Carlos A. Jimenez, M.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Lin J, Jimenez CA. Acute mediastinitis, mediastinal granuloma, and chronic fibrosing mediastinitis: A review. Semin Diagn Pathol 39(2):113-119, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34176697.
2. Martinez-Zayas G, Almeida FA, Yarmus L, Steinfort D, Lazarus DR, Simoff MJ, Saettele T, Murgu S, Dammad T, Duong DK, Mudambi L, Filner JJ, Molina S, Aravena C, Thiboutot J, Bonney A, Rueda AM, Debiane LG, Hogarth DK, Bedi H, Deffebach M, Sagar AS, Cicenia J, Yu DH, Cohen A, Frye L, Grosu HB, Gildea T, Feller-Kopman D, Casal RF, Machuzak M, Arain MH, Sethi S, Eapen GA, Lam L, Jimenez CA, Ribeiro M, Noor LZ, Mehta A, Song J, Choi H, Ma J, Li L, Ost DE. Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Prospective External and Temporal Validation of the HAL and HOMER Models. Chest 160(3):1108-1120, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33932466.
3. Sheshadri A, Keus L, Blanco D, Lei X, Kellner C, Shannon VR, Balachandran DD, Jimenez CA, Bashoura L, Faiz SA. Pulmonary Function Testing in Patients with Tracheostomies: Feasibility and Technical Considerations. Lung 199(3):307-310, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33779802.
4. Sarkiss MG, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. A Novel Approach to Facilitate Bronchoscopy With Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Tracheostomy Undergoing Therapeutic Bronchoscopy or Diagnostic Bronchoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 28(2):153-155, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33417381.
5. Schwalk AJ, Ost DE, Saltijeral SN, De La Garza H, Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Lewis J, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Lee J, Elamin Y, Zhang J, Roth JA, Swisher S, Heymach JV, Grosu HB. Risk Factors for and Time to Recurrence of Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusion in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR or ALK Mutations. Chest 159(3):1256-1264, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33217413.
6. Sagar AS, Sabath BF, Eapen GA, Song J, Marcoux M, Sarkiss M, Arain MH, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Casal RF. Incidence and Location of Atelectasis Developed During Bronchoscopy Under General Anesthesia: The I-LOCATE Trial. Chest 158(6):2658-2666, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32561439.
7. Sagar AES, Landaeta MF, Adrianza AM, Aldana GL, Pozo L, Armas-Villalba A, Toquica CC, Larson AJ, Vial MR, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Eapen GA, Sheshadri A, Morice RC, Shannon VR, Bashoura L, Balachandran DD, Almeida FA, Uzbeck MH, Casal RF, Faiz SA, Jimenez CA. Complications following symptom limited thoracentesis using suction. Eur Respir J 56(5), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32499336.
8. Casal RF, Iribarren J, Eapen G, Ost D, Morice R, Lan C, Cornwell L, Almeida FA, Grosu H, Jimenez CA. Safety and Effectiveness of Microdebrider Bronchoscopy for the Management of Central Airway Obstruction. Respirology 18(6):1011-5, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23520982.
9. Grosu HB, Morice RC, Ost D, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. A Watery Mediastinal Mass. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 187(10):1135-6, 2013. PMID: 23675716.
10. Eapen GA, Shah AM, Lei X, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Yarmus L, Filner J, Ray C, Michaud G, Greenhill SR, Sarkiss M, Casal R, Rice D, Ost DE, American College of Chest Physicians Quality Improvement Registry, Education. Complications, Consequences, and Practice Patterns of Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Results of the AQuIRE Registry. Chest 143(4):1044-53, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23117878.
11. Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Lei X, Sampat KR, Brown TC, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Ferrajoli A, Jimenez CA. Pleural Effusions in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Leukemia & Lymphoma 54(2):329-35, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22812422.
12. Grosu HB, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Ost D, Sarkiss MG, Eapen GA. Cryptogenic Bronchial Stenosis. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 187(3):327, 2013. PMID: 23378438.
13. Grosu HB, Esteva FJ, Jimenez CA, Morice RC. Speech Prosthesis Aspiration. Emergency Medicine Journal 30(1):85, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22508194.
14. Casal RF, Bashoura L, Ost D, Chiu HT, Faiz SA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Detecting Medical Device Complications: Lessons From an Indwelling Pleural Catheter Clinic. American Journal of Medical Quality 28(1):69-75, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22763365.
