Research Opportunities for Residents

Ronald G. Crystal, MD

Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Email: rgcryst@med.cornell.edu

Tel: 646-962-4363 

Genetic variability modulating the risk to smoking and the pathogenesis of COPD and lung cancer.

Recent Resident Mentored: Brendan Carolan 

Ben-Gary Harvey, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Email: bgharvey@med.cornell.edu

Tel: 212-746-1188 

Gene expression in smoking-related lung disease and methods for tissue acquisition from subjects in pulmonary research. Clinical epidemiology of COPD and in the development of new phenotypes in smoking-related lung disease as well as new diagnostic modalities for benign and malignant lung disease. 

Robert J. Kaner, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Email: rkaner@med.cornell.edu

Tel: 646-962-5554 

Molecular mechanisms of accelerated emphysema in HIV+smokers. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Alveolar macrophage gene expression in interstitial lung disease. Role of VEGF in ARDS and severe sepsis, with potential for clinical pharmacological intervention.  

Ana C. Krieger, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: ack2003@med.cornell.edu

Tel: 646-962-7378  

Translational research evaluating the effects of sleep apnea and intermittent hypoxemia in vascular thromboregulation, platelet activity, and adenosine metabolism. 

Ann Tilley, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: aet9003@med.cornell.edu

Tel: 646-962-5527 

Gene expression profiling of the human lung in normal individuals and individuals with smoking-related disease.

Recent Resident Mentored: Rachel Knipe


For More Information

For additional information regarding the medical research track and a description of research projects pursued by our faculty, please refer to the following sites:

Research at Weill Cornell Medical College
Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery
Research at The Rockefeller University

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