Overview
| Subspecialty | Pulmonary Disease |
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| Clinical Interests | Lung Cancer |
| Asthma | |
| Pulmonary Disease/COPD | |
| Asbestos Disease | |
| Airway Disorder | |
| Allergic Respiratory Symptoms | |
| Allergy & Asthma Management | |
| Bronchitis | |
| Bronchoscopy | |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation | |
| Occupational Lung Disease | |
| Environmental Lung Disease | |
| Gender | Male |
| neil.schachter@mssm.edu | |
| Education and Training | MD, New York University School of Medicine |
| Residency, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center | |
| Residency, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center | |
| Fellowship, Pulmonary Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine | |
| Awards | 2006 Keynote Speaker World COPD Day ALA of Chicago |
| 2005 Honoree The American Lung Association CONY |
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| 1990 Associate Editor American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
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| 1988 Professorship Maurice Hexter Internal Medicine |
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| 1981 Fellow American College of Physicians |
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| 1977 Fellow American College of Chest Physicians |
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| 1974 Edward, Livingston Trudeau Fellow |
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| 1973 Fellow American Lung Association |
A new, less invasive treatment may be on the horizon to help people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Featured in Inside Mount Sinai, Neil Schachter, MD, Medical Director of the Respiratory Care Department and the Maurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Timothy Harkin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Bronchoscopy, (Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine) are examining the potential therapeutic benefits of the Intra-bronchial valve system to improve the condition of patients with lung disorders.
In The News
Dr. Schachter discusses chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF.
