Pulmonology

Meyer Kattan, MD Academic Title(s): Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-5122 Fax: (212) 305-6103 Email: mk2833@columbia.edu

Education:

• McGill University, BSc, 1969
  
• McGill University, M.D.,C.M., 1973

• Intern and resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1973-75
  
• Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON 1975-76
  
• Fellow, pediatric pulmonology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON 1976-78

Awards and Honors:

• University Scholar, McGill University, 1970-1972
• J. Francis Williams Prize in Medicine and Clinical Medicine, McGill University, 1973
• Solomon Silver Award in Clinical Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1980
• Edward L. Pratt Lecturer, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 1987
• Best Doctors – New York Magazine
• Best Doctors in the Northeast– Castle Connelly
• Best Doctors in America – Castle Connelly

Interests/Specialties:

• Asthma
• Cystic fibrosis
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• Alternative and complementary therapy

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Emilio Arteaga-Solis, MD, PhD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: (212) 305-5122 Fax: (212)305-6103 Email: ea2279@columbia.edu

Education:

• The City College of New York, CUNY, B.S. 1994
• Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of NYU, MD and PhD (Biomedical Science), 2003

• Internship and Residency in Pediatrics – Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, 2003-2006
• Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center, 2006-2009

Interests/Specialties:

• Asthma
• Cystic fibrosis
• Bronchoscopy
• Respiratory disorders in childhood

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Michael R. Bye, MD Academic Title(s): Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Director, Fellowship Training Program Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: mb255@columbia.edu

Education:

• State University of New York at Buffalo, BA, 1970
• State University of NY at Buffalo School of Medicine, MD, 1976

• Intern and resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 1976-79
• Fellow, pediatric pulmonology, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 1979-82

Awards and Honors:

• Editorial Board, Pediatric Pulmonology, 1996-
• Chief Editor for Pediatric Pulmonology, E-medicine Pediatrics, 2003-
• Best Doctors – New York Magazine
• Best Doctors in the Northeast– Castle Connelly
• Best Doctors in America – Castle Connelly

Interests/Specialties:

• General Pediatric pulmonary medicine
• Asthma
• Cough
• Abnormal lung sounds
• Shortness of breath or chest pain with exercise
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Bronchoscopy

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Andrei Constantinescu, MD, PhD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: ac726@columbia.edu

Education:

• Princeton University, B.A. 1989
• Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD and PhD (Molecular Biology), 1997

• Internship and Residency in Pediatrics – New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, 1999 – 2002
• Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center

Interests/Specialties:

• Respiratory care in neuromuscular disorders
• Cystic fibrosis
• Bronchoscopy
• Respiratory disorders in childhood

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Kristin Kelly-Pieper, MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: kk2544@columbia.edu

Education:

• Dartmouth College, BA, 1998
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD, 2002

• Internship and Residency in Pediatrics – Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, NY, 2002-2005
• Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine – Mount Sinai Medical Center, 2006-2007
• Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine – New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia, 2007-2009
• Fellowship in Sleep Medicine – New York Medical College –Sleep Disorders Institute, 2009-2010

Interests/Specialties:

• Sleep Disorders in children
• Pediatric Asthma
• Sleep Disordered breathing/Apnea
• Behavioral sleep problems in infants, children, adolescents
• Insomnia
• Parasomnias
• Restless Legs Syndrome

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Carin Lamm, MD Academic Title(s): Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: cil2104@columbia.edu

Education:

• Barnard College, BA 1971
• New York University School of Medicine, MD, 1975

• Intern, Resident and Chief Resident: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York 1975-79
• Fellowship: Pediatric pulmonology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York 1979-1981

Interests/Specialties:

• Sleep disorders
• Sleep apnea
• Asthma

Awards and Honors:

• Clinical Fellowship, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, July 80-June 81
• Best Doctors -- New York Magazine
• Best Doctors in the Northeast -- Castle Connelly
• Best Doctors in America - Castle Connelly

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Robert B. Mellins, MD Academic Title(s): Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: rbm3@columbia.edu

Education:

• Columbia College, AB, 1948
• Johns Hopkins University, MD, 1952

• Internship, (PL 1) Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1952-53
• Residency, (PL 2) Pediatrics, New York Hospital, 1955-56
• Residency, (PL 3) Pediatrics, Presbyterian Hospital, NY, 1956-57
• Cardiopulmonary Fellowship, Columbia University 1961-65

Awards and Honors:

