Stamford Health Medical Group Member
Michael A. Bernstein, MD
Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care
Stamford Health Medical Group Member
About Me
Dr. Bernstein is a Fairfield County native and returned to Stamford in 2010 after training at Duke University (Undergraduate and Medical School) and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City (residency and fellowship).
Dr. Bernstein has a particular interest and board-certification in interventional pulmonology, a subspecialty within pulmonary medicine focused on bronchoscopy, lung cancer, pleural diseases and other procedures for the lung. He is the Co-Clinical Director for the Lung Cancer Screening and Lung Nodule Program at Stamford Hospital. Additionally, he has a strong clinical interest in critical care medicine.
Dr. Bernstein is the Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care at Stamford Hospital. He has additional clinical interests in COPD and sleep apnea, as well as asthma and dyspnea in adolescents.
In 2015, he won the Melville Magida Award from the Fairfield County MedicalSociety given to the top doctor under the age of 40. He has been listed in Top Docs Fairfield County and Top Docs Connecticut continuously since 2014. Dr. Bernstein is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency at the Stamford Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in Stamford for Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Specialties
Specialties
Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary DiseaseSpecial Interests
Bronchoscopy
COPD
Critical Care
Interventional Pulmonology
Lung Cancer
Lung Nodules
Sarcoidosis
Sleep ApneaLanguages
English
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Education & Training
Medical School
Duke University School of Medicine
Residency
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship
Mount Sinai Hospital
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Board Certifications & Affiliations
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine-Critical Care MedicineAffiliations
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society for Critical Care Medicine
American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
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