Darryl Abrams, MD

Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonology
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Overview

Darryl Abrams, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a medical intensivist and ECMO attending at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is the Associate Medical Director and Director of Research of the Medical ECMO Program at the Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, as well as Medical Director of Intermediate Care and Pre-Critical Care Services.

He has been actively involved on several committees within international ECMO organizations, including the International ECMO Network (ECMONet) and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). Areas of clinical and research expertise include the role of Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) in acute and chronic respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension, with particular interest in the ethical implications of increasingly sophisticated life-sustaining technologies.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Intensive Care
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Respiratory Failure

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Associate Director, Medical ECMO Program
  • Director of Research, Medical ECMO Program
  • Medical Director, ICU Triage Service
  • Medical Director, Intermediate Care Unit

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Languages

  • Spanish

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BA, 2002 Hispanic Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • MD, 2006 State University of New York - Stony Brook University School of Medicine
  • Internship: 2009 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: 2009 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: 2013 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Committees, Societies, Councils

2012 –            American Thoracic Society 

2012 –            American College of Chest Physicians

Board Certifications

  • Pulmonary Disease Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

  • 2017: Daniel V. Kimberg Memorial Junior Faculty Teaching Award
  • 2017-2019: Ewig Clinical Scholar
  • 2015: Medical House Staff Teaching Award for Faculty
  • 2011: Medical House Staff Teaching Award for Fellows
  • 2008: Medical House Staff Teaching Award for Residents
  • 2007: Medical House Staff Teaching Award for Interns
  • 2005: Alpha Omega Alpha, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine
  • 2005: Gold Humanism Honor Society, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine