Blair Westerly
Experienced in COVID-19

Dr. Blair Westerly

Intensive Care Medicine
Mercyone East Village Clinics
411 Laurel St Ste A120, 
Des Moines, IA 
17 Years of Experience

Experienced in COVID-19
Mercyone East Village Clinics
411 Laurel St Ste A120, 
Des Moines, IA 
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Overview

Blair Westerly is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Westerly has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of COVID-19. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Year
2009
Specialties
Intensive Care Medicine
Licenses
Critical Care Medicine in IA
Hospital Affiliations
Mercyone Newton Medical Center
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Mercyone East Village Clinics
411 Laurel St Ste A120, Des Moines, IA 50314
Call: 515-643-7900

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


4 Total Publications

Hypercapnia Alters Alveolar Epithelial Repair by a pH-Dependent and Adenylate Cyclase-Mediated Mechanism.
Hypercapnia Alters Alveolar Epithelial Repair by a pH-Dependent and Adenylate Cyclase-Mediated Mechanism.
Journal: Scientific reports
Published: July 26, 2018
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Mercyone East Village Clinics

411 Laurel St Ste A120, 
Des Moines, IA 
 (0.6 miles away)
515-643-7900
Languages Spoken:
English
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