Office:	UPMC Montefiore Hospital, NW628
	3459 Fifth Avenue
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone:	412-692-2118
Fax:	412-692-2260
E-mail:	kreitjw@upmc.edu

Education
	BA, Chemistry, Duke University, 1977
	MD, Duke University, 1981
	Internal Medicine Internship, University of Michigan, 1982
	Internal Medicine Residency, University of Michigan, 1984

Training
	Internal Medicine Chief Resident, University of Michigan, 1985
	Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1988

Dr. Kreit is a senior clinician-educator in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine and has expertise in caring for patients with a wide variety of pulmonary and critical illnesses. He is particularly interested in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute lung injury, respiratory failure, and pulmonary embolism.

Dr. Kreit’s main academic focus is the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. His teaching methods include lectures, conferences, and workshops that cover a wide variety of pulmonary and critical care topics, as well as bedside, patient-based teaching. He is particularly interested in pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology and mechanical ventilation. Dr. Kreit is the editor of "The Clinical Physiologist" in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society and is the author of a book on mechanical ventilation published by Oxford University Press. He has also written many review articles and book chapters.

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