Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2024 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2023 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Evaluation of the safety profile and intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics of intravenous fosfomycin in healthy adults.
Journal Article Antimicrob Agents Chemother · February 13, 2025 UNLABELLED: This Phase 1 trial described the intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and safety profile of IV fosfomycin in healthy participants. Fosfomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic mainly used to treat urinary tract infections, is being considered for treatme ... Full text Link to item CiteCost-Effectiveness of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing When Added to Usual Care Diagnostic Testing for Immunocompromised Host Pneumonia.
Journal Article Pharmacoeconomics · September 2024 INTRODUCTION: Immunocompromised host pneumonia (ICHP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, yet usual care (UC) diagnostic tests often fail to identify an infectious etiology. A US-based, multicenter study (PICKUP) among ICHP patients with hema ... Full text Link to item CiteClinical Utility of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing Among Immunocompromised Patients With Pneumonia.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · August 2024 BACKGROUND: Plasma 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 highest ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
IMPALA-2 A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of once-daily inhaled molgramostim nebulizer solution in adult subjects with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) SAV006-05 Site 38
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Savara Inc. · 2021 - 2025Pneumonia LOI
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Karius, Inc. · 2019 - 2024Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised - Use of the Karius Test for the Detection of Undiagnosed Pathogens(Pickup)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Karius, Inc. · 2019 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Mississippi, School of Medicine ·
2009
M.D.