AmirMohammadEmtiazjooMDMSc

Pulmonology • Gainesville, FL

Critical Care Medicine, Lung Transplantation Medicine, Pleural Disease

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical director- lung transplant and ECMO program, University of Florida

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Office
Shands University Hospital
Gainesville, FL 32608
Phone+1 352-265-0111
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2013 - 2014
Indiana University School of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2010 - 2013
University of California (San Francisco)/FresnoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2009 - Present
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2026

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Does Intravenous Immunoglobulin Administration Affect the Clearance of Monoclonal Antibodies in Transplant Recipients?
Victoria Reams, Amir M Emtiazjoo, Cynthia Gries, Mindaugus Rackauskas, Biplab K Saha> ;Transplantation. 2024 May 1
The commonalleles rescue CD4 T cellpenia, restore T-regs, and preventinflammatory disease in mice.
Alexandra Aybar-Torres, Lennon A Saldarriaga, Ann T Pham, Amir M Emtiazjoo, Ashish K Sharma, Andrew J Bryant, Lei Jin> ;Biorxiv. 2024 Mar 24
2 citations
Management of nontuberculous mycobacteria in lung transplant cases: an international Delphi study.
Huda Asif, Franck F Rahaghi, Akihiro Ohsumi, Julie Philley, Amir Emtiazjoo, Takashi Hirama, Arthur W Baker, Chin-Chung Shu, Fernanda Silveira, Vincent Poulin, Pete Riz...> ;ERJ Open Research. 2023 Mar 1
9 citations
Resolution of post-lung transplant ischemia-reperfusion injury is modulated via Resolvin D1-FPR2 and Maresin 1-LGR6 signaling.
Victoria Leroy, Jun Cai, Zhenxiao Tu, Alexander McQuiston, Simrun Sharma, Amir Emtiazjoo, Carl Atkinson, Gilbert R Upchurch Jr, Ashish K Sharma> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023 May 1
7 citations
Hyperammonemia After Lung Transplantation: Systematic Review and a Mini Case Series.
Amir Y Kamel, Amir M Emtiazjoo, Lauren Adkins, Abbas Shahmohammadi, Hassan Alnuaimat, Andres Pelaez, Tiago Machuca, Mauricio Pipkin, Hyun-Wook Lee, I David Weiner, Sat...> ;Transplant International. 2022 Jan 1
4 citations
In vivo reprogramming of pathogenic lung TNFR2+ cDC2s by IFNβ inhibits HDM-induced asthma.
Samira Mansouri, Himanshu Gogoi, M. Pipkin, Tiago N. Machuca, A. Emtiazjoo, Ashish Sharma, Lei Jin> ;Science Immunology. 2021 Jul 9
3 citations
Macrophage activating syndrome causing decompensated right heart failure.
M. Chizinga, Ayoub Innabi, Mindaugas Rackauskas, Ali Ataya, A. Emtiazjoo> ;Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2021 Mar 30
7 citations
A novel injury site-natural antibody targeted complement inhibitor protects against lung transplant injury.
C. Li, Kunal Patel, Zhenxiao Tu, Xiaofeng Yang, Liudmila Kulik, Ali Alawieh, Patterson Allen, Qi Cheng, Caroline Wallace, J. Kilkenny, Jennie Kwon, Barry C. Gibney, Ed...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Feb 26
4 citations
Set Up for Failure: Pre-Existing Autoantibodies in Lung Transplant.
Alexander McQuiston, A. Emtiazjoo, Peggi M. Angel, Tiago N. Machuca, Jason D. Christie, Carl Atkinson> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2021 Jan 1
13 citations
MicroRNA-206 antagomiR‒enriched extracellular vesicles attenuate lung ischemia‒reperfusion injury through CXCL1 regulation in alveolar epithelial cells.
Jun Cai, Ricardo C. Gehrau, Zhenxiao Tu, Victoria Leroy, Gang Su, Junyi Shang, V. Mas, A. Emtiazjoo, A. Pelaez, Carl Atkinson, Tiago N. Machuca, Gilbert R. Upchurch, A...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020 Dec 1
Successful bridge to lung transplantation with transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Tyler J. Wallen, George J. Arnaoutakis, Thomas M. Beaver, A. Pelaez, S. Chandrashekaran, A. Shahmohammadi, A. Emtiazjoo, Bruce D. Spiess, M. Pipkin, Tiago N. Machuca> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Jul 19
32 citations
