Bianca Harris, MD, MSc

I am a specialist in pulmonary and critical care medicine with an interest in lung diseases that result from immune-suppressing cancer treatments. My research focuses on how the microorganisms that normally inhabit the body contribute to infectious diseases and other respiratory complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Location

New York City

Phone

212-639-2277

Clinical Expertise

Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Patient; Pulmonary Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Languages Spoken

English

Education

MD, New York University School of Medicine; MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)

Residencies

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Fellowships

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease; Critical Care Medicine

See My Colleagues in:

Department of Medicine›Pulmonary Service

Publications by Bianca Harris

Diagnostic bronchoscopy in solid-organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Harris B, Lowy FD, Stover DE, Arcasoy SM. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2013-10(1):39-49.

The association of systemic microvascular changes with lung function and lung density: a cross-sectional study. Harris B, Ahmed F, Klein R, Jerosch-Herold M, Hoffman EA, Jacobs D, Klein B, Wong T, Cotch MF, Barr RG. PLoS ONE 2012:7(12): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050224.

Ventricular assist device-related infections, Gordon RJ, Quagliarello (Harris) B, Lowy FD, Lancet Infectious Diseases 2006: 6(7); 426-37.

Staphylococcus aureus colonization and the risk of infection in critically Ill patients. Keene A, Vavagiakis P, Lee MH, Finnerty KA, Nicholls D, Cespedes C, Quagliarello (Harris) B, Chiasson MA, Chong DH, Lowy FD. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2005: 26 (7): 622-627.

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Molecular epidemiologic analysis of two Staphylococcus aureus clonal types colonizing AIDS patients. Gordon R, Quagliarello (Harris) B, Cespedes C, Chung C, de Lencastre H, Vavagiakis P, Miller M, Zeller B, and Lowy FD. A Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005: 40 (7): 1028-36.

Strains of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from drug-use networks are closely linked. Quagliarello (Harris) B, Cespedes C, Miller M, Toro A, Vavagiakis, Klein RS, Lowy FD. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002: 35; 671-677.

Factors associated with carriage of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among Vietnamese children: a rural-urban divide. Quagliarello (Harris) B, Parry CM, Hien TT, Farrar J. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2003 Dec; 21 (4): 316-24.

Differences between Staphylococcus aureus isolates from medical and nonmedical hospital personnel. Cespedes C, Miller M, Quagliarello (Harris) B, Vavagiakis P, Klein RS, Lowy FD. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2002: 40 (7); 2594-2597.

cancer (KAN-ser)

A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.