Kim Derespina - Pediatrics | Mount Sinai

About Me

Kim Derespina, MD is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Derespina received her MD from Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Stony Brook Children’s, where she also served as Chief Resident. She completed her fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She has previously been on faculty at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore where she also served as the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Associate Director.

Dr. Derespina’s clinical focus area includes respiratory failure, specifically acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Her research focus areas include medical education and the use of non-invasive tools to assess hemodynamics.

Language

English

Position

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West

Education

MD, State University of NY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Internship, Pediatrics

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Residency, Pediatrics

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Childrens Hospital at Montefiore

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Locations

Alice Gottesman Bayer Pediatric Intensive Care Uni

1184 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10029

212-241-8132

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Publications

Publications:12

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Industry Relationships

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Dr. Derespina has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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