Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
·
2023 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Performance of bilateral bronchoalveolar lavage during routine transplant surveillance bronchoscopy changes management
Journal Article Jhlt Open · August 1, 2026 Introduction: Surveillance bronchoscopy for lung transplant monitoring is a standard of care at most high-volume transplant centers, though methods vary based on institutional preferences. At our medical center, we perform bilateral bronchoalveolar lavage ... Full text CiteCryobiopsy vs Forceps for Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy: The FROSTBITE-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal Article JAMA · May 18, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Bronchoscopic biopsy is conventionally performed with forceps, which can result in small specimen sizes and poor specimen quality due to crush artifact. Cryoprobe use localizes freezing at the probe tip, enabling retrieval of larger, more intac ... Full text Link to item CiteEnhancing Quality in Patient Transfers: A Dashboard Approach to Track Interhospital Medical ICU Transfers.
Journal Article Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf · April 2026 BACKGROUND: Interhospital transfers account for 1.5 million inpatient admissions annually. Yet post-transfer patient outcomes and resource utilization vary significantly. Visualizing these data can help health systems optimize transfer practices. The objec ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
NOBLE: Nose brushings for lung cancer assessment in epithelium
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veracyte, Inc. · 2021 - 2027Spiration Valve System (SVS) Post Market Registry Study for Severe Emphysema P180007/PAS002
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Gyrus ACMI, Inc · 2020 - 2027BDX-CD-003 Altitude: A multicenter randomized controlled trial prospectively evaluating the clnical utility of Nodify XL2 Proteomic Classifier in incendentally low to moderate risk lung nodules
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biodesix · 2020 - 2026View All Grants
Education
Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine (Syria) ·
1992
M.D.