Jose Moonjely Davis
Michele H. Mokrzycki
<p>Dr. Mokrzycki is a graduate of Boston College (B.S., 1983), and the University of Vermont College of Medicine (M.D., 1987) and received a Masters of Science in Clinical Research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (M.S. 2000). She completed both an Internal Medicine Residency and Clinical Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center in Farmington, CT. Dr Mokrzycki has been on faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 1992, where she is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology. She is a full time clinical nephrologist at the Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Campus.</p>
<p>Dr Mokrzycki's research interests have focused primarily on hemodialysis vascular access related complications, specifically, complications associated with tunneled catheter use such as infection/bacteremia/inflammation and dysfunction/thrombosis. </p>
<p>She is the recipient of a grant from the AETNA Foundation to study the effect of a multidisciplinary team approach to improve outcomes associated with catheter bacteremia in hemodialysis patients. </p>
<p>Dr Mokrzycki served on the Program Committee Member for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) for 2 years, and on Faculty for the Therapeutic Apheresis Academy (TAA) for 5 years, which is held annually at the University of Virginia College of Medicine. She has been an invited speaker and/or chaired sessions at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the Vascular Access Society (VAS), Hemodialysis University (HDU), Annual Dialysis Conference (ADC), the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), and the VEITH symposium.</p>
<p>Dr Mokrzycki served on the Catheter Endpoints Workgroup of the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI), formed by the American Society of Nephrology,the FDA and other stakeholders in End Stage Kidney Disease Innovation. Dr Mokrzycki currently serves as the Chair of the Vascular Accesss Outcomes Workgroup, a subgroup of the Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety Initiative (NTDS), which is a collaboration between the American Society of Nephrology and the Centers for Disease Control. </p>
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<p>Dr. Mokrzycki is board certified in Nephrology and is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. Clinical interests include Glomerular Diseases, Acute and Chronic Kidney Diseases, Hypertension, Kidney Stones, Renal Cystic Diseases, Dialysis, and Vascular Access for Hemodialysis.</p>
<p>Dr. Mokrzycki completed a Masters Program in Clinical Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Mokrzycki’s research focuses on reducing hemodialysis vascular access infectious and thrombotic complications.</p>
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<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Yamase H, Kohn OF. Renal malacoplakia with papillary necrosis and renal failure. Am J Kidney Dis 19:587-91, 1992.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Kaplan AA. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Complications and management. Am J Kidney Dis 23:817-27, 1994.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Rickles F, Kaplan AA, Kohn OF. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in pregnancy: Successful treatment with plasma exchange. Blood Purif 13:271-82, 1995.</li>
<li>Posner L, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Transient central diabetes insipidus in the setting of underlying chronic nephrogenic diabetes insipidus associated with lithium use. Am J Nephrol 16:339-43,1996.</li>
<li>Kerr A, Spector J, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Blau S, Simon R. V asodilator provocation of occult urinar y tract hemorrhage. J Trauma 40:152-4, 1996.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span> Kaplan AA. Protein losses in continuous renal replacement therapies. J Am Soc Nephrol 7:1-5, 1996.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span> Harris C, May H, Laut J, Palmisano J. Lactic acidosis associated with stavudine (d4T): Report of 5 cases. Clin Inf Dis 30:198-200, 2000.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Schroppel B, von Gersdorff G, Rush H, Zdunek M, Feingold R. Tunneled cuffed catheter associated infections in hemodialysis patients seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus. J Am Soc Nephrol 11:2122-2127, 2000.</li>
<li>Barisoni L, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Sablay L, Nagata M, Yamase H, Mundel P. Podocyte cell cycle regulation and proliferation in collapsing glomerulopathies. Kidney Int 58:137-143, 2000.</li>
<li>Zdunek MP, Mitra A, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Plasma exchange for the removal of digoxin-specific antibody fragments in renal failure: Timing is important for maximizing clearance. Am J Kidney Dis 36:177-183, 2000.</li>
