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Naftali Kaminski, MD, Pulmonology, New Haven, CT

NaftaliKaminskiMD

Pulmonology New Haven, CT

Interstitial Lung Diseases

Chief of Pulmonary, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Tenured Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology. Boehringer-Ingelheim Endowed Chair.

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  • Office

    20 York St
    New Haven, CT 06510
    Phone+1 203-785-3508

Summary

  • Dr. Naftali Kaminski is a Physician-Scientists in New Haven, CT and a tenured professor of medicine, and the Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Yale and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He received his medical degree from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School. He completed his Internal Medicine residency in Hadassah Mount-Scopus University Hospital, his Pulmonary Fellowship in Sheba Medical center in Tel-Hashomer, Israel, and a research fellowship at UCSF. Kaminski was the founding Director of the Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, and has joined Yale as the Chief of Yale-OCCSM in 2013. He specializes in interstitial lung diseases and is renowned for his groundbreaking research, leadership and advocacy. He has been a recipient of multiple awards and recognitions, and is the past president of the Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division Chiefs.

Education & Training

  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityMA, 2013
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1996 - 2000
  • Universityof California San Francisco
    Universityof California San FranciscoPhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology Functional Genomics and Microarray Technology, 2000
  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical SchoolClass of 1989
  • Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School (Biology Medical Sciences)
    Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School (Biology Medical Sciences)BS, 1985

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • J. Burns Amberson Honorary Lecture Award American Thoracic Society, 2022
  • Blavatnik Innovation Fund Award Yale, 2019
  • Andy Tager Mentorship Award American Thoracic Society, Assembly of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 2018
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Reducing Protein Oxidation Reverses Lung Fibrosis  
    David J Seward, Ralph C Budd, Charles G Irvin, Kevin K Brown, Kelly J Butnor, Naftali Kaminski, Nature
  • Nrf2 Amplifies Oxidative Stress via Induction of Klf9  
    Zucker SN, Fink EE, Bagati A, Mannava S, Bianchi-Smiraglia A, Bogner PN, Wawrzyniak J, Foley C, Leonova K, Grimm M, Moparthy K, Ionov Y, Wang J, Liu S, Sexton S, Kande..., Molecular Cell, 1/1/2014
  • Serum Lysyl Oxidase Like-2 Levels and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease Progression  
    Chien JW, Richards TJ, Gibson KF, Zhang Y, Lindell KO, Shao L, Lyman SK, Adamkewicz JI, Smith V, Kaminski N, O'Riordan T, Eur Respir J, 1/31/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

Lectures

  • Treatment target - non coding RNAs in IPF 
    Quebec, Canada - 1/1/2014
  • Genomic Research in Sarcoidosis: the GRADS Trial 
    University of Ohio - 1/1/2014
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis: New Biomarkers and Mechanisms 
    University of Tennessee Chattanooga - 1/1/2014
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Press Mentions

  • Celebrating Leadership and Education: Yale Faculty Recognized at CHEST Annual Meeting
    Celebrating Leadership and Education: Yale Faculty Recognized at CHEST Annual MeetingNovember 25th, 2024
  • Welcome from the Chief
    Welcome from the ChiefSeptember 5th, 2024
  • After Elon Musk Acquisition, Will #ScienceTwitter #MedTwitter Move to Mastodon, Other Platforms?
    After Elon Musk Acquisition, Will #ScienceTwitter #MedTwitter Move to Mastodon, Other Platforms?November 6th, 2022
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Professional Memberships