Dr. Daniel Libby is a Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). He is on the board of Overseers for Weill Cornell Medical Center and a member of the medical board of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Libby has performed extensive research on the early detection of lung cancer and is a member of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP), which made national news in 2006 by demonstrating that lung cancers detected through yearly CT scans had a high likelihood of being cured. He has written numerous original articles, reviews and abstracts on lung cancer, lung nodules, scoliosis and sarcoidosis. Currently, Dr. Libby's special area of interests include early detection of lung cancer, COPD, asthma and lung nodules.
Dr. Libby is the founder of New York Pulmonary Associates. Dr. Libby was born and raised in Great Neck, NY. After attending undergraduate college at Columbia University, he went on to medical school at Baylor College in Houston, Texas. He returned to New York for his internship, residency and fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. His wife, Nancy Kemeny M.D., is an Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute and he has three daughters.