Robert Kaner, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Clinical Genetic Medicine · Weill Cornell Medicine
Robert Kaner is Professor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Clinical Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 261 publications with 9,468 citations (h-index 49); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Robert J. Kaner, MD, is Professor of Clinical Medicine and Professor of Clinical Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. The public record shows 261 publications with 9,468 citations (h-index 49), centered on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Asthma and respiratory diseases. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies, 10 NIH-funded awards (1994–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · medRxiv
- Top research focus: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 14 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 110.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Doxycycline for Emphysema in People Living With HIV (The DEPTH Trial)
Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- COVID-19 Respiratory Outcomes Registry
Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- SPIROMICS Study of Early COPD Progression (SOURCE)
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202516 payments$13,123openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- United Therapeutics CorporationProgram year20257 payments
- Genentech USA, Inc.Program year20252 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Respiratory
42.7%Corticosteroid24.2%Breo Ellipta44%Trelegy Ellipta14%Fluticasone Propionate12%Symbicort11%Arnuity Ellipta10%Dulera6%Budesonide6%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist7.6%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa100%Part D≥19 patientsCancer & immunology
38.3%Kinase inhibitor25.5%Ofev100%Part D≥27 patientsPyridone12.8%Pirfenidone59%Esbriet42%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
10.3%Corticosteroid7.2%Prednisone100%Part D≥22 patientsAntidiarrheal1.8%Diphenoxylate-Atropine100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
10 NIH research awards on record, funded 1994–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Multidisciplinary Approach Training in Respiratory Research
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2026$885,415T32HL134629 - Ancillary SOURCE Study: Characterization of Small Airway Basal Cell Biology in Early COPD
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2026$803,001R01HL166983 - Multidisciplinary Approach Training in Respiratory Research
Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
FY2026$3,000T32HL134629
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- The Effect of Chronic Altitude Exposure on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in the SPIROMICS Cohort: An Observational Cohort Study.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Article2024 - Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Evidence-based Recommendations. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Guideline2024 - Validity and Reliability of the Fatigue Severity Scale in a Real-World Interstitial Lung Disease Cohort.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Article2023
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis1,127 citations2007
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Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/robert-kaner-md
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researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Kaner
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Mentions by others
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →weillcornell.org ↗
- Internship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →vivo.weill.cornell.edu ↗ - Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medicine Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Center of Excellence
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Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, Weill Cornell Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →directory.weill.cornell.edu ↗ - Principal Investigator
Weill Cornell Medicine site, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Registry
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →vivo.weill.cornell.edu ↗
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- "Finding Optimism in the Face of Lung Disease"
video interview with Dr. Robert Kaner, Weill Cornell Medicine
2017provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →youtube.com ↗
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