Learn about the latest advances in lung disease treatment from the experts of the Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, led by Charles A. Powell, MD, the Janice and Coleman Rabin Professor of Medicine. Our lung transplant and lung cancer programs are leading the nation in discoveries of new treatments and development of new procedures, and our integrated sleep center is conducting groundbreaking research through important collaborations with our partners in cardiology, genomics, and clinical immunology. Our physicians offer the latest treatment options for conditions such as asthma, sleep apnea, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and bronchiectasis, emphysema, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD), and more. For patients with sarcoidosis, we offer one of the largest programs in the nation, providing the latest treatment options. The Division of Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report® for 2024-25.
Learn about the latest advances in lung disease treatment from the experts of the Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, led by Charles A. Powell, MD, the Janice and Coleman Rabin Professor of Medicine. Our lung transplant and lung cancer programs are leading the nation in discoveries of new treatments and development of new procedures, and our integrated sleep center is conducting groundbreaking research through important collaborations with our partners in cardiology, genomics, and clinical immunology. Our physicians offer the latest treatment options for conditions such as asthma, sleep apnea, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and bronchiectasis, emphysema, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD), and more. For patients with sarcoidosis, we offer one of the largest programs in the nation, providing the latest treatment options. The Division of Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report® for 2024-25.
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The Unusual Protective Properties of SARS-CoV-2 in People With Asthma
Mount Sinai researchers are exploring the finding that certain proteins produced by patients with mild to moderate eosinophilic asthma downregulate the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor that allows SARS-CoV-2 entry to airway cells, ...
Support Services at Mount Sinai Make a Difference for Patients With Lung Disease
To help patients with lung disease work through what can be a life-changing diagnosis, Mount Sinai provides holistic, compassionate care.
Thickness Is Key to New Staging System for Pleural Mesothelioma
For patients with pleural mesothelioma, having a higher sum of maximum pleural thickness at three specific levels measured in the axial plane predicts worse survival. This finding informs the forthcoming ninth edition of the TNM Staging ...
Infant With Severe Lung Immaturity and Pulmonary Hypertension Is Thriving
A pneumatocele that occupied almost the entirety of Baby P’s right lower lung was becoming life-threatening. But with help from the Chronic Lung Care team at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, he is now doing well.
A Systematic Approach to Incidental Lung Nodules
Mount Sinai Health System is taking a systematic approach to addressing incidental lung nodules. It includes using natural language processing to scan all Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West chest-related radiological reports ...
Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 2024
The Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine provides state-of-the-art consultation, diagnostic testing, and clinical and multidisciplinary care to patients with simple and complex respiratory ...
Ahead of the Curve: Pediatric Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy
Interventional bronchoscopy has long been part of the adult pulmonologist's armamentarium; however, it is rarely used in children for a variety of reasons. But at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, interventional bronchoscopy has ...
Multispecialty Programs That Benefit Patients
The new Mount Sinai Multispecialty Lung Nodules Diagnostic and Treatment Program and an in-depth look at our revitalized bronchiectasis program, which also offers patients a range of medical and surgical options, are among the highlights of this year's report.
Multidisciplinary Lung Nodules Program Streamlines Management of Suspicious Lung Lesions
Despite advances in lung cancer treatment, the disease remains deadly, with the stage of lung cancer at the time of detection being a major determinant in survival. To improve early diagnosis and treatment, the Mount Sinai – National Jewish ...
Bronchiectasis Program Offers Multidisciplinary Innovation
Robotic-assisted surgery, early intervention, and a comprehensive patient registry are among the ways in which Mount Sinai’s bronchiectasis program continues to distinguish itself in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Launched ...
Unique Three-Incision Technique Succeeds for Robotic Chest Surgery
A Mount Sinai surgeon has developed a unique three-incision robotic surgical technique for conducting minimally invasive first-rib resections that he says is safer, more effective, and easily reproducible.
Mount Sinai Takes a Leadership Role in Marrying AI to Sleep Medicine
Sleep laboratories and wearable devices generate torrents of data about patients' sleep, much of which is never analyzed.
Turning Pulmonary Fellows Into Masters of Ultrasonography
Ultrasound, especially at the bedside, has grown significantly in importance in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Unveiling Asthma's Molecular Secrets: How Blood Molecules Influence Airway Processes
A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has unraveled the intricate molecular interplay between systemic processes within the blood and localized processes within the airways of individuals with asthma.
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a novel, automated measure of analyzing sleep studies to determine the severity and risk of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a chronic sleep disorder that affects about 30 million ...
Register Now! Mount Sinai Respiratory Institute Symposium
The Mount Sinai Respiratory Institutes is offering a 2 day comprehensive course on advanced topics in pulmonary medicine, directed toward community pulmonologists, advanced practice NP and PA providers as well primary care physicians.
Influenza infection (flu) is a major cause of death around the world, especially during years of flu pandemics. People who die of the flu often have a secondary lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria that starts a few ...
