
William N Rom MD MPH
Occupational & Environmental Lung Disease
Sol and Judith Bernstein Professor, Medicine, Emeritus, New York University School of Medicine
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Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1976 - 1977
University of California Davis HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1975
Harvard School of Public HealthM.P.H., Environ. & Occup Health, 1973
University of California Davis HealthInternship, Internal Medicine, 1971 - 1972
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1971
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1975 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dr. Charles H. Hudson Award for Cardiopulmonary Public Health American Respiratory Care Foundation, 2015
- Val Vallyathan Award, Senior Investigator in Environmental Health American Thoracic Society, 2015
- Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015
Clinical Trials
- Effects of Interferon-Gamma on Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Lungs Start of enrollment: 2005 Apr 01
- Lung Cancer Biomarkers and Screening
- Breath Test for Early Detection of Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A New Model of Learning: Environmental Health in a Global World.William N Rom, Aishwarya Rao, Lori Hoepner, Chris Dickey
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023-06-16 - 5 citationsEthical thinking in occupational and environmental medicine: Commentaries from the Selikoff Fund for Occupational and Environmental Cancer Research.Sheldon W Samuels, Knut Ringen, William N Rom, Arthur Frank
American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2022-04-01 - 219 citationsLower Airway Dysbiosis Affects Lung Cancer Progression.Jun Chieh J. Tsay, Benjamin G. Wu, Imran Sulaiman, Katherine Gershner, R. Schluger
Cancer Discovery. 2021-02-01
Journal Articles
- Epigenetically Regulated PAX6 Drives Cancer Cells Toward a Stem-like State via GLI-SOX2 Signaling Axis in Lung AdenocarcinomaWilliam N Rom, Harvey I Pass, Zahra Maleki, Nature
- A Gene Expression Classifier from Whole Blood Distinguishes Benign from Malignant Lung Nodules Detected by Low-Dose CTAnil Vachani, William N Rom, Gerard Criner, Harvey Pass, Clinical Cancer Research
- Airway Microbiota Is Associated with up-Regulation of the PI3K Pathway in Lung CancerBenjamin G Wu, Harvey Pass, William N Rom, Daniel H Sterman, Vivek Murthy, Martin J Blaser, Michael D Weiden, Leopoldo N Segal, ATS Journals
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Serum Achaete-Scute Homologue 1 (ascl1) and Forkhead Box P3 (foxp3) concentrations in subjects with benign lung nodules and lung adenocarcinomas.Lee MH, Gopisetti N, Yie T-A, Rom WN, Tsay JJ, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2017
- Lung cancer and lung microbiome.Tsay JJ, Clemente J, Lhakhang T, Li Y, Yie T-A, Wu BG, Kapoor B, Wang J, Sterman DH, Heguy A, Rom WN, Blaser M, Segal LN, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2017
- Lung microbiome dysbiosis is a risk factor for pulmonary diffusion abnormalities in antiretroviral treated HIV-infection.Weiden MD, Segal LN, Clemente J, Li Y, Danckers-Degregory M, Morris AM, Tapyrik S, Diaz P, Dawson R, Van Zyl-Smit R, Dheda KUJ, Rom WN, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1/1/2017
Press Mentions
The Other Public Health CrisisOctober 25th, 2020
The Niosh B Reader Certification Program: Looking to the FutureMarch 5th, 2004
Grant Support
- Translational Research Training In Environmental MedicineNational Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences2007–2011
- Longtitudinal Studies Of Hiv-Associated Bacterial PneumoniaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007–2011
- NYU Lung Cancer Biomarker CenterNational Cancer Institute2005–2011
- Clinical Trial: Host Response To TB And AIDSNational Center For Research Resources2008
- Prospective Evaluation Of Patients W/ Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis-Ipf RegistryNational Center For Research Resources2004–2008
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