Ronald G Crystal MD

Pulmonology•

Pleural Disease

The Bruce Webster Professor of Internal Medicine. Professor of Medicine. Professor of Genetic Medicine. Attending Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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Overview of Dr. Crystal

Dr. Ronald Crystal is a pulmonologist and is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 58 years. Dr. Crystal accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 278 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Pulmonology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1973
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1968 - 1970
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1968

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1973 - Present
NY State Medical License 1993 - 2028
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013

Clinical Trials

Safety Study of a Gene Transfer Vector for Children With Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Start of enrollment: 2004 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1
Genotype - Phenotype Correlations of LINCL Start of enrollment: 2004 Mar 01
Completed
Evaluation of Lungs of Normal Individuals by Lung Lavage, Brushing and Bronchial Wall Biopsy Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Four decades of adenovirus gene transfer vectors: History and current use.
Neil R Hackett, Ronald G Crystal
Molecular Therapy. 2025-05-07
15 citations
AAVrh.10 delivery of novel APOE2-Christchurch variant suppresses amyloid and Tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease mice.
Caner Günaydin, Dolan Sondhi, Stephen M Kaminsky, Hailey C Lephart, Philip L Leopold
Molecular Therapy. 2024-12-04
1 citations
Suppression of CNS APOE4 Expression by miRNAs Delivered by the S2 AAVrh.10 Capsid-Modified AAV Vector.
Kalpita R Karan, Slawomir Andrzejewski, Katie M Stiles, Neil R Hackett, Ronald G Crystal
Human Gene Therapy. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

Articles Disease Characteristics and Progression in Patients with Late-Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 2 (CLN2) Disease: An Observational Cohort Study
Barry Kosofsky, Kaleb Yohay, Ronald G Crystal, ScienceDirect
Gene Therapy for C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency in a Murine Model of Hereditary Angioedema
Ronald G Crystal, Stephen M Kaminsky, Allergy

Lectures

Biologic Therapeutics Seminar Series - Developing Viral-based Therapies Against Brain Tumors
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri - 4/25/2012
Biologic Therapeutic Seminar Series - Treatment of B Cell Malignancies & Mesothelioma with Recombinant Immunotoxins
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri - 3/21/2012
Biologic Therapeutics Seminar Series - In Vivo Gene Transfer for Genetic Disease: Progress & Challenges
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri - 1/25/2012

Press Mentions

XyloCor Makes Significant Progress in Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular DiseaseJanuary 30th, 2023
A Promising Trial Targets a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’sDecember 2nd, 2022
WCM-Q Research Reveals Metabolic Processes Underpinning Type 2 Diabetes, ComplicationsMay 19th, 2022

Grant Support

Gene Therapy for APOE4 Homozygous Alzheimer's DiseaseWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2026–2028
Gene Therapy for Alpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencyWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2024–2028
Ancillary SOURCE Study: Characterization of Small Airway Basal Cell Biology in Early COPDWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2023–2027
Gene Therapy to Treat Ethanol-induced Osteoporosis Associated with Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Deficiency in Post-menopausal East Asian WomenENYX THERAPEUTICS, LLC2020–2027
Gene Therapy-mediated Angiogenesis to Enhance Survival of Transplanted FatENYX THERAPEUTICS, LLC2024–2026

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
MagnaCare PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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