Subspecialty	Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Interests	Sarcoidosis
	Cystic Fibrosis
	Asbestos Disease
	Cardiopulmonary Disease
	Dermatomyositis
	Interstitial Lung Disease
	Lung Transplant
	Organ Transplants
	Pulmonary Hypertension
	Scleroderma
Gender	Female
E-mail	maria.padilla@mountsinai.org
	maria.padilla@mssm.edu
	mariap2@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Pulmonary, Mount Sinai Hospital
Awards	2009 Best Doctors New York Magazine
	2003 The Dr Sidney Grossman Distinguished Humanitarian Award Alumni Association, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	2001 2000 Physician of the Year Award Nursing Department, MSMC
	2001 Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award\t
	1999 Saul Horowitz Jr. Memorial Award Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	1996 Distinguished Service Award The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, MSMC
	1989 Distinguished Teacher Award The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, MSMC
	1987 - 1990 Henry and Catherine Gaisman Fellowship
	1982 - 1987 Pulmonary Academic Award (NIH)\t
	1980 - 1981 American Lung Association Fellowship
	1975 Dr. Alan Guttmacher Award
	1974 Alpha Omega Alpha
	1971 - 1975 Max Som Scholarship

After completing her pulmonary fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Padilla pursued her studies in lung transplantation by attending the programs at Toronto General Hospital and Stanford University. She was the co-founder of the program at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. During her fellowship training, Dr. Padilla conducted research in pathology, developing models of pulmonary diseases under the mentorship of Dr. Jerome Kleinerman. She also participated in clinical research in Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Diseases. She is a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) certified transplant pulmonologist and a member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). She served on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of the World Association of Sarcoidsosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases (WASOG). Dr. Padilla is a committee member of the Interstitial Lung Disease Network of the American College of Chest Physicians, and is also a steering committee member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Indentification: Lessons for Optimizing Treatment (PILOT). She serves on the medical advisory boards of the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the Sarcoidosis Research Foundation, the Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network, and the Scleroderma Foundation, Tri-State Chapter. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership of American Medicine (ELAM) program.

 

Dr. Padilla is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is the Director of the Advanced Lung /Interstitial Lung Disease Program and the Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. She is also involved in the Sarcoidosis Service and the adult Cystic Fibrosis program. She is a consultant to other transplant programs at our institution, and is also the principal investigator of clinical research projects. Dr. Padilla specializes in the treatment of diffuse interstitial lung diseases, including idiopathic interstital pneumonia, acute interstital pneumonia, lymphocytic interstital pneumonia, non-specific interstital pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, bronchiollitis obliterans, and hypersensitivity pneumonia.  She also specializes in lung diseases associated with rheumatologic disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. In addition, she also treats drug-induced lung disease, mycobacterial lung disease, Langerhans cell hystiocytosis, lymphangioleimyomatosis, pulmonary vasculitis, alveolar hemorrhage, and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Education and Training	MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Pulmonary, Mount Sinai Hospital
Board Certification	Pulmonary Disease

Subspecialty	Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Interests	Sarcoidosis
	Cystic Fibrosis
	Asbestos Disease
	Cardiopulmonary Disease
	Dermatomyositis
	Interstitial Lung Disease
	Lung Transplant
	Organ Transplants
	Pulmonary Hypertension
	Scleroderma
Board Certification	Pulmonary Disease

Dr. Padilla's research interests include investigation of fibrogenesis and the various manifestations of this process in different diseases (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, Collagen Vascular associated pulmonary fibrosis, genetic associated pulmonary fibrosis, Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome, bronchiolitis obliterans among others). She conducts clinical investigations in the treatment and course of these diseases and participates in collaborative multicenter studies to advance the understanding and knowledge of these illnesses. She is the principal investigator of the INSPIRE trial investigating the safety and efficacy of Interferon gamma on the survival of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Additional studies investigating early markers of interstitial lung disease, therapies for secondary pulmonary hypertension and the efficacy of certain agents on the pulmonary fibrosis associated with Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome, are in development.

Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease Program

Padilla ML, Lesser M, Galiki N, Kleinerman J. High Cathepsin-B activity in alveolar macrophages occurs with elastase - induced emphysema but not with bleomycin - induced pulmonary fibrosis in hamsters. Amer J of Path 1988 Apr; 131(1): 92-101.

Lesser M, Padilla ML, Cardozo C, Orlowski M. Induction of emphysema in hamsters by intratracheal instillation of Cathepsin-B. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992 Mar; 145(3): 661-668.

Cardozo C, Padilla ML, Choi HS H, Lesser M. Goblet cell hyperplasia in large intrapulmonary airways after intratracheal injection of Cathepsin-B into hamsters. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992 Mar; 145(3): 675-679.

Henzlova MJ, Padilla ML, Freilich A, Gass AL, Courtney MC, Diamond JA, Machac J. Dobutamine thallium 201 perfusion imaging in candidates for lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1995 Mar-Apr; 14(2): 251-256.

Padilla ML, Schilero GJ, Teirstein AS. Sarcoidosis and Transplantation. Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease 1997 Mar; 14(1): 16-22.

Lenner R, Padilla M, Gass A. Complication in heart transplant recipients. Chest 2001 Aug; 120(2): 508-513.

Sulica R, Teirstein A, Padilla M. Lung transplantation in interstitial lung disease. Current Opinion in Pulmonary medicine 2001 Sep; 7(5): 314-322.

Padilla M, Schilero GJ, Teirstein AS. Donor-Acquired Sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2002 Mar; 19(1): 18-24.

Padilla M. Pulmonary Circulation: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Practice. Chest 2003; 124: 1183.