Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2024 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Limited utility of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) surveillance for predicting post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in adult EBV seropositive lung transplant recipients.
Journal Article Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · February 2025 BackgroundEBV DNAemia surveillance, with reduction of immunosuppression at certain viral load (VL) thresholds, is a common practice for mitigating progression from EBV DNAemia to post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) in lung transpla ... Full text CiteEpidemiology of Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients Treated With Belatacept.
Journal Article Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · January 2025 BackgroundBelatacept is a costimulatory blocker that can be used to prevent and treat rejection in lung transplant recipients (LuTRs). The epidemiology of infections in belatacept-treated LuTRs has not been systematically evaluated.Methods Full text CiteClinical Utility of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing Among Immunocompromised Patients With Pneumonia.
Journal Article Open forum infectious diseases · August 2024 BackgroundPlasma microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) sequencing can establish the etiology of multiple infectious syndromes by identifying microbial DNA in plasma. However, data are needed to define the clinical scenarios where this tool offers the h ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
VTEU 14-0053 Task C Option 2 Protocol Implementation
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEAssociate Director · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024VTEU 14-0053 Task C Option 4 Protocol Implementation
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Nebraska, College of Medicine ·
2007
M.D.