Abraham Sanders MD

Pulmonology•

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

assoc prof clin med;weill cornell College med

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Overview of Dr. Sanders

Dr. Abraham Sanders is a pulmonologist and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and has been in practice 50 years. Dr. Sanders accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 278 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 105 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Pulmonology. He has more than 20 publications and over 450 citings.

Education & Training

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease, 1980 - 1981
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1980
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1976

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1977 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2014, 2016-2017
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

AAVrh.10hFXN Gene Therapy for the Cardiomyopathy of Friedreich Ataxia: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.
Ronald G Crystal, Jonathan W Weinsaft, Stephen M Kaminsky, Anthony Caragiulo, Niamh Savage
JAMA Cardiology. 2026-08-01
24 citations
Pulmonary extra-medullary hematopoiesis and pulmonary hypertension from underlying polycythemia vera: a case series.
Inderjit Singh, Geoffrey Mikita, Daniel B. Green, Cristobal Risquez, Abraham Sanders
Pulmonary Circulation. 2016-12-14
6 citations
Progression to COPD in smokers with normal spirometry/low DLCO using different methods to determine normal levels.
Ben-Gary Harvey, Yael Strulovici-Barel, Robert J. Kaner, Abraham Sanders, Thomas L. Vincent
The European Respiratory Journal. 2016-06-01

Press Mentions

Report: NYC Tuberculosis Cases Increased by 10 Percent in 2017March 28th, 2018

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
Great West PPO
Healthfirst New York
HIP of New York - Select PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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