<li>Solomon N, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Levofloxacin-associated allergic interstitial nephritis. Clin Nephrol 54:356, 2000.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Jean-Jerome K, Rush H, Zdunek MP, Rosenberg SO. A randomized trial of minidose warfarin for the prevention of late malfunction in tunneled, cuffed hemodialysis catheters. Kidney Int 59:1935-1942, 2001.</li>
<li>Swiatecka-Urban A, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Kaskel F, Da Silva F, Denamur E. Novel WT1 mutation (C388Y) in a female child with Denys-Drash syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 16:627-630, 2001.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH,</strong> Singhal A. Cost-Effectiveness of Three Strategies of Managing Tunneled-Cuffed Hemodialysis Catheters (TCC) in Clinically Mild or Asymptomatic Bacteremias. Nephrol Dial Transpl 17(12): 2196-203, 2002.</li>
<li>Negulescu O, Coco M, Croll J, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Large atrial thrombus formation associated with tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters. Clin Nephrol 59(1):40-6, 2003.</li>
<li>Golestaneh L, Laut J, Rosenberg S, Zhang M, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Favourable outcomes in episodes of Pseudomonas bacteremia when associated with tunneled cuffed catheters (TCC) in chronic hemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. May;21(5):1328-33,2006.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Zhang M, Cohen H, Golestaneh L, Laut JM, Rosenberg SO. Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Bacteremia: Risk factors for bacteremia recurrence, infectious complications and mortality. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 21(4):1024-31,2006.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Zhang M, Golestaneh L, Laut J, Rosenberg SO.A randomized controlled trial comparing two management models for the treatment of tunneled cuffed catheter (TCC) bacteremia: A collaborative team model versus usual physician-managed care. Am J Kidney Dis 48(4):587-95, 2006.</li>
<li>McKenzie LM, Hendrickson, SL, Briggs WA, Dart RA, Korbet SM, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Kimmel PL, Ahuja TS, Berns JS, Simon EE, Smith MC, Trachtman H, Michel DM, Schelling JR, Cho M, Zhou YC, Binns-Roemer E, Kirk GD, Kopp JB, Winkler CA. NPHS2 variation in sporadic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. J Am Soc Nephrol 18(11): 2987-95, 2007</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH.</strong> Use of prophylactic topical or intraluminal antibiotics for hemodialysis catheters. Nat Clin Pract Nephrol 4(9):478-9, 2008.</li>
<li>Kopp JB, Smith MW, Nelson GW, Johnson RC, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Oleksyk T, McKenzie LM, Kajiyama H, Ahuja TS, Berns JS, Briggs W, Cho ME, Dart RA, Kimmel PL, Korbet SM, Michel DM, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Schelling JR, Simon E, Trachtman H, Vlahov D, Winkler CA. MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Nat Genet. 40 (10):1175-84, 2008.</li>
<li>Sachdeva M, Bitzer M, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Vascular access type and changes in inflammatory markers in incident dialysis patients: a pilot study. J Vascular Access 10(3):174-179, 2009.</li>
<li>Golestaneh L, Gofran A, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Chen JL. Removal of vancomycin in sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED): a need for better surveillance and dosing. Clin Neph 72 (4):286-291.</li>
<li>Okafor C, Ward DM, <strong>Mokrzycki MH,</strong> Weinstein R, Clark P, Balogun RA. Introduciton and overview of therapeutic apheresis. J Clin Apheresis, 2010.</li>
<li>Lok CE, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Advances in Hemodialysis Catheter-related Infection. U.S. Nephrol, 2010.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Lok CE. Traditional and nontraditional strategies to optimize catheter function: <em>Go with more flow.</em> Kidney Int, 2010.</li>
<li>Lok CE, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Update 2010: Catheter-related Infection in Hemodialysis Patients. Kidney Int. 2010.</li>
<li>Lok CE, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Prevention and management of catheter-related infection in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2010;79(6):587-98.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Balogun RA. Therapeutic Apheresis: a review of complications and recommendations for prevention and management. J Clin Apher 2011:26(5):243-8.</li>
<li>Lee T, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Moist L, Maya I, Vazquez M, Lok CE; North American Vascular Access Consortium. Standardized definitions for hemodialysis vascular access. Semin Dial 2011;24(5):515-24.</li>
