Tilla S. Worgall, MD
Overview
Email: tpw7@cumc.columbia.edu
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Inborn Error of Metabolism
- Multiple Myeloma
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Assistant Director, Special Chemistry
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Female
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Insurance Accepted
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Medicine (Germany)
- Residency: J Wolfgang Goethe University - Frankfurt
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Clinical Pathology
Research
Selected Publications
Worgall, T.S., Veerappan, A., Sung, B., Kim, B.I., Weiner, E., Bholah, R., Silver, R.B., Jiang, X.C., and Worgall, S.. Impaired sphingolipid synthesis in the respiratory tract induces airway hyperreactivity. Sci Transl Med 2013 5:186ra167
Hornemann T, Worgall TS. Sphingolipids and atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2013; 226: 16-28
Xu, Y., Krause, A., Limberis, M., Worgall, T.S., and Worgall, S. 2013. Low sphingosine-1-phosphate impairs lung dendritic cells in cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2013 48:250-257.
Stojanovic, M.N., and Worgall, T.S.. Detecting hydrophobic molecules with nucleic acid-based receptors. Curr Opin Chem Biol, 2010 14:751-757
Pei R, Shen Aa, Olah MJ, Stefanovic D, Worgall TS, Stojanovic MN. 2009. High-resolution cross-reactive array for alkaloids. Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jun 14;(22):3193-5
Chang CL, Seo T, Matsuzaki M, Worgall TS, Deckelbaum RJ. 2009. N-3 fatty acids reduce arterial LDL-cholesterol delivery and arterial lipoprotein lipase levels and lipase distribution. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 29: 555-61.
Hamai H, Keyserman F, Quittell LM, Worgall TS. 2009. Defective CFTR increases synthesis and mass of sphingolipids that modulate membrane composition and lipid signaling. J Lipid Res. 50: 1101-8.