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 - 2027
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
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification ClinicStation, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013-2015
- 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
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Superiority of Lateral Decubitus Strategy in Preventing Atelectasis From Obscuring Targets During Robotic Bronchoscopy: Lateral Decubitus Strategy vs Ventilatory Strat...Joshua M Boster, Mike Goertzen, Mona Sarkiss, Aristides J Armas Villalba, Bharat S Bhandari
Chest. 2026-04-01 - Diagnostic evaluation of pleural effusion in patients with non-small lung cancer affects time to diagnosis and treatment initiation.Julie Lin, Samira Shojaee, Basim Ali, Roland Bassett, David Ost
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2026-03-31 - Cone Beam Computed Tomography-Guided Bronchoscopy versus Computed Tomography-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion Diagnosis.Pranjal Patel, David E Ost, Brian Shaller, Jiwoon Chang, Aishwarya Yenepalli
Chest. 2026-03-25
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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