James Salonia, MD

Dr. James Salonia is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Simulation Fellowship Program Director at the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation at Mount Sinai West Hospital.

Dr. Salonia completed his undergraduate education at the University of Connecticut and went on to complete his medical education at St. George’s University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He completed both his Internal Medical Residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals. He subsequently went on to complete a focused simulation fellowship at the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation at Mount Sinai West Hospital.  Following fellowship, Dr. Salonia was recruited to stay as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and as simulation faculty at the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation.

Dr. Salonia has special expertise in the management of patients with complex critical illness and has numerous research interests including septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism, point of care ultrasonography, and simulation education. Dr. Salonia is passionate about medical education and holds Advanced Membership at the Institute for Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He serves on the sepsis leadership committee for the Mount Sinai Health System and is the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) site leader at Mount Sinai Morningside. Dr. Salonia is board-certified in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, and Internal Medicine.