Maria L Padilla
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Maria L Padilla, MD

Pulmonary Medicine (Lung), Sleep Medicine

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After completing her pulmonary fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Padilla pursued her studies in lung transplantation by attending the programs at Toronto General Hospital and Stanford University. She was the co-founder of the program at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. During her fellowship training, Dr. Padilla conducted research in pathology, developing models of pulmonary diseases under the mentorship of Dr. Jerome Kleinerman. She also participated in clinical research in Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Diseases. She is a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) certified transplant pulmonologist and a member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). She served on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of the World Association of Sarcoidsosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases (WASOG). Dr. Padilla is a committee member of the Interstitial Lung Disease Network of the American College of Chest Physicians, and is also a steering committee member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Indentification: Lessons for Optimizing Treatment (PILOT). She serves on the medical advisory boards of the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the Sarcoidosis Research Foundation, the Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network, and the Scleroderma Foundation, Tri-State Chapter. She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership of American Medicine (ELAM) program.

Dr. Padilla is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is the Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program for the Mount Sinai – National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute. She is also involved in the Sarcoidosis Service and the adult Cystic Fibrosis program. She is a consultant to other transplant programs at our institution, and is also the principal investigator of clinical research projects. Dr. Padilla specializes in the treatment of diffuse interstitial lung diseases, including idiopathic interstital pneumonia, acute interstital pneumonia, lymphocytic interstital pneumonia, non-specific interstital pneumonia, organizing pneumonia, bronchiollitis obliterans, and hypersensitivity pneumonia.  She also specializes in lung diseases associated with rheumatologic disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. In addition, she also treats drug-induced lung disease, mycobacterial lung disease, Langerhans cell hystiocytosis,lymphangioleimyomatosis, pulmonary vasculitis, alveolar hemorrhage, and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Language
English, Spanish
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, PROFESSOR | Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Hospital Affiliations
  • The Mount Sinai Hospital

Clinical Focus

Education

MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency, Internal Medicine

Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease

Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Awards

2009

Best Doctors

New York Magazine

2003

The Dr Sidney Grossman Distinguished Humanitarian Award

Alumni Association, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2001

Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award\t

2001

2000 Physician of the Year Award

Nursing Department, MSMC

1999

Saul Horowitz Jr. Memorial Award

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

1996

Distinguished Service Award

The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, MSMC

1989

Distinguished Teacher Award

The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, MSMC

1987

Henry and Catherine Gaisman Fellowship

1982

Pulmonary Academic Award (NIH)\t

1980

American Lung Association Fellowship

1975

Dr. Alan Guttmacher Award

1974

Alpha Omega Alpha

1971

Max Som Scholarship

Research

Dr. Padilla's research interests include investigation of fibrogenesis and the various manifestations of this process in different diseases (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, Collagen Vascular associated pulmonary fibrosis, genetic associated pulmonary fibrosis, Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome, bronchiolitis obliterans among others). She conducts clinical investigations in the treatment and course of these diseases and participates in collaborative multicenter studies to advance the understanding and knowledge of these illnesses. She is the principal investigator of the INSPIRE trial investigating the safety and efficacy of Interferon gamma on the survival of patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Additional studies investigating early markers of interstitial lung disease, therapies for secondary pulmonary hypertension and the efficacy of certain agents on the pulmonary fibrosis associated with Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome, are in development.

Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease Program

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  • Mount Sinai-National Jewish Respiratory Institute10 East 102nd Street, New York, NY, 10029
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Padilla during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • United Therapeutics Corp.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim, Ltd.
  • Pfeizer Adjudicating Committee

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