Deena Altman, MD
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Infectious Diseases
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences
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Specialties
Infectious Disease
Research Topics
Bacterial Genetics, Drug Resistance, Genomics, Infectious Disease, Microbiology, Staphylococcus Aureus, Translational Research, Virulence Genes

MD, Ben-Gurion University Faculty of Medicine

Residency, Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center

Fellowship, Infectious Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowship, Infectious Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

2017

The Solomon Silver Award in Clinical Medicine

Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation

Publications

Selected Publications

Host-microbe multiomic profiling identifies distinct COVID-19 immune dysregulation in solid organ transplant recipients. Harry Pickering, Joanna Schaenman, Hoang Van Phan, Cole Maguire, Alexandra Tsitsiklis, Nadine Rouphael, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita, Mark A. Atkinson, Scott Brakenridge, Monica Fung, William Messer, Vicki Seyfert-Margolis, Adeeb Rahman, Kari Wong, Greg Michelotti, Scott R. Hutton, James A. Overton, Crystal Nagle, Judie Sheidy, Pam Schearer, Kristen Ulring, Nathan Mege, Brandon Rogowski, George P. Tegos, Renee McLin, Sara Furukawa, Mathew R. Bell, Nicholas C. Semenza, Brett Croen, Mark Martens, Cecilia M. Smith, Brent Simmons, I. Michael Goonewardene, James N. Kim, Kai Nie, Manishkumar Patel, Hui Xie, Daniel Stadlbauer, Giulio Kleiner, Erna Kojic, Deena Altman, Miti Saksena, Lubbertus C.F. Mulder, Geoffrey Kelly, Brian Lee, Jingjing Qi, Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche, Viviana Simon, Seunghee Kim-Schulze, Florian Krammer. Nature Communications

IgM N-glycosylation correlates with COVID-19 severity and rate of complement deposition. Benjamin S. Haslund-Gourley, Kyra Woloszczuk, Jintong Hou, Jennifer Connors, Gina Cusimano, Mathew Bell, Bhavani Taramangalam, Slim Fourati, Nathan Mege, Mariana Bernui, Matthew C. Altman, Florian Krammer, Harm van Bakel, Holden T. Maecker, Nadine Rouphael, Joann Diray-Arce, Brian Wigdah, Michele A. Kutzler, Charles B. Cairns, Elias K. Haddad, Mary Ann Comunale, Al Ozonoff, Lauren I.R. Ehrlich, Esther Melamed, Ana Fernandez Sesma, Viviana Simon, Bali Pulendran, Kari C. Nadeau, Mark M. Davis, Grace A. McCoey, Rafick Sekaly, Lindsey R. Baden, Ofer Levy, Joanna Schaenman, Elaine F. Reed, Jingjing Qi, Brian Lee, Erna Kojic, Adeeb Rahman, Daniel Stadlbauer, Hui Xie, Seunghee Kim-Schulze, Ana Silvia Gonzalez-Reiche, Geoffrey Kelly, Manishkumar Patel, Kai Nie, Miti Saksena, Deena Altman, Lubbertus C.F. Mulder, Giulio Kleiner. Nature Communications

Polymicrobial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections. Angelica Escalona, Emi Hayashi, Michelle Evans, Harm van Bakel, Bremy Alburquerque, Amy C. Dupper, Russell McBride, Deena R. Altman. Microbiology spectrum

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Mount Sinai's Pathogen Surveillance Program

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Altman during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Saracino Morris Law Group PLLC
  • The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.