Or Kalchiem-Dekel, MD
Interventional Pulmonologist
Titles
Assistant Attending
Clinical Expertise
Lung Nodules; Robotic Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS); Airway Tumor Ablation; Airway Stents; Endobronchial Valves; Pleural Effusion Management; Pleuroscopy; Percutaneous Tracheostomy
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Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO, DSN
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO, HMO, PPO, POS
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): Federal Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO/OAP
Payor Type: Other
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): TBD
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO/EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Contact and Location
- 212-639-5061 Office Phone
- Speaks English and Hebrew
Memorial Sloan Kettering has locations throughout New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, and Westchester. These locations offer many services, including screening, chemotherapy, and medical testing.
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Education
MD, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Residencies
Internal Medicine - Soroka University Medical Center, Israel
Fellowships
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; Advanced Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Academic Research Track, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Interventional Pulmonology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
I am an interventional pulmonologist specializing in minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat cancers involving the chest. This includes bronchoscopy procedures using a robotic, flexible, or rigid bronchoscope, as well as procedures to diagnose and treat pleural effusions, such as pleuroscopy, placement of tunneled pleural catheters, and chemical pleurodesis.
My special interest and research focus are on cancer involving the central airways. I am interested in airway immune response to cancer cells as well as the airway biologic response to minimally invasive therapy, such as cancer debulking and airway stenting. My ultimate goal is to develop new treatments to achieve better control of airway involvement with cancer and hopefully prevent it.
Awards and Honors
- Award Recipient, Annual Respiratory Young Investigators’ Forum (2019)
- Best Basic Science Research Award Recipient, Metropolitan DC Thoracic Society Annual Meeting (2019)
- Award Recipient, American College of Chest Physicians Asthma Fellows Conference (2017)
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Kalchiem-Dekel O, Falcon CJ, Bestvina CM, Liu D, Kaplanis LA, Wilhelm C, Eichholz J, Harada G, Wirth LJ, Digumarthy SR, Lee RP, Kadosh D, Mendelsohn RB, Donington J, Gainor JF, Drilon A, Lin JJ. Chylothorax and Chylous Ascites During RET Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy. J Thorac Oncol. 2022 Jul 1:S1556-0864(22)00312-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.06.008. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35788405
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Connolly JG, Lin IH, Husta BC, Adusumilli PS, Beattie JA, Buonocore DJ, Dycoco J, Fuentes P, Jones DR, Lee RP, Park BJ, Rocco G, Chawla M, Bott MJ. Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Parenchymal Lesions. Chest. 2021 Aug 9:S0012-3692(21)03625-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.2169. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34384789
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Fuentes P, Bott MJ, Beattie JA, Lee RP, Chawla M, Husta BC. Multiplanar 3D fluoroscopy redefines tool-lesion relationship during robotic-assisted bronchoscopy. Respirology. 2021 Jan;26(1):120-123. doi: 10.1111/resp.13966. Epub 2020 Nov 2.PMID: 33140495
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Schwalk AJ, Patel NM, Lin IH, Beattie JA, Husta BC, Chawla M, Sachdeva A, Akulian JA, Musani AI, Argento AC, Lee HJ, Mullon JJ, Desai NR, Hsia DW, Lee RP. COVID-19 Impact on Interventional Pulmonology Training. ATS Sch. 2021 Apr 13;2(2):236-248. doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0126OC. eCollection 2021 Jun.PMID: 34409418
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Kalchiem-Dekel O, Yao X, Barochia AV, Kaler M, Figueroa DM, Karkowsky WB, Gordon EM, Gao M, Fergusson MM, Qu X, Liu P, Li Y, Seifuddin F, Pirooznia M, Levine SJ. Apolipoprotein E Signals via TLR4 to Induce CXCL5 Secretion by Asthmatic Airway Epithelial Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Aug;63(2):185-197. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0209OC. PMID: 32338995; PMCID: PMC7397770.
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Hines SE. Forty years of reference values for respiratory system impedance in adults: 1977-2017. Respir Med. 2018 Mar;136:37-47. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.01.015. Epub 2018 Jan 31. PMID: 29501245.
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Yao X, Levine SJ. Meeting the Challenge of Identifying New Treatments for Type 2-Low Neutrophilic Asthma. Chest. 2020 Jan;157(1):26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.2192. Epub 2019 Sep 13. PMID: 31525357; PMCID: PMC6965689.
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Iacono A, Pickering EM, Sachdeva A, Shah NG, Sperry M, Tran BC, Reed RM. Prophylactic epinephrine for the prevention of transbronchial lung biopsy-related bleeding in lung transplant recipients (PROPHET) study: a protocol for a multicentre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 23;9(3):e024521. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024521. PMID: 30904852; PMCID: PMC6475255.
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Iacono A, Pickering EM, Sachdeva A, Shah NG, Sperry M, Tran BC, Reed RM. Prophylactic epinephrine for the prevention of transbronchial lung biopsy-related bleeding in lung transplant recipients (PROPHET) study: a protocol for a multicentre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 23;9(3):e024521. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024521. PMID: 30904852; PMCID: PMC6475255.
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Shanholtz CB, Jeudy J, Sachdeva A, Pickering EM. Feasibility, safety, and utility of bronchoscopy in patients with ARDS while in the prone position. Crit Care. 2018 Mar 2;22(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-1983-3. PMID: 29499729; PMCID: PMC5834861.
Gavish R, Levy A, Dekel OK, Karp E, Maimon N. The Association Between Hospital Readmission and Pulmonologist Follow-up Visits in Patients With COPD. Chest. 2015 Aug;148(2):375-381. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1453. PMID: 25611698.
Avnon L, Kalchiem-Dekel O, Gozlan-Talmor A, Shimonovitch F, Shalev R, Maimon N. [THE ROLE OF CLOSED PLEURAL BIOPSY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY IN A POPULATION AT-RISK]. Harefuah. 2016 Feb;155(2):110-4, 130-1. Hebrew. PMID: 27215124.
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