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Office
Office of the Dean
40 Sunshine Cottage Road
Valhalla, NY 10595Phone+1 914-594-2402
Summary
- Neil W. Schluger is the Dean of the School of Medicine of New York Medical College, in Valhalla, New York. Prior to becoming Dean, he served as the Barbara and William Rosenthal Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at NYMC and at Westchester Medical Center, from 2020-2023.
In his academic career, Dr. Schluger has focused on tuberculosis and global aspects of lung health, with a strong public health orientation. His work in TB has centered on epidemiology, novel diagnostics and new treatments for latent and active tuberculosis. His work on global lung health centers on the effect of air quality on health, the need to build a physician workforce in low and middle-income countries and raising awareness of the global drivers of lung disease including tobacco and air pollution. He has been a principal investigator in the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, an international collaboration sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 25 years and was the Chairman of the consortium from 2000-2016.
Dr. Schluger is a founder and director of the East Africa Training Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine. Through this program, based at Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa and the Addis Ababa University School of Medicine, the first generation of pulmonary physicians in Ethiopia has been trained. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Vital Strategies, a global not-for-profit organization devoted to public health issues.
Dr. Schluger was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation in 2003. He is the author of over 200 scientific publications. He is an Associate Editor of The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine.
Before coming to NYMC, Dr. Schluger was Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia.
Education & Training
- New York-Presbyterian HospitalCritical Care Medicine, 1989 - 1992
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestInternship, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1985
- Harvard UniversityB.A., 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1987 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- George Comstock Memorial Lecturer International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (North American Region) Annual Meeting, 2015
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
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Clinical Trials
- TBTC Study 29: Rifapentine During Intensive Phase Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Epidemiology and Outcomes of Critical Illness and Novel Predictors of Mortality in an Ethiopian Medical Intensive Care Unit.Aschalew Worku, Deborah Haisch, Madhavi Parekh, Amir Sultan, Abebe Shumet
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2024-08-01 - Clinical characteristics, imaging, and lung function among patients with persistent dyspnea of COVID-19: a retrospective observational cohort study.Ravi Manglani, Moshe Fenster, Theresa Henson, Ananth Jain, Neil Schluger
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease = Archivio Monaldi per Le Malattie Del Torace. 2024-05-06 - 1 citationsLong-term outcome of co-infection of COVID-19 and tuberculosis: the "cursed duet".Roland Diel, Neil W Schluger
The European Respiratory Journal. 2023-11-01
Journal Articles
- Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19Neil Schluger, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
- Precision Surveillance for Viral Respiratory Pathogens: Virome Capture Sequencing for the Detection and Genomic Characterization of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ...Neil W Schluger, Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Tuberculosis report among injection drug users and their partners in KazakhstanHermosilla S, El-Bassel N, Aifah A, Terlikbayeva A, Zhumadilov Z, Berikhanova K, Darisheva M, Gilbert L, Schluger N, Galea S, Public Health, 1/17/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- The Global Tobacco Epidemic.Christiana Hospital, Wilmington, DE - 1/1/2016
- Community Engagement in Tuberculosis Clinical Trials.Cape Town, South Africa - 1/1/2015
- Challenges of translating basic science into improved regimens for latent and active tuberculosis.Girona, Spain - 1/1/2015
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Other
- Fighting Tuberculosis.Schluger N, The Economist
http://www.economistinsights.com/healthcare/opinion/fighting-tuberculosis
1/14/2014 - Institutional complacency raises threat.Schluger NW, Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/14735002-9142-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2OGV1bUec
1/22/2013 - Tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment.Schluger NW, Burzynski J, HIV Clinical Trials
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Authored Content
- Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19June 2020
- Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19June 2020
- Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19May 2020
- Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19May 2020
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Press Mentions
- Delayed T Cell Response Allows Tuberculosis to Gain Foothold in MonkeysJune 1st, 2022
- Post Overstates Study’s ‘200%’ Finding on Hydroxychloroquine’s Power vs COVID-19June 14th, 2021
- Social Work and the PandemicApril 5th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Mentoring In Tuberculosis Patient-Oriented ResearchNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2009
- Training In Translational Lung ResearchNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2008
- Respiratory Research CoreNational Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences2007
- Clinical Investigations In Lung Host DefensesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1999–2003
- Aerosol Delivery Of Therapeutic Drugs To Patients With TuberculosisNational Center For Research Resources1997–2002
- Feasibiltiy Studies On Retinoid Treatment In EmphysemaDivision Of Lung Diseases1999–2000
- Aerosol Delivery Of Drugs To TB PatientsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1998–1999
- Host Response To TB And AIDSNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1997
- Tuberculosis Academic AwardNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1997
- Aerosol Delivery Of Drugs To TB PatientsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1997
- Gamma Interferon For Treatment Of Hiv/Non-Hiv Patients With TuberculosisNational Center For Research Resources1996
- Aerosol Delivery Of Drugs To TB PatientsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995
- Tuberculosis Academic AwardNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1995
- PCR In The Diagnosis Of Mycobacterium TuberculosisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1992–1994
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