivery and Public Policy Education. The Internist: Health Policy in Practice, 31:3-15,1990 (suppl).

Tuteur PG: Internal Medicine Chief Residents Want Changes in Education, JAMA, 264:175,1990.

Tuteur PG, Tuteur, SD: Life-Sustaining Therapies in Elderly Persons, JAMA, 264:2118, 1990.

King B, Tuteur PG: Preface, Internal Medicine Center to Advance Research and Education, Medical Practice Guidelines Workshop: Issues for Internal Medicine, June 8-9, 1990, Washington, DC, 1990, p. IV-V.

Tuteur PG: Welcome and Overview, Internal Medicine Center to Advance Research and Education, Medical Practice Guidelines Workshop: Issues for Internal Medicine, June 8-9, 1990, Washington, DC. 1990, p. 2-5.

Tuteur PG: Pneumonia after CABG: A Case for Continued Evaluation, Ann Thor Surg, 51:177-8, 1991.

Tuteur PG: Pulmonary Infiltrates in a 67-year old man. American Journal of Medicine, 90:509-515, 1991.

Cokingtin Q, Tuteur PG: Pulmonary Function Abnormalities in Selected Medical Illnesses, Washington University School of Medicine Respiratory and Critical Care Division Newsletter, March, 1991.

Tuteur PG: Renal Failure and Resolving Pulmonary Nodule in a 69-year old Woman. American Journal of Medicine, 92:351-316, 1991.

Tuteur PG: Yogi Berra, Gail Wilensky and the Physician. Medical Developments, from the Physician Corporation of Washington University Medical Center. 6 No. 4, Aug. 1991.

Tuteur PG: The Risk of Sidestream Smoke to Pipe Smokers, JAMA, 266:2000, 1991.

Tuteur PG: Indoor Air Pollution: A Health Perspective. Edited by Jonathon M. Samet and John D. Spengler, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991. Ann Int Med, 116:175, 1992.

Tuteur PG: Strategies for Improving and Expanding the Application of Health Status Measures in Clinical Settings, Medical Care, 30:MS202-204, 1992, Suppl.

Tuteur PG: Import a Successful Health-Care System! Can It Work? Health Policy Issue: Resident & Staff Physician, 10:65-72, 1992.

Tuteur, Peter (A review): Prevention of Respiratory Diseases, eds., Albert Hirsch, Marcel Goldberg, Jean-Pierre Martin, and Roland Masse. Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series/68. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 38(1):141-142, 1994.

Tuteur PG: In Search of Excellence in an Alligator Infested Swamp. Medical Developments Physician Corporation of the Washington University Medical Center, 8:5, March, 1994.

Guest TM, Ramanathan AV, Tuteur, PG, Schechtman KB, Ladenson JH, Jaffe, AS. Myocardial Injury in Critically Ill Patients: A Frequently Unrecognized Complication. JAMA 273(24):1945-1949, 1995.

Tuteur, PG: Clear the Air; The Clean Air Act is Under Attack. St. Louis Post Dispatch. November 17, 1995.

Tuteur PG: Responsibilities of GME Reform. Internal Medicine News. December 1, 1995

Tuteur, PG: Healthcare Reform. Student Life. 117(34):5,8. February 13, 1996.

Tuteur, PG: Question to Answer Requires Valid Data. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 30: 642, 1996.

Kaiser, Larry R., Patz, Edward F. Jr., Tuteur, Peter G: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Patient Care, 30:183-198, 1996.

Dávila-Román VG, Guest TH, Tuteur PG, Rowe WJ, Ladenson JH, Jaffe AS: Normal Left but Abnormal Right Ventricular Function After Strenuous Exercise. J Am Coll Cardiol, 30;468-473, 1997.

Tuteur, Peter G, et al. Managed Care in the Year 2003. J Med Prac Mgmt. July/August, 1998.

Tuteur PG: Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 43.2;301-303. 2000.

Tuteur PG: Vocal Cord Dysfunction an Editorial Comment. Internal Medicine News 2001; 34, 1-9.

Iregui M, Malen J, RN, Tuteur P, Lynch J, Holtzman M, Kollef MH: Determinants of Outcome for Patients Admitted to a Long-term Ventilator Unit. Southern Medical Journal, 95.3, 310-17. March 2002.

Tuteur PG: A Question of Intent. by David Kessler, Book Review. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 45(2):309-11, 2002.

Suwatanapongched T, Gierada DS, Slone RM, Pilgram TK, Tuteur PG: Variation in Diaphragm Position and Shape on Standard Chest Radiographs in Adults with Normal Pulmonary Function. Chest 2003; 123:2019-2027.

Tuteur PG: Sputum Peroxynitrite Inhibitory Activity is Stimulating (Editorial), Chest, accepted 2003.

Abstracts

Cherniack NS, Edelman NH, Tuteur PG, Trueb TJ: Acute Buffering of CO2 by Tissues in viro, Journal of Clinical Investment, 49:18a, 1970.

Cherniack NS. Tuteur PG, Longobardo GS: Effect of Metabolism of CO2 Stores. CO2 Satellite Symposium, XXV, International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 1971.