Mount Sinai Paves the Way For a New Era of 3D-Printed Airway Stents
Mount Sinai Health System is using custom 3D-printed stents to open the trachea and main bronchi of patients with complex airway anatomy. Over time, an interventional pulmonologist believes, they could replace standard stenting for benign ...
A new Mount Sinai research program aims to map the developing pediatric airway from minimally invasive respiratory samples obtained during flexible bronchoscopy, with the goal of advancing cystic fibrosis therapeutics and enabling the ...
Brief Withdrawal of Apnea Therapy Could Increase Alzheimer's Risk
A first-of-its-kind study led by a Mount Sinai researcher suggests that even a brief withdrawal of continuous positive airway pressure therapy for sleep apnea might increase one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Pleuroscopy Program Drives Growth and a Cultural Change
The Mount Sinai – National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute’s Pleural Service, launched in 2020, has used pleuroscopy to dramatically increase its reach and the number and acuity of patients it can serve.
When Can a Patient Come Off a Ventilator? This AI Can Help Decide
A Mount Sinai physician has developed an algorithm that uses a range of electronic medical record data to identify patients who are ready to be liberated from ventilation.
Asthma and COPD Expert Is Mount Sinai's New Chair of Medicine
Mount Sinai has named Monica Kraft, MD, as its new Chair of Medicine. She will now lead a department she has long collaborated with on research.
Teaching Pulmonary Fellows How to Teach
Mount Sinai has launched a novel technology-driven teaching scholars curriculum that uses a blended learning model to prepare subspecialty pulmonary and critical care fellows for careers as clinician-educators.
New Understanding of Asthma Could Yield More Precise Treatments
Mount Sinai is undertaking several initiatives to better understand the factors that contribute to severe asthma and identify different subtypes of the disease. The work is intended to bring a precision medicine approach to asthma.
Ensuring ICUs Have the Tools to Manage the Next Crisis
Mount Sinai's medical intensive care unit is adjusting to the "new normal" post-pandemic by ensuring that its teams have the tools to manage future crises.
Unexplained Shortness of Breath? Exercise Physiology Yields Answers in 10 Minutes
Mount Sinai's exercise physiology program, which went dormant during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been revitalized with a new leader, sleek state-of-the-art hardware, software upgrades, and more.
Mount Sinai's New Lung Transplantation Program Takes on Complex Cases
Mount Sinai’s Scott Scheinin, MD, and Harish Seethamraju, MD, are establishing the End-Stage Lung Disease and Transplant Program as a leader in treating complex cases.
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Specialty Report 2023
We challenged expectations to achieve progress in 2022 in areas ranging from asthma to pleuroscopy, exercise physiology, and lung transplant.
This study provides one of the most comprehensive analyses of interstitial lung disease diagnosis and treatment in patients who received an antibody drug conjugate known as T-DXd, from a class of drugs designed as a targeted therapy for treating cancers.
Three Prestigious Institutions Band Together Against Common Challenges
Mount Sinai Health System, Jefferson Health, and National Jewish Health have begun working together to advance understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of a range of pulmonary diseases, some of which have traditionally been orphan diseases.
Working Toward Anti-Racism in Training and Care Programs
The Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, like the entire Mount Sinai Health System, is making concerted efforts to become an anti-racist institution.
Providing High-Level Care to Infants and Children With Chronic Respiratory Conditions
The multidisciplinary Chronic Lung Care Program at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital was established to help care for infants in the NICU with evolving and established chronic respiratory failure.
Gene Signatures May Predict Outcomes Among Similar-Appearing Tumors
Gene signatures derived from lung carcinoma could potentially predict outcomes among individuals with small lung cancers detected by chest CT imaging, when those tumors cannot be distinguished visually as aggressive or indolent.
Building a Hub to Catch Lung Cancer Early
Fewer than 10 percent of potentially eligible patients undergo lung cancer screening, resulting in unnecessary illness and death. The new Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside wants to change that.
Decline in Lung Cancer Deaths Is Linked to Increased Screening
A recent, substantial decline in lung cancer deaths is associated with earlier diagnosis of lung cancer than in the past, a new study shows.
Nationwide Study of 'Long COVID' Will Put Lungs Front and Center
Mount Sinai will serve as a hub site for two cohort studies as part of the NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative, which will assess the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC).
Driven by COVID-19 Sequelae, Mount Sinai Establishes Lung Transplant Program
Mount Sinai Health System has recruited two world-renowned experts to establish a lung transplantation program that will care for both traditional and highly complex cases. The demand for these services is projected to grow as more patients ...
Moving Ahead: From COVID-19 to Lung Cancer Screening
From addressing the aftermath of COVID-19 to stepping up the fight against lung cancer, Mount Sinai’s Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine continues to move the field forward.
Collaborative Airway Institute Established at Mount Sinai
The Institute for Airway Science (IAS) is comprised of translational and basic scientists with expertise in the areas of epithelial science, stem cell science, and transplant immunology.