SamaanRafeqMD, MBA
Pulmonology • New York, NYClinical Professor of Medicine and Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine Interventional Pulmonary Section, NYU Langone Health Senior Director, Clinical Development Interventional Oncology at Johnson & Johnson
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Office
160 East 34th Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 212-731-6070- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Samaan Rafeq is a pulmonologist in New York, NY. He received his medical degree from Damascus University Faculty of Medicine. He also speaks multiple languages, including English, Arabic and conversational French. He specializes in critical care medicine, interventional pulmonology, pleural disease, and thoracic oncology and is experienced in interventional pulmonology, tracheal stenosis, tracheobronchomalacia, airway obstruction, and pleural disease.
Education & Training
Brandeis UniversityMBA, Executive MBA in Health Care Management, 2019 - 2020
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease, 2009 - 2010
Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2009
UMass Chan Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceInternship, Preliminary Year, 2002 - 2003
Damascus University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2017 - 2024- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Association of Bronchoscopy and Interventional PulmonaryInterventional Pulmonary Board Certificate
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Attending Service and Recognition Award Interventional Pulmonology Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, 2018
- Excellence in Teaching Citation Department of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine 3rd year students, St. Elizabeth�s Medical Center, 2017
- Certificate of Achievement Tufts University School of Medicine, 2014
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Clinical Trials
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valves Used in Treatment of Emphysema (LIBERATE Study) Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
- Broncho-Adventitial Delivery of Paclitaxel to Extend Airway Patency in Malignant Airway Obstruction Patients Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPleural fluid microbiota as a biomarker for malignancy and prognosis.Kwok, B., Wu, B., Kocak, I., Sulaiman, I., Schluger, R., Li, Y., Anwer, R., Goparaju, C., Ryan, D., Sagatelian, M., Dreier, M., Murthy, V., Rafeq, S., Michaud, G., Ste...> ;Scientific Reports. 2023 Feb 8
- The authors reply.Luis Angel, Samaan Rafeq> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Mar 1
- 75 citationsMicrobial signatures in the lower airways of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients associated with poor clinical outcome.Imran Sulaiman, Matthew Chung, Luis Angel, Jun-Chieh J. Tsay, Benjamin G. Wu, Stephen T. Yeung, Kelsey Krolikowski, Yonghua Li, Ralf Duerr, R. Schluger, Sara A Thannic...> ;Nature Microbiology. 2021 Aug 31
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Journal Articles
- Early Outcomes from Early Tracheostomy for Patients with COVID-19Paul E Kwak, Michael J Persky, Samaan Rafeq, JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Evaluation of the airway microbiome in nontuberculous mycobacteria diseaseSulaiman, Imran; Wu, Benjamin G.; Li, Yonghua; Scott, Adrienne S.; Malecha, Patrick; Scaglione, Benjamin; Wang, Jing; Basavaraj, Ashwin; Chung, Samuel; Bantis, Katrina..., European respiratory journal, 1/1/2018
- Complications Following Therapeutic Bronchoscopy for Malignant Central Airway Obstruction: Results of the AQuIRE RegistryOst DE, Ernst A, Grosu HB, Lei X, Diaz-Mendoza J, Slade M, Gildea TR, Machuzak M, Jimenez CA, Toth J, Kovitz KL, Ray C, Greenhill S, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Wahidi M, Ea..., Chest, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Pleuroscopy with Parietal Pleural Biopsy Followed by Tunneled Pleural Catheter: An Effective Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach for Recurrent Pleural EffusionChang, J.; Teodoro, D.; Murthy, V.; Rafeq, S.; Bessich, J. L.; Michaud, G. C., American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 1/1/2018
- The Mycobacteriome: A Nested Approach to Identify Non-Tuberculous MycobacteriumSulaiman, I.; Wu, B.; Scaglione, B. D.; Wang, J.; Basavaraj, A.; Li, Y.; Scott, A. S.; Chang, S.; Bantis, K.; Clemente, J.; Bessich, J. L.; Rafeq, S.; Michaud, G. C.; ..., American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 1/1/2018
- The Microbiota of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterium Leads to a Distinct Inflammatory ProfileSulaiman, I.; Wu, B.; Scaglione, B. D.; Wang, J.; Basavaraj, A.; Li, Y.; Scott, A. S.; Chung, S.; Bantis, K.; Clemente, J.; Shen, N.; Bessich, J. L.; Rafeq, S.; Michau..., American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 1/1/2018
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Lectures
- Introduction to Navigational Bronchoscopy: Review of the Evidence1/1/2018
- Pulmonologists as the Gatekeepers of Precision Medicine in NSCLC: How much is Enough TissueBuffalo General Hospital, 2016; Bronx VA Medical Center, 2017; Bronx Lebanon Hospital, 2017 - 1/1/2017
- Navigational BronchoscopyTufts Medical Center - 1/1/2017
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Other
- Pleurodesis and use of Long Term Pleural CathetersRafeq S, Decision Support in Medicine, The Clinical Advisor
https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pulmonary-medicine/pleurodesis-and-use-of-long-term-pleural-catheters/article/625081/
1/1/2018 - Thermal Injury and Smoke InhalationAdegunsoye D and Rafeq S, Decision Support in Medicine, The Clinical Advisor
https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pulmonary-medicine/thermal-injury-and-smoke-inhalation/article/625389/
1/1/2018 - Toxic Inhalational Lung InjuryAdegunsoye D and Rafeq S, Decision Support in Medicine, The Clinical Advisor
https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pulmonary-medicine/toxic-inhalational-lung-injury/article/625400/
1/1/2018
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- AIPPDMember
- American Association of Bronchology and Interventional PulmonaryMember
Other Languages
- Arabic
Hospital Affiliations
NYU Langone HospitalsNew York, New York
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