David Zhang, MD
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Overview
Dr. Zhang is a clinician-researcher with a focus on interstitial lung disease. He sees patients in the ILD clinic at Columbia University and manages patients with connective tissue disease related ILD, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, IPF, post-COVID fibrosis, among many other conditions. Additionally he is focused on conducting novel basic and translational research using next generation sequencing technology on patients with interstitial lung disease, including those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- NY Signature
- Student Health
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Fidelis Care
- Essential Plan
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
- NYP Employee Plan
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Board Certifications
- Pulmonary Disease Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Stony Wold-Herbert Grant recipient (2020)
- Medical Student Research Forum Poster Prize (2010)
- Travel Award, Southern Region, American Federation of Medical Research (2008, 2009)
Research
Research Interests
- Human genetics and rare variant discovery in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis
- Single Molecule Sequencing
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov