Montefiore's CORE Clinic Helps Heal COVID-19 Survivors
Under the leadership of co-directors Aluko A. Hope, MD, MSCE, a pulmonary/critical care specialist and co-director Seth Congdon, MD, a primary care physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine, the COVID-19 Recover (CORE) Clinic provide follow-up and recovery engagement to COVID-19 survivros experiencing a wide range of physical, cognitive or emotional effects after a recent hospitalization or outpatient care. More >>.
Dr. Dan G. Fein Promoted
Daniel G. Fein, MD, has assumed the positions of Clinical Director of In-Patient Pulmonary Services for Montefiore Medical Center along with Wakefield Site Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and will serve as Director of the Wakefield medical ICU (MICU), effective July 3, 202
How to develop your clinical research career with Dr. Michelle Ng Gong (American Thoracic Society podcast)
In this “Breathe Easy Fellow Chat”, Dr. Dominique Pepper interviews Dr. Michelle Ng Gong. Their conversation is focused on how to develop your career as a clinical researcher. Dr. Ng Gong is currently the Chair-Elect of the ATS Program Committee. She is also the Chief of Research in the Division of Critical Care at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. More >>
Dr. Divya Reddy Provides Expert Commentary
Divya Reddy, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary) and Associate Program Director (Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship) provides commentary on the article Clinical and Immunological Assessment of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections published in Nature Medicine (June 2020) article. Commentary pdf
Department of Medicine Members Set to Begin Einstein’s CRTP Program
Krystal Cleven, MD, an assistant professor medicine (pulmonary medicine) is among the 17 students accepted into Einstein’s prestigious Clinical Research Training Program. Dr. Cleven’s research interests are in studying the health effects of WTC exposure, specifically in the FDNY cohort. More >>
Dr. Divya Reddy Provides Expert Commentary
Divya Reddy, MBBS, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary) and Associate Program Director (Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship) provides commentary on the article A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for COVID-19 In New England Journal of Medicine. Read Commentary pdf
Peter Dicpinigaitis Named Editor-In-Chief of LUNG
Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, Professor of Medicine (Critical Care) and Director of the Montefiore Cough Center, has been named Editor-in-Chief of LUNG, a journal for pulmonary researchers and clinicians. Dr. Dicpinigaitis has served as Associate Editor since 2008; he will begin his tenure as EIC in October, 2019. Read
Diagnosing Lung Cancer Noninvasively
DNA mutations cause cancer and are signs that genome sequence integrity has been lost. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Jan Vijg, Ph.D., and Simon Spivack, M.D., M.P.H., a five-year, $3.3 million grant to assess genome integrity in normal human cells. More >>
Celebrating the Life of Dr. K. Thomas Aldrich
In November 2016, dozens of colleagues, friends, family and New York City firefighters, gathered at Montefiore’s Grand Hall to celebrate the life of Dr. Thomas K. Aldrich, who died on September 5, 2016, of pancreatic cancer.
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