Monica Kraft is Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine and System Chair, Department of Medicine, at Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Kraft was previously chair of the department of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. She worked at National Jewish Health before joining Duke University to create and direct the Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center. In addition to caring for patients with severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Kraft has published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of American Medical Association, and others. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Lung Association for over 25 years. She is co-founder and chief medical officer of RaeSedo, developing peptidomimetics for therapy of inflammatory lung disease. (Mount Sinai is a 2023 Festival Underwriter)
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