Education

Dr. Marjan Islam is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Islam received his medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and completed fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, where he served as Chief Fellow.

Board Certification

Dr. Islam is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Islam is also a routine contributor to medical research and has published in multiple leading peer-reviewed journals on topics of Pulmonary Embolism, HIV-Associated Lung Disease, Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill, and more.

Research

Dr. Islam has published original investigations in peer-reviewed journals on topics that include Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Infarction, Right Heart Thrombus and HIV-Associated Lung Disease. Dr. Islam has also published on outcomes of COVID-19 in critically ill patients, and utilization of thoracic ultrasound in patients with acute respiratory failure. Dr. Islam is currently focused on using lung ultrasound to study patients recovering from respiratory failure from COVID-19.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Islam is Director of the Critical and Acute Illness Recovery and Engagement (CAIRE) Clinic, caring for general post-ICU patients. Dr. Islam also practices as an intensivist, attending the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units across Montefiore Medical Center. 

Islam M, Levitus M, Eisen L, Shiloh A, Fein D. Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure. Lung. 2020 Jan 1. PMID: 31894411 

Chiang V, Nauka P, Galen B, Islam M. A 62-Year Old Man with Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia. CHEST: Ultrasound Corner. 2022 May; 161(5): e317–e320

Chand S, Kapoor S, Orsi D, Fazzari MJ, Tanner TG, Umeh GC, Islam M, Dicpinigaitis PV. COVID-19-Associated Critical Illness – Report of the First 300 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units at a New York City Medical Center. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2020 Oct;35(10):963-970. PMID: 32812834

Filopei J, Bondarsky E, Ehrlich M, Islam M, Bajpayee G, Pang D, Shujatt A, Rowland J, Steiger D. Reducing length of stay with the direct oral anti-coagulants in low and intermediate risk pulmonary embolism: a single center experience. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 Jan 29. PMID:

Islam M, Nesheim D, Acquah S, Kory P, Kourouni I, Ramesh N, Ehrlich M, Bajpayee G, Steiger D, Filopei J. Author’s Response to “Factors Related with Outcomes in Patients with Intracardiac Thrombus”. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2019 Nov 26. PMID: 31769332

Islam M, Bangar M, Shiloh A. A Woman in her 70s on Anti-Coagulation with Sudden Shock. CHEST: Ultrasound Corner. 2019. May;155(5):e123-126. PMID: 31060707

Islam M, Nesheim D, Acquah S, Kory P, Kourouni I, Ramesh N, Ehrlich M, Bajpayee G, Steiger D, Filopei J. Right Heart Thrombi: Patient Outcomes by Treatment Modality and Predictors of Mortality: A Pooled Analysis. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2018 Oct 29. PMID: 30373436

Islam M, Filopei J, Frank M, Ramesh N, Verzosa S, Ehrlich M, Bondarsky E, Miller A, Steiger D. Pulmonary Infarction Secondary to Pulmonary Embolism – An Evolving Paradigm. Respirology. 2018 Mar 25. PMID: 29577524

§  Featured in Editorial: Tapson, Victor. Pulmonary Infarction: A disease of the (mostly) young. Respirology. 2018 Jul 16. PMID: 30011423

Islam M, Ramesh N, Kolman S, Koshy S, Frank M, Salomon N, Miller A, Harris M. Association Between CD4, Viral Load and Pulmonary Function in HIV. Lung. 2017 Oct;195(5):635-642. PMID: 28647827

Islam M, Karter D, Altshuler J, Altshuler D, Schwartz D, and Torregrossa G. Refractory Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome from Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis and Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Salvage Therapy: A Case Series. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2016 :2547645. PMID: 27597908