Rana Lee (Adawi) Awdish MD

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Medical Director Care Experience; Director Pulmonary Hypertension Program; Henry Ford Health

Summary

Dr. Rana (Adawi) Awdish is a physician author based in Detroit, MI, with subspecialties in Critical Care and Pulmonary Vascular Medicine. Her critically acclaimed bestselling memoir In Shock is integrated into medical school curricula across the US. Dr. Awdish completed a fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Henry Ford Health, after earning a medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and completing a residency in Internal Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth Israel. As a Senior Staff Physician at Henry Ford Health and Clinical Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Dr. Awdish has experience in pulmonary hypertension, portal hypertension, and critical care medicine. The physician has multiple publications related to pulmonary and critical care topics and is involved in clinical trials focused on pulmonary arterial hypertension and related conditions. Honors include the 2020 Healthcare Hero award from US News and World Report, Press Ganey Physician of the Year and the 2019 Ake Grenvik Honorary Award from the Society for Critical Care Medicine.

Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth IsraelResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 2002
Wayne State University School of MedicineMasters, Basic Medical Sciences, 1996 - 1997
University of Michigan-Ann ArborBS, Biology, with Honors, 1992 - 1996

PubMed

3 citations
Association between frailty, use of advanced therapies, in-hospital outcomes, and 30-day readmission in elderly patients admitted with acute pulmonary embolism.
Mohammad Zghouzi, Ahmad Jabri, Sant Kumar, Anand Maligireddy, Roshan Bista
Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2026-01-01
Challenges and Benefits to Adapting the C.L.E.A.R. Conversations Curriculum for Physician-Patient Communication to an Online Format: A Qualitative Interview Study.
Medha R Cherabuddi, Rana L A Awdish
Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2025-12-03
1 citations
The Value - and the Values - of Listening.
Leonard L Berry, Maureen Bisognano, Nana A Y Twum-Danso, Rana L A Awdish
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2025-09-01

Journal Articles

The Liminal Space
Rana (Adawi) Awdish, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
New onset pulmonary hypertension in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis postorthtopic liver transplant
Mittal C, Hassan S, Gulati R, Awdish R, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 7/1/2014
Early initiation of prostacyclin in portopulmonary hypertension: 10 years of a transplant center's experience.
Awdish, R, Cajigas, H, Lung, 12/2013

Abstracts/Posters

Of Worms And Wormwood: A Unique Case Of Aspergillosis
Boka, K., Awdish, R, ATS, 1/1/2014
Disseminated Varicella-Zoster presenting as acute right upper quadrant pain
Coz A, Awdish R, ACCP, 1/1/2011
Hydroxycholoquine-induced restrictive cardiomyopathy in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erethematosis
Urbine D, Awdish R, ACCP, 1/1/2011

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