CarolynSuzanneCalfeeMD

Pulmonology • San Francisco, CA

Critical Care Medicine

Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-476-1000
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Education & Training

University of California, San FranciscoMAS, Clinical Research, 2007 - 2009
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2003 - 2007
University of California (San Francisco)Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Smoking Primes the Metabolomic Response in Trauma.
Lauren T Gallagher, Christopher Erickson, Angelo D'Alessandro, William Hallas, Sanchayita Mitra, Preston Stafford, Ernest E Moore, Christopher C Silliman, Mitchell J C...> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2024 Mar 29
Clustering COVID-19 ARDS patients through the first days of ICU admission. An analysis of the CIBERESUCICOVID Cohort.
Adrian Ceccato, Carles Forne, Lieuwe D Bos, Marta Camprubí-Rimblas, Aina Areny-Balagueró, Elena Campaña-Duel, Sara Quero, Emili Diaz, Oriol Roca, David De Gonzalo-Calv...> ;Critical Care. 2024 Mar 21
Identification of a hyperinflammatory sepsis phenotype using protein biomarker and clinical data in the ProCESS randomized trial.
Jason N Kennedy, Chung-Chou H Chang, Kevin Delucchi, David T Huang, Max S Kravitz, Derek C Angus, Kimberley M DeMerle, Nathan I Shapiro, Donald M Yealy, Carolyn S Calf...> ;Scientific Reports. 2024 Mar 14
Novel subtypes of severe COVID-19 respiratory failure based on biological heterogeneity: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
Reilly, J. P., Narges Alipanah-Lechner, James Hurst-Hopf, Kevin Delucchi, Lamorna Swigart, Andrew Willmore, Benjamin LaCombe, Robin Dewar, H Clifford Lane, Perrine Lal...> ;Critical Care. 2024 Feb 21
3 citations
Host and Microbe Blood Metagenomics Reveals Key Pathways Characterizing Critical Illness Phenotypes.
Lucile P A Neyton, Pratik Sinha, Aartik Sarma, Eran Mick, Katrina Kalantar, Stephanie Chen, Nelson Wu, Kevin Delucchi, Hanjing Zhuo, Lieuwe D J Bos, Alejandra Jauregui...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2024 Apr 1
The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age in a population of critically ill patients.
Victoria T Chu, Alexandra Tsitsiklis, Eran Mick, Lilliam Ambroggio, Katrina L Kalantar, Abigail Glascock, Christina M Osborne, Brandie D Wagner, Michael A Matthay, Jos...> ;Nature Communications. 2024 Jan 2
1 citations
Functional recovery in a cohort of ECMO and non-ECMO acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors.
Mackenzie Snyder, Binta Y Njie, Ilana Grabenstein, Sara Viola, Hatoon Abbas, Waqas Bhatti, Ryan Lee, Rosalie Traficante, Siu Yan Amy Yeung, Jonathan H Chow, Ali Tabata...> ;Critical Care. 2023 Nov 14
2 citations
Robust airway microbiome signatures in acute respiratory failure and hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Emmanuel Montassier, Georgios D Kitsios, Josiah E Radder, Quentin Le Bastard, Brendan J Kelly, Ariane Panzer, Susan V Lynch, Carolyn S Calfee, Robert P Dickson, Antoin...> ;Nature Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
From Berlin to Global: The Need for Syndromic Definitions of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Narges Alipanah-Lechner, Alexandre B Cavalcanti, Janet Diaz, Niall D Ferguson, Sheila N Myatra, Carolyn S Calfee> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2024 Jan 1
The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age.
Victoria T Chu, Alexandra Tsitsiklis, Eran Mick, Lilliam Ambroggio, Katrina L Kalantar, Abigail Glascock, Christina M Osborne, Brandie D Wagner, Michael A Matthay, Jos...> ;Research Square. 2023 Sep 18
Subphenotypes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Advancing Towards Precision Medicine.
Andrea R Levine, Carolyn S Calfee> ;Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. 2024 Jan 1
9 citations
Identifying molecular phenotypes in sepsis: an analysis of two prospective observational cohorts and secondary analysis of two randomised controlled trials.
Pratik Sinha, V Eric Kerchberger, Andrew Willmore, Julia Chambers, Hanjing Zhuo, Jason Abbott, Chayse Jones, Nancy Wickersham, Nelson Wu, Lucile Neyton, Charles R Lang...> ;The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Distinct pulmonary and systemic effects of dexamethasone in severe COVID-19.
Lucile P A Neyton, Ravi K Patel, Aartik Sarma, , Andrew Willmore, Sidney C Haller, Kirsten N Kangelaris, Walter L Eckalbar, David J Erle, Matthew F Krummel, Carolyn M ...> ;Research Square. 2023 Aug 3
85 citations
