Selim M. Arcasoy, MD, MPH
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Selim M. Arcasoy, MD, MPH
Dr. Arcasoy was recruited to Columbia University as the Medical Program Director of Lung Transplantation in 2001 from the University of Pennsylvania. After his recruitment, he completely turned around the Lung Transplantation Program to rank amongst the top 5 to 10 programs in the country with regard to volume and patient survival. Under his leadership, the Lung Transplant Program has been performing more than 80 transplants annually. In October 2019, Dr. Arcasoy and his team celebrated their 1000th lung transplant since 2001. Despite high transplant volumes and very sick pretransplant candidates, the survival of lung transplant recipients has remained stellar. Currently, 1-year survival of lung transplant recipients at Columbia University is 90%, 5-year survival 65%, and 10-year survival 42%.
Dr. Arcasoy has gained national and international reputation with various leadership roles in professional organizations and scientific societies. He previously chaired the Thoracic Organ Transplant Committee of the AST and the Transplant Network Steering Committee of the ACCP. He recently served in the Thoracic Organ Transplant Committee of the OPTN to develop Continuous Distribution of Lungs. He is currently the Associate Chair for Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation in the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the ISHLT.
Board Certifications
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Expertise
Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Obstruct Pulm Disease/COPD
Emphysema
General Pulmonology
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lung Transplant
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary Disease
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary Medicine
Respiratory Failure
Restrictive Lung Diseases
Transplant Pulmonology
Education
Fellowship: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Internship: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Languages
- Turkish
Titles & Positions
Clinical Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care
Dickinson W. Richards, Jr. Professor of Medicine (in Pediatrics) at CUMC
Medical Program Director, Lung Transplant Program
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Education
- Fellowship: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- Internship: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Awards & Honors
- 1984: Rank Valedictorian of class in Tarsus American College
- 1999: Rank Valedictorian of class in Ege University School of Medicine
- 2001: Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (F.C.C.P.)
- 2002-21: Inclusion in Americas Top Doctors and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
- 2002: Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.)
- 2009-21: Inclusion in New York City Super Doctors, New York Times Magazine
- 2016: Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (F.A.S.T.)
Titles & Positions
- Clinical Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care
- Dickinson W. Richards, Jr. Professor of Medicine (in Pediatrics) at CUMC
- Medical Program Director, Lung Transplant Program
Board Certifications
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Languages Spoken
- Turkish