Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Pulmonary Medicine, Medicine, Duke University 2004 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Stanford University 2001 - 2004
  • M.D., Boston University 2001
  • Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz 1997
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2009 - 2017
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2007 - 2009
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Medicine 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • IPA for Melissa Wagner awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018 - 2020
  • Interdisciplinary Training Program in Lung Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2020
  • PSA for Mona Malik awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Book Sections

    • Shofer, S, and Wahidi, MM. "Transbronchial lung biopsy." In Introduction to Bronchoscopy: Second Edition, 118-128. September 7, 2017.  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, and Wahidi, MM. "Transbronchial lung biopsy." In Introduction to Bronchoscopy, 98-106. January 1, 2009.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Ali, HA, Snyder, LD, Mahmood, K, Wahidi, MM, Argento, AC, Larrier, NA, and Shofer, SL. "High Dose Brachytherapy For Bronchial Stenosis In Lung Transplant Recipients." 2015.  Link to Item
    • Lehr, CJ, Snyder, LD, and Shofer, SL. "Pleural Effusions Underlying Rejection After Lung Transplantation." 2015.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Davidson, KR, Elmasri, M, Wahidi, MM, Shofer, SL, Cheng, GZ, and Mahmood, K. "Management of Lung Transplant Bronchial Stenosis With Mitomycin C." Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology (August 22, 2018).  Full Text
    • DeMaio, A, Clarke, JM, Dash, R, Sebastian, S, Wahidi, MM, Shofer, SL, Cheng, GZ, Li, X, Wang, X, and Mahmood, K. "Yield of Malignant Pleural Effusion for Detection of Oncogenic Driver Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma." Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology (July 25, 2018).  Full Text
    • Argento, AC, Gilstrap, DL, Shofer, S, Mahmood, K, Blackwell, K, and Wahidi, MM. "Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Thoracic Metastases and Detection of Receptor Discordance." Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 25, no. 3 (July 2018): 176-180.  Full Text
    • Bedoya, A, Glisinski, K, Clarke, J, Lind, RN, Buckley, CE, and Shofer, S. "Systemic Bevacizumab for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Single Center Experience of Two Cases." The American Journal of Case Reports 18 (July 31, 2017): 842-846.  Full Text
    • Mahmood, K, Ebner, L, He, M, Robertson, SH, Wang, Z, McAdams, HP, Wahidi, MM, Shofer, SL, Huang, YT, and Driehuys, B. "Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Assessment of Bronchial Stenosis in Lung Transplant Recipients." American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 17, no. 7 (July 2017): 1895-1904.  Full Text
    • Wahidi, MM, Reddy, C, Yarmus, L, Feller-Kopman, D, Musani, A, Shepherd, RW, Lee, H, Bechara, R, Lamb, C, Shofer, S, Mahmood, K, Michaud, G, Puchalski, J, Rafeq, S, Cattaneo, SM, Mullon, J, Leh, S, Mayse, M, Thomas, SM, Peterson, B, and Light, RW. "Randomized Trial of Pleural Fluid Drainage Frequency in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusions. The ASAP Trial." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 195, no. 8 (April 2017): 1050-1057.  Full Text
    • Frush, BW, Li, Z, Stiles, JV, Cotter, SF, Shofer, SL, Foster, WM, Hollingsworth, JW, and Tighe, RM. "Ozone primes alveolar macrophage-derived innate immunity in healthy human subjects." The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 138, no. 4 (October 2016): 1213-1215.e1. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Mahmood, K, Kraft, BD, Glisinski, K, Hartwig, MG, Harlan, NP, Piantadosi, CA, and Shofer, SL. "Safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for management of central airway stenosis after lung transplant." Clinical transplantation 30, no. 9 (September 2016): 1134-1139.  Full Text
    • Sciurba, FC, Criner, GJ, Strange, C, Shah, PL, Michaud, G, Connolly, TA, Deslée, G, Tillis, WP, Delage, A, Marquette, C-H, Krishna, G, Kalhan, R, Ferguson, JS, Jantz, M, Maldonado, F, McKenna, R, Majid, A, Rai, N, Gay, S, Dransfield, MT, Angel, L, Maxfield, R, Herth, FJF, Wahidi, MM, Mehta, A, Slebos, D-J, and RENEW Study Research Group, . "Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema: The RENEW Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama 315, no. 20 (May 2016): 2178-2189.  Full Text
    • Mahmood, K, Wahidi, MM, Osann, KE, Coles, K, Shofer, SL, Volker, EE, and Davoudi, M. "Development of a Tool to Assess Basic Competency in the Performance of Rigid Bronchoscopy." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 13, no. 4 (April 2016): 502-511.  Full Text
    • Kraft, BD, Suliman, HB, Colman, EC, Mahmood, K, Hartwig, MG, Piantadosi, CA, and Shofer, SL. "Hypoxic Gene Expression of Donor Bronchi Linked to Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 193, no. 5 (March 2016): 552-560.  Full Text
