Carlos Enrique Kummerfeldt Fabian MD

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease

Physician

Summary

Dr. Carlos Kummerfeldt Fabian is a pulmonologist in Dallas, TX and is affiliated with Health Texas Provider Network with Baylor Scott & White. He received his medical degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in critical care medicine, interventional pulmonology, and pleural disease and is experienced in critical care medicine, endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, tracheal intubation, and hemoptysis.

Medical University of South CarolinaFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 - 2014
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
Universidiad Francisco Marroquin Faculty of MedicineClass of 2006

2025 Excellence in Education by a Critical Care Physician Award Baylor University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, 2025
Physician of the Year Barren County Medical Society, 2020
Physician of the Year Barren County Medical Society, Glasgow, KY, 2018
Fellow of the Year Department of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, 2011-2012
Professionalism Award University of Miami School of Medicine, 2010-2011
Thirst for Knowledge Sponge Award University of Miami School of Medicine, 2008-2009
Cum Laude Universidad Francisco Marroquin, 2006
Menarini Academic Excellence 2003 Award For being one of the top three medical students during the 2003 academic year, 2004
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PubMed

The accuracy of thoracic ultrasound in differentiating transudative from exudative effusions: A meta-analysis.
Carlos E Kummerfeldt, Amit Chopra, Isam Albaba, Sharmistha Dutta, John T Huggins
Respiratory Medicine. 2025-10-01
13 citations
Concordant and Discordant Exudates and Their Effect on the Accuracy of Light’s Criteria to Diagnose Exudative Pleural Effusions
Lucía Ferreiro, Rolando Sánchez-Sánchez, Luis Valdés, Carlos E. Kummerfeldt, John T. Huggins
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2016-12-01
2 citations
Pleural Fluid Analysis in Chronic Hemothorax: A Mimicker of Infection
Matthew Divietro, John T. Huggins, Lauren B. Angotti, Carlos E. Kummerfeldt, Jennings Nestor
Clinical Medicine Insights. Case Reports. 2015-08-10

Books/Book Chapters

Interdisciplinary Rheumatology
Chapter: Approach to the Patient with Pleural Disease
Kummerfeldt CE, Chopra A, Huggins JTEditors: Bolster MB, Highland KB.CRC Press, Boca RatonEdition 1st,
Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
Chapter: Pleural Diseases
Page 1923 - 1931Kummerfeldt CE, Pastis NJ, Huggins JTEditors: McKean SC, Ross JJ, Dressler DD, Scheurer, DB.McGrawHill, NYEdition 2,2017
ATS Review for the Pulmonary Boards
Chapter: Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
Page 221 - 304Garcha P, Gupta S, Kummerfeldt CEEditors: Le T, Khosa S, Pasnick S, Wang T.American Thoracic Society, NYEdition 1,2015
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Chapter: Instructive Cases of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Page 187 - 213Goodwin AJ, Kummerfeldt CEEditors: Judson MA.Springer Science, NYEdition 1,2014
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Abstracts/Posters

Improving the predictive accuracy of identifying exudative effusions
Carlos E Kummerfeldt 1, Cody C Chiuzan 2, John T Huggins 3, Matthew L DiVietro 1, Jennings E Nestor 1, Steven A Sahn 1, Peter Doelken 4, Chest . 2014 Mar 1;145(3):586-592. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1142.
Plasma D-dimer levels among patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and collagen vascular disease-related interstitial pneumonias
Kummerfeldt CE, Huggins JT, Fan L, Nestor JE, Bogatkevich GS, Highland KB, Whelan TPM, Silver RM, Sahn SA, 2014 American Thoracic Society, San Diego, 5/18/2014
Organizing pneumonia and positive anti-CCP as initial presentation of rheumatoid arthritis.
Kummerfeldt CE, Holmes A, Riemer EC, Huggins JT, 2012 CHEST Conference, Atlanta, 10/1/2012
Legionella Londiniensis and Parainfluenzae Type 3 Co-Infection in a Patient with Chronic Graft-versus Host Disease
Kummerfeldt CE, Monk R, Huggins JT, Strange C, 2012 American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, 5/23/2012
Clinical Characteristic and Outcomes of Patients with Tuberculosis Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Kummerfeldt CE, Avecillas J, Lascano J, Kett D, Cleary T, 2010 American Thoracic Society, New Orleans, 5/19/2010
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