Research

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel provides ample opportunities for clinical, epidemiological, quality improvement and medical education research. Our faculty are engaged in a broad-range of investigations, including pulmonary vascular disease, venous thromboembolism, cystic fibrosis, pleural disease and asthma. In critical care, our faculty are investigating severe sepsis, diaphragm function in ventilator weaning, the association of resource utilization with clinical outcomes, point-of-care ultrasound training, and simulation-based teaching. 

David Steiger, MD: 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

Paru Patrawalla, MD: 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

Sam Acquah, MD: quality improvement and safety, simulation education; sepsis outcomes

Patricia Walker, DO: cystic fibrosis clinical trials and outcomes research; COPD outcomes and readmission rates

Roxana Sulica, MD: pulmonary hypertension clinical trials and outcomes research

Alfredo Astua, MD: sleep outcomes in patient undergoing bariatric surgery

Alexandra Adams, MD: quality improvement projects, asthma

Molly (Mary) Harris, MD: COPD outcomes and readmission rates

Young Im Lee, MD: ultrasound assessment of the diaphragm in intubated patients; hyponatremia in critical illness

Albert Miller, MD: PFT findings in patients with HIV; occupational health outcomes

Please click here for a list of publications from our fellows.