David Edward Ost MD MPH
Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Thoracic Oncology
Professor of Medicine
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1515 Holcombe BlvdUnit 1462Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-745-8775
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Education & Training
Harvard UniversityMPH, Quantitative Methods, 2006
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1993 - 1996- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1993 - 1996
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
TX State Medical License 2008 - 2025
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2021
NY State Medical License 1996 - 2009
IN State Medical License 1993 - 1997
IL State Medical License 1990 - 1996
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2001
Clinical Trials
- Pleural Catheters Versus Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
- Indwelling Pleural Catheter With Either Doxycycline or Saline at Day 7 for Pleurodesis Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 27
- Effectiveness of Bronchoscopic Interventions for Malignant Airway Obstruction Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 25
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cost-Effective Diagnosis and Staging Strategies for Lung Cancer.Bharat Bhandari, David E Ost
Clinics in Chest Medicine. 2025-06-01 - A Patient-centered Approach to Interventional Pulmonology.David E Ost, Angela Christine Argento
Clinics in Chest Medicine. 2025-06-01 - Post-thoracentesis Ultrasound vs. Chest X-ray for the Evaluation of Effusion Evacuation and Lung Re-Expansion, A Multicenter Study.Ankush Ratwani, Horiana B Grosu, Shaikh M Noor Husnain, Trinidad M Sanchez, Gulmira Yermakhanova
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025-05-29
Journal Articles
- Updated Analysis of Complication Rates Associated with Invasive Diagnostic Procedures After Lung Cancer ScreeningDavid Ost, MD, JAMA Network Open
Press Mentions
Intuitive Announces Favorable Preliminary Results for ION in PRECIsE Clinical StudyOctober 18th, 2021
Autofluorescence Bronchochoscopy Detected Low Prevalence of High-Grade Lesions in LC ScreeningNovember 7th, 2016
Study: Don't Bother with Brain Imaging in Early NSCLCApril 8th, 2016
Grant Support
- A multicenter study in bronchoscopy combining Stimulated Raman Histology with Artificial intelligence for rapid lung cancer detection - The ON-SITE studyINVENIO IMAGING INC.2023–2025
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Member
External Links
- MD Anderson Faculty Profilehttp://fis.mdanderson.org/FacSearch.asp?Mode=VIEWREPORT&clFacultyMemberID=153830&clReportYear=0&SnID=0
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