Henri Colt, MD, Pulmonologist - UCI Lung Center, Orange, CA - Pulmonologists, Univ. of California, Irvine

UCI Lung Center
University of California, Irvine

Henri Colt, M.D. Henri Colt, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Clinical Programs
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Colt was recruited to UCI in 2002 from the University of California San Diego where he was Professor of Medicine and Director of interventional pulmonary services at UCSD-La Jolla. Previously, Dr. Colt had worked at the Laser Center of the University of Marseille, France. Dr. Colt was educated in the United States (University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Hospitals, Oregon Health Sciences University), and Europe (University of Nice, France). His background is multicultural, he speaks several languages, and has practiced medicine in Europe, the United States, and Africa. Dr. Colt's major focus is in education, diagnosis, treatment, and research for patients with advanced lung disorders. His areas of expertise include endoscopic (bronchoscopic) diagnosis and treatment of central airway obstruction and lung cancer, thoracoscopy, pleural disease management including malignant mesothelioma, and dealing with issues of chronic advanced lung diseases including bronchiectasis, COPD, interstitial lung disease, and end-of-life issues.
Listed annually in Best Doctors in America since 1996, and recently in Orange Coast Magazine's Best Doctors, Dr. Colt has authored over 70 peer-reviewed original research articles in addition to numerous book chapters and review papers. He is the author of a manual of pleural procedures and of a patient education manual for individuals with advanced breast cancer-related lung disease.
Dr. Colt is an associate editor for the Journal of Bronchology, the journal of respiratory treatment, is section editor for the popular UpToDate in Pulmonary Medicine, and is on the editorial board or reviewer's list for numerous medical journals. Dr. Colt has served as President of the American Association for Bronchology and is a regent of the World Bronchology Association. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Lung Cancer Support and Education (ALCASE), and has the honor of serving as an official development consultant to the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) in Tianjin, China. As Chairman of the nonprofit organization The World Bronchology Foundation, many of Dr.Colt's activities are now dedicated to providing humanitarian aid and pulmonary procedure-related technical and educational assistance to countries in need.
Dr. Colt performing a Laser Resection.jpg Dr. Colt is an internationally recognized authority and leader in advanced pulmonary endoscopic procedures. He lectures internationally and in the United States on bronchoscopic laser resection (procedure shown in photo at right) and stenting, novel endoscopic technologies and teaching modalities, thoracoscopy, malignant mesothelioma, palliative cancer treatment, and emphysema. Increasingly he addresses issues pertaining to spirituality, faith, religious and cultural diversity, ethics, coping with advanced disease, humanitarian aid, palliative care, and end-of-life.
A strong advocate of a multidisciplinary approach for educating and management strategies in patients with advanced lung disorders, Dr. Colt's research efforts are geared towards studying management strategies for patients with complex pleuropulmonary or airway disease, as well as focusing on the design, implementation and dissemination of novel technologies and innovative, effective learning modalities which encompass verbal, written, video, multimedia, and virtual reality curriculums such as the recently released Essential Bronchoscopist©, a web-based tool for laddered self-learning of bronchoscopy-related theory.
Selected publications:
Colt HG, Astoul P, Wang X, Yi ES, Boutin C, Hoffman RM. Clinical course of human epithelial-type malignant pleural mesothelioma in an orthotopic-transplant nude mouse model. Anticancer Research 1996;16:633-640.
Colt HG. Bronchoscopic laser resection in thoracic neoplasia. Comprehensive Textbook of Thoracic Oncology. Eds Aisner, Arriagadaa, Green, Martin, Perry. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore Md, 1996, pg. 925-939.
Colt HG, Russack V, Chiu Y, Konopka RG, Chiles PG, Pedersen CA, Kapelanski D. A comparison of talc poudrage, talc slurry, and mechanic abrasion pleurodesis. Chest 1997;111:442-448.
Colt HG, Harrell JH. Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy allows level of care changes in patients with acute respiratory failure from central airways obstruction. Chest 1997;112:202-206.
Colt HG. Mesothelioma: Epidemiology, presentation, and diagnosis. Seminars in Resp and Crit Care Med 1997;18:353-363.
Colt HG, Bergin CL. Chronic obstructive airways diseases: asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and bronchiectasis. In, Textbook on Diffuse Lung Disorders (A comprehensive clinical-radiological overview) M Sperber Ed, Springer-Verlag publisher, Berlin, New York, pg. 185-225, 1998.
Colt HG, Mathur PN. Manual of Pleural Procedures. Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins publishers, Philadelphia 1999.
Colt HG. Functional evaluation after interventional bronchoscopy. In, Interventional Bronchoscopy, Bolliger CT, Mathur PN (eds), Karger Publisher, Basel, Switzerland. Prog Respir Res, 1999;30:55-64.
Colt HG. Emerging Technology: Thoracoscopy, window to the pleura. Special section, Chest 1999;116:1409-1415.
Burrows CM, Mathews WC, Colt HG. Predicting survival in patients with recurrent symptomatic malignant pleural effusions: an assessment of the prognostic values of physiologic, morphologic, and quality of life measures of extent of disease. Chest 2000;117:73-78.
Colt HG, Beamis JF, Harrell JH, Mathur PM. Novel flexible broncoscope and single-use disposable sheath endoscope system: a preliminary technology evaluation. Chest 2000;118:183-187.
Matsuo T, Colt HG. Evidence against routine scheduling of surveillance bronchoscopy after stent insertion. Chest 2000;118:1455-1459.
Hoffman HM, Colt HG, Haas A. Development of an experimental paradigm in which to examine human learning using two computer-based formats. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics book series, Westwood, Hoffman, Stredney, Robb Editors;IOS Press, Amsterdam (2001).
Colt HG, Matsuo T. Hospital charges attributable to bronchoscopy-related complications in outpatients. Respiration 2001;68:67-72.
Dalupang JJ, Shanks TG, and Colt HG. Nd:YAG laser damage to metal and silicone endobronchial stents: Delineation of margins of safety using an in-vitro experimental model. Chest 2001;120:934-940.
Colt HG, Crawford SW, Galbraith O. Virtual reality bronchoscopy simulation: a revolution in procedural training. Chest 2001;120:1333-1339.
Crawford SW, Colt HG. Virtual reality and written assessments are of potential value to determine knowledge and skill in flexible bronchoscopy. Respiration 2004;71:269-275.
M Brenner, MD, NM Hanna, R Mina-Araghi, AF Gelb, MD, and RJ McKenna JR.,MD, and H. Colt, MD. Innovative Approaches To Lung Volume Reduction For Emphysema. Chest 2004;126:238-248.
Lee P, Colt HG. Thoracoscopy: an update on therapeutic applications. J Resp Illness 2004;24:530-537.
Ren S, Terman DS, Bohach G, Silvers A, Hansen C, Colt H, Sahn SA. Intrapleural Staphylococcal superantigen induces resolution of malignant pleural effusions and a survival benefit in nonsmall cell lung cancer. Chest 2004;126:1529;1539.

Published books:
Colt HG, Mathur PN. Manual of Pleural Procedures. Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins publishers, Philadelphia 1999.
Colt HG, Jones V. Breast Cancer-related Lung Disease: a guide for patients living with advanced breast cancer. San Diego Prepress, San Diego, CA 2001.
Colt HG. The Essential Bronchoscopist. A web-based self learning guide (6 modules) of bronchoscopy-related theory. (English and Spanish). 2003. (Portugese, French, and Japanese translations in press): Essential Bronchoscopist©.
Lee P, Colt HG. Flex-Rigid Pleuroscopy Step-By-Step. CMPMedica, Asia, Singapore 2005

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