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Claudia I Henschke, PhD, MD
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ELCAP (Early Lung & Cardiac Screening Program)212-241-2821
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Claudia I. Henschke, PhD, MD is Radiologist and Professor of Radiology.
Dr. Henschke is a pioneer and leading expert in diagnostic radiology with more than 25 years of clinical and research experience with low-dose CT screening; and she has led the implementation of numerous city, state, national, and international lung screening programs.
Since the start, in 1992, of the Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) Dr. Henschke has worked on advancing the CT screening research of early lung disease, with a particular focus on lung cancer. ELCAP soon grew into the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP), and now she leads a collaborative and international group of distinguished physicians and scientists whose 75 institutions have, to date, screened over 100,000 people in 10 countries around the world for I-ELCAP.
In addition, the success of the I-ELCAP program led to another multi-national study, The Initiative for Early Lung Cancer Research on Treatment (IELCART), implemented in 2016 to assess the efficacy of various early lung cancer treatments.
Dr. Henschke has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications, two books, many scientific presentations, and has trained over 80 physician researchers.
EDUCATION: PhD: University of Georgia; MD: Howard University; BA & MS: Southern Methodist University. Prior to joining the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2010, Henschke was a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School and the Weill Cornell Medical College.
LANGUAGES: English, German, French
Language
English
Position
CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Radiology
Education
MD, Howard University College of Medicine
Residency, Radiology, General
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Insurance Information
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- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- First Central Asian Forum on Lung Cancer. Jandos Amankulov, David F. Yankelevitz, Amangeldi Mukhamejan, Rowena Yip, Emanuela Taioli, Bruce Pyenson, James Mulshine, Claudia I. Henschke. JTO Clinical and Research Reports
- Opportunistic AI-derived adiposity measures from coronary artery calcium scans predict new-onset type 2 diabetes in adults without obesity or hyperglycemia: insights from the AI-CVD study within MESA. Morteza Naghavi, Amir Azimi, Kyle Atlas, Anthony P. Reeves, Chenyu Zhang, Jakob Wasserthal, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Mohammadhossein Mozafarybazargany, Ali Hashemi, Thomas Atlas, Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Andrea D. Branch, Susan K. Fried, Khurram Nasir, Zahi A. Fayad, Michael V. McConnell, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, David J. Maron, Jagat Narula, Kim A. Williams, Prediman K. Shah, Matthew J. Budoff, Daniel Levy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Robert A. Kloner, Nathan D. Wong. Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome
- AI-enabled opportunistic left ventricular volumetry in coronary artery calcium scans predicts heart failure comparably to cardiac MRI: An AI-CVD study with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Morteza Naghavi, Kyle Atlas, Anthony P. Reeves, Chenyu Zhang, Thomas Atlas, Sion K. Roy, Matthew J. Budoff, Claudia I. Henschke, David F. Yankelevitz, Jagat Narula, Nathan D. Wong. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Henschke during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Founder/Co-Founder/Partner
- Early Diagnosis And Treatment Research Foundation, Inc.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.