Physicians and Faculty

The Einstein-Montefiore Division of Pulmonary Medicine's attending physician's subspecialty areas of clinical expertise include the following:

Division Chief

Simon Spivack, MD, MPH

• lung nodule evaluation
• lung cancer diagnostics
• interstitial lung disease
• environmental lung disease
• general pulmonary medicine

Pulmonary Medicine Faculty

Thomas Knight Aldrich, MD

• pulmonary function and physiology
• hypoxia
• control of ventilation
• ventilatory failure
• sickle cell-related lung disease
• general pulmonary medicine

David W. Appel, MD

•  sleep medicine
• general pulmonary medicine

Andrew R. Berman, MD

• pulmonary function
• pulmonary diseases in special populations
• general pulmonary medicine

Maria Cirino

• interventional pulmonary medicine inclusive of endobronchial and pleural procedures
• lung cancer diagnostics and care
• general pulmonary medicine

Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, MD

• cough
• critical care medicine

Jay B. Dobkin, MD

•  pulmonary function
• general pulmonary medicine

Kenneth L. Pinsker, MD

• pulmonary function
• bronchoscopy
• pleural disease
• general pulmonary medicine

David J. Prezant, MD

• environmental and occupational lung disease
• firefighters respiratory disease
• disaster medicine
• pulmonary embolism
• general pulmonary medicine

Neomi Shah, MD, MPH

• sleep medicine
• general pulmonary medicine