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Office
Montefiore Nyack Hospital, 160 North Midland Ave
2nd Floor, Highland Medical Suite,
Nyack, NY 10960Phone+1 845-897-8372Fax+1 845-704-1378
Education & Training
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1984 - 1986
- One Brooklyn Health System/Brookdale University Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1981
- City College of New York (Sophie Davis Biomedical Program)BS, Biomedical Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 1986 - 2025
- 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
- 129 citationsRelationship between asthma severity and obesity.Michael J. H. Akerman, Catherine M. Calacanis, Mary K. Madsen
The Journal of Asthma. 2004-08-01 - 3 citationsAllergen sensitivity and asthma severity at an inner city asthma center.Michael Akerman, Sarah Valentine-Maher, Madu Rao, Gladys Taningco, Rizwan Khan
The Journal of Asthma. 2003-02-01 - 17 citationsThe 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
Respiratory Medicine. 2007-05-01
Journal Articles
- Oxyhemoglobin Saturation (SpO2) as an Early Indicator of COVID-19: A Pilot StudyAkerman, 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 asthmaMakito 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 AsthmaMichael 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 GuidelinesMaimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY - 1/1/2011
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Evaluation: Back to the FutureSUNY-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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