Pulmonary and Critical Care Research
The Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, and Mount Sinai Beth Israel provide ample opportunities for clinical, epidemiological, quality improvement, medical simulation, medical education and basic science research. Our faculty and fellows are engaged in a broad-range of investigations, with opportunities to collaborate with investigators throughout the Mount Sinai Health System. During the first year of training, fellows meet with the Program Director to identify research and career interests and to establish a research mentor. Research projects are then integrated over three years with up to 6 months in dedicated research time during the third year. All fellows complete our Quality Improvement (QI) Curriculum. This program provides a foundation in the science of QI and the application of principles to improve quality, patient safety and value in health care. Fellows develop and lead individual and group QI projects in pulmonary or critical care. Resources for research include IRB guidance and availability of statistical support, system-wide research symposia and system-wide research education seminars. Fellows receive support to present their work at national, local and regional conferences. Our faculty and fellows are engaged in a broad range of investigations as detailed below.
Research Opportunities
Lauren Blackwell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
VTE and COVID-19 outcomes, curricular development, interprofessional education
Alexander Davidovich, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sedation/sedatives in the ICU, improving humanism through ICU narratives, Teaching Scholars Curriculum, simulation training, POCUS
Edward Eden, MD
Professor of Medicine
Outcomes in COPD, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, advances in the therapy of bronchiectasis, innovations in medical education
Jason Filopei, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
POCUS, short and long-term outcomes of pulmonary embolism
Raymonde Jean, MD
Professor of Medicine
Sleep disorders in critical illness, obesity in the critically ill, critical care outcomes, acute respiratory failure
Susannah Kurtz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical simulation, medical education, sepsis, death certificate improvement
Young Im Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ultrasound assessment of the diaphragm in intubated patients; critical care outcomes; COVID-19 outcomes
Joseph Mathew, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Critical care outcomes, critical care ultrasonography, airway management, simulation training
Albert Miller, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
PFT findings in patients with HIV; occupational health outcomes
Lina Miyakawa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
QI and Patient Safety, HFNC for Hypoxic Respiratory Failure, RRTs/Cardiac Arrests, POCUS, COVID-19 outcomes
Mirna Monhanraj, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
Innovations in medical education, novel curriculum development, simulation education and training, innovations in medical education, trainee well-being, bioethics
Gopal Narayanswami, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Critical care ultrasonography, EBUS, procedural education
Mary O'Sullivan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Smoking cessation, asthma outcomes, ACOS, asthma and obesity, role of roflumilast in asthma
Paru Patrawalla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
Effectiveness of point-of-care ultrasound training; relationship of educational outcomes to patient outcomes; simulation education; outcomes of patients receiving high-flow nasal cannula for acute respiratory failure; COVID-19 outcomes
James Salonia, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sepsis, pulmonary embolism, medical simulation, critical care ultrasonography
Janet Shapiro, MD
Professor of Medicine
Quality improvement and safety, hypothermia in cardiac arrest, ethics, simulation training
David Steiger, MD
Professor of Medicine
Short and long-term outcomes of pulmonary embolism; use of an age-adjusted d-dimer on evaluation for pulmonary embolism; outcomes of submassive PE with initiation of a multidisciplinary PE response team; outcomes of patients receiving high-flow nasal cannula for acute respiratory failure
Gerard Turino, MD
Professor of Medicine
COPD pathogenic mechanisms, elastin degradation as a biomarker in COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis and hyaluronon as a COPD therapyPatient outcomes and QI for pleural procedures, bronchoscopy
Jigna Zatakia, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease and outpatient pulmonary QI
Javier Zulueta, MD
Professor of Medicine
Lung cancer screening with low dose CT; association of emphysema and COPD on the risk of lung cancer; detection of early, asymptomatic emphysema and COPD using CT image analysis and the impact of early intervention on the natural course of these diseases; emphysema as a risk factor for better selection of candidates for annual lung cancer screening
Contact Us
Geraldine Vargas Program Coordinator Tel: 212-523-3610 Fax: 212-523-3609 geraldine.vargas@mountsinai.org
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