• AOA, Johns Hopkins
• First prize, New England Journal of Medicine Essay Competition,
• NIH Career Development Award
• Stevens Triennial Award for Research from Columbia University
• Medical Education Award for Lay Education from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the 2003 Kendig Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Pulmonology
• President of the American Thoracic Society, the Fleischner Society, and the American Lung Association of New York
• Gold Humanism Honor Society 2004
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Babies Hospital, October 2006

Interests/Specialties:

• Pulmonary diseases and disorders in children and young adults including asthma

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Lynne Quittell, MD Academic Title(s): Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: LMQ1@columbia.edu

Education:

• Hampshire College, B.A. 1975
• Sackler School of Medicine, M.D. 1981

• Pediatrics Intern and Resident, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long island Jewish Medical Center, 1981-1984
• Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 1984- 1987

Awards and Honors:

• Teacher of the Year – Babies Hospital, Columbia University, 1990

Interests/Specialties:

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Lung disorders of children

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Beverley J. Sheares, MD, MS Academic Title(s): Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: bjs4@columbia.edu

Education:

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, 1982
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MD, 1986
• Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, MS, 2001

• Intern and Resident, Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1986-89
• Chief Resident, Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1989-90
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1993-96

Awards and Honors:

• Foreign Fellowship to King's College, London, England, 1983
• Teacher of the Year Award, Black and Latino Student Organization, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1995
• Charles P. Felton Pulmonary Fellowship Award, American Lung Association of New York, 1995-97
• The Distinguished Residents and Fellows Asthma Education Scholarship Program, National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, 1996
• Patient-Oriented Research Scholar, Division of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 1999-2001
• Teacher of the Year Award, Black and Latino Student Organization, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 2001
• Named One of America’s Leading Black Physicians by Black Enterprise Magazine, 2001
• Dr. J. Buren Sidbury Visiting Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Durham, North Carolina, 2005

Interests/Specialties:

• General Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
• Asthma
• Bronchoscopy
• Health Disparities Research

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Sarah Zaidi , MD Academic Title(s): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-5122 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: sz2231@columbia.edu

Education:

• Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, Advanced level degree in pre-medicine, 1996
• Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, M.B,B.S (MD equivalent), 2001

• Pediatric Internship and Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2004-2007
• Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship training, Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2007-2010

Awards and Honors:

• 7/2011-2012: Stony Wold –Herbert Fund Research grant-in-aid ($25,000)

Interests/Specialties:

• Airway Smooth Muscle and Airway Epithelium
• Asthma
• General pediatric pulmonary medicine
• Flexible pediatric bronchoscopy

David Evans, PhD Academic Title(s): Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences (in Pediatrics) Director, Asthma Health Education Research Program Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-6732 Fax: 212-212-305-2692 Email: de8@columbia.edu

Education:

• Harvard University, B.A.
• Northwestern University, M.A., Ph.D. in Sociology

• Lifetime Achievement Award from the Behavioral Science Assembly of the American Thoracic Society.
• President’s Award for Volunteer Service from the American Lung Association of New York City.

Interests/Specialties:

• Research to develop effective methods for teaching patients and health care professionals to manage asthma effectively
• Asthma education programs for elementary and high school students
• A asthma care quality improvement programs for pediatricians in private practice and pediatric clinic staff
• Research to assess the efficacy of written treatment plans for asthma
• Interventions to help residents of public housing reduce exposure to pests, pesticides, and indoor allergens

Robert P. Garofano, Ed.D. RCEP Academic Title(s): Assistant Clinical Professor of Applied Physiology in Pediatrics Technical Director Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Laboratories Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-7850 Fax: 212-342-5652 Email: RPG13@Columbia.edu

Education:

• William Paterson College BA, 1979
• Queens College – CUNY, MS, 1983
• Teacher’s College – Columbia University, M.Ed. Ed.D.,1992

• Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist American College of Sports Medicine, 2006

Awards and Honors:

• Distinguished Alumni Award William Paterson College 1998

Interests/Specialties:

• Exercise testing and physical performance
• Asthma
• Congenital Heart and Lung disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Obesity
• Pectus Excavatum
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Sports Participation.

Linda Peters, RN, MS CPNP Academic Title(s): Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Pediatric Pulmonary Division Preceptor: Columbia University School of Nursing Contact Information: Tel: 212-305-2521 Fax: 212-305-6103 Email: lkp2@columbia.edu

Education:

• Columbia University School of Nursing: M.S., 1990
• Southern Connecticut State University: B.S., 1979
• Grace-New Haven School of Nursing: Diploma in Nursing, 1968

Awards and Honors:

• AAS/Ellen Fuller Award for Excellence in Nursing, 2001

Interests/Specialties:

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Sleep Apnea
• Asthma: patient and family education

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