ESICM guidelines on acute respiratory distress syndrome: definition, phenotyping and respiratory support strategies.
Giacomo Grasselli, Carolyn S Calfee, Luigi Camporota, Daniele Poole, Marcelo B P Amato, Massimo Antonelli, Yaseen M Arabi, Francesca Baroncelli, Jeremy R Beitler, Giac...> ;Intensive Care Medicine. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
Metagenomic Sequencing in the ICU for Precision Diagnosis of Critical Infectious Illnesses.
Lucile P A Neyton, Charles R Langelier, Carolyn S Calfee> ;Critical Care. 2023 Mar 21
1 citations
Subphenotypes of frailty in lung transplant candidates.
Jonathan P Singer, Carolyn S Calfee, Kevin Delucchi, Joshua M Diamond, Michaela A Anderson, Luke A Benvenuto, Ying Gao, Ping Wang, Selim M Arcasoy, David J Lederer, St...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Apr 1
7 citations
Plasma metabolic profiling implicates dysregulated lipid metabolism and glycolytic shift in hyperinflammatory ARDS.
Narges Alipanah-Lechner, Lucile Neyton, Eran Mick, Andrew Willmore, Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Kévin Contrepois, Alejandra Jauregui, Hanjing Zhuo, Carolyn Hendrickson, An...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2023 Mar 1
Clinical and biological heterogeneity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case series.
Natasha Spottiswoode, Charlotte Hurabielle, Lakshmi Subbaraj, , Carolyn S Calfee, Michael A Matthay, Sarah French, Andrew Connolly, Stephen M Hewitt, Kevin M Vannella,...> ;Frontiers in Medicine. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
Prevalence of type-1 interferon autoantibodies in adults with non-COVID-19 acute respiratory failure.
Rajani Ghale, Natasha Spottiswoode, Mark S Anderson, Anthea Mitchell, Grace Wang, Carolyn S Calfee, Joseph L DeRisi, Charles R Langelier> ;Respiratory Research. 2022 Dec 16
22 citations
Biological Phenotyping in Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Nuala J Meyer, Carolyn S Calfee, Sinha, P.> ;Annual Review of Medicine. 2023 Jan 27
2 citations
NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes.
Daniel R Calabrese, Tasha Tsao, Mélia Magnen, Colin Valet, Ying Gao, Beñat Mallavia, Jennifer J Tian, Emily A Aminian, Kristin M Wang, Avishai Shemesh, Elman B Punzala...> ;JCI Insight. 2022 Dec 22
5 citations
Immune Modulation in Sepsis, ARDS, and Covid-19 - The Road Traveled and the Road Ahead.
Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Michael O Harhay, Carolyn S Calfee> ;NEJM Evidence. 2022 Nov 1
19 citations
Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults.
Kalantar, K., Neyton, L., Abdelghany, M., Mick, E., Jauregui, A., Caldera, S., Serpa, P., Ghale, R., Albright, J., Sarma, A., Tsitsiklis, A., Leligdowicz, A., Christen...> ;Nature Microbiology. 2022 Nov 1
4 citations
Hospital trajectories and early predictors of clinical outcomes differ between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza pneumonia.
Patrick G Lyons, Sivasubramanium V Bhavani, Aaloke Mody, Alice Bewley, Katherine Dittman, Aisling Doyle, Samuel L Windham, Tej M Patel, Bharat Neelam Raju, Matthew Kel...> ;Ebiomedicine. 2022 Nov 1
The relationship between plasma cystatin C, mortality and acute respiratory distress syndrome subphenotype in the HARP-2 trial.
McKelvey, M., Bradbury, I., McDowell, C., Calfee, C., Weldon, S., O'Kane, C., McAuley, D., Taggart, C.> ;Critical Care and Resuscitation. 2022 Sep 5
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Journal Articles

Severe COVID-19 Infections—Knowledge Gained and Remaining Questions
Daniel Brodie, Carolyn S Calfee, JAMA Internal Medicine
Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients with COVID-19
Aartik Sarma, Carolyn S Calfee, JAMA Internal Medicine

Authored Content

Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients with COVID-19June 2020

Press Mentions

New Technology: The ‘Almost Perfect’ Diagnosis of an Elusive Global KillerNovember 21st, 2022
Machine Learning Enables ‘Near Perfect’ Diagnosis of an Elusive Global KillerOctober 24th, 2022
Public Advisory Roundtable Amplifies Patient Voices Through Forum, Symposium, SpeakersApril 26th, 2022
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Grant Support

Cigarette Smoke Exposure And Acute Lung Injury After Severe Blunt TraumaNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2012
Impact Of Cigarette Smoke Exposure On Acute Lung InjuryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011

Hospital Affiliations

UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, California