Dr. Linda S Efferen MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1383 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY HAUPPAUGE NY, 11788About
Dr. Linda Efferen practices Pulmonology in New Hyde Park, NY. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Efferen manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Tel Aviv Univ- Sackler Fac Of Med- Tel Aviv- Israel 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Post-extubation stridor: risk factors and outcome.
- Results of the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment Program, 2000 Exam.
- The challenge of sarcoidosis.
- Pulmonary sarcoidosis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
- Exacerbation of underlying pulmonary disease in pregnancy.
- Women and tobacco dependence.
- Recognition and communication: essential elements to improving end-of-life care.
- Hydroxychloroquine-induced toxic myopathy causing respiratory failure.
- Tuberculosis and pregnancy.
- Pneumatoceles.
- Women and tobacco dependence.
- When It Is Personal: The Universal Need for Palliative Care.
- Tuberculosis update: will good news become bad news?
- In pursuit of tuberculosis control: civil liberty vs public health.
- Tuberculosis reemerges: the captain remains aboard.
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