15. Casal RF, Staerkel GA, Ost D, Almeida FA, Uzbeck MH, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Sarkiss M, Morice RC. Randomized Clinical Trial of Endobronchial Ultrasound Needle Biopsy with and without Aspiration. Chest 142(3):568-73, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22156610.
16. Grosu HB, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Ost D, Moran C, Morice RC. The Iron Lady. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 186(5):460, 2012. PMID: 22942346.
17. Ost DE, Shah AM, Lei X, Godoy MC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Jani P, Larson AJ, Sarkiss MG, Morice RC. Respiratory Infections Increase the Risk of Granulation Tissue Formation Following Airway Stenting in Patients With Malignant Airway Obstruction. Chest 141(6):1473-81, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22194585.
18. Grosu HB, Morice RC, Almeida FA, Ost D, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. A Flexible Knot to Untie. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 185(11):1244, 2012. PMID: 22661525.
19. Grosu HB, Morice RC, Betancourt SL, Colomer AL, Jimenez CA. Coexistence of Two Anatomical Bronchial Variances. BMJ Case Reports 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22729326.
20. Shah A, Ost D, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jimenez CA. Diagnostic Methylene Blue Test for Stent Covered Tracheoesophageal Fistula. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 185(7):e9, 2012. PMID: 22467810.
21. Shah AM, Morice RC, Ost D, Eapen GA, Betancourt SL, Jimenez CA. High-riding Pericardial Recess Mimicking Metastatic Mediastinal Lymph Node. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 185(1):e1, 2012. PMID: 22210796.
22. Ost DE, Ernst A, Lei X, Feller-Kopman D, Eapen GA, Kovitz KL, Herth FJ, Simoff M, on behalf of the AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry. Diagnostic Yield of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Results of the AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry. Chest 140(6):1557-1566, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21659432.
23. Betancourt SL, Palacio D, Jimenez CA, Martinez S, Marom EM. Thoracic Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. American Journal of Roentgenology 197(3):W452-6, 2011. PMID: 21862772.
24. Marshall CB, Jacob B, Patel S, Sneige N, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Caraway N. The Utility of Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Lymphoproliferative Disorders. Cancer Cytopathology 119(2):118-26, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21308997.
25. Filner J, Bonura EJ, Lau ST, Abounasr KK, Naidich D, Morice RC, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Casal RF, Ost D. Bronchoscopic Fibered Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy Image Characteristics and Pathologic Correlations. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 18(1):23, 2011.
26. Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Eapen GA, Ost D, Sarkiss M, Morice RC. Infected Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst Successfully Treated by Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 90(4):e52-3, 2010. PMID: 20868780.
27. Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Mehran RJ, Keus L, Ost D. Using Quantitative Breath Sound Measurements to Predict Lung Function Following Resection. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 12(5):81, 2010. PMID: 20939900.
28. Katz RL, He W, Khanna A, Fernandez RL, Zaidi TM, Krebs M, Caraway NP, Zhang HZ, Jiang F, Spitz MR, Blowers DP, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Morris JS, Etzel CJ, El-Zein R. Genetically Abnormal Circulating Cells in Lung Cancer Patients: An Antigen-independent Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-based Case-control Study. Clinical Cancer Research 16(15):3976-87, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20651054.
29. Kim ES, Hong WK, Lee JJ, Mao L, Morice RC, Liu DD, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Lotan R, Tang X, Newman RA, Wistuba II, Kurie JM. Biological Activity of Celecoxib in the Bronchial Epithelium of Current and Former Smokers. Cancer Prevention Research (Phila, PA) 3(2):148-59, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20103722.
30. Ozcakar B, Martinez CH, Morice RC, Eapen GA, Ost D, Sarkiss MG, Chiu HT, Jimenez CA. Does Pleural Fluid Appearance Really Matter? The Relationship Between Fluid Appearance and Cytology, Cell Counts, and Chemical Laboratory Measurements in Pleural Effusions of Patients with Cancer. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 18(5):63, 2010. PMID: 20718978.
31. Rice DC, Steliga MA, Stewart J, Eapen G, Jimenez CA, Lee JH, Hofstetter WL, Marom EM, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 88(3):862-8, 2009. PMID: 19699913.
32. Benedik PS, Baun MM, Keus L, Jimenez C, Morice R, Bidani A, Meininger JC. Effects of Body Position on Resting Lung Volume in Overweight and Mildly to Moderately Obese Subjects. Respiratory Care 54(3):334-9, 2009. PMID: 19245726.
