Thomas Connors, MD

Specialties:
Pediatrics

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Overview

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Critical Care Specialist

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Gender

Male

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Aetna

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NYP Employee Plan
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POS
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Student Health

Cigna

EPO
Great West (National)
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POS
PPO

Emblem/GHI

Medicare Managed Care
PPO

Emblem/HIP

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Essential Plan
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Medicaid Managed Care
Medicare Managed Care
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PPO
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Vytra

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Local 1199

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MagnaCare

Medicare

Railroad
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Multiplan

Multiplan

Oxford Health Plans

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UnitedHealthcare

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

MD, UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Board Certifications

Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

2012 - Blue Ribbon Award; Mt Sinai School of Medicine Institute for Medical Education Research Day
2015 - Pediatric Academic Societies Travel Award for Young Investigators
2016 - Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Scholar

Research

Selected Publications

Connors TJ, Baird JS, Yopes MC, Zens KD, Pethe K, Ravindranath TM, Ho SH, Farber DL. Developmental Regulation of Effector and Resident Memory T Cell Generation during Pediatric Viral Respiratory Tract Infection. J Immunol. 2018 Jul 15;201(2):432-439. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800396. Epub 2018 May 30. PubMed PMID: 29848753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6039242.
Ravindranath TM, Gomez A, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Connors TJ, Neill N, Levin B, Howell JD, Saiman L, Baird JS. Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Jul;53(7):929-935. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24044. Epub 2018 May 7. PubMed PMID: 29737017.
Kumar BV, Connors TJ, Farber DL. Human T Cell Development, Localization, and Function throughout Life. Immunity. 2018 Feb 20;48(2):202-213. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.01.007. Review. PubMed PMID: 29466753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5826622.
Carpenter DJ, Granot T, Matsuoka N, Senda T, Kumar BV, Thome JJC, Gordon CL, Miron M, Weiner J, Connors T, Lerner H, Friedman A, Kato T, Griesemer AD, Farber DL. Human immunology studies using organ donors: Impact of clinical variations on immune parameters in tissues and circulation. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jan;18(1):74-88. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14434. Epub 2017 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 28719147; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5740015.
Zens KD, Connors T, Farber DL. Tissue compartmentalization of T cell responses during early life. Semin Immunopathol. 2017 Nov;39(6):593-604. doi: 10.1007/s00281-017-0648-7. Epub 2017 Sep 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 28894935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5743209.
Granot T, Senda T, Carpenter DJ, Matsuoka N, Weiner J, Gordon CL, Miron M, Kumar BV, Griesemer A, Ho SH, Lerner H, Thome JJC, Connors T, Reizis B, Farber DL. Dendritic Cells Display Subset and Tissue-Specific Maturation Dynamics over Human Life.Immunity. 2017 Mar 21;46(3):504-515. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.02.019. PubMed PMID: 28329707; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5415308.
Connors TJ, Ravindranath TM, Bickham KL, Gordon CL, Zhang F, Levin B, Baird JS, Farber DL. Airway CD8(+) T Cells Are Associated with Lung Injury during Infant Viral Respiratory Tract Infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2016 Jun;54(6):822-30. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2015-0297OC. PubMed PMID: 26618559; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4942220.
Connors T, Baird J, Farber DL. Viral Bronchiolitis in Children. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1791-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1601509. PubMed PMID: 27144866.