RanaLee(Adawi)AwdishMD

Pulmonology • Detroit, MI

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

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

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Office
2799 W Grand Blvd
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone+1 800-436-7936

Fax+1 313-916-9102
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Education & Training

Henry Ford HospitalFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, 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

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2005 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Nominated Pushcart Prize 2021
Healthcare Hero US News and World Report, 2020
American Literary Award “Sidney” New York Times, 2020
Ake Grenvik Honorary Award Society for Critical Care Medicine, 2019
Physician of the Year Press Ganey, 2017
National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award Schwartz Center, 2017
Critical Care Teacher of the Year Henry Ford Health, 2016
Tom Lantos Grant Pulmonary Hypertension Association, 2013
AOA Medical Honor Society, 2002
Speak Up Hero Award Henry Ford Health System Board Caucus, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
ACP Clinical Vignette Award Winner Bradycardia and Edema in Patient on Herbal Therapy for Fertility, 2005
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Clinical Trials

Selexipag (ACT-293987) in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
An Open-Label Extension Trial of UT-15C Sustained-release (SR) in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 16
Completed
Phase 3
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Riociguat rEplacing PDE-5i Therapy evaLuated Against Continued PDE-5i thErapy Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 11
Completed
Phase 4
Phase III Clinical Worsening Study of UT-15C in Subjects With PAH Receiving Background Oral Monotherapy Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 26
Completed
Phase 3
Treprostinil Therapy For Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease And Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of a Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure-Targeted Approach With Early and Rapid Treprostinil Therapy to Reverse Right Ventricular Remodeling in Participants With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 10
Recruiting
Phase 4
Ultrasound-facilitated, Catheter-directed, Thrombolysis in Intermediate-high Risk Pulmonary Embolism Start of enrollment: 2021 Aug 02
Recruiting
Phase 4
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
A Kind of Faith.
Rana L Awdish> ;Chest. 2023 Nov 1
Restoration in the Aftermath.
Rana Lee Adawi Awdish> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 Oct 1
Artist's Statement: Sanitized.
Rana Awdish> ;Academic Medicine. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis versus anticoagulation alone for management of submassive pulmonary embolism.
Sarah Gorgis, Sagger Mawri, Mohammed F Dabbagh, Lindsey Aurora, Mahmoud Ali, Giordano Mitchell, Gordon Jacobsen, Sara Hegab, Scott Schwartz, Bryan Kelly, Gillian Graft...> ;Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Nov 1
1 citations
A Way Forward in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Making the Case for Narrative Competence in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Rana Lee Adawi Awdish, Margaret M Hayes, Avraham Z Cooper, Megan M Hosey, Alison Trainor, Rosemary Weatherston, M Elizabeth Wilcox> ;ATS Scholar. 2022 Jun 1
3 citations
An expert panel Delphi consensus statement on the use of palliative care in the management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Melisa Wilson, Rebekah H Anguiano, Rana L A Awdish, James C Coons, Amy Kimber, Melissa Morrison, Sara Paulus, Ann Schmit, Frank Spexarth, Keith M Swetz, Nathan J Verli...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Jan 1
28 citations
A Research Agenda for Precision Medicine in Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement
Faraaz Ali Shah, Nuala J. Meyer, Derek C. Angus, Rana Awdish, Elie Azoulay, Carolyn S. Calfee, Gilles Clermont, Anthony C. Gordon, Arthur Kwizera, Aleksandra Leligdowi...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Oct 15
1 citations
You Don't Ever Let Go of the Thread.
Rana Awdish> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021 Sep 28
2 citations
Serious illness conversations in pulmonary hypertension.
Reem Ismail, Sara Hegab, Bryan Kelly, Domingo J Franco-Palacios, Gillian Grafton, Zachary R Smith, Rana Awdish> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2021 Oct 27
4 citations
Trust-Based Partnerships Are Essential - and Achievable - in Health Care Service.
Leonard L. Berry, Rana Awdish, Sunjay Letchuman, Karina Dahl Steffensen> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2021 Jul 1
Switching to riociguat versus maintenance therapy with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (REPLACE): a multicentre, open-l...
Hoeper MM, Al-Hiti H, Benza RL, Chang SA, Corris PA, Gibbs JSR, Grünig E, Jansa P, Klinger JR, Langleben D, McLaughlin VV, Meyer GMB, Ota-Arakaki J, Peacock AJ, Pulido...> ;The Lancet. Respiratory medicine. 2021-03-24
1 citations
Health Care Organizations Should Be as Generous as Their Workers.
Leonard L. Berry, Rana Awdish> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021 Jan 1
5 citations
Improving transitions of care for critically ill adult patients on pulmonary arterial hypertension medications.
Amber Lanae Martirosov, Zachary R Smith, Laura Hencken, Nancy C MacDonald, Kristin M Griebe, Patricia Fantuz, Gillian Grafton, Sara Hegab, Reem Ismail, Barb Jackson, B...> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2020 Jun 4
2 citations
The Liminal Space.
Rana Awdish> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 Jun 3
69 citations
Combination therapy with oral treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial
R. James White, Carlos Jerjes-Sánchez, Gisela Martina Bohns Meyer, Tomas Pulido, Pablo Sepúlveda, Kuo Yang Wang, Ekkehard Grünig, Shirish Hiremath, Zaixin Yu, Gangchen...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Mar 15
Delivering on the promise to improve the care of patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Rana Awdish> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2019 Oct 30
6 citations
Transitioning Parenteral or Inhaled Treprostinil to Oral Treprostinil Diolamine: Case Series and Review of the Literature.
Zachary R Smith, Bryan Kelly, Rana Awdish, Sara Hegab> ;Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2019 Oct 1
13 citations
Finding Hope and Healing When Cure Is Not Possible
Brad Stuart, Tracey S. Danaher, Rana Awdish, Leonard L. Berry> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2019 Apr 1
16 citations
Role of Kindness in Cancer Care.
Leonard L. Berry, Tracey S. Danaher, Robert Chapman, Rana Awdish> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2017 Oct 16
1 citations
Low Rate of Adverse Events Associated with Inpatient Parenteral Prostacyclins
Rana Awdish, Michael P. Mendez, Nancy Macdonald, Lenar Yessayan, Jeffrey H. Jennings, Kamelia Albujoq, Sara Hegab, Hector Cajigas> ;Journal for Healthcare Quality. 2017 Sep 1
35 citations
When Patients and Their Families Feel Like Hostages to Health Care
Leonard L. Berry, Tracey S. Danaher, Dan Beckham, Rana Awdish, Kedar S. Mate> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2017 Sep 1
8 citations
Recommendations for the clinical management of patients receiving macitentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): A Delphi consensus document
Franck Rahaghi, Hassan Alnuaimat, Rana Awdish, Vijay Balasubramanian, Robert C. Bourge, Charles D. Burger, John Butler, C. Gregory Cauthen, Murali M. Chakinala, Bennet...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2017 Aug 22
4 citations
A View from the Edge — Creating a Culture of Caring
Rana Awdish> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Jan 4
11 citations
A Communications Bundle to Improve Satisfaction for Critically Ill Patients and Their Families: A Prospective, Cohort Pilot Study.
Rana Awdish, Dana Buick, Maria Kokas, Hanan Berlin, Catherine Jackman, Cari Williamson, Michael P. Mendez, Kristen A. Chasteen> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2017 Mar 1
3 citations
Inhaled Iloprost for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) During Pregnancy: A Case Report.
Michelle Horng, Insaf Mohammad, Zachary R Smith, Rana Awdish, Hector R. Cajigas> ;Pharmacotherapy. 2016 Sep 1
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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
Teaching and learning moments: The hematomato: lessons from the ICU
Awdish R, Journal of Academic Medicine, 5/1/2012
Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration: A preliminary experience
Cooper P, Awdish R, Journal of Bronchology, 1/1/2008
Bradycardia and Edema in Patient Receiving Herbal Therapy for Fertility
Adawi R, Ann Intern Med, 11/1/2005
Bronchoscopy in the HIV-Infected Patient in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy: Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
Adawi R, Posner A, Salzman S, ACCP, 1/1/2004
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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
Hemodynamic Optimization in Portopulmonary Hypertension (POHP): Correlation with Model for End-stage Liver Disease Score (MELD Score)
Iribarren J, Kaza V, Awdish R, Cajigas H, ATS, 1/1/2010
Indoor Tanning as a precipitant of Sickle Cell pain crisis
Swarup R, Starosta D., Awdish R, Chest and ACCP, 1/1/2009
Diagnosis of Myotonic Dystrophy Type I after an episode of Ventricular Tachycardia
Cooper P, Awdish R, ACCP, 1/1/2009
Serotonin reuptake inhibition by diphenhydramine and concomitant linezolid use can result in serotonin syndrome
Adawi-Awdish R, Whitmill M, Coba V, Killu K, Chest and ACCP, 1/1/2008
Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Identification of subgroups with progressive pulmonary hypertension unrelated to radiographic stage or presence of pulmo...
Awdish R, Cajigas H, ATS, 1/1/2008
Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration: A Single Center Experience
Adawi R, Simoff M, ATS, 1/1/2006
Biventricular Failure Post Tamponade Drainage in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Pulmonary Hypertension
Liou M, Adawi R, Rosen M, Chest and ACCP, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

