Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Kathryn Flack, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center Perelman

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Flack is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Kim JS, Flack KF, Malik V, Manichaikul A, Sakaue S, Luo Y, Anderson MR, Hoffman EA, Podolanczuk AJ, Yun J, McDermott G, Sparks JA, Moll M, Rich S, Rotter J, Noth I, Raghu G, Giles J, Winchester R, Raychaudhuri S, Hunninghake GM, Cho MH, Garcia CK, Barr RG, Bernstein EJ Genomic and Serological Rheumatoid Arthritis Biomarkers, MUC5B Promoter Variant, and Interstitial Lung Abnormalities , Ann Am Thorac So : 2024


Friedman Flack K, George M, Podolanczuk A, Kim J, Hoffman E, Johnson C, McGroder C, Smith B, Garcia C, Kreider M, Kawut S, Barr R.G, Anderson M, Bernstein E. Antinuclear antibodies and progression of high attenuation areas on chest computed tomography: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study. , American Thoracic Society: 2023


Friedman Flack K & Katzen J. Revealing the rare: Pulmonary fibrosis from surfactant-related gene mutation. , CHEST., 163(4): 2023,744-745


Kim J, Flack K, Malik V, Manichaikul A, Sakaue S, Luo Y, Anderson M, Hoffman E, Podolanczuk A, Yun J, McDermott G, Sparks J, Moll M, Rich S, Rotter J, Noth I, Ragu G, Giles J, Winchester R, Raychaudhuri S, Hunninghake G, Cho M, Garcia C, Barr R.G, Bernstein E. Association of rheumatoid arthritis-related antibodies, HLA-DRB1, and MUC5B (rs35705950) with high attenuation areas, forced vital capacity, and interstitial lung abnormalities. , International Colloquium on Lung and Airway Fibrosis : 2022


Friedman Flack, K., Gao, G.M., Berstein, E., Johnson, C., Diamond, J., Benvenuto, L. Arcasoy, S., Greeland, J., Betancourt, L., Oyster, M., Brown, M., Kalman, L., Zaleski, D., Adler, J., Tevald, M., Balar, P., Patel, S., Medikonda, N., Kreider, M., Christie, J., Singer, J., Anderson, M. Differences in body composition and frailty between lung transplant candidates with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. , American Thoracic Society: 2022


Friedman Flack K, Grimm J, Haas A, Jarrar D, Szeto W, Palevsky H. Massive hemoptysis secondary to an aortomediastinoparenchymal fistula. , American Thoracic Society International Conference. : 2020


Friedman Flack K, Chu S, Ciunci C, Berman A, Kreider M, Porteous M. The management and outcomes of patients with both interstitial lung disease and lung cancer. , American Thoracic Society International Conference. Dallas, TX: 2019


Kolb JM*, Friedman Flack K*, Chatterjee-Murphy P, Desai J, Wallentin L, Ezekowitz M, Connolly S, Reilly P, Brueckmann M, Ilgenfritz J, Aisenberg J., *co-first authors Locations and mucosal lesions responsible for major gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on warfarin or dabigatran. , Dig Dis Sci. , 63(7): 2018,1878-1889


Aisenberg J, Chatterjee-Murphy P, Friedman Flack K, Weitz J, Ruff C, Nordio F, Mercuri M, Choi Y, Antman E, Braunwald E, Giugliano R. Gastrointestinal bleeding with edoxaban versus warfarin: Results from the ENGAGE AF- TIMI 48 trial. , Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 11(5): 2018,epub


Romanoff A, Schmidt H, McMurray M, Weltz C, Schwartzman M, Friedman K, Margolies L, Port E. Who is ordering MRIs in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients? , Am Surg. , 84(3): 2018,351-357