<li>Kopp JB, Nelson GW, Sampath K, Johnson RC, Genovese G, An P, Friedman D, Briggs W, Dart R, Korbet S, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Kimmel PL, Limous S, Ahuja TS, Berns JS, Fryc J, Simon EE, Smith MC, Trachtman H, Michel DM, Schelling JR, Vlahov D, Pollack M, Winkler CA. APOL1 genetic variants in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011;22(11):2129-37.</li>
<li>Sachdeva M, Hung A, Kovalchuk O, Bitzer M, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. The initial vascular access type contributes to inflammation in incident hemodialysis patients. Int J Nephrol Volume 2012; (2012) Article ID: 917465.</li>
<li>Lee T, Lok C, Vazquez M, Moist L, Maya I, <strong>Mokrzycki M</strong>. Minimizing hemodialysis catheter dysfunction: An ounce of prevention. Int J Nephrol; Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID: 170857.</li>
<li>Golestaneh L, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Vascular Access in Therapeutic Apheresis: Update 2013. J Clin Apheresis. 2013: 28(1):64-72.</li>
<li>Nica A, Lok CE, Harris J, Lee TC, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Maya ID, Vazquez MA, Xi W, Moist LM; From the North American Vascular Access Consortium (NAVAC). Understanding Surgical Preference and Practice in Hemodialysis Vascular Access creation. Semin Dial. 2013:26(4):520-526.</li>
<li>Bhatt DL, Kandzari DE, O’Neill WW, D’Agostino R, Flack JM, Katzen BT, Leon MB, Liu M, Mauri L, Negoita M, Cohen SA, Oparil S, Rocha-Singh K, Townsend RR, Bakris GL. A controlled trial of renal denervation for resistant hypertension. N. Engl. J. Med. 2014;370 (15):1393-1401.</li>
<li><strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Lok CE. Optimizing central venous catheter primary prevention trials in hemodialysis patients. Am. J.Kidney Dis. 2015;66(6):939-941.</li>
<li>Gipson DS, Troost JP, Lafayette RA, Hladunewich MA, Trachtman H, Gadegbeku CA, Sedor JR, Holzman LB, Moxey-Mims MM, Perumal K, Kaskel FJ, Nelson P, Tuttle KR, Bagnasco SM, Hogan MC, Dell KM, Appel GB, Lieske JC, Ilori TO, Sethna CB, Fervenza FC, Hogan SL, Nachman PH, Rosenberg AZ, Greenbaum LA, Meyers KE, Hewitt SM, Choi MJ, Kopp JB, Zhdanova , Hodgin JB, Johnstone DB, Adler SG, Avila-Casado C, Neu AM, Hingorani SR, Lemley KV, Nast CC, Brady TM, Barisoni-Thomas L, Fornoni A, Jennette JC, Cattran DC, Palmer MB, Gibson KL, Reich HN, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Sambandam KK, Zilleruelo GE, Licht C, Sampson MG, Song P, Mariani LH, Kretzler M. Complete remission in the nephrotic syndrome study network. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016;11 (1):81-89.</li>
<li>Johns, TS, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Optimal approach for the diagnosis of hemodialysis catheter-related bacteremia. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 11.</li>
<li>Liang E, Rodriguez M, Mueller M, Abramowitz MK, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Outcomes Associated with a Heparin-Free Hemodialysis Protocol and Review of the Literature. J. Clin. Nephrol. Renal Care. 2016, 2(1): 10-16.</li>
<li>Allon M, Brouwer-Maier DJ, Abreo K, Baskin KM, Bregel K, Chand D, Easom A, Mermel L, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Patel PR, Roy-Chaudhury P, Shenoy S, Valentini RP, Wasse H. Moving Points in Nephrology: Recommended Clinical Trial Endpoints for Hemodialysis Catheters. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017</li>
<li> Golestaneh L, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>. Prevention of Hemodialysis Catheters Infections: Ointments, Dressings, Locks and Catheter Hub Devices. Hemodial Int. Nov 2018</li>
<li>Der E, Suryawanshi H, Morozov P, Kustagi M, Goilav B, Ranabathou S, Izmirly P, Clancy R, Belmont HM, Koenigsberg M, <strong>Mokrzycki M</strong>, Rominieki H, Graham JA, Rocca JP, Bornkamp N, Jordan N, Schulte E, Wu M, Pullman J, Slowikowski K, Raychaudhuri S, Guthridge J, James J, Buyon J, Tuschl T, Putterman C; Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (AMP RA/SLE) Consortium. Tubular cell and keratinocyte single-cell transcriptomics applied to lupus nephritis reveal type I IFN and fibrosis relevant pathways. Nat Immunol. 2019 Jul;20(7):915-927</li>
<li>Fisher M, Golestaneh L, Allon M, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abreo K, </span><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mokrzycki MH. </strong>Preventing Central Vein Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis: Review of Current Evidence-Based Strategies and Novel Therapies. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2020;15:132-151</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Vachharajani T , Wong L, Niyyar VD, Abreo KD, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, for the Vascular Access Workgroup of the Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety Initiative of the American Society of Nephrology. Buttonhole cannulation of arteriovenous fistulas in the United States. Kidney360. 2020 </span></li>
