Ali Musani
MD, FACP, FCCP
- Department of Medicine
- Director, Interventional Pulmonology
- Email
- MusaniA@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Adults
Pulmonary/Lung Conditions
Interventional Pulmonology, Malignant Pleural Effusions, Thoracic Oncology
Research
Lung Cancer, Interventional Pulmonology, Other Pulmonary Disease Research
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor of Medicine
Professional Memberships/Societies
American Thoracic Society
American College of Chest Physicians
World Association for Bronchology
American College of Physicians
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Clinical Interests
Dr. Musani has special interests in interventional pulmonology; early diagnosis of lung cancer; staging of lung cancer; treatment of airway obstruction due to cancers and benign disorders; malignant pleural effusion.
He received extensive training, both locally and internationally, in complicated lung diseases requiring bronchoscopic procedures and pleural procedures.
Board Certified
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Service
Education & Training
Education
- Specialized Training, Endotracheal and Endobronchial Diseases (Marseille, France)
- Specialized Training, Endobronchial Ultrasound (Hiroshima, Japan)
- Specialized Training, Medical Thoracoscopy (Marseille, France)
Residencies
- State University of New York
- 1994-1996
Fellowships
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1998-2001
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Awards & Recognition
Top Physicians of USA, 2007
American College of Chest Physicians Young Leader Award, Oct 2006
Editorial Board, Journal of Bronchology
Editorial Board, World Association of Bronchology
Editorial Board, Lung Cancer Frontiers
Recent or Important Publications
Martin L. Mayse, MD; Michel Laviolette, MD; Adalberto S. Rubin, MD; Noel Lampron, MD; Michael Simoff, MD; David Duhamel, MD; Ali I. Musani, MD; Rex C. Yung, MD; Atul C. Mehta, MD. Clinical Pearls for Bronchial Thermoplasty. Journal of Bronchology: 14 (2); 115-123, April 2007.
William Krimsky, M.D. Saiyed Sarkar, M.D., Noriaki Kurimoto, M.D., Ph.D., Ali I. Musani, M.D. Endobronchial Ultrasound, A review paper. Journal of Bronchology: 14 (1); 63-69, Jan 2007.
Beau Duea MD. Daniel Sterman MD. Ali I. Musani MD.Tumors of Mediastinum, A review paper. CHEST 128 4 Oct 2005.
Ali I. Musani, M.D., Andrew Haas, M.D., Ph.D., Luis Seijo, M.D., Mary Wilby, R.N., C.R.N.P., Daniel H. Sterman, M.D., F.C.C.P. Outpatient Management Of Malignant Pleural Effusions With A Tunneled Pleural Catheter: Pleurodesis Without Sclerosing Agents. Respiration, 2004; 71:559-566.
Vikas Batra, Ali I. Musani (Joint First Author), Annette T. Hastie, Sandhya Khurana, Katherine A. Carpenter, James G. Zangrilli, Stephen P. Peters. Brochoalveolar lavage fluid concentration of Transforming Growth Factor (TGF) B1-B2, Interleukin (IL)- 4 and IL-13 after segmental allergen challenge and their effects on Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin and Collagen III Synthesis by Human Lung Fibroblast. Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34:437-444.
