About Me
As the director of sleep medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center and the program director for º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone’s Sleep Medicine Fellowship, I provide comprehensive and compassionate care to my patients. I am dedicated to helping patients achieve better sleep health, which significantly impacts their overall wellbeing.
I specialize in evaluating and managing sleep disorders, with extensive experience in critical care medicine, general pulmonary disease, and sleep medicine. With more than a decade of experience, I have honed my skills in treating complex sleep-related conditions and continue to stay at the forefront of medical advancements in this field. My role also includes providing care for first responders as part of the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Grossman School of Medicine World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence, reflecting my dedication to serving those who protect our community.
Throughout my career, I have been actively involved in various aspects of pulmonary and critical care medicine. I serve as an attending physician in the Bellevue Hospital Center's intensive care unit and as part of Bellevue Hospital Center’s chest and pulmonary consult services. Additionally, I oversee the hospital’s stepdown unit, ensuring coordinated care for patients transitioning from intensive care. My work in these areas underscores my commitment to patient-provider care and my ability to manage a wide range of pulmonary and critical care conditions.
My journey into medicine was inspired by a profound interest in improving patient outcomes through innovative treatments and comprehensive care. I pursued my medical education with a focus on pulmonary and sleep medicine driven by the desire to make a meaningful impact on my patients' lives. As part of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone, I collaborate with a team of experts, ensuring that my patients receive the most advanced and coordinated care available.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- breathing disorder during sleeping
- circadian rhythm sleep disorder
- excessive daytime sleepiness
- hypersomnia
- kleine-levin syndrome
- narcolepsy
- nocturnal hypoventilation
- obstructive sleep apnea
- parasomnia
- periodic limb movement disorder
- rem sleep behavior disorder
- sleep disorder
- sleep related movement disorder
- sleeplessness
- thromboembolism
Treatments
- sleep study
Learn more about conditions we treat at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone:
Obstructive Sleep ApneaCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor,
- Director, Sleep Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center
- Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Sleep Medicine), 2009
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine), 2007
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease), 2006
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2004
Education and Training
- Fellowship, New York University, Sleep Medicine, 2008
- Fellowship, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Medical Center, Pulmonary Crit Care, 2007
- Residency, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 2004
- MD from Univ of Texas Med Br-Galveston, 2001
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Insurance Plans Accepted
This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- AETNA EPO (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½LH Employees)
- AETNA EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- Aetna Advantage Choice POS I
- Aetna EPO (American Express employer)
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Medicare Signature Care HMO
- Aetna Meritain Health
- Aetna NY University Retiree Medical Plan
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Select Open Access º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Care Plan (NY University Employees)
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Aetna Value Choice POS I
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS Out of State or Region
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Suffolk Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna PPO
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente - Cigna Network
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Student
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Elderplan
- Elderplan
- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
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EmblemHealth
- American Plan Administrators
- EmblemHealth Bridge (All Products)
- EmblemHealth Select Care Bronze
- EmblemHealth Select Care EPO
- EmblemHealth Select Care Gold
- EmblemHealth Select Care HMO
- EmblemHealth Select Care PPO
- EmblemHealth Select Care Platinum
- EmblemHealth Select Care Silver
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Optum Health
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Vytra HMO
- Wlny-TV Inc.
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First Health
- First Health PPO (Excludes Limited Benefit Plans)
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Hamaspik Choice
- Hamaspik Choice Medicare DSNP
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HealthSpring
- HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
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Hotel Trades Council
- Hotel Trades Council
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Longevity Health Plan
- Longevity Health Plan Medicare
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MVP Health Care
- MVP Preferred EPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente - Multiplan Network
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- POMCO Insurance Company
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Direct
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oscar
- Oscar Bronze Edge Exchange
- Oscar Gold Edge Exchange
- Oscar Platinum Edge Exchange
- Oscar Secure
- Oscar Silver Edge Exchange
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare
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Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
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The City of New York Health Benefits Program
- NYC Employees PPO Plan
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Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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UNITED HEALTHCARE
- AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE-OPTUM CARE IPA
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage HMO
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- Surest
- UMR
- UMR GEHA
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (American Express employer)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon and Schuster)
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare EPO (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Medicare HMO
- United Healthcare º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Care (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½LH Employees)
- United Healthcare º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Care (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (American Express employer)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Plus (Sunset Park Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
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VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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Village Care
- VillageCare
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WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Nishay Chitkara, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Langone School of Medicine WTC Health Program Clinical Center Of Excellence
38 East 32nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Effects of Successful OSA TreatmENT on Memory and AD BIomarkers in Older AduLts (ESSENTIAL)
Publications
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Ayappa, Indu; Laumbach, Robert; Black, Kathleen; Weintraub, Michael; Agarwala, Priya; Twumasi, Akosua; Sanders, Haley; Udasin, Iris; Harrison, Denise; de la Hoz, Rafael E; Chen, Yingfeng; Chitkara, Nishay; Mullins, Anna E; Romero Castillo, Horacio; Rapoport, David M; Lu, Shou-En; Sunderram, Jag
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM. 2024 Oct 01; 20(10):1627-1636
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Bhatt, Alok; Deshwal, Himanshu; Luoma, Kelsey; Fenianos, Madelin; Hena, Kerry; Chitkara, Nishay; Zhong, Hua; Mukherjee, Vikramjit
Respiratory care. 2021 11 ; 66(11):1673-1683
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Sunderram, Jag; Ayappa, Indu; Lu, Shou-En; Wang, Han; Black, Kathleen; Twumasi, Akosua; Sanders, Haley; Harrison, Denise; Udasin, Iris; Chitkara, Nishay; de la Hoz, Rafael E; Carson, Jeffrey L; Rapoport, David M
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 Apr ; 18(4):668-677