<li><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mokrzycki MH</span></strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and Coco M. Management of hemodialysis patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection: perspective of two nephrologists in the United States. Kidney360. 2020:1(4);273-278.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fisher M, Yunes M, <strong>Mokrzycki MH</strong>, Golestaneh L, Alahiri E, Coco M. “Chronic Hemodialysis Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 – Short-term Outcomes in Bronx, New York”. Kidney360 June 2020</span>1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></li>
<li><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Mokrzycki MH</span></strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Leigh KA, Kliger AS, Niyyar VD, Bren Asp V, Golestaneh L, Taylor Q, Novosad SA. Implementation of an Electronic Catheter Checklist in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities: Results of a Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Kidney360 April 2021, 2(4) 684-694</span>
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<p><em><strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Book Chapter</span></strong></em></p>
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<p>Michele H. Mokrzycki, MD, MS, is an attending nephrologist and Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Mokrzycki’s clinical interests include glomerular diseases, acute and chronic kidney diseases, hypertension, kidney stones, renal cystic diseases, dialysis and vascular access for hemodialysis.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science from Boston College in 1983, Dr. Morkrzycki pursued her Doctor of Medicine at University of Vermont College of Medicine, earning the degree in 1987. She performed her postdoctoral training at University of Connecticut Health Center, completing her residency in internal medicine in 1990 and her fellowship in clinical nephrology in 1992. Dr. Mokrzycki later pursued additional education, completing her Master of Science in clinical research at Einstein in 2000.</p><p>Author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Mokrzycki’s research focuses on reducing hemodialysis vascular access infectious and thrombotic complications. She is on the editorial board for <em>Kidney360</em>, and is an invited reviewer for several publications including the <em>Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Hemodialysis International</em> and the <em>Journal of Vascular Access.</em></p><p>Dr. Mokrzycki is board certified in Nephrology. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and a member of several professional societies including the National Kidney Foundation, New York Society of Nephrology and the North American Vascular Access Consortium. In 2020, she was recognized as Reviewer of the Year by <em>Kidney360</em>.</p>
Heyi Li
<p>Heyi Li, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the management of acute and chronic disorders of the lung and breathing, such as chronic obstructive lung diseases, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, infectious lung diseases and lung nodules. She performs airway and chest procedures including bronchoscopies and thoracentesis, and also provides consultations on smoking cessation and respiratory rehabilitation.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Engineering degree at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2011, she continued her education with the institution’s School of Medicine, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2015. Dr Li’s postdoctoral training brought her to the United States, completing a three-year residency in internal medicine at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in 2019 and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota in 2022.</p><p>Dr. Li’s clinical research focuses on care delivery research and implementation science. Her goal is to develop a mature line of inquiry in implementation science, focused on both conceptual frameworks and pragmatic implementation strategies. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals and has presented it at regional and national conferences. Dr. Li has also been a periodic reviewer for <em>Critical Care Medicine</em> and the <em>American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Li is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.</p>
Shiu M. Young
Sarah Sungurlu
Kate R. Steinberg
Luke R. Sponholz
Simon D. Spivack
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<p>Focusing diagnostics and therapeutics on those most likely to benefit is a key to successful intervention at both the public health and clinical levels. The translational goal of the Spivack laboratory is to identify individuals at particularly high risk for lung malignancy, and selected non-malignant lung diseases, upon whom to focus smoking/toxin exposure cessation (primary prevention), chemoprevention (secondary prevention), and early disease detection efforts (disease screening, tertiary prevention).</p>