Empathy Lecture
9/12/2014
Exercising Mindfully with Pulmonary Hypertension
8/28/2014
Restorative Yoga
1/1/2013
Alternative Medicine and Yoga for PAH
1/1/2012
On the Road; Exercise in PAH
1/1/2012
On the Road; Living with chronic disease
1/1/2010
Cases of IIIB Lung Malignancy
1/1/2006
Cases in Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided TBNA
1/1/2005
Exercise for Pulmonary Hypertension
11/16/2004
Clinical Pathologic Correlation Conference: Young Woman with Recurrent Pneumonia (Diagnosis CVID)
1/1/2004
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Authored Content

The Liminal SpaceJune 2020
5 Lessons I Learned About Medicine from YogaSeptember 2018
5 Lessons I Learned About Medicine from YogaSeptember 2018
Making Time to Really Listen to Your PatientsOctober 2017
Making Time to Really Listen to Your PatientsOctober 2017
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Press Mentions

10 Physician Memoirs That Offer Inspiring Accounts of Life in MedicineOctober 27th, 2022
Keynote Series Will Highlight Narrative Medicine, Health Effects of Climate Change, Reducing Tobacco UseMay 9th, 2022
Hot Topics at ATS 2022April 25th, 2022
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Committees

Board, Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care 2022 - Present

Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Fellow
American College of Chest Physicians - ACCP
Fellow
American Thoracic Society - ATS
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Henry Ford HospitalDetroit, Michigan