Kevin C. Ma, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Medicine Clinical Effectiveness Team
Co-Chair, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Clinical Emergencies Committee
Director, Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Program
Penn Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
8th Floor Maloney Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
8th Floor Maloney Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Links
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New treatment for people with COPD, emphysema at Penn Medicine
Google Scholar Link
COPD: Breathing Easy without Major Surgery: An Interview with Kevin Ma, MD
Search PubMed for articles
New treatment for people with COPD, emphysema at Penn Medicine
Google Scholar Link
COPD: Breathing Easy without Major Surgery: An Interview with Kevin Ma, MD
Education:
BS, BA (Biology, Asian and African Language and Literature)
Duke University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
University of Washington, Seattle, 2011.
Permanent linkBS, BA (Biology, Asian and African Language and Literature)
Duke University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
University of Washington, Seattle, 2011.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Interventional PulmonologyCritical Care Medicine
Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
Thoracic Malignancy
Lung Cancer
Benign Central Airways Disease
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Pleural Disease
Mesothelioma
Description of Other Expertise
Quality Improvement and Patient SafetyDescription of Research Expertise
Bronchoscopic Lung Volume ReductionPleural disease and pleural space infections
Airway complications after Lung Transplant
Necroptosis and biomarkes in Critical Illness
Selected Publications
DiBardino DM, Andronov M, Haas AR, Lanfranco AR, Ma KC: Utility and Safety of Airway Stenting in Distal Airways Stenosis After Lung Transplant. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 27(4): 274-279, Oct 2020.Pasricha VG, DiBardino DM, Ma KC: Management of malignant central airway obstruction. Shanghai Chest 4(26): 565-568, Feb 2020.
Hutchinson CT, DiBardino DM, Ma KC, Jarrar D, Singhal S, Haas AR: Airway Stenting for Treatment of Left Lower Lobe Airway Obstruction after Left Upper Lobectomy. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 16(11): 1444-1446, Nov 2019.
Ma KC, Chung A, Aronson KI, Krishnan JK, Barjaktarevic IZ, Berlin DA, Schenck EJ: Bronchoscopic intubation is an effective airway strategy in critically ill patients. Journal of Critical Care 38: 92-96, April 2017.
Ma KC, Schenck EJ, Siempos II, Cloonan SM, Finkelsztein EJ, Pabon MA, Oromendia C, Ballman KV, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Higuera A, Lee JY, Chung CR, Jeon K, Yang JH, Howrylak JA, Huh JW, Suh GY, Choi AMK: Circulating RIPK3 levels are associated with mortality and organ failure during critical illness. JCI insight 3(13): e99121, July 2018.
Ma KC, Schenck EJ, Pabon MA, Choi AMK: The Role of Danger Signals in the Pathogenesis and Perpetuation of Critical Illness. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 197(3): 300-309, Feb 2018.
Siempos II, Ma KC, Imamura M, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Huh JW, Moon JS, Finkelsztein EJ, Jones DS, Lizardi MT, Schenck EJ, Ryter SW, Nakahira K, Choi AMK: RIPK3 mediates pathogenesis of experimental ventilator-induced lung injury. JCI insight 3(9): e97102, May 2018.
Sureshbabu A, Edwin E, Ma KC, Laursen K, Finkelsztein EJ, Akchurin O, Muthukumar T, Ryter SW, Gudas L, Choi AMK, Choi ME: RIPK3 promotes sepsis-induced acute kidney injury via mitochondrial dysfunction. JCI insight 3(11): e98484, Jun 2018.
Schenck EJ, Ma KC, Price DR, Nicholson T, Oromendia C, Gentzler ER, Sanchez E, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Huh JW, Siempos II, Choi AMK: Circulating cell death biomarker TRAIL is associated with increased organ dysfunction in sepsis. JCI insight 4(9): e101678, May 2019.
Schenck EJ, Ma KC, Murthy SB, Choi AMK: Danger Signals in the ICU. Critical care medicine 46(5): 791-798, May 2018.
Ryter SW, Ma KC, Choi AMK: Carbon monoxide in lung cell physiology and disease. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 314(2): C211-C227, Feb 2018.
Finkelsztein EJ, Jones DS, Ma KC, Pabón MA, Delgado T, Nakahira K, Arbo JE, Berlin DA, Schenck EJ, Choi AMK, Siempos II: Comparison of qSOFA and SIRS for predicting adverse outcomes of patients with suspicion of sepsis outside the intensive care unit. Critical care (London, England) 21(1): 73 published on line, Mar 2017.
Turetz ML, Ma KC: Diagnosis and management of latent tuberculosis. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 29(2): 205-11, Apr 2016.
Pabón MA, Patino E, Bhatia D, Rojas-Quintero J, Ma KC, Finkelsztein EJ, Osorio JC, Malick F, Polverino F, Owen CA, Ryter SW, Choi AMK, Cloonan SM, Choi ME: Beclin-1 regulates cigarette smoke-induced kidney injury in a murine model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JCI insight 3(18): e99592, Sept 2018.
Ma KC, Haas AR, Lanfranco AR, Moon E, Vachani A, Dibardino DM: An Un-Blinded, IntraPatient Comparison of Transbronchial Forceps Biopsy and Cryobiopsy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion: A Preliminary Analysis. 2018 Conference of the American Association of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology. Denver CO September 2018 Notes: Poster presentation.