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Michael Akerman, MD, Pulmonology, Nyack, NY

MichaelJ.AkermanMDFACP, FCCP, FAASM

Pulmonology Nyack, NY

Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Director of Pulmonology & co-Director Sleep Medicine. Highland Medical PC and Montefiore-Nyack Hospital

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  • Office

    Montefiore Nyack Hospital, 160 North Midland Ave
    2nd Floor, Highland Medical Suite,
    Nyack, NY 10960
    Phone+1 845-897-8372
    Fax+1 845-704-1378

Education & Training

  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1986
  • One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
    One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
  • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1981
  • City College of New York (Sophie Davis Biomedical Program)
    City College of New York (Sophie Davis Biomedical Program)BS, Biomedical Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 1986 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1982 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Patient Safety Award Champion Woodhull Medical Center, 2011
  • National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA), 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Oxyhemoglobin Saturation (SpO2) as an Early Indicator of COVID-19: A Pilot Study  
    Akerman, Michael and Lerner, Menachem and Ives, Yoss, SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3701910 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3701910, 7/28/2020
  • The utility of the forced oscillation technique in assessing bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with asthma  
    Makito Yaegashi, Venkata A.K. Yalamanchili, Vaidehi Kaza, Jeremy Weedon, Albert E. Heurich and Michael J. Akerman, Respiratory Medicine, 1/1/2007
  • Bronchodilator Effect of Infused B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Asthma  
    Michael J. Akerman, MD ; Makito Yaegashi, MD, Zothanmawii Khiangte, MD; Anandhi T. Murugan, MD; Olumayowa Abe, MD and Jonathan D. Marmur, MD, Chest, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Providing Planned Care: Creating a Center of Excellence in Asthma Management.
    Akerman, M, LaTempa, D, et al, NYC Health and Hospital Corporation Patient Safety Expo, 1/9/2011
  • The Use Of The Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) To Access Obseity In Asthmatic Patients.
    Khiangte, Z,, Yaegashi, M, Weedon, J, Akerman, M, Annual International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2005
  • Bronchodilator effect of infused brain-type natriuretic peptide in asthmatics.
    Yaegashi, M, Khiangte, Z, Murugan, AT, Marmur, JD, Akerman, M, AJRCCM, Annual International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

  • Etiquette in the World of the Sick: Knowing What to say, When to say it, and How to say it. 
    1/7/2013
  • Asthma Guidelines 
    Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY - 1/1/2011
  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Evaluation: Back to the Future 
    SUNY-Downstate Medical Center - 1/1/2009
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Other

  • TOBACCO IS TREYF: A Dialogue Between Doctors and Rabbis To Promote Smoking Cessation in Orthodox Jewish Communities. 
    Michael J. Akerman, MD, FACP, FCCP, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, PhD, Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Donna Shelley, MD, MPH
    http://www.cdnetwork.org/NewCDN/LibraryView.aspx?ID=cdn346
    1/1/2007

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