KathleenMAkgunMDMS
Pulmonology • New Haven, CTCritical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
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Office
789 Howard Ave
Yale Physicians Bldg 2nd Flr
New Haven, CT 06519Phone+1 203-785-4198Fax+1 203-737-5453
Summary
- Dr. Kathleen Akgun is a pulmonary, critical care and hospice and palliative medicine physician in New Haven, CT and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Yale-New Haven Hospital and Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. She received her medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has been in practice 16 years. She specializes in critical care medicine and is experienced in hospice and palliative medicine, HIV/AIDS, pulmonology, and health services research, including health disparities. She has more than 100 publications and over 1000 citings.
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2004 - 2008- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2005 - 2025- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 213 citationsPatterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study.Christopher T Rentsch, Farah Kidwai-Khan, Janet P. Tate, Lesley S. Park, Joseph T. King
Plos Medicine. 2020-09-22 - 9 citationsAccuracy of electronic health record data for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in persons living with HIV and uninfected persons.Kristina Crothers, Carla V. Rodriguez, Robin M. Nance, Kathleen M. Akgün, Shahida Shahrir
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2019-02-01 - 14 citationsComparison of Natural Language Processing and Manual Coding for the Identification of Cross-Sectional Imaging Reports Suspicious for Lung Cancer.Roxanne Wadia, Kathleen M. Akgün, Cynthia Brandt, Brenda T. Fenton, Woody Levin
JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2018-02-20
Press Mentions
How to Handle a Persistent CoughFebruary 7th, 2018
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