George Thommi, MD

• Graduate/Medical Schools
  • Kasturba Medical College ( Mangalore, India)
• Residencies
• Kasturba Medical College (Medical Residency)
• Fellowships
• VA Medical Center – University of Virginia (Pulmonary Fellowship)
• Board Certifications
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• ABIM (Pulmonary Disease)
• ABIM (Critical Care Medicine)
• American Board of Sleep Medicine
• Licensure
• Nebraska
• Iowa
• Texas
• Society Memberships
  • Metro Omaha Medical Society (MOMS)
  • Nebraska Medical Association (NMA)
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Thoratic Society
  • Association of Sleep Professionals
  • Royal Collge of Physicians (UK)
• Hospital Affiliations
• Nebraska Methodist Hospital
• Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
• The Nebraska Medical Center
• Alegent Health
• Bergan Mercy Medical Center
• Immanuel Medical Center
• Midlands Hospital
• Mercy Hospital
• Lakeside
• Faith Regional Health System (Norfolk, Nebraska)
• Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (Red Oak, Iowa)
• Publications
  • Termination of central sleep apnea by upper airway stimulation using intermittent positive pressure ventilation: A case report. Thommi G, Bell GM, Nuggent K, Liu J CHEST June 1991
  • Spectrum of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompetent COPD patients. Thommi G, Bell GM, Nugent K, Liu J. Southern Medical Journal 1991
  • Nasal CPAP in the treatment of persistent atelectasis (letter). Thommi G, CHEST, June 1991
  • Severity of Sleep Apnea and automobile crashes, (letter) Findley LJ, Fabriaio M, Thommi G, Suratt PM. New England Journal of Medicine, 868, March 30, 1998
• Abstracts
  • Comparison of manual scoring and automated sleep system (CNS CASS system). Thommi G, Nugent K, ACCP, Toronto, Canada, October 1990
  • Can daytime polysomnogram help in the diagnosis and management of sleep apnea syndrome in respiratory failure? Thommi G, Nugent K. ACCP, Toronto, Canada, October 1990
  • Early diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea syndrome in patients with chronic respiratory failure. Thommi G, Nugent K. ATS, Anaheim, CA, May 1991
  • Recurrent pneumothorax on intermittent mandatory ventilation with resolution on pressure support ventilation. Thommi G, Jumper C. ATS, Anaheim, CA May 1991
  • Sleep architecture in patients with sleep apnea syndrome on their first night on NCPAP. Thommi G, Cantu N. ATS, Anaheim, CA, May 1991
  • Value of BiPAP in the management of acute and semi-acute respiratory failure. ATS, Miami, FL, May 1992
  • Comparison and effectiveness of NCPAP therapy with and without NCPAP titration in sleep apnea patients. Thommi G, Penny W, Meyers P. San Francisco, CA June 1997
  • REM sleep apnea syndrome: Should NCPAP be initiated? Thommi G, Morgan J, Meyers P. San Francisco, CA June 1997
  • Compare the effectiveness of NCPAP vs DPAP in the management of sleep apnea syndrome. Thommi G, McGill D, Meyers P. San Francisco, CA June 1997
  • Cryotherapy in the management of tracheobronchial obstruction by lung tumors
    Thommi G, Mcleay M, ACCP San Francisco, CA 1998
  • To compare the efficacy of NCPAP titration vs Auto CPAP in sleep apnea patients
    Thommi G, McGill D, ACCP San Francisco, CA 1998
  • Can patients with chronic CO2 retention bed safely exercised in pulmonary rehabilitation
    Thommi G, Leinen D, Bauer P, Moore S, ACCP San Francisco, CA, 1998
  • Cryobronchoscopy in the management of foreign body in the tracheobronchial tree
    Thommi G, Mcleay M, ACCP San Francisco, CA, 1998
  • Intrapleural instillation of TPA in the management of complicated pleural effusions.
    Thommi G, Shehan C, Bell A, Mcleay M, ACCP San Francisco, CA, Oct 2000
  • Does cryobronchoscopy improve survival in patients with malignant tumors that obstruct the trachea/bronchus? Thommi G, Lieske A, Shehan C, Meyers P, Mcleay M. ATS Seattle, WA May 2003
  • Safety profile of various doses of TPA in the management of complicated pleural effusions. Thommi G, Shehan C, Meyers P, Mcleay M. ACCP Seattle, WA, Oct 2004
  • Intrapleural instillation of TPA in complicated malignant pleural effusions prior to pleurodesis. Thommi G, Shehan C, Meyers P, Mcleay M. ACCP Seattle, WA, Oct 2004
  • Safety and efficacy of intrapleural instillation of TPA in the management of hemothorax.
    Thommi G, Shehan C, Meyers P, Mcleay M. ACCP Seattle, WA, Oct 2004
• Clinic Locations
• Omaha, Nebraska
• Norfolk, Nebraska
• Red Oak, Iowa