33. Casal RF, Adachi R, Jimenez CA, Sarkiss M, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillus Tracheobronchitis Facilitated by Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 3:9290, 2009. PMID: 19946509.
34. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Bruzzi JF, Mhatre AD, Lei X, Giles FJ, Fanning T, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma. Thorax 63(4):360-5, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17965071.
35. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Chang J, Fossella F, Eapen GA, Morice RC. Optimisation of Bronchial Brachytherapy Catheter Placement with a Modified Airway Stent. The European Respiratory Journal 31(4):902-3, 2008. PMID: 18378785.
36. Marom EM, Martinez CH, Truong MT, Lei X, Sabloff BS, Munden RF, Gladish GW, Herbst RS, Morice RC, Stewart DJ, Jimenez CA, Blumenschein GR, Onn A. Tumor Cavitation During Therapy with Antiangiogenesis Agents in Patients with Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 3(4):351-7, 2008. PMID: 18379352.
37. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Mhatre AD, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Clinical Implications of Granulomatous Inflammation Detected by Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Cancer Recurrence in the Mediastinum. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 3:8, 2008. PMID: 18298864.
38. Jimenez CA, Mhatre AD, Martinez CH, Eapen GA, Onn A, Morice RC. Use of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter for the Management of Recurrent Chylothorax in Patients with Cancer. Chest 132(5):1584-90, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17890482.
39. Kennedy MP, Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. Endobronchial Ultrasound Appearance of Pulmonary Artery Thrombus in a Patient with Thymic Carcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2(9):862, 2007. PMID: 17805065.
40. Gupta S, Jain A, Warneke CL, Gupta A, Shannon VR, Morice RC, Onn A, Jimenez CA, Bashoura L, Giralt SA, Dickey BF, Eapen GA. Outcome of Alveolar Hemorrhage in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Bone Marrow Transplantation 40(1):71-8, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17483846.
41. Kopetz S, Jimenez C, Tu SM, Sharma P. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma. The European Respiratory Journal 29(4):813-15, 2007. PMID: 17400880.
42. Kennedy MP, Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. Treatment of Bronchial Airway Obstruction Using a Rotating Tip Microdebrider: A Case Report. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2:16, 2007. PMID: 17386099.
43. Baser S, Shannon VR, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Onn A, Lin E, Morice RC. Smoking Cessation After Diagnosis of Lung Cancer is Associated with a Beneficial Effect on Performance Status. Chest 130(6):1784-90, 2006. PMID: 17166997.
44. Baser S, Shannon VR, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Onn A, Keus L, Lin E, Morice RC. Pulmonary Dysfunction as a Major Cause of Inoperability Among Patients with Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 7(5):344-49, 2006. PMID: 16640807.
45. Gupta S, Jain A, Fanning TV, Couriel DR, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. An Unusual Cause of Alveolar Hemorrhage Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Case Report. BMC Cancer 7:87, 2006. PMID: 16603072.
46. Jimenez C, Plata T, Saavedra C, Ospina J. Irrigacion Pleural Continua en Hipotermia. Acta Medica Colombiana 20:245-247, 1995.

Invited Articles

1. Uzbeck MH, Almeida FA, Sarkiss MG, Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Kennedy MP. Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions. Advances in Therapy 27(6):334-47, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20544327.
2. Sarkiss M, Casal RF, Ost D, Morice RC, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. Anaesthesia for Interventional Bronchoscopy. Minerva Pneumologica 48(3):231, 2009.
3. Casal RF, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jimenez CA. Medical Thoracoscopy. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 15(4):313-20, 2009. PMID: 19387349.
4. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Ultrasound-guided Endobronchial, Endoscopic and Transthoracic Biopsy. Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 29(4):453-64, 2008. PMID: 18651362.
5. Sarkiss M, Kennedy M, Riedel B, Norman P, Morice R, Jimenez C, Eapen G. Anesthesia Technique for Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal Lymph Node. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 21(6):892-6, 2007. PMID: 18068076.

Editorials

1. Ost D, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC. Improving Procedural Training and Certification in Pulmonary Medicine. Chest 137(1):6-8, 2010. PMID: 20051398.

Letters to the Editor

1. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Is Endobronchial Ultrasound Additive to Routine Bronchoscopy in Diagnosing Sarcoidosis?. European Respiratory Journal 30: 601-2, 2007.