Steven T. Kariya, MD

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Location

Kensington Office

10605 Concord Street
Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895

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Occupation

PHYSICIAN

Board Certification

Internal Medicine
Pulmonology

Areas of Expertise

Asthma
Bronchitis
Chest Pain
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Cough
Critical Care Medicine
Fiber Bronchoscopy
Interstitial Lung Disease
Lung Nodules
Pulmonary Function Test
Sleep Disorders

Education

Pulmonary Research Fellowship
Harvard School of Public Health
Respiratory Biology Program
Boston, MA
1986 - 1988

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston Beth Israel Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
1983 - 1986

Internship and Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Internal Medicine
Baltimore, MD
1980 - 1983

Medical School
Weill Cornell University Medical College
Doctor of Medicine
New York, NY
1976 - 1980

Undergraduate School
Harvard College
Bachelor of Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Cambridge, MA
1976

Affiliated Hospitals

Holy Cross Hospital Germantown
Shady Grove Adventist
Suburban Hospital

Professional Associations

American College of Chest Physicians
Fellow
2013 - Present

American Thoracic Society
Member

Critical Care Society
Member
1987 - 2005

D.C. Thoracic Society
Past President

Suburban Hospital Provider Quality Committee
Chair

Publications

"Management of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis in pregnancy: report of two cases." Respirology (2003): Helman, D. L., Sullivan, A., Kariya, S. T., Deering, S. H., Hueppchen, N. A., Shorr, A. F.

Journal Articles

"Case report: Management of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis in pregnancy: report of two cases" Respirology (2003): Helman D.L., Sullivan A., Kariya S.T., Deering S.H., Hueppchen N.A., Shorr A.F.
"In vitro dissolution of uniform cobalt oxide particles by human and canine alveolar macrophages" American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (1990): Kreyling W.G., Godleski J.J., Kariya S.T., Rose R.M., Brain J.D.
"Pulmonary hemorrhage associated with bullous pemphigoid of the lung" The American Journal of Medicine (1989): Kariya S.T., Stern R.S., Schwartzstein R.M., Frank H., Brown R.S.

Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Critical Care. Chapter: Asthma and status asthmaticus. Page 549 - 558
Kariya ST and Drazen JM
Editors: WC Shoemaker, S Ayers, A Grenvik, PR Holbrook, WL Thompson.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA
1989

Aerosols: Formation and Reactivity, 2nd International Aerosol Conference, Berlin Chapter: The dissolution of monodisperse, porous cobaltosic oxide particles in the dog’s lung and in its alveolar macrophages.
Kreyling WG, Ferron GA, Godleski JJ, Haider B, Kariya ST
Pergamon Journals Ltd., Great Britain
1986

Academic Appointment

George Washington University School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Medicine
2003

Awards and Honors

Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor 2017
Hopkins Armstrong Patient Quality Award, Armstrong Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital System 2016
Pulmonary Clinician of the Year Award, D.C. Metropolitan Thoracic Society 2016
2015 Suburban Hospital Humanitarian Award 2015
Fellow, American College of Physicians 2013
Preceptor of the Year Award from the D.C. Chapter of the American College of Physicians 1998

Biography

Steven T. Kariya, MD is passionate about Pulmonology and working closely with his patients across the Kensington area to help them achieve their optimal health. Dr. Kariya received his training at Harvard College, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins (Internal Medicine), and Harvard (Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care). He has been in private practice with Pulmonologists, P.C. since 1988. he lives in Montgomery County with his wife, and daughter (Christine), both of whom are physicians. Dr. Kariya helps lead an annual medical mission to Haiti with G.W. medical students, residents, nurses, and also volunteers. He is on the board for Mercy Health Clinic.