    • Argento, AC, Wolfe, CR, Wahidi, MM, Shofer, SL, and Mahmood, K. "Bronchomediastinal fistula caused by endobronchial aspergilloma." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 12, no. 1 (January 2015): 91-95.  Full Text
    • Mahmood, K, Wahidi, MM, Thomas, S, Argento, AC, Ninan, NA, Smathers, EC, and Shofer, SL. "Therapeutic bronchoscopy improves spirometry, quality of life, and survival in central airway obstruction." Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases 89, no. 5 (January 2015): 404-413.  Full Text
    • Stevenson, M, Christensen, J, Shoemaker, D, Foster, T, Barry, WT, Tong, BC, Wahidi, M, Shofer, S, Datto, M, Ginsburg, G, Crawford, J, D'Amico, T, and Ready, N. "Tumor acquisition for biomarker research in lung cancer." Cancer investigation 32, no. 6 (July 2014): 291-298.  Full Text
    • Pathak, V, Welsby, I, Mahmood, K, Wahidi, M, MacIntyre, N, and Shofer, S. "Ventilation and anesthetic approaches for rigid bronchoscopy." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 11, no. 4 (May 2014): 628-634. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wahidi, MM, Hulett, C, Pastis, N, Shepherd, RW, Shofer, SL, Mahmood, K, Lee, H, Malhotra, R, Moser, B, and Silvestri, GA. "Learning experience of linear endobronchial ultrasound among pulmonary trainees." Chest 145, no. 3 (March 2014): 574-578.  Full Text
    • Mahmood, K, Shofer, SL, Moser, BK, Argento, AC, Smathers, EC, and Wahidi, MM. "Hemorrhagic complications of thoracentesis and small-bore chest tube placement in patients taking clopidogrel." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 11, no. 1 (January 2014): 73-79.  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, Beyea, M, Li, S, Bastian, LA, Wahidi, MM, Kelley, M, and Lipkus, IM. "Feasibility of using an epigenetic marker of risk for lung cancer, methylation of p16, to promote smoking cessation among US veterans." BMJ open respiratory research 1, no. 1 (January 2014): e000032-.  Full Text
    • Castleberry, AW, Worni, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Lin, SS, Snyder, LD, Shofer, SL, Palmer, SM, Pietrobon, R, Davis, RD, and Hartwig, MG. "A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 3 (September 2013): 1008-1017.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL, Dunphy, F, Mahmood, K, Wahidi, MM, and Yoo, D. "Endobronchial fiducial to guide stereotactic body radiotherapy." J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 20, no. 3 (July 2013): 274-275.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Mahmood, K, Koubar, S, Shofer, SL, Ninan, NA, and Wahidi, MM. "Alendronate tracheobronchitis." Ann Am Thorac Soc 10, no. 1 (February 2013): 64-66.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Shofer, SL, Wahidi, MM, Davis, WA, Palmer, SM, Hartwig, MG, Lu, Y, and Snyder, LD. "Significance of and risk factors for the development of central airway stenosis after lung transplantation." Am J Transplant 13, no. 2 (February 2013): 383-389.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Castleberry, AW, Worni, M, Kuchibhatla, M, Lin, SS, Snyder, LD, Shofer, SL, Palmer, SM, Pietrobon, R, Davis, RD, and Hartwig, MG. "A comparative analysis of bronchial stricture after lung transplantation in recipients with and without early acute rejection." Annals of Thoracic Surgery 96, no. 3 (2013): 1008-1018.  Full Text
    • Heyman, BM, Chung, MM, Lark, AL, and Shofer, S. "Endobronchial metastasis from primary anorectal melanoma." The American Journal of Case Reports 14 (January 2013): 253-257.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL, Wahidi, MM, Davis, WA, Palmer, SM, Hartwig, MG, Lu, Y, and Snyder, LD. "Significance of and risk factors for the development of central airway stenosis after lung transplantation." American Journal of Transplantation 13, no. 2 (2013): 383-389.  Full Text
    • Piantadosi, CA, Bartz, RR, Carraway, MS, Ghio, AJ, McMahon, TJ, Murdoch, DM, Roggli, VL, Shofer, SL, Tighe, RM, Welty-Wolf, KE, and Young, SL. "The opprobrium of Big Tobacco." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185, no. 9 (May 1, 2012): 1030-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wahidi, MM, Sandhu Sindhwani, N, Shofer, SL, and Musani, AI. "Flexible Bronchoscopy Training." (January 5, 2012): 63-69. (Chapter)  Full Text
    • Wahidi, MM, Unroe, MA, Adlakha, N, Beyea, M, and Shofer, SL. "The use of electrocautery as the primary ablation modality for malignant and benign airway obstruction." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 6, no. 9 (September 2011): 1516-1520.  Full Text
