Daniel G. Fein
<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Daniel Fein completed a medical degree at NYU School of Medicine and an internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center. Following residency, he spent five months serving as medical director of the Hillside Health Care Center in Toledo, Belize, and completed fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.</p>
<p><strong>Administrative</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Fein is the director of inpatient pulmonary services for Montefiore Medical Center and the director of the medical and surgical intensive care unit at Montefiore Wakefield where he also serves as the site director for both pulmonary and critical care. Between 2019 and 2022 Dr. Fein served as the web director for the critical care assembly of the American Thoracic Society. </p>
<p><strong>Clinical Specialties</strong></p>
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<li>Emergency airway management </li>
<li>Ventilator management</li>
<li>Thoracic point of care critical care ultrasound </li>
<li>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</li>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext;">Apter A, Cheng J, Small D, Bennett I, Albert C, <strong>Fein D</strong>, George M, Van Horne S. Asthma Numeracy Skill and Health Literacy. Journal of Asthma 2006;43:705-710. </span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: windowtext;">Walkey A, <strong>Fein D</strong>, Horbowicz K, Farber H. Differential Response to Intravenous Prostacyclin Analog Therapy in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2011;24:421-5.</span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sampat D, Filopei J, Rao P, <strong>Fein D</strong>, Acquah S. Full circle: Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the trachea. Lung Cancer. 2017 Sep;111:12-14.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Archontakis P, Palaiodimos L, Fleitas Sosa D, Benes L, Gulani P, <strong>Fein D</strong>. Combination of low-dose glucocorticosteroids and mineralocorticoids as adjunct therapy for adult patients with septic shock: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies. </span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size: 11pt;">Avicenna J Med 2019;9:134-42.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein DG</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Eisen LA. Video Body Cameras Bridge the Gap Between Simulation and Patient Care During Emergency Airway Management. Chest 2020;158:24-5.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kim Y, Dym AA, Yang K, <strong>Fein DG</strong>, et al. The Effect of Numbered Jerseys on Directed Commands, Teamwork, and Clinical Performance During Simulated Emergencies. J Healthc Qual 2021;43:24-31.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein DG</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Mastroianni F, Murphy CG, et al. Impact of a Critical Care Specialist Intervention on First Pass Success for Emergency Airway Management Outside the ICU. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2021;36:80-8.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein DG</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Zhao D, Swartz K, et al. The Impact of Nighttime on First Pass Success During the Emergent Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Patients. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2021;36:1498-506.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Russotto V, Myatra SN, Laffey JG, et al. (site principle investigator) Intubation Practices and Adverse Peri-intubation Events in Critically Ill Patients From 29 Countries. JAMA 2021;325:1164-72.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nauka PC, Chen JT, Shiloh AL, Eisen LA, <strong>Fein DG</strong>. Practice, Outcomes, and Complications of Emergent Endotracheal Intubation by Critical Care Practitioners During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Chest 2021;160:2112-22.</span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein D</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Verzosa S, Walker P. Cystic Lung Disease. Pulmonary Disease Examination and Board Review. Go R. McGraw Hill; 2016. </span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein D</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Verzosa S, Walker P. Bronchiectasis. Pulmonary Disease Examination and Board Review. Go R. McGraw Hill; 2016.</span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fein D</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, Abbasi M. Thoracic Ultrasound Image Acquisition. Point-of-Care Ultrasound, second edition. Soni N, Arntfield R, Kory P. Saunders; 2019.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; border: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Douglas IS, Bednash JS, <strong>Fein DG</strong>, Mallampalli RK, Mansoori J, Gershengorn HB. Update in Critical Care / ARDS 2018. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jun; 199:1335-1343. </span></p>
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<p>Daniel G. Fein, MD, is Director, Inpatient Pulmonary Services, Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Fein’s clinical focus centers on emergency airway management, acute respiratory failure, shock and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University in 2002, Dr. Fein earned his Doctor of Medicine at New York University in 2008. He then completed his internal medicine residency at Boston University in 2011, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in 2015.</p><p>Dr. Fein’s research focus pertains to the practice and management of emergency airway management and acute respiratory failure. He has shared his work through numerous invited presentations, peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts. He has also been a reviewer for scientific journals including the <em>Journal of Clinical Medicine</em>, the <em>Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, CHEST Journal</em> and <em>BMJ Open Access</em>.</p><p>Dr. Fein is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS). In 2021, Dr. Fein was recognized as a Leo M. Davidoff Society Honoree. In 2023, he received the Quality Improvement Champion Award from the United Hospital Fund Tribute to Excellence.</p>