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Lewis J. Kass, MD
is a Yale-trained, board certified pediatric
pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist
specializing in pediatric respiratory
medicine and sleep disorders. He graduated
from the State University of NY Downstate
School of Medicine, completed his residency
at the Children's Medical Center of Brooklyn
and in 1999 completed a Fellowship in
Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Yale
University School of Medicine in CT.
Dr. Kass then joined the Yale Section of
Pediatric Respiratory Medicine as the
Director of the Yale Pediatric Sleep
Laboratory where his guidance contributed to
the significant growth of the Laboratory. He
was subsequently recruited by the Chairman
of Pediatrics at The Albert Einstein School
of Medicine and the Children's Hospital at
Montefiore in the Bronx, NY to join their
rapidly growing pulmonology service and to
develop their pediatric sleep laboratory.
Dr. Kass created The Children’s Sleep Center
at Montefiore and is responsible for growing
the service from zero studies in June of
2002 to scheduling over 300 studies per
year.
After having spent 9 years in the large
medical center settings of Yale and
Montefiore, Dr. Kass realized that what he
loved most about the practice of medicine
was having close relationships with the
families that he treats. It seemed
impossible to attain this in a setting where
patients rarely saw the same doctor from
visit to visit and couldn’t get appointments
sooner than 3 months in advance. For this
reason, Dr. Kass opened his own private
practice. With its inception in March 2005,
Westchester Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep
Medicine has allowed Dr. Kass to continue
practicing cutting edge medicine using
state-of-the-art equipment while occurring
in an intimate setting with a small town
feel. Dr. Kass is a solo practitioner and
does not share on-call services with other
practices. So, families can be assured of
continuity of care since they will always
see only Dr. Kass in the office and speak to
him directly after-hours. Despite the
practice’s rapid growth, patients always
feel that they’ve received warm, unhurried
and expert care. He is currently the only
pediatric pulmonologist in private practice
in Westchester County and the surrounding
region.
While setting up his practice in the winter
of 2005, Dr. Kass was simultaneously
recruited by the Medical Director of the
Sleep Disorders Center at Norwalk Hospital
in Norwalk, Connecticut to be their
pediatric sleep medicine director and
consultant. Dr. Kass’ expertise was required
for the evaluation and management of
pediatric sleep disorders at Norwalk
Hospital as well has for the pediatric
education of fellows and residents in their
Sleep Medicine fellowship. Under Dr. Kass’
direction this service has grown
exponentially as well.
In addition to seeing patients in his Mount
Kisco, NY office and at Norwalk Hospital,
Dr. Kass is also available for in-patient
hospital consultations at Northern
Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, NY,
White Plains Hospital in White Plains, NY
and at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY.
Dr. Kass is a sought-after expert for the
media, with patients traveling from all
across North America and Europe, and has
been quoted in several major newspaper and
magazine publications including Time
Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The
Daily News, Woman's World, American Baby,
E-Pregnancy Magazine, Parents and Parenting
Magazines and has also been featured in
Keeping Kids Healthy, a PBS TV documentary.
Dr. Kass has also discussed pediatric
pulmonary issues on Channel 12, ABC and NBC
local news.
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