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Coralia N. Mihu

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1995 Luliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, MD, Cum Laude, Medicine

Postgraduate Training

7/2004-6/2007 Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
12/2003-6/2004 Attending, Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
7/2000-6/2001 Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Board Certifications

10/2006 American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors and Awards

2007 Annual Infectious Disease Society of New York Fellow's Award for Research, Annual Infectious Disease Society
1995-1998 Academic Scholarship, Romanian Ministry of Education
1990-1995 Academic Merit Scholarship, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Cohen N, Mihu CN, Seo SK, Chung D, Chou J, Heller G, Papanicolaou GA. Hematologic safety profile of linezolid in the early periengraftment period after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 15(10):1337-41, 10/2009. PMID: 19747643.
2. Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Mihu CN, Mora-Ramos L, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF, Champlin RE, Khouri I. Infections in non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients with lymphoid malignancies: spectrum of infections, predictors of outcome and proposed guidelines for fungal infection prevention. Bone Marrow Transplant, 6/2009. PMID: 19561648.
3. Mihu CN, Schaub J, Kesh S, Jakubowski A, Sepkowitz K, Pamer EG, Papanicolaou GA. Risk factors for late Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a single-institution, nested case-controlled study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 14(12):1429-33, 12/2008. PMID: 19041067.
4. Brandl K, Plitas G, Mihu CN, Ubeda C, Jia T, Fleisher M, Schnabl B, DeMatteo RP, Pamer EG. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci exploit antibiotic-induced innate immune deficits. Nature 455(7214):804-7, 8/24/2008. e-Pub 8/24/2008. PMID: 18724361.
5. Mihu CN, King E, Yossepovitch O, Taur Y, Jakubowski A, Pamer E, Papanicolaou GA. Risk factors and attributable mortality of late aspergillosis after T-cