Dr. Kaner is Associate Attending Physician at the New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Center and Assciate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He has expertise in interstitial lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and including those due to connective tissue diseases and directs a multidisciplinary interstitial lung disease conference. He has clinical expertise in lung complications of conditions such as HIV, cancer and cancer treatment including chemotherapy, radiation and bone marrow transplantation. He is the medical director of the Ventilator Management Team.
Dr. Kaner is the Principal Investigator of the Weill-Cornell site of the National Institute of Health (NIH)-sponsored Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network, one of 11 in the US and the only center in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region of the country. He is the project leader of an NIH-sponsored study of the molecular basis of accelerated emphysema development in HIV-1 positive smokers, which is part of a Specialized Center of Clinically Oriented Research for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) directed by Dr. R. Crystal. He has served as principal investigator of NIH-sponsored basic research in mechanisms of vascular permeability in the lung and interactions of human alveolar macrophages with HIV-1. He has participated in multicenter research studies in severe sepsis and nosocomial pneumonia.
Dr. Kaner is committed to research into the application of cutting edge molecular techniques to advance the understanding of pathophysiology, as well as to further improve the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine.
Internship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship (research): Connective Tissue Research Institute,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Ventilator Management Team, New York-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus, New York, NY