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation consensus statement for the standardization of bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplantation.
Tereza Martinu, Angela Koutsokera, Christian Benden, Edward Cantu, Daniel C. Chambers, Marcelo Cypel, Jeffrey Edelman, A. Emtiazjoo, Andrew J. Fisher, John R. Greenlan...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020 Jul 15
1 citations
Successful Preoperative Optimization for Lung Transplantation With Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair.
Tyler J. Wallen, A. Pelaez, S. Chandrashekaran, A. Emtiazjoo, George J. Arnaoutakis, Tiago N. Machuca> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
18 citations
Lung IFNAR1 hi TNFR2 + cDC2 promotes lung regulatory T cells induction and maintains lung mucosal tolerance at steady state
Samira Mansouri, Divya S. Katikaneni, Himanshu Gogoi, M. Pipkin, Tiago N. Machuca, A. Emtiazjoo, Lei Jin> ;Mucosal Immunology. 2020 Jan 20
40 citations
Initial Skin Cancer Screening for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the United States: Delphi Method Development of Expert Consensus Guidelines
Lauren D. Crow, Anokhi Jambusaria-Pahlajani, Christina L. Chung, David A. Baran, Stefan E. Lowenstein, Mark Abdelmalek, Rehana L. Ahmed, Milan J. Anadkat, Selim M. Arc...> ;Transplant International. 2019 Dec 1
8 citations
Collagen type-V is a danger signal associated with primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation
Lorenzo Zaffiri, Rupal J. Shah, Robert S Stearman, Katia Rothhaar, A. Emtiazjoo, Momoko Yoshimoto, Amanda Fisher, Elizabeth A. Mickler, Matthew D. Gartenhaus, L.T.O.G....> ;Transplant Immunology. 2019 Oct 1
10 citations
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Attenuates Acute Lung Allograft Injury in a Rat Lung Transplant Model.
A. Emtiazjoo, Hanbo Hu, Li Lu, Mark L. Brantly> ;Transplantation Direct. 2019 May 29
23 citations
The Impact of Donor and Recipient Age: Older Lung Transplant Recipients Do Not Require Younger Lungs
David J. Hall, Eric I. Jeng, Jon A. Gregg, A. Pelaez, A. Emtiazjoo, S. Chandrashekaran, M. Pipkin, Thomas M. Beaver, Tiago N. Machuca> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Mar 1
3 citations
Correction: Type V collagen induced tolerance suppresses collagen deposition, TGF-β and associated transcripts in pulmonary fibrosis (PLoS ONE (2013) 8:10 (e76451) DOI...
Ragini Vittal, Elizabeth A. Mickler, Amanda J. Fisher, Chen Zhang, Katia Rothhaar, Hongmei Gu, Krista M. Brown, A. Emtiazjoo, Jeremy M. Lott, Sarah Frye, Gerald N. Smi...> ;Plos One. 2018 Dec 1
2 citations
A 42-Year-Old Woman With Anemia, Shock, and Ischemic Stroke After Lung Transplantation
Abhishek Biswas, Ali Ataya, Juan C. Salgado, Satish Chandrasekharan, Tiago N. Machuca, A. Emtiazjoo> ;Chest. 2017 Mar 1
4 citations
A 48-Year-Old Man With Leukopenia, Jaundice, and Skin Rash After Lung Transplantation.
Ali Ataya, Abhishek Biswas, S. Chandrashekaran, Juan C. Salgado, Steven Goldstein, A. Emtiazjoo> ;Chest. 2016 Dec 1
2 citations
Preventing the NET negative in primary graft dysfunction.
A. Emtiazjoo, Rebecca A. Shilling> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2015 Feb 13
27 citations
Plasma Complement Levels Are Associated with Primary Graft Dysfunction and Mortality after Lung Transplantation
Rupal J. Shah, A. Emtiazjoo, Joshua M. Diamond, Patricia Smith, David W. Roe, Keith M. Wille, Jonathan B. Orens, Lorraine B. Ware, Ann Weinacker, Vibha N. Lama, Sangee...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2014 Jun 15
4 citations
Humoral immunity and the development of obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation: is there a link?
A. Emtiazjoo, David S. Wilkes> ;American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2013 Mar 5
20 citations
Cross-reactivity in the Platelia ™ Aspergillus enzyme immunoassay caused by blastomycosis
Jon Van Der Veer, Roshan J. Lewis, Amir M. Emtiazjoo, Stephen D. Allen, L. Joseph Wheat, Chadi A. Hage> ;Medical Mycology. 2012 Apr 12
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Hospital Affiliations

UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville, Florida