Karen S. McCoy, MD

Medical School:

University of North Carolina   MD   06/30/1975

Internship:

North Carolina Memorial Hospital   06/30/1977

Residency:

North Carolina Memorial Hospital   06/30/1979

Fellowship:

Arizona Health Science Center   06/30/1982

Section:

Pulmonary Medicine   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Certified  
Pediatrics, Certified  

Gender:

Female

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

02/16/1988

Office Practice Information:

• Accepts patients 0-18
• Accepts patients 18 years or older
• Accepts Medicaid
• Requires a written physician referral
• This office is wheelchair accessible

Academic Title:

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Karen S. McCoy, MD, is Chief of the Section of Pulmonary Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Her clinical interests focus on managing patients of all ages with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pediatric asthma. Dr. McCoy’s research interests revolve around clinical outcomes and trials in cystic fibrosis and asthma. She is the principal investigator for the CF Translational Therapeutic Development Center and the Asthma Clinical Research Center. She is the Director of the CF Center, Associate Director of the fellowship-training program in pediatric pulmonology, Medical Director for Infant and Non-infant Pulmonary Function, Respiratory Care and the CF Newborn Screening Program.

Publications*:

McCoy K. Compounded Colistimethate as Possible Cause of Fatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine 357(22): 2310-1, November 29, 2007.

Awards and Honors*:

Listed, Best Doctors in America

Presentations and
Teaching Activities*:

Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation (AZLI) for CF Patients with P. Aeruginosa (PA) Infection, 30th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Belek, Turkey, June 2007

The Evolution of Epidemiologic Data for Cystic Fibrosis: The Impact on Clinical Care, 21st Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Anaheim, California, October 2007

Research Funding*:

Cystic Fibrosis Center, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

CF Therapeutic Development Network, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Mild CF Lung Disease Treatment Study, Anonymous

Asthma Clinical Research Center, Ohio State University Research Foundation/American Lung Association

The Study of Acid Reflux in Children with Asthma, Ohio State University Research Foundation/American Lung Association

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2007 only.