Claudia S. Plottel, MD, FACP, FCCP - New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York

Claudia S. Plottel, MD, FACP, FCCP holds the rank of Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, where she is a member of the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Plottel earned her Bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and her MD from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She pursued her post–graduate training in Internal Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center in her hometown of New York City. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as of the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Plottel has a particular interest in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma. She is the author of 100 Questions and Answers about Asthma (Jones and Bartlett, 2005). In addition to her medical teaching and writing, Dr. Plottel maintains an active clinical practice in Manhattan dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease, with a particular focus on asthma.