<p>The laboratory is currently exploring individual Gene x Environment signatures as susceptibility markers by exploring quantitative gene (mRNA) expression phenotypes, and the DNA sequence, methylation, microRNA, and other epigenetic features potentially underlying these expression phenotypes, <em>in vitro</em> and in human populations. This is performed in the setting of defined tobacco, diet, and other exposures. There are both mechanistic and translational components to the studies. </p>
<p><br /><strong>Mechanistically</strong>, the role of epigenetic variation in promoter regions in the 5' and 3' regulatory regions of carcinogenesis and oxidant pathway genes is being explored <em>in vitro</em>, using human genomic DNA reporter constructs, and native gene regulation models. High resolution technologies include the realtime quantitation of native mRNA and microRNA by the laboratory's RNA-specific strategy (<em>patented</em>); the tagged-bisulfite genomic sequencing strategy to determine single base resolution CpG methylation status (tBGS, <em>patented</em>); an experimental strategy for assaying microRNA binding to mRNA, for determining the role of miRNA in candidate gene regulation (<em>patented</em>); and evaluation of functional consequences of DNA methylation detail, using a novel patch reporter construct (<em>patented</em>). A new method to engineer methyl-cytosines into the epigenome has recently been developed.</p>
<p>Whole (epi)genome approaches to identify molecular events unique to lung cancer are being completed, which will represent one of the initial cross-platform 'omics level discovery examinations of lung tissues. The execution of each individual discovery platform involves expert local collaborators and cores in (epi)genetics and genomics, and the "integromics" is critically reliant on Einstein strengths in informatics and biostatistical analyses.</p>
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<p><strong>Translationally</strong>, human lung carcinogenesis biomarkers are being established by pairing laser capture microdissected lung with several unique, non-invasively collected surrogate specimens developed in the laboratory. These include mRNA expression signatures from brush-exfoliated buccal mucosa cells, microRNAs detected in exhaled breath condensate representing first reports for a new exhaled airway biomarker class, and exhaled metabolomic signatures. These airway-derived specimens continue to accrue from a sampling (currently n>1000) of a population assembled in a lung cancer case-control context. The specimens are being studied with a view toward developing non-invasive assays in populations.</p>
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<p>The overall aim is to develop informative non-invasive risk profiling, preventive, and early disease detection strategies for the lung in human populations.</p>
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<p> <em>Work is funded by ongoing NIH,</em><em> DoD, and Foundation support.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Clinical Specialties</strong></p>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 12px 0px 5px 0px;">lung nodule evaluation</li>
<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 12px 0px 5px 0px;">lung cancer diagnostics and screening</li>
<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 12px 0px 5px 0px;">interstitial lung disease</li>
<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 12px 0px 5px 0px;">environmental lung disease</li>
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Genome-wide surveys of lung epithelia. Translational lung studies. Mechanistic studies in functional epigenetics.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">A researcher and clinician, Dr. Spivack is developing tests for detecting lung cancer at the earliest possible stage—before it becomes fatal by spreading to other parts of the body. In one of several NIH-funded studies, his laboratory is working on a noninvasive, early-diagnosis test for lung cancer that detects particular genetic elements and chemicals in exhaled breath.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">In addition to general pulmonary medicine, Dr. Spivack’s clinical practice focuses on lung nodule and lung cancer diagnosis, diffuse interstitial lung diseases, and environmental lung diseases.</span></p>
Dr. Spivack specializes in consultative pulmonary medicine, with an emphasis on the evaluation of lung nodules, lung cancer screening, asthma, and environmental and interstitial lung disease.<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;"><strong></strong></span>
Dr. Spivack’s research focuses on the development of non-invasive early detection airway biomarkers of lung cancer risk, as well as epigenetics, gene regulation, gene-environment interaction and non-invasive measurement of deep lung phenomena in humans.
