Maria Padilla, M.D.
Maria L. Padilla, MD, is professor of Medicine, Director of the Advanced Lung disease program and Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Her clinical interests center on the pathogenesis and treatment of diseases such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/Interstitial Lung diseases, sarcoidosis, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis and collagen vascular-associated lung diseases and lung transplantation.. Her research focused on models of pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema and novel therapies for IPF and its associated complications.
Dr. Padilla started the lung transplantation program at Mount Sinai Hospital and currently serves as its medical director. She is an active member of the faculty, engaged in the practice of medicine, teaching and clinical research. Her work has been published in several journals. She is a fellow in various pulmonary and transplantation societies and serves on the steering committee of the ILD network of ACCP, PILOT, the advisory board of WASOG (World Association of Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous diseases), Sarcoidosis Research Foundation, Scleroderma Foundation and on the editorial board of the journal Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases. She has been the recipient of awards in teaching and in the practice of medicine. She has repeatedly been named to the "best doctors" lists in America.
Dr. Padilla graduated with a BS in biology from the City College of New York and pursued her medical studies at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her pulmonary training and research experience were also completed at Mount Sinai Medical Center where she remains a member of the faculty.
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