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 - 73 citationsValidation of the ICD-9 Diagnostic Code for Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure Within the Veterans Health Administration.Shelli Feder, Nancy S. Redeker, Sangchoon Jeon, Dena Schulman-Green, Julie A. Womack
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2018-07-01 - 50 citationsDexamethasone in hospitalised coronavirus-19 patients not on intensive respiratory supportKristina Crothers, Rian J. DeFaccio, Janet P. Tate, Patrick R. Alba, Matthew Bidwell Goetz
The European Respiratory Journal. 2021-11-25
Press Mentions
How to Handle a Persistent CoughFebruary 7th, 2018
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