Alexander Gipsman, MD
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, Specialty Care, Abington, Main Building
About Alexander Gipsman, MD
Titles
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
General Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2024, Fellow Humanitarian Award, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
2023, American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship
2022, Senior Resident Teacher of the Year Award, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
2021, Pediatric Resident Development Scholarship, American Thoracic Society
2018, Gold Humanism Honor Society
2018, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Leadership and Memberships
2025-present, CHEST Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Section – Committee member
2024-present, American College of Chest Physicians, Member
2022-present, American Thoracic Society, Member
Editorial and Academic Positions
2024-present, Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency
Pediatrics - Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
PubMed
Publications
2025
Gipsman AI, Danzer E, Aarthun A, Mathew L, Flohr SJ, Avitabile CM, Hedrick HL, Fedec A, Wang Y, Ash D, Panitch HB. Long-term pulmonary function outcomes in children with pulmonary hypoplasia. Journal of Pediatrics. 285, 114671 (2025). PMID: 40447132
Gipsman AI, Bain A, Coleman JM. Home high-flow nasal cannula therapy. CHEST Physician. April 2, 2025. https://www.chestphysician.org/home-high-flow-nasal-cannula-therapy
Gipsman AI, Grant LMC, Piccione JC, Yehya N, Witmer C, Young LR, Wannes Daou A, Srinivasan A, Phinizy PA. Management of severe acute pulmonary hemorrhage in children. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. 2025;9(5):349-360. PMID: 40246361
Gipsman AI, Bhandari A, Bhandari V. Use of mucolytics and inhaled antibiotics in the NICU. Journal of Perinatology. 45, 5-12 (2025). PMID: 39562833
2024
Do M, Berry S, Joyce E, Gipsman AI. New onset hypertension and seizures in a 10-year-old girl with cyclic vomiting syndrome. Pediatrics in Review. 2024 Apr;45(4): 230-233. PMID: 38556509
2023
Gipsman AI, Feld L, Johnson B, Needleman JP, Boas H, Lin N, DePasquale B, Pogoriler J, McDowell KM, Piccione JC. Eosinophilic plastic bronchitis: Case series and review of the literature. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023 Nov;58(11) 3023-3031. PMID: 37606213
Gipsman AI, Piccione J. Rare airway tumor in a previously healthy adolescent successfully treated with endoscopic resection and oral propranolol. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023 Jul;58(7): 2142-2144. PMID: 37074104
Gipsman AI, Lapinel N, Mayer OH. Airway clearance in patients with neuromuscular disease. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 2023 Sep;47:33-40. PMID 36894356
Gipsman AI, Prero M, Toltzis P, Craven D. Inhaled antibiotics in children with tracheostomy tubes: a descriptive study. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2023 Apr;58(4):1028-1033. PMID: 36541025
2022
Gipsman A, Dufficy W, Goldstein J. A 3-month-old with feeding intolerance. Pediatrics in Review. 2022 Jan 1;43(1):45-48. PMID: 34970688
Gipsman A, Prero M, Toltzis P, Craven D. Tracheobronchitis in children with tracheostomy tubes: Overview of a challenging problem. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2022 Apr;57(4):814-821. Jan 4. PMID: 34981895