    • Unroe, MA, Shofer, SL, and Wahidi, MM. "Training for endobronchial ultrasound: methods for proper training in new bronchoscopic techniques." Curr Opin Pulm Med 16, no. 4 (July 2010): 295-300. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wahidi, MM, Shofer, SL, Sporn, TA, and Ernst, A. "Comparison of transbronchial lung biopsy yield between standard forceps and electrocautery hot forceps in swine." Respiration 79, no. 2 (2010): 137-140.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Meyer, J, Wahidi, M, Shofer, S, Evans, J, Crawford, J, and Kelsey, CR. "Formation of a bronchoesophageal fistula following concurrent radiation and chemotherapy for lung cancer in the setting of Behçet's disease." Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official Publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 3, no. 11 (November 2008): 1361-1362. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, Badea, C, Qi, Y, Potts, E, Foster, WM, and Johnson, GA. "A micro-CT analysis of murine lung recruitment in bleomycin-induced lung injury." Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 105, no. 2 (August 2008): 669-677.  Full Text
    • Hollingsworth, JW, Shofer, S, and Zaas, A. "Successful treatment of Ochroconis gallopavum infection in an immunocompetent host." Infection 35, no. 5 (October 2007): 367-369.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chen, T-M, Gokhale, J, Shofer, S, and Kuschner, WG. "Outdoor air pollution: nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide health effects." The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 333, no. 4 (April 2007): 249-256.  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, Badea, C, Auerbach, S, Schwartz, DA, and Johnson, GA. "A micro-computed tomography-based method for the measurement of pulmonary compliance in healthy and bleomycin-exposed mice." Experimental Lung Research 33, no. 3-4 (April 2007): 169-183.  Full Text
    • Chen, T-M, Gokhale, J, Shofer, S, and Kuschner, WG. "Outdoor air pollution: Particulate matter health effects." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 333, no. 4 (2007): 235-243.  Full Text
    • Chen, T-M, Gokhale, J, Shofer, S, and Kuschner, WG. "Outdoor air pollution: Ozone health effects." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 333, no. 4 (2007): 244-248.  Full Text
    • Chen, T-M, Shofer, S, Gokhale, J, and Kuschner, WG. "Outdoor air pollution: Overview and historical perspective." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 333, no. 4 (2007): 230-234.  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, Chen, T-M, Gokhale, J, and Kuschner, WG. "Outdoor air pollution: Counseling and exposure risk reduction." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 333, no. 4 (2007): 257-260.  Full Text
    • Shofer, S, Haus, BM, and Kuschner, WG. "Quality of occupational history assessments in working age adults with newly diagnosed asthma." Chest 130, no. 2 (2006): 455-462.  Full Text
    • Haus, BM, Stark, P, Shofer, SL, and Kuschner, WG. "Massive pulmonary pseudotumor." Chest 124, no. 2 (August 2003): 758-760.  Link to Item
    • Shofer, SL, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Sublethal effects of pentachlorophenol in abalone (Haliotis rufescens) veliger larvae as measured by (31)P-NMR." Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 51, no. 3 (March 2002): 155-160.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Stucchi, AF, Shofer, S, Leeman, S, Materne, O, Beer, E, McClung, J, Shebani, K, Moore, F, O'Brien, M, and Becker, JM. "NK-1 antagonist reduces colonic inflammation and oxidative stress in dextran sulfate-induced colitis in rats." American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 279, no. 6 (December 2000): G1298-G1306.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Effects of hypoxia and toxicant exposure on adenylate energy charge and cytosolic ADP concentrations in abalone." Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol 119, no. 1 (January 1998): 51-57.  Link to Item
    • Shofer, SL, Willis, JA, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Effects of hypoxia and toxicant exposure on arginine kinase function as measured by ³¹P-NMR magnetization transfer in living abalone." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology 117, no. 3 (1997): 283-289.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL, Willis, JA, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Effects of hypoxia and toxicant exposure on phosphoarginine, intracellular pH, and free Mg²⁺ in abalone as measured by ³¹P-NMR." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology 118, no. 4 (1997): 1183-1191.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL, Willis, JA, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Sublethal effects of pentachlorophenol and hypoxia on rates of arginine kinase flux in red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) as measured by ³¹P magnetization saturation transfer NMR." Marine Environmental Research 42, no. 1-4 (1996): 363-367.  Full Text
    • Williamson, KC, Shofer, SL, and Tjeerdema, RS. "Toxicokinetics and biotransformation of p-nitrophenol in the black turban snail (Tegula funebralis)." Aquatic Toxicology 33, no. 2 (1995): 113-123.  Full Text
    • Shofer, SL. "Comparative disposition and biotransformation of pentachlorophenol in the oyster (crassostrea gigas) and abalone (haliotis fulgens)." Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 46, no. 2 (1993): 85-95.  Full Text

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