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Jessie Swain Wilt, MD

Positions and Appointments

2006-present  Associate Program Director of Fellowships, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2004-present  Associate Medical Director, Adult Lung Transplant Program
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2003-present  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
2003-present  Attending Physician
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Research Interests

Lung transplantation
Immunosuppresson in lung transplantation
Gene expression microarrays in lung rejection




Education and Training

2000-2003  Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1999-2000  Chief Medical Resident/Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1997-1999  Medical Resident , Department of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1996-1997  Medical Intern, Department of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1992- 1996  MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
1998-1992  BS, Molecular Biology
Lehigh University , Bethlehem, PA

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine Certification in Internal Medicine, 1999
American Board of Internal Medicine Certification in Pulmonary Medicine, 2003

Professional Honors

Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, 5/96 – American Medical Women’s Association

Arnold P. Gold Outstanding Teaching Resident Award, 6/99 – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Professional Societies and Committees

American Thoracic Society
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
American College of Chest Physicians
American Society of Transplantation


Selected Publications

Lederer DJ, Arcasoy SM, Barr RG, Wilt JS, Bagiella E, D'Ovidio F, Sonett JR, Kawut SM. Racial and ethnic disparities in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A UNOS/OPTN database analysis. American Journal of Transplantation 2006; 6:2436-42.

Lederer DJ, Arcasoy SM, Wilt JS, D'Ovidio F, Sonett JR, Kawut SM. Six-minute-walk distance predicts waiting list survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2006; 174: 659-64.

Lederer DJ, Caplan-Shaw CE, O'Shea MK, Wilt JS, Basner RC, Bartels MN, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Kawut SM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival in Lung Transplant Candidates with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Transplantation 2006; 6:398-403.

Yip NH, Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Wilt JS, D'Ovidio F, Wang Y, Dwyer E, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM. Immunoglobulin G Levels before and after Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2006; 173:917-921.

Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Sonett JS, Vakiani E, Seward SL, White JG, Wilt JS, Marboe CC, Gahl WA, Arcasoy SM. Successful Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Fibrosis Associated With the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2005; 24:1697-1699.

Kawut SM, Shah L, Wilt JS, Dwyer E, Manni PA, Daly TM, O’Shea MK, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Hypogammaglobulinemia after Lung Transplantation. Transplantation 2005; 79: 1723-1726.

Kawut SM, O’Shea MK, Bartels MN, Wilt JS, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM. Exercise Testing Determines Survival in Patients with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease Evaluated for Lung Transplantation. Respiratory Medicine 2005; 99:1431-9.

Kawut SM, Reyentovich A, Wilt JS, Anzeck R, Lederer DJ, O'Shea MK, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM. Outcome of Extended Donor Lung Recipients after Lung Transplantation. Transplantation 2005; 79:310-316.

Bowdish ME, Arcasoy SM, Wilt JS, Conte JV, Davis RD, Garrity ER, Hertz ML, Orens JB, Rosengard BR, and Barr ML. Surrogate Markers and Risk Factors for Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction. American Journal of Transplantation 2004; 4: 1171-1178.

Wilt JS, Arcasoy SM, Sonett JR, Kawut SA. Hypogammaglobulinemia Following Lung Transplantation is Associated with Severe Recurrent Infections. Chest 2003; 124: 258S.

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Selected Abstracts


Lederer DJ, O'Shea MK, Bartels MN, Wilt JS, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Kawut SM. Racial and ethnic disparities in survival among patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD). American Thoracic Society International Conference: 2005. (Accepted- Oral presentation).

Yip NH, Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Wilt JS, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels before and after lung transplantation. American Thoracic Society International Conference: 2005. (Accepted- Poster Discussion).

Stewart A, Arcasoy SM, Kawut SM, Wilt JS, Sonett J. Prevention of severe ischemic-reperfusion injury utilizing a multifaceted approach during procurement, storage, and reperfusion in lung transplantation. JHLT 2004;23:327.

A. Reyentovich, S. M. Kawut, Wilt JS, R. Anzeck, J. R. Sonett and S. M. Arcasoy. Specific Donor and Recipient Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes in Lung Transplantation. ATS May 2004 Poster.

L Shah MD, SM Kawut MD, Wilt JS MD, E Dwyer MD, JR Sonett MD, and SM Arcasoy MD. Female Predominance of Severe Hypogammaglobulinemia after Lung Transplantation Mini Symposium ATS May 2004.

L Shah MD, SM Kawut MD, JS Wilt MD,, MK O'Shea BS, JR Sonett MD, and SM Arcasoy MD. Hypogammaglobulinemia after Lung Transplantation ISHLT April 2004 Poster, Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation 2004; 23:327.

Selected Presentations


Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University, "Evaluation of Chronic Cough", December 10, 2005.

Chest 2005, American College of Chest Physicians, "ABCDs of Lung Transplantation for the Community Pulmonologist: Acute Rejection", Montreal, Canada, November 3, 2005.

Pulmonary Disease in the Liver Transplant Candidate, Columbia University, "Cystic Fibrosis in the Liver Transplant Candidate", October 22, 2005.

Lecture in Pulmonary Physiology and Disease, Columbia University, Programs in Occupational Therapy (Course OT M 6520), February 10, 2005.

Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia University, "Evaluation and Treatment of Cough", December 11, 2004.

Advances in Transplantation, "Burkholderia gladioli; Implications for Lung Transplantation", September 21, 2004.

Lecture in Pulmonary Physiology and Disease, Columbia University, Programs in Occupational Therapy (Course OT M 6520), February 18, 2004.

Advances in Pulmonary Medicine, Columbia University, "Evaluation and Treatment of Cough", December 13, 2003.

Transplant in Clinical Practice, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, "The Lung Transplant Evaluation", November 7, 2003.

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