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Selected Publications, as of April, 2023</span>:</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Shi M, Han W, Loudig O, Shah C, Dobkin J, Keller S, Sadoughi A, Patel D, Desai A, Gombar S, Suh Y, Fernandez MK, DeLaRosa L, Wang T, Hosgood D, Pradhan K, Ye K, </span><strong style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Spivack SD.</strong><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(2023) Initial development and testing of an exhaled microRNA detection strategy for lung cancer case-control discrimination</span><em style="text-indent: -0.25in;">. [accepted, Scientific Reports, NPG]</em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.7pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #212121; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Huang Z, Sun S, Lee M, Maslov AY, Shi M, Waldman S, Marsh A, Siddiqui T, Dong X, Peter Y, Sadoughi A, Shah C, Ye K, *<strong>Spivack SD</strong>, *Vijg J. Single-cell analysis of somatic mutations in human bronchial epithelial cells in relation to aging and smoking. Nat Genet. 2022 Apr;54(4):492-498. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01035-w. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35410377. (*co-senior authors).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN">Cleven KL, Ye K, Zeig-Owens R, Hena KM, Montagna C, Shan J, Hosgood HD 3rd, Jaber N, Weiden MD, Colbeth HL, Goldfarb DG, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>++, Prezant DJ++ (++co-senior authors). </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31126090"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">Genetic Variants Associated with FDNY WTC-Related Sarcoidosis.</span></a><span lang="EN"> Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May 23;16(10). pii: E1830. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101830. PMID:31126090</span>.</p>
<p>Dong X, ShiN, LeeM, ToroR, Gravina S, Han W, Yasuda S, Wang T, Zhang Z, Vijg J, Suh Y, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> (2018) Global, integrated analysis of methylomes and transcriptomes from laser capture microdissected bronchial and alveolar cells in human lung. <em>Epigenetics </em>10.1080/15592294.2018.1441650, 2018.</p>
<p>Mullapudi N, Ye B, Suzuki M, Wang T, Fazarri M, Han W, Shi M, Marquardt G, Lin J, Wang T, Keller S, Zhu C, Locker J, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> Genome-wide methylome alterations in lung cancer <em> PLoS ONE, </em>Dec. 2015.</p>
<p>Lin J, Marquardt G, Mullapudi N, Wang, T, Han W, Shi W, Zhu C, Keller S, Zhu C, Locker J, <strong>Spivack SD. </strong>Lung cancer transcriptomes refined with laser capture microdissection.<em> Am J Pathology </em>06.028. 2014 .</p>
<p>Han W, Shi M, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Site-specific methylated reporter constructs for functional analysis of DNA methylation.<em> Epigenetics </em>4; 8(11), 2013.</p>
<p>Shi M, Han W, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. A quantitative method to identify miRNAs targeting an mRNA using a 3'UTR RNA affinity technique.<em> Analytic Biochem</em> 1;443(1):1-12, 2013<em>.</em></p>
<p>Alberg AJ, Brock MV, Ford JG, Samet JM, <strong>Spivack, SD.</strong> Epidemiology of lung cancer. In Evidence-based Practice Guidelines. Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer (ACCP position statement). <em>CHEST</em>. May 2013;143(5 Suppl):e1S-e29S. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2345. PMID: 23649439.</p>
<p>Tan XT, Marquardt G, Shi M, Han W, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> High throughput library screening identifies phytochemical inducers of phase II mutagen/oxidant metabolism enzymes GSTP1 and NQO1 in human lung cells.<em> Am J Resp Cell Molec Biol, </em>46(3): 365-71, 2012.</p>
<p>Brock GJ, Moschos S, <strong>Sp</strong><strong>ivack SD,</strong> Hurteau GJ. The 3' prime paradigm of the miR-200 family and other microRNAs. <em>Epigenetics</em> (6:3, 1-5), 2011.</p>
<p>Tan XT, Shi M, Minna JD, Han W, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> Candidate phytopreventive agent modulation of phase II metabolism enzymes <em>GSTP1</em> and <em>NQO1</em> in human bronchial cells<em>. J Nutrition, </em>140(8): 1404-10, 2010<em>.</em></p>
<p>Tan, XT, Wang T, Xiong S, Kumar SV,<strong> </strong> Han W, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> Smoking-related gene expression in laser capture microdissected human lung. <em>Clin Cancer Res,</em> 15(24): 7562-70, 2009.</p>
<p>Han W, Tang T, Reilly AA, Keller S, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Gene promoter methylation analyses from exhaled breath, with differences in smokers and lung cancer cases. <em>Resp Res,</em> 10:86 epubl, 2009.</p>
<p>Tan X-L, Moslehi R, Han W, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Haplotype tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in the glutathione S-transferase P1 gene promoter and susceptibility to lung cancer. <em>Cancer Detection Prev,</em>32:403-415, 2009<em>.</em></p>
