Alex D Federman, MD
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PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine
PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
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Specialties
Internal Medicine, Primary Care

Dr. Federman's research interests include use of healthcare by low-income and elderly populations, cost and access to care, patient-provider communication about healthcare costs, supplemental health insurance, delays in care, and pharmacoepidemiology. His recent research has examined the influence of supplemental insurance and assistance programs on the use of medications and healthcare services among low-income elderly patients with chronic disease

MPH, Harvard Medical School

Residency, Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

2006

Paul B. Beeson Scholar in Aging Related Research

the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research

2004

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award

1999

Outstanding Senior Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Publications

Selected Publications

Evaluation of Interventions for Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID A Randomized Clinical Trial. David S. Knopman, Deborah Koltai, Daniel Laskowitz, Jacqueline Becker, Leigh Charvet, Juan Wisnivesky, Alex Federman, Adam Silverstein, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Giuseppina Pilloni, Michelle Haddad, Henry Mahncke, Tom Van Vleet, Rong Huang, Wendy Cox, Diana Terry, Jeannie Karwowski, Netia McCray, Jenny J. Lin, Grace A. McComsey, Upinder Singh, Linda N. Geng, Helen Y. Chu, Rebecca Reece, James Moy, Zoe Arvanitakis, Sairam Parthasarathy, Thomas F. Patterson, Aditi Gupta, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Jeffrey Parsonnet, Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, Tamara G. Fong, Janet Mullington, Sarah Jolley, Nirav S. Shah, Sarah Shizuko Morimoto, Joyce K. Lee-Iannotti, William D.S. Killgore, Brigid Dwyer, William Stringer, Carmen Isache, Jennifer A. Frontera, Jerry A. Krishnan, Ashley O’Steen, Melissa James, Barrie L. Harper, Kanecia O. Zimmerman. JAMA Neurology

Female sex and lung cancer risk in two large screening cohorts. Antonios Charokopos, Amanda Leiter, Sakshi Dua, Juan P. de-Torres, Grace Mhango, Javier J. Zulueta, Charles Powell, Keith M. Sigel, Alex D. Federman, Juan P. Wisnivesky. Respiratory Medicine

Protocol for a randomized trial of self-management support for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using lay health coaches. Nikita Agrawal, Meredith Case, Peter K. Lindenauer, Danielle McDermott, Keith M. Diaz, Jennifer Oscherician Utkin, Juan Wisnivesky, Alex Federman. Contemporary Clinical Trials

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Dr. Federman has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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