Dr. Donald Smith, MD
Not yet claimedLipidologist, Preventive cardiologist · Physician (MD)
New York, NY
Dr. Donald A. Smith is a physician affiliated with the Mount Sinai Health System in New York who sees patients for lipid and cholesterol problems. His profile is listed through the health system's directory.
About Dr. Donald Smith, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Donald A. Smith, MD, MPH is a physician in New York, NY who focuses on cholesterol and metabolism. His Mount Sinai profile lists him as Director of Lipids and Metabolism for the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, and describes him as the only endocrinologist tied to those centers (https://profiles.mountsinai.org/donald-a-smith).
His stated main interest is preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. His clinical work centers on lipid (cholesterol and triglyceride) disorders, and he also sees patients with diabetes and obesity (https://profiles.mountsinai.org/donald-a-smith). A Mount Sinai grand rounds listing identifies him as Associate Professor of Medicine and of Community and Preventive Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (https://events.mountsinaihealth.org/event/diabetes_and_metabolism_grand_rounds_6694).
On the research and professional side, his profile says his research has mostly involved clinical trials of cholesterol lowering with statins and PCSK9 agents (https://profiles.mountsinai.org/donald-a-smith). His biography states he serves on the Board of Directors of the National Lipid Association and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology (https://www.zocdoc.com/doctor/donald-a-smith-md-247050).
In the CMS Open Payments database, he shows $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021–2025. Payments from drug and device companies are common and legal; in this case none are recorded (https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov).
- Lipid and metabolism director
- Mount Sinai lists him as Director of Lipids and Metabolism for the Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health. profiles.mountsinai.org
- Focus on preventing heart disease
- His stated major interest is preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with clinical focus on lipid disorders plus diabetes and obesity. profiles.mountsinai.org
- Medical school and experience
- Healthgrades states he graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967 and has over 55 years of experience. healthgrades.com
- Residency training
- Doximity lists an internal medicine internship and residency at Duke University Hospital and a residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. doximity.com
- Board certification listed
- Healthline FindCare lists him as board certified in Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology. This is aggregator data and is worth confirming directly. care.healthline.com
- Faculty title
- A Mount Sinai grand rounds listing names him Associate Professor of Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, with the credentials MD, MPH, FACP, FNLA, FACE. events.mountsinaihealth.org
- Lipid society leadership
- His biography states he is on the Board of Directors of the National Lipid Association and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. zocdoc.com
- Past regional society president
- A Northeast Lipid Association president's message lists a Donald Smith among the group's past presidents. lipid.org
- Writing and editing
- His profile says he writes extensively on lipid disorders and edited a two-volume issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine on cardiovascular risk factors and an issue of Clinics in Endocrinology and Metabolism on lipids. profiles.mountsinai.org
- Research record
- Doximity reports more than 50 publications and over 500 citations; his profile says his research is mainly clinical trials of statins and PCSK9 agents. doximity.com
Worth knowing
- His Icahn School of Medicine faculty page states that he "has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships" under Mount Sinai's disclosure policy, so the page does not resolve which of the two applies. profiles.icahn.mssm.edu
- Hospital affiliations listed by aggregator sites (including Mount Sinai South Nassau, NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley, Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore and Brookdale) are machine-generated and may be over-inclusive or out of date. care.healthline.com
- Two separate Doximity listings appear to exist for the same physician, which can make it harder to find a complete picture of his record in one place. doximity.com
- His listing among past presidents of the Northeast Lipid Association gives no affiliation details, so the match to this clinician is likely but not confirmed by that page. lipid.org
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
Sources: profiles.mountsinai.org · profiles.icahn.mssm.edu · events.mountsinaihealth.org · healthgrades.com · doximity.com · doximity.com · care.healthline.com · zocdoc.com. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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Practice location
Mount Sinai Health System
1 Gustave L Levy Pl
New York, NY 10029
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