MaherA.BazMD

Pulmonology • Jacksonville, FL

Critical Care Medicine, Lung Transplantation Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor, Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine

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Office
4500 San Pablo Road S
Jacksonville, FL 32224
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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 2023 - 2025
KY State Medical License 2015 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1996 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2021 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2023 - 2024
MS State Medical License 2024 - 2024
IN State Medical License 2013 - 2015
NC State Medical License 1995 - 1998
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Top Doctors: Florida Castle Connolly, 2000
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Clinical Trials

Effects of the Combination of Bosentan and Sildenafil Versus Sildenafil Monotherapy on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
Completed
Phase 4
Inspiratory Muscle Training in Ventilator Dependent Patients Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Plasma protein biomarkers for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: a single-center cohort analysis.
Lourdes Chacon-Alberty, Rupa S Kanchi, Shengbin Ye, Camila Hochman-Mendez, Daoud Daoud, Cristian Coarfa, Meng Li, Sandra L Grimm, Maher Baz, Ivan Rosas, Gabriel Loor> ;Scientific Reports. 2022 Sep 27
7 citations
Ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation
Suresh Keshavamurthy, T. Tribble, Maher A. Baz, Joseph B. Zwischenberger> ;Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Sep 1
3 citations
Lung Transplantation in a Patient With COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Failure.
Fatima Sajid, Taha Ahmed, Maher A. Baz, Michael I. Anstead> ;Cureus. 2021 Aug 13
9 citations
Evaluation of Bivalirudin as the Primary Anticoagulant in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for SARS-CoV-2-Associated Acute Respiratory Failure.
Brittany D Bissell, Taylor Gabbard, Erica A Sheridan, Maher A. Baz, George A. Davis, Ayesha Ather> ;The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2021 Jul 29
5 citations
Physical Function Measured Prior to Lung Transplantation Is Associated With Posttransplant Patient Outcomes.
Kirby P. Mayer, Angela N. Henning, Kathryn M. Gaines, Evan Cassity, Peter E. Morris, Alejandro G. Villasante Tezanos, Carrie A. Johnson, James T. Lee, Maher A. Baz, Es...> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2021 Jan 1
2 citations
Pregabalin-Induced Myopathy in a Double Lung Transplant Recipient
Vishwajit Hegde, Nidhi Shekar, Filip G. Garrett, Maher A. Baz, Michael I. Anstead> ;Cureus. 2020 Dec 6
3 citations
Solid Organ Transplantation.
Susan Bal, Heather Landau> ;Hematology/oncology Clinics of North America. 2020 Dec 1
1 citations
Direct 3-dimensional printing: A novel technology for customized airway stents.
Srinadh Annangi, Taj Rahman, Sravanthi Nandavaram, Kumar Gaurav, Maher A. Baz, Ashish Maskey> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020 Jun 7
1 citations
Gait-speed and oxygen flow during six-minute walk test predicts mortality in patients with advanced lung disease.
I. Timofte, Adriano R. Tonelli, Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Avelino C. Verceles, Nicholas Ladikos, Aldo Iacono, M. Terrin, Marniker Wijesinha, Olufemi Akindipe, Maher A. Baz> ;Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease = Archivio Monaldi per Le Malattie Del Torace. 2020 Feb 12
5 citations
Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis in the Setting of Extensively Drug-Resistant Organisms:
Ryan J. Winstead, Georgina Waldman, Elizabeth B. Autry, Rickey A. Evans, Aric Schadler, Lindsey Kays, Maher A. Baz, Michael I. Anstead, Alexis E. Shafii, Megan E. Goetz> ;Progress in Transplantation. 2019 Jun 3
7 citations
Increased blood transfusion and its impact in patients having tracheostomy while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Dwight D. Harris, Alexis E. Shafii, Maher A. Baz, T. Tribble, Victor A. Ferraris> ;Perfusion. 2019 Mar 1
14 citations
Impact of donor lung pathogenic bacteria on patient outcomes in the immediate post‐transplant period
