Katarine V Egressy, MD
Pulmonary Critical Care
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Bio & Overview
Katarine Egressy, MD, specializes in caring for patients with diseases of the lungs and airways. As a pulmonologist, she diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.
Dr. Egressy was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and grew up in Richmond. She graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Before joining UVA Health in 2021, she worked at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, an academic health system in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
“Healthcare delivery has a profound and personal meaning to me having been on both sides of delivering and receiving care. I care deeply about patient outcomes and combined with evidence-based science, my practice of medicine is guided by empathy, science and sincerity."
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Critical Care Medicine
- Research Interests
- Cancer survivorship, Lung cancer screening, Healthcare delivery
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- French, Russian, German, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Ben Gurion Medical School (Columbia University College)
- Residency
- Providence St Vincent's Medical Center
- Fellowships
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine), American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Highlights
Meet Pulmonologist Katarine Egressy, MD
Hi, my name is Katarine Egressy. I'm a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician. I typically see patients in the intensive care units and patients who are the most ill and require support in terms of mechanical ventilation or other machines. I grew up in a physician-led family. My mom was a physician. From very early on, I thought that I would like to help patients and see them through their most vulnerable time. In medical school I really understood that attending to the most vulnerable and rural population is really something that I was passionate about, and therefore I chose an international health and medicine track. My care is personalized care, and I really strive to make my patients feel that way. I really want to deliver as well as develop a therapeutic relationship with my patients. I want them to feel like they're talking to a family member, and I want them to feel less stressed, less anxious and less fearful. The experiences that are positive and really marked by something that both the patient and myself have fought for very hard and have had a positive outcome, these are the experiences that live with me the most, and really these are the experiences that allow me to do what I do.