Edelman NH, Tuteur PG, McHenry L, Cherniack NS: Response Rates of Ventilation and Cerebral Blood Flow to CO2 in Normal Goats and Abnormal Man, Clin Res 19:510, 1971.

Tuteur PG, Lahiri S: The Effect of Alkalosis on the Oxygen Consumption of Skeletal Muscle, Federation Proceedings, 30:427, 1971.

Edelman NH. Tuteur PG, Epstein PE, Cherniack NS, Fishman AP: The Effect of Impairment of O2 Delivery on the Aerobic Metabolism of Brain and Skeletal Muscle, Chest, 61:495, 1972.

Stanley NN, Tuteur PG, Altose MD, Cherniack NS: Interaction on Lung Volume and Chemical Stimuli on Respiratory Drive, Federation Proceedings, 31:361, 1972.

West JW, Cooper ES, McHenry LC, Goldberg HI, Canales L, Tuteur PG, Cherniack NS, Jaffe ME: The Relationship Between Cardiac Function and Blood Flow in Stroke Patients. II. Effect of Drug Induced Systemic Arterial Hypertension with Aramine. (Presented at the Cerebrovascular Clinical Research Center Workshop, Miami, Florida, February, 1972.)

Reivich M, Tuteur PG, Cherniack NS, Goldberg HI: Transient CBF Response to CO2 in Cerebrovascular Disease. (Presented at the Cerebrovascular Clinical Research Center Workshop in Miami, Florida, February, 1972.)

Lefrak SS, Tuteur PG: Transbronchial Lung Biopsy and Diffuse Lung Disease, presented at the World Conference on Bronchoscopy, American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. David Sanderson, Chairman, Park Ridge, Illinois, February, 1977.

Lefrak SS, Tuteur PG: Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in Diffuse Lung Disease, Am. Rev. Respir, Dis., Suppl. 115:135, 1977.

Tuteur PG: Conference on Major Issues Raised in Study of Current Medical Methods Used in Diagnosing Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis, Participant, Franklin Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2-3, 1984.

Mitchell JP, Tuteur PG: Chronicity of Chemical-Induced Non-Specific Bronchial Hyperreactive Airways Disease. Chest 96:169S, 1989. Presented at the XVI World Congress on the Diseases of the Chest--55th Annual Scientific Assembly in Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1989.

Davila-Roman V, Guest TM, Rowe WJ, Tuteur PG, Ladenson JH, Jaffe AS: Ultra Exercise Induces Right Ventricular Dysfunction. JACC 1995; 260A:978-122.

Horowitz MB, Trulock EP, Tuteur PG, Yusen RD, Pohl MS, Deloney PA, Cooper JD: Improvement in Peak Oxygen Consumption Following Bilateral Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151:A663.

Yusen RD, Arnecilla M, Pohl MS, Biggar DG, Cooper JD, Tuteur PG, Lefrak SS: Change in Lung and Diaphragmatic Function and Dyspnea Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS). Chest 1997; 112-35.

Suwatanagongched T, Gierada DS, Slone RM, Tuteur PG: Variation in Diaphragm Position and Shape in Adults with Normal Pulmonary Function. Chest 2000; 118:275S.

Loo C, Yusen RD, Lefrak SS, Tuteur PG, Cooper JD: Distribution of Inspired Gas after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Chest 2000; 118:196S.

Szwarcberg JB, Bhalla S, Semenkovich JW, Evanoff BA, Tuteur PG. Serious Pulmonary Dysfunction among Microwave Popcorn Packagers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2003; 167:A504.

Chapters for Books and Instructional Materials Tuteur PG, Cherniack NS: Bronchiectasis, in Current Diagnosis, H. Conn, editor, p. 277-279, 1971.

Reivich M, Ginsberg M, Slater R, Tuteur PG, Goldberg HI, Cherniack NS, Greenberg J: Cerebral Hemodynamic and Metabolic Alternations in Stroke, Proceedings of Tissue Hypoxia and Ischemia Conference, Philadelphia, 1976.

Tuteur PG: Clinical Approach to Ambulatory Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Computer Assisted Instruction Seminar, Milliken Communications Corporation, 1979.

Tuteur PG: Acute Respiratory Failure, Computer Assisted Instruction Seminar, Milliken Communications Corporation, 1979.

Tuteur SD, Tuteur PG: Sociological Aspects of Selected Clinical Problems, Computer Assisted Instruction Seminar, Milliken Communications Corporation, 1979.

Smith TW, Tuteur PG: Acute Respiratory Failure, chapter in: Manual of Medical Therapeutics, Little, Brown, & Co., Boston, Chapter 8, p. 143-158, August, 1980.

Tuteur PG: The RICU: Problems, Conflicts, and Potential Resolutions, chapter in: Psychiatric Aspects of Intensive Care Nursing, Nathan M. Simon, M.D., editor, Charles Press, p. 250-279, 1980.

Tuteur PG: Chest Examination, chapter in: Clinical Methods, Third Edition, Drs. Walker, Hurst, Hall, Butterworth, Chapter 44, 1989.

Tuteur PG: Principles of Effective Care, chapter in: Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Health Professions Division, Chapter 31, 1997 p. 429.

Tuteur PG: Pulmonary Chapters 1-4, chapter in Doctor, I’d Like to Ask You, http://www.diltay.com 2000

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine