Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Kristen L. Veraldi, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Assistant Professor of Medicine UPMC Montefiore Hospital - NW628 3459 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-648-9826 |
Bio
Dr. Veraldi is a graduate of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, MI, fellowship in Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO, and a research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Veraldi’s clinical interests are in the evaluation and management of individuals with interstitial lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), pulmonary complications of connective tissue diseases, and sarcoidosis.
Academic and Research Interests
Dr. Veraldi's research interests are in the molecular underpinnings of fibrosing lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease.
Key Publications
Portnoy J, Veraldi KL, Schwarz MI, Cool CD, Curran-Everett D, Cherniack RM, King TE Jr., Brown KK. Respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease: long term outcome. Chest. 2007 Mar;131(3):664-71.
Veraldi KL, Arhin GK, Martincic K, Chung-Ganster LH, Wilusz J, Milcarek C. hnRNP F influences binding of a 64-kilodalton subunit of cleavage stimulation factor to mRNA precursors in mouse B cells. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;21(4):1228-38.
Edwalds-Gilbert G, Veraldi KL, Milcarek C. Alternative poly(A) site selection in complex transcription units: means to an end? Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Jul 1;25(13):2547-61