Kerri Akaya Smith - Faculty Biosketch

Kerri Akaya Smith, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Clinical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Disease Team, Penn Heart and Vascular Service Line, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
834 West Gates Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-3202
Fax: 215-614-0869

Email:
akaya.smith@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology and English Literature)
University of Virginia, 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Harvard Medical School, 2003.

Post-Graduate Training
Internship in Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2003-2004.
Residency in Internal Medicine , Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2004-2006.
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Combined Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital, 2006-2010.

Certifications
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 2006.
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006.
Diplomate, Pulmonary Medicine , 2008.
Diplomate, Critical Care Medicine, 2009.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary vascular disease

Selected Publications

Jacqueline V Scott, Jude Moutchia, Robin L McClelland, Nadine Al-Naamani, Ethan Weinberg, Harold I Palevsky, Jasleen Minhas, Dina K Appleby, Akaya Smith, Steven C Pugliese, Corey E Ventetuolo, Steven M Kawut: Novel Liver Injury Phenotypes and Outcomes in Clinical Trial Participants with Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 210(8), Oct 2024.

Jacqueline V Scott, Jude Moutchia, Robin L McClelland, Nadine Al-Naamani, Ethan Weinberg, Harold I Palevsky, Jasleen Minhas, Dina K Appleby, Akaya Smith, Steven C Pugliese, Corey E Ventetuolo, and Steven M Kawut: Novel Liver Injury Phenotypes and Outcomes in Clinical Trial Participants with Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Page: 1045-1056, October 2024.

Jasleen Minhas, Jude Moutchia, Nadine Al-Naamani, Jeremy A. Mazurek 3, John H. Holmes 2, Dina Appleby, K. Akaya Smith, Jason S. Fritz, Steven C. Pugliese , Harold I. Palevsky, and Steven M. Kawut: Electrocardiographic Abnormalities and Their Association with Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 21(6): 858-865, June 2024.

M. Dolley, M. Prakash, A. Smith, J. A. Mazurek, C. L. Archer-Chicko, C. Provine, J. S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, S. M. Kawut, H. I. Palevsky, C. Compher, N. Al-Naamani: Diet Quality in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine May 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

B.E. Mccarthy, R. Feng, D.A. Torigian, Y. Tong, J.S. Fritz, J.K. Minhas, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, S.C. Pugliese, J.K. Udupa, S.M. Kawut, N. Al-Naamani,: Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine May 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

M. Prakash, J. Hsieh, H.I. Palevsky, C.L. Archer-Chicko, J.A. Mazurek, J.S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, A. Smith, J. Minhas, C. Provine, S.M. Kawut, and N. Al-Naamani.: Frailty and Body Composition in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

B.E. Mccarthy, R. Feng, D.A. Torigian, Y. Tong, J.S. Fritz, J.K. Minhas, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, S.C. Pugliese, J.K. Udupa, S.M. Kawut, and N. Al-Naamani. : Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated With Worse Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

J. Hsieh, T. Lapatra, M. Pipke, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, J.A. Mazurek, S. Pugliese, J.S. Fritz, N. Al-Naamani, S.M. Kawut, and J. Minhas.: Pilot Study of a Novel Biosensor Device in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Am J Respir Crit Care Me May 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

H.-M. Pan, W. Yang, J. Moutchia, R. McClelland, D. Appleby, J. Minhas, S. Pugliese, A. Smith, N. Al-Naamani, and S.M. Kawut: "Super-responders" in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

J. Minhas, J. Moutchia, R. McClelland, D. Appleby, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, J.S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, J. Holmes, H.I. Palevsky, N. Al-Naamani, and S.M. Kawut.: Electrocardiography (ECG) Findings in Clinical Trials of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (abstract). Am J Respir Crit Care Med May 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.