Dr. Matthew Ballenberger
Rank / Affiliations:· Assistant Professor
Training & Education:
· Bachelor of Science, State University of New York at Albany
· Doctor of Medicine (MD), St. George’s University School of Medicine
· Internal Medicine Residency, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
· Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
· Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Yale New Haven Hospital
Clinical & Research Interests:
· Obstructive Sleep Apnea OSA and Complex Sleep Apnea
· Chronic Hypoventilation Syndromes
· Non-Invasive Ventilation and Advanced Positive Airway Pressure Technologies
· Upper Airway Stimulation Therapies for Sleep Disordered Breathing
Selected Publications:
Ballenberger M, Thapa S. Improving compliance in NIV for COPD. CHEST Physician. May 7, 2025.
Ballenberger M, Mina B. (2022). Early and Late Failure During Noninvasive Ventilation. In: Esquinas, A.M. (eds) Teaching Pearls in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation. Springer, Cham.
Ballenberger M, Vojnic M, Indaram M, Machnicki S, Harshan M, Novoselac AV, Singh A, Mina B. A 33-Year-Old Man With Chest Pain. Chest. 2022 Jan;161(1):e43-e49.
Guia MF, Boléo-Tomé JP, Imitazione P, Polistina GE, Alves C, Ishikawa O, Ballenberger M, Mina B, Fiorentino G, Esquinas A, Scala R. Usefulness of the HACOR score in predicting success of CPAP in COVID-19-related hypoxemia. Respir Med. 2021 Oct;187:106550.
Ballenberger M, Ishikawa O, Mina B, Esquinas AM. (2020) Noninvasive Ventilation in Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. In: Esquinas A.M. et al. (eds) Noninvasive Ventilation in Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary Critical Care. Springer, Cham.
Shenoy V, Ballenberger M, Prince A, Maslak S. Panophthalmitis from Candida auris. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Dec 17;171(12):941-943.
