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
