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Kerri Akaya Smith, MD

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Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
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Clinical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Disease Team, Penn Heart and Vascular Service Line, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Medicine
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Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
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2f University of Virginia, 1999.
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2f Harvard Medical School, 2003.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

42 Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary vascular disease
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Selected Publications

1ac 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.

18c 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 2 33 Page: 1045-1056, October 2024.

1d9 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.

89 M. Dolley, M. Prakash, A. Smith, J. A. Mazurek, C. L. Archer-Chicko, C. Provine, J. S. Fritz, 102 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.

182 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 39 May 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

177 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.

194 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.

15d 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.

16b 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.

18a 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.

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