
Overview
Recently named as Medical Director of the Northwell Health Lung Transplantation Program, Dr. Aldo T. Iacono is a national thought leader in the field of lung transplantation and advanced lung disease. He He has made major contributions to clinical and scientific developments in lung transplantation. Dr. Iacono previously developed and led the lung transplantation programs at University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland. At Northwell Health he will bring together a multidisciplinary team to provide the best clinical care for patients with advanced lung disease. Dr. Iacono will also lead research in lung transplantation and will train future clinician-scientists in this area. In addition to lung transplantation, his clinical area of focus includes Advanced lung Disease Management, Immunosuppressive Drug Management and Interventional Bronchoscopy.
Publications include:
-A randomized trial of inhaled cyclosporine in lung transplant recipients. N Engl J Med 2006;
-Donor Derived cell-free DNA as a composite marker of acute lung allograft dysfunction in Clinical Care; J Heart Transplant 2022
-Capitalizing on the concept of local immune suppression by inhalation for lung transplant recipients Am J Transplant 2022;
-Donor derived cell free DNA% is elevated with pathogens that are risk factors for acute and chronic allograft injury, J Heart Transplant 2021.
Dr. Iacono is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Lung Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 42 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Pneumonia.
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Locations
410 Lakeville Road, Suites 105 & 107, Lake Success, NY 11042
100 East 77th Street, 4 East, New York, NY 10075
39 Brentwood Road, Suite 201, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Weill Medical College Of Cornell
Michael Niederman is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in New York, New York. Dr. Niederman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Chemical Pneumonitis, and Bronchiectasis.
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Maria Padilla is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in New York, New York. Dr. Padilla is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Lung Transplant.
Chs Physician Partners PC
Irina Shpak is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Rockville Center, New York. Dr. Shpak is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, and Atypical Pneumonia.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Lung TransplantDr. Iacono isDistinguished. Learn about Lung Transplant.
- Advanced
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Bronchiolitis ObliteransDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Bronchiolitis Obliterans.
- BronchitisDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Bronchitis.
- Hypersensitivity PneumonitisDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- PneumoniaDr. Iacono isAdvanced. Learn about Pneumonia.
- Experienced
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Bronchogenic CystDr. Iacono isExperienced. Learn about Bronchogenic Cyst.
- Cholesterol PneumoniaDr. Iacono isExperienced. Learn about Cholesterol Pneumonia.
- Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cystic FibrosisDr. Iacono isExperienced. Learn about Cystic Fibrosis.