<p>Tan X-L, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Dietary chemoprevention strategies for induction of phase II metabolism: a review. <em>Lung Cancer,</em>65(2):129-37, 2009.</p>
<p>Hurteau GJ, Carlson AJ, <strong>Spivack, SD,</strong> Brock GJ. Restoration of E-Cadherin expression by over-expression of the microRNA <em>hsa-miR-200c</em> via reduced expression of the transcription factor TCF8. <em>Cancer Res.</em> 67:7972-76, 2007.</p>
<p>Hurteau, GJ, <strong>Spivack</strong> <strong>SD</strong>, Brock G. Parallel identification of miRNA and target mRNA by combined informatics and qRT-PCR approaches: application to <em>has-miR-200c.</em> <em>Cell Cycle</em> 5(17):1951-56, 2006.</p>
<p>Han W, Cauchi S, Herman JG, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Methylation mapping of DNA by tag-modified bisulfite genomic DNA sequencing. <em>Analytic Biochem. 355: 50-61,</em> 2006.</p>
<p>Cauchi S, Han W, Kumar SV, <strong>Spivack SD</strong>. Haplotype-environment interactions regulating the human <em>GSTP1</em> promoter <em>Cancer Res</em>. 66(12): 6439-6448, 2006.</p>
<p>Kumar SV, Hurteau GJ, <strong>Spivack SD.</strong> Validity of mRNA expression analyses of human saliva. <em>Clin. Cancer Res.</em> 12: 5033-39, 2006.</p>
<p><strong>Spivack SD</strong>, Hurteau GJ, Jain R, Kumar SV, Aldous KM, Gierthy JF, Kaminsky LS. Gene-environment interaction signatures by quantitative mRNA profiling in exfoliated buccal mucosal cells. <em>Cancer Res,</em> 64:6805-6813, 2004.</p>
<p><strong>Spivack SD</strong>, Hurteau GJ, Fasco MJ, Kaminsky LS. Phase I and II carcinogen metabolism gene expression in human lung tissue and tumors. <em>Clinical Cancer Research</em>, 9:6002-6011, 2003.</p>
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<p>Simon D. Spivack, MD, MPH, is Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology and Genetics at Montefiore Einstein. He is also former Emeritus Chief, Pulmonary Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Spivack specializes in consultative pulmonary medicine, with an emphasis on the evaluation of lung nodules, lung cancer screening, asthma, and environmental and interstitial lung disease. </p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1980, Dr. Spivack earned his Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in 1985. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1988. Dr. Spivack then earned his Master of Public Health at Harvard University, School of Public Health in 1989. He completed a clinical pulmonary and critical care medicine and lung research fellowship at the University of Vermont in 1992. </p><p>Dr. Spivack’s research focuses on the development of non-invasive early detection airway biomarkers of lung cancer risk, as well as epigenetics, gene regulation, gene-environment interaction and non-invasive measurement of deep lung phenomena in humans. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, articles, chapters and books, and he has given many national/international presentations, organized symposia and visiting professorships. Dr. Spivack is on the Editorial Board for Scientific Reports and is a reviewer for journals such as <em>PLoS Genetics</em>, <em>Genetics in Medicine</em>, <em>Nature Protocols</em>, <em>American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine</em>, <em>Carcinogenesis</em>, <em>Cancer Research</em> and others. He holds multiple United States patents. He has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research for over 25 years.
</p><p>Dr. Spivack is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Lung Association (ALA). He is a frequent peer-reviewer on various NIH study sections. In the past, Dr. Spivack won the Excellence in Research Award from ALA and the NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Clinical Scientist Development Award.
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Deep Sharma
Kidney stones, Glomerular diseases, Chronic kidney disease, End Stage renal disease
Treatment for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease on dialysis
<p></p>Deep Sharma, MBBS, earned his medical degree from University College of Medical Sciences in Delhi, India. He then completed his residency and chief residency at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore followed by his nephrology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center where he joined as faculty after completion of his fellowship. He is board certified in Medicine and Nephrology and is a member of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Sharma is the clinical director of Nephrology for Weiler Hospital and the medical director of Fresenius Eastchester and Fresenius Freedom Center of the Bronx that treats patients who need dialysis for End Stage Kidney disease, both incenter and at home. With the help of his Urology colleagues, he helped establish the kidney stone program at Montefiore and that sees patients with kidneys stones in the clinic. Dr. Sharma has been involved in clinical studies looking at muscle mass in patients with kidney disease and the treatment of anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease and dialysis.<p></p>