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Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD

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Specializes in: Critical Care (Intensive Care Medicine) and Adult Allergy & Immunology

SUNY Upstate Medical University (1976)

Professional interests include: sinus problems, animal allergies , seasonal allergies, and more.

37 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010

(646) 665-1313

Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD is an intensivist in New York, NY specializing in critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult allergy & immunology. He graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1976 and has 48 years of experience. Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian.

Office Locations

Address:

37 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010

Some issues Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD can help you with:

Asthma

Asthma is a chronic lung disease where the tissue and airways of the lungs become extremely sensitive to certain substances. When these substances are breathed in, the lungs become inflamed. The muscles around the airways tighten and squeeze the lungs, and passages within the lungs swell and tighten. The airways themselves produce mucus, which further clogs the tightened, swollen airways. A person having an asthma attack finds it very difficult to breathe, and a severe attack can even be fatal.

Asthma affects people of all ages, but people with asthma are most often diagnosed as children. Symptoms can include wheezing, a tight feeling in the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing. Some people have mild symptoms all the time, and some people have no symptoms at all, but everyone with asthma is susceptible to occasional severe attacks or flare-ups of symptoms when they are exposed to triggers. Triggers vary widely but can include:

Allergens (dust mites, pet fur, mold, pollen, grass)
Irritants (smoke, pollution, dust, chemicals)
Viral infections
Physical activity, especially outdoors
Certain medications or chemicals in foods (aspirin, sulfites)

Treatment for most asthma patients involves three steps. Patients learn what their asthma triggers are and avoid them. They take a daily control medication, usually an inhaled corticosteroid, to reduce inflammation in the lungs. Also, they have rescue medication with them at all times to take in case of a severe attack. These quick-acting inhaled medications relax the muscles around the airways and allow the lungs to open up for air.

There is no cure for asthma, but with treatment it should not interfere with daily life and activities.

In The News

“Maybe not, but more sufferers are being hospitalized, according to an analysis of a national database presented in March by Robert Lin, an allergy specialist at New York Downtown Hospital.”—"ACE inhibitor blood-pressure drugs can have a severe side effect", Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2012

“Dr. Robert Lin, head allergy specialist at St. Vincents Hospital, said patients had already begun turning up with typical allergy symptoms: watery eyes, runny noses and headaches.”—"NO FREEZING MEANS LOTS OF SNEEZING & WHEEZING", New York Post, April 2002

doctor visit	18

**Gender**
Male	14
Female	21

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	17
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	17
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	54
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

doctor visit	64

**Gender**
Male	17
Female	31

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	25
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	11
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	22
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	48
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

doctor visit	50
immunotherapy	59
injections	59

**Gender**
Male	54
Female	64

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	84
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	28
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	51
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	34
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	34
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

allergy testing	798
doctor visit	114
immunotherapy	131
injections	131
minimally invasive procedures	800
pulmonary testing	34
skin testing	798

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	53

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	55
Black	0
Hispanic	13
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	20
85 and over	0
Less than 65	14

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	36
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	14

allergy testing	1513
doctor visit	125
immunotherapy	47
injections	47
minimally invasive procedures	1199
pulmonary testing	49
skin testing	1513

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	54

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	54
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	18
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

allergy testing	1030
doctor visit	81
immunotherapy	68
injections	68
minimally invasive procedures	901
pulmonary testing	33
skin testing	1030

**Gender**
Male	28
Female	46

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	40
Black	0
Hispanic	16
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	47
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	14

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	28
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

allergy testing	773
doctor visit	76
immunotherapy	42
injections	42
minimally invasive procedures	775
pulmonary testing	27
skin testing	773

**Gender**
Male	20
Female	40

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	35
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	31
From 75 to 84	15
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	42
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	20

doctor visit	77
pulmonary testing	20

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	33
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	31
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Hypertension	47
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	36
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	26
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

allergy testing	55
doctor visit	118
immunotherapy	62
injections	62
pulmonary testing	38
skin testing	55

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD treated as an intensivist in New York, NY were minimally invasive procedures, skin testing, allergy testing and immunotherapy.

allergy testing	379
doctor visit	82
immunotherapy	68
injections	68
minimally invasive procedures	918
pulmonary testing	33
skin testing	379

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD.

**Gender**
Male	19
Female	31

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	1
Non-Hispanic White	31
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	3
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	9
85 and over	0
Less than 65	2
65 to 74	28

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	41
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	9
Asthma	21
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	3
Diabetes	26
Atrial Fibrillation	0
Cancer	3
Dementia	0

Education & Training

Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1976. He completed residency at State University of New York at Binghamton. He is certified by the Allergy and Immunology Internal Medicine and has a state license in New York.

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University (1976)

Residency: State University of New York at Binghamton

Board Certification: Allergy and Immunology Internal Medicine

Licensed In: New York

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

NewYork-Presbyterian

Insurance Information

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Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Cigna, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), Aetna, Healthfirst, EmblemHealth, UnitedHealthcare, Trustmark , Oxford Health Plans, Medicare and Medicaid.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Cigna

Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)

Aetna

Healthfirst

EmblemHealth

UnitedHealthcare

Trustmark

Oxford Health Plans

Medicare

Medicaid

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$3,537 NUCALA $1,637	TRELEGY ELLIPTA $1,100	BREO $507	INCRUSE $120	ANORO ELLIPTA $84	Other $89
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$3,221 FASENRA $1,618	SYMBICORT $508	TEZSPIRE $507	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $138	BREZTRI $86	Other $363
GENZYME CORPORATION	$2,284 DUPIXENT $2,159	ATOPIC DERMATITIS - DISEASE $125
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	$1,225 DUPIXENT $1,098	DUPIXENT DUPILUMAB INJECTION $127
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$1,017 XOLAIR $869	Pazeo $32	Ilaris $28	AFINITOR $14	$73
Other	$9,978 Oralair $884	XOLAIR $799	EUCRISA $572	TEZSPIRE $520	Xhance $466	Other $6,737

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$21,207
Education	$54

Research Payments

Dr. Robert Yao-Wen Lin, MD has received 50 research payments totaling $149,982.

Biography

Dr. Robert Lin, who practices in New York, NY, is a medical specialist in adult allergy & immunology. Areas of particular interest for Dr. Lin include asthma and allergies. Dr. Lin is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian. He studied medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University.