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PH 12 Stem

New York, NY 10032

Phone: 212-305-9868

ye1@columbia.edu

Yale Enson, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine Emeritus, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Research Summary

Dr. Enson’s research examines the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with diseases of the respiratory system. He has investigated the response of the pulmonary vessels to vasoconstrictive stimuli (chronic bronchitis, obesity hypoventilation), to anatomic restriction of the bed (interstitial lung diseases), to combinations of both stimuli (emphysema, pulmonary thromboemboli), and to genetic abnormalities of the bed (“primary” pulmonary hypertension).

Positions and Appointments

1999-present, Professor of Clinical Medicine Emeritus, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

1999-present, Special Lecturer in Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

1961-1999, Assistant Professor- Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

1999-present, Consultant Emeritus, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Education and Training

1948, A.B., Columbia College, New York, NY

1953, M.D., SUNY, Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

1954-55, 1956-59, Resident, Department of Medicine, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

1959-1961, Research Fellow, Cardio-Pulmonary Lab, First Columbia Medical Service, Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY

Investigation Committees and Society Memberships

NIH Technical Review Committee, Artificial Heart Program

American Heart Association, Council on Cardiopulmonary Diseases

New York Heart Association, Criteria Committee

New York Lung Association, Research and Scientific Advisory Committee

Harvey Society

American Physiological Society

American Society for Clinical Investigation

Selected Publications

1. Enson Y, Chamberlin MD. (2001) Cournand & Richards and the Bellevue Hospital Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory. Columbia: 34-44

2. Schulman L., Enson Y. (1995) Effect of cylcooxygenase inhibition and hyperoxia on the pulmonary circulation in dogs. Am J Physiol 268: H1521-30

3. Schulman L., McCullough P, Lennon P, Wood JA, Enson Y. (1994) Pulmonary vascular resistance in emphysema. Chest 105: 798-805

4. Enson Y, Thomas HM III, Bosken CH, Wood JA, Leroy EC, Blanc WA, Wigger HJ, Harvey RM. (1975) Pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease: relation of vascular resistance to abnormal lung structure. Trans A Am Physicians 88: 248-55

5. Rochester DF, Enson Y. (1974) Current concepts in the pathogenesis of the obesity hypoventilation syndrome: mechanical and circulatory factors. Am J Med 57: 402-20

6. Enson Y, Giuntini C, Lewis ML, Morris TQ, Ferrer MI, Harvey RM. (1964) The influence of hydrogen ion concentration and hypoxia on the pulmonary circulation. J Clin Invest 43: 1146-62