Omar Ahmad, Alexis E. Shafii, David M. Mannino, Radmila Choate, Maher A. Baz> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2018 Dec 1
26 citations
Outcome of kidney transplant in primary, repeat, and kidney-after-nonrenal solid-organ transplantation: 15-year analysis of recent UNOS database.
Amr El-Husseini, A. Aghil, J. Ramirez, B. Sawaya, Navin Rajagopalan, Maher A. Baz, Xiaonan Mei, Daniel L. Davenport, Roberto Gedaly> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2017 Nov 1
56 citations
Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part III: Mechanisms: A 2016 Consensus Group Statement of the International Society for Heart and L...
Andrew E. Gelman, Andrew J. Fisher, Howard J. Huang, Maher A. Baz, Ciara M. Shaver, Thomas M. Egan, Micheal S. Mulligan> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2017 Jul 24
327 citations
Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part I: Definition and Grading A 2016 consensus group statement of The International Society for He...
Gregory I Snell, Roger D. Yusen, David Weill, Martin Strueber, Edward R. Garrity, Anna Reed, A. Pelaez, Timothy P.M. Whelan, Michael Perch, Remzi Bag, Marie Budev, Pau...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2017 Jul 26
Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Prior to Lung Transplantation: A Case Report
Alexis E. Shafii, Dwight D. Harris, Maher A. Baz> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2017 Sep 1
19 citations
Two Decades of Lung Retransplantation: A Single-Center Experience
David J. Hall, Erol Vahit Belli, Jon A. Gregg, Juan C. Salgado, Maher A. Baz, E. Denmark Staples, Thomas M. Beaver, Tiago N. Machuca> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Apr 1
20 citations
Evaluation of Alemtuzumab Versus Basiliximab Induction: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Lung Transplant Recipients
Laura K. Whited, Michael J. Latran, Zubair A. Hashmi, I-Wen Wang, Thomas C. Wozniak, Michael D. Duncan, David W. Roe, Maher A. Baz, Chadi A. Hage> ;Transplantation. 2015 Oct 1
19 citations
Reliability of diagnostic criteria for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation: a survey.
Atul Kapila, Maher A. Baz, Vincent G. Valentine, Sangeeta Bhorade> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2015 Jan 1
31 citations
Decreased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with sirolimus in a post hoc randomized, multicenter study in lung transplantation.
Bijan Ghassemieh, Vivek N. Ahya, Maher A. Baz, Vincent G. Valentine, Selim M. Arcasoy, Robert B. Love, Harish Seethamraju, Charles G. Alex, Remzi Bag, Nilto DeOliveira...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2013 Jul 1
55 citations
Interobserver Variability in Grading Transbronchial Lung Biopsy Specimens After Lung Transplantation
Sangeeta Bhorade, Aliya N. Husain, Chuanhong Liao, Lee Chuan Li, Vivek N. Ahya, Maher A. Baz, Vincent G. Valentine, Robert B. Love, Harish Seethamraju, Charles G. Alex...> ;Chest. 2013 Jun 1
Pulmonary hypertension before first and second lung transplantation.
Adriano R. Tonelli, Irina L. Timofte, Omar A. Minai, Maher A. Baz, Olufemi Akindipe> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2012 Sep 1
16 citations
Immediate postoperative inflammatory response predicts long-term outcome in lung-transplant recipients.
David J. Hall, Maher A. Baz, Michael J. Daniels, Edward D. Staples, Charles T. Klodell, Lyle L. Moldawer, Thomas M. Beaver> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2012 Oct 1
62 citations
Parenchymal trafficking of pleural mesothelial cells in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Kamal K. Mubarak, Ana Montes-Worboys, Doron Regev, Najmunnisa Nasreen, Kamal A. Mohammed, Ibrahim Faruqi, Edward Hensel, Maher A. Baz, Olufemi Akindipe, Sebastian Fern...> ;The European Respiratory Journal. 2012 Jan 1
15 citations
Technical Pearls for Swine Lung Transplantation
Ashkan Karimi, Jessica A. Cobb, Edward D. Staples, Maher A. Baz, Thomas M. Beaver> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2011 Nov 1
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Press Mentions

Mayo Clinic’s Transplant Center in Florida Reaches 800th Lung Transplant Milestone, on Track for Record-Setting YearApril 21st, 2023
New Lung, New Life: Frankfort Man Gets Second Wind with Lifesaving TransplantApril 12th, 2021