Kerri Akaya Smith, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clinical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)
My education and training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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
Qualifications and experience
- Critical Care Medicine, 2009
- American Thoracic Society (Member), National
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (Member), International
- Laennec Society (Member), Local
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association (Member), National
- Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (Member), International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Jacqueline V Scott, Jude Moutchia, Robin L McClelland, Nadine Al-Naamani, Ethan Weinberg, Harold I Palevsky, Jasleen Minhas, Dina K Appleby, Akaya Smith, Steven C Pugliese, Corey E Ventetuolo, Steven M Kawut Novel Liver Injury Phenotypes and Outcomes in Clinical Trial Participants with Pulmonary Hypertension , Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 210(8): 2024
Jacqueline V Scott, Jude Moutchia, Robin L McClelland, Nadine Al-Naamani, Ethan Weinberg, Harold I Palevsky, Jasleen Minhas, Dina K Appleby, Akaya Smith, Steven C Pugliese, Corey E Ventetuolo, and Steven M Kawut Novel Liver Injury Phenotypes and Outcomes in Clinical Trial Participants with Pulmonary Hypertension , Am J Respir Crit Care Med : 2024,1045-1056
Jasleen Minhas, Jude Moutchia, Nadine Al-Naamani, Jeremy A. Mazurek 3, John H. Holmes 2, Dina Appleby, K. Akaya Smith, Jason S. Fritz, Steven C. Pugliese, Harold I. Palevsky, and Steven M. Kawut Electrocardiographic Abnormalities and Their Association with Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 21(6): 2024,858-865
M. Dolley, M. Prakash, A. Smith, J. A. Mazurek, C. L. Archer-Chicko, C. Provine, J. S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, S. M. Kawut, H. I. Palevsky, C. Compher, N. Al-Naamani Diet Quality in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: 2024
B.E. Mccarthy, R. Feng, D.A. Torigian, Y. Tong, J.S. Fritz, J.K. Minhas, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, S.C. Pugliese, J.K. Udupa, S.M. Kawut, N. Al-Naamani Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine : 2024
M. Prakash, J. Hsieh, H.I. Palevsky, C.L. Archer-Chicko, J.A. Mazurek, J.S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, A. Smith, J. Minhas, C. Provine, S.M. Kawut, and N. Al-Naamani. Frailty and Body Composition in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , Am J Respir Crit Care Med: 2023
B.E. Mccarthy, R. Feng, D.A. Torigian, Y. Tong, J.S. Fritz, J.K. Minhas, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, S.C. Pugliese, J.K. Udupa, S.M. Kawut, and N. Al-Naamani. Epicardial Adipose Tissue Is Associated With Worse Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , Am J Respir Crit Care Med : 2023
J. Hsieh, T. Lapatra, M. Pipke, A. Smith, H.I. Palevsky, J.A. Mazurek, S. Pugliese, J.S. Fritz, N. Al-Naamani, S.M. Kawut, and J. Minhas. Pilot Study of a Novel Biosensor Device in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , Am J Respir Crit Care Me: 2023
H.-M. Pan, W. Yang, J. Moutchia, R. McClelland, D. Appleby, J. Minhas, S. Pugliese, A. Smith, N. Al-Naamani, and S.M. Kawut "Super-responders" in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis , Am J Respir Crit Care Med : 2023
J. Minhas, J. Moutchia, R. McClelland, D. Appleby, J.A. Mazurek, A. Smith, J.S. Fritz, S. Pugliese, J. Holmes, H.I. Palevsky, N. Al-Naamani, and S.M. Kawut. Electrocardiography (ECG) Findings in Clinical Trials of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (abstract) , Am J Respir Crit Care Med: 2023