Services and Treatments
Meet the Pediatric Liver Transplant Physicians
James S. Killinger, MD
- Gender
- Male
- Department
- Pediatrics
- jkilling@montefiore.org
- Practice Specialty
- Pediatrics - Critical Care Medicine
- Medical Education
- Jefferson Medical College
- Residency
- Childrens Hospital - Oakland Branch Office
- Fellowship
- Columbia Presbyterian / Allen Pavilion
- Board Certified
- Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Main Location
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The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-2403
Phone: (718) 741-2470
Fax: (718) 654-6692
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More Locations
Montefiore Weiler Hospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461-2301
Phone: (718) 741-2470
Fax: (718) 654-6692
Get Directions | View MapMontefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467-2401
Phone: (718) 920-4321
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- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Administrative Title
- Attending Physician; Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program; Medical Director of the Pediatric ECMO Service; and Medical Director of the Pediatric Medical Emergency Team, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
- Clinical Focus
- Extracorporeal support in pediatrics; postoperative care of the pediatric cardiac surgery patient
- Research Focus
- Postoperative management of pediatric cardiac surgery patients; myocardial dysfunction in sepsis; biomarkers in acute decompensated heart failure
- Publications
- Biography
Dr. Killinger joined the Division of Critical Care Medicine at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in 2007, after completing fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center. In 2008 Dr. Killinger teamed with Dr. Samuel Weinstein, Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, to create the Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support Service for neonatal and pediatric ECMO support for both cardiac and respiratory failure. Also in 2008, Dr. Killinger developed the Pediatric Medical Emergency Service providing Critical Care-level service to acute medical events throughout the medical center. In July 2011, Dr. Killinger was named Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Program.
