Aldo Tullio Iacono, MD

Recently named as Medical Director of the Northwell Health Lung Transplantation Program, Dr. Aldo T. Iacono is a national thought leader in the field of lung transplantation and advanced lung disease. He He has made major contributions to clinical and scientific developments in lung transplantation. Dr. Iacono previously developed and led the lung transplantation programs at University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland. At Northwell Health he will bring together a multidisciplinary team to provide the best clinical care for patients with advanced lung disease. Dr. Iacono will also lead research in lung transplantation and will train future clinician-scientists in this area. In addition to lung transplantation, his clinical area of focus includes Advanced lung Disease Management, Immunosuppressive Drug Management and Interventional Bronchoscopy. Publications include:-A randomized trial of inhaled cyclosporine in lung transplant recipients. N Engl J Med 2006;-Donor Derived cell-free DNA as a composite marker of acute lung allograft dysfunction in Clinical Care; J Heart Transplant 2022-Capitalizing on the concept of local immune suppression by inhalation for lung transplant recipients Am J Transplant 2022;-Donor derived cell free DNA% is elevated with pathogens that are risk factors for acute and chronic allograft injury, J Heart Transplant 2021