Y. Michael Shim MD

Summary

• Dr. Y. Michael Shim is a pulmonologist based in New York, NY, specializing in Pulmonology with subspecialties in Critical Care Medicine and Pleural Disease.
  He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and his residency in Internal Medicine at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.
  He is currently Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine and serves as a professor of medicine. Prior to this role, he spent over two decades at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he held multiple leadership positions.
  Dr. Shim has clinical expertise in COPD, interstitial lung disease, asthma, lung infections, and advanced pulmonary imaging, with additional experience in bronchoalveolar lavage, pulmonary edema, biomedical technology, and drug development. His research has resulted in numerous high-impact publications, including work on Xenon MRI and macrophage function. He has been a key contributor to clinical trials leading to the FDA approval of Xenon-129 MRI as an inhaled contrast agent and continues to lead research focused on lung imaging, pulmonary pathobiology, and improving patient-specific treatment approaches.