Klaus L Lessnau MD
Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine
MD FCCP Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Lenox Hill Hospital IM PUD CCM Sleep Board certified Interventional Pulmonology Completed Nephrology fellowship
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332 E 14th StNew York, NY 10003
Phone+1 212-481-3333
Fax+1 212-253-4242
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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Cabrini)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
University of Erlangen - Nuremberg Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985
University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FRG)No Degree, Studies of Philosophy, 1975 - 1977
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1997 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
AOA Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine (CAQ)
AABIPcertified bronchologist and interventional pulmonologist
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best doctor Castle Connelly, New York Magazine, 2014, 2016-2017
- Top Physician Consumer's Research Council of America, 2013
- Super Doctors New York Times Magazine, 2012, 2014-2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- CorrespondenceTo the EditorKaran Omidvari, Klaus Lessnau, Carol M. Mason, Ann Weinacker
Chest. 2006-02-01 - 13 citationsSmoking in Contemporary American CinemaKaran Omidvari, Klaus Lessnau, Jeannie Kim, Donald E. Mercante, Ann Weinacker
Chest. 2005-08-01 - 30 citationsIs Chest Radiography Necessary After Uncomplicated Insertion of a Triple- Lumen Catheter in the Right Internal Jugular Vein, Using the Anterior Approach?*Klaus-Dieter Lessnau
Chest. 2005-01-01
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- AABIPMember
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Other Languages
- Italian, German, Spanish, French
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