Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2021 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Passenger Lymphocyte Syndrome Presenting With Severe Refractory Thrombocytopenia After Transplantation: A Multi-Recipient Case Series.
Journal Article Clin Transplant · September 2025 Passenger lymphocyte syndrome (PLS) is an immune-mediated complication that can occur following solid organ transplantation, resulting from the transfer of donor-derived lymphocytes that produce alloantibodies targeting recipient antigens. We report a case ... Full text Link to item CitePostoperative Lung Transplant Considerations in the Older Recipient.
Journal Article Chest · August 2025 TOPIC IMPORTANCE: Lung transplantation (LTx) remains the ultimate treatment for many patients with advanced lung disease. Although the age cutoffs for LTx have been debated due to variable outcomes, the number of LTx procedures performed on patients aged ≥ ... Full text Link to item CiteInadequate (Ax) Transbronchial Lung Transplant Biopsies-Scope and the Potential Contributing Factors.
Journal Article Transplant Proc · 2024 BACKGROUND: Transbronchial biopsy is the cornerstone for the evaluation of graft function after lung transplant and a standard of care to diagnose acute cellular rejection. However, the yield from these biopsies is variable, with about 15% to 50% of sample ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
ATYR1923-C-005 EFZO CONNECT RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY, SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF EFZOFITIMOD IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS RELATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by aTyr Pharma, Inc. · 2024 - 2029ATYR1923-C-004
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by aTyr Pharma, Inc. · 2022 - 2026Novel 4Dx functional lung imaging in diagnosis and follow up of CLAD
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 4DMedical Limited · 2019 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Government Medical College, Srinagar (India) ·
2000
M.D.