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Office
3737 Market Street, 10th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104Phone+1 215-662-8766Fax+1 215-243-3265
Summary
- Dr. Michael Sims is a pulmonologist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 19 years. He specializes in treatment of advanced COPD, emphysema, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and serves as Clinical Director of the COPD Program for the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Education & Training
- University of Pennsylvania, CCEBMSCE, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2002 - 2004
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2001 - 2004
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1999 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Qualitative Study Identifying the Potential Risk Mechanisms Leading to Hospitalization for Patients With Chronic Lung Disease.Gary E Weissman, Jasmine A Silvestri, Folasade Lapite, Isabelle S Mullen, Nicholas S Bishop
CHEST Pulmonary. 2024-09-01 - Development and validation of a prediction model for actionable aspects of frailty in the text of clinicians' encounter notes.Jacob A. Martin, Andrew Crane-Droesch, Folasade C. Lapite, Joseph C. Puhl, Tyler E Kmiec
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2021-11-13 - 13 citationsSurfactant Dysfunction and Lung Inflammation in the Female Mouse Model of LymphangioleiomyomatosisElena N. Atochina-Vasserman, Chang-Jiang Guo, Elena Abramova, Thea Golden, Michael W. Sims
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2014-12-04
Grant Support
- Surfactant Protein D As Modulator Of Lung Inflammation And COPD PathogenesisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2012
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