Simon D. Spivack
Experienced in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dr. Simon D. Spivack

Pulmonary Medicine
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Group, Comprehensive Family Care Center
1621 Eastchester Road, 
Bronx, NY 

Experienced in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Group, Comprehensive Family Care Center
1621 Eastchester Road, 
Bronx, NY 
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Simon D. Spivack, MD, MPH, is Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology and Genetics at Montefiore Einstein. He is also former Emeritus Chief, Pulmonary Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Spivack specializes in consultative pulmonary medicine, with an emphasis on the evaluation of lung nodules, lung cancer screening, asthma, and environmental and interstitial lung disease. After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1980, Dr. Spivack earned his Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in 1985. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1988. Dr. Spivack then earned his Master of Public Health at Harvard University, School of Public Health in 1989. He completed a clinical pulmonary and critical care medicine and lung research fellowship at the University of Vermont in 1992. Dr. Spivack’s research focuses on the development of non-invasive early detection airway biomarkers of lung cancer risk, as well as epigenetics, gene regulation, gene-environment interaction and non-invasive measurement of deep lung phenomena in humans. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, articles, chapters and books, and he has given many national/international presentations, organized symposia and visiting professorships. Dr. Spivack is on the Editorial Board for Scientific Reports and is a reviewer for journals such as PLoS Genetics, Genetics in Medicine, Nature Protocols, American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research and others. He holds multiple United States patents. He has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research for over 25 years.

Dr. Spivack is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Asthma, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), and Sarcoidosis.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 23 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Graduate Institution
SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Residency
UMASS Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
Specialties
Pulmonary Medicine
Licenses
Critical Care Medicine in NY
Fellowships
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
Hospital Affiliations
Montefiore Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Montefiore Medical Group, Comprehensive Family Care Center
1621 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 718-405-8040
Other Locations
Montefiore Hutch Tower II Pulmonary
1250 Waters Place- Tower II, 12th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 866-633-8255
MEDICAL ARTS PAVILION PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST
3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY 10467
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Medical Arts Pavilion Pulmonary
3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY 10467
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WEILERGI
1825 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 718-904-2000

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.


23 Total Publications

Normal bronchial field basal cells show persistent methylome-wide impact of tobacco smoking, including in known cancer genes.
Normal bronchial field basal cells show persistent methylome-wide impact of tobacco smoking, including in known cancer genes.
Journal: Epigenetics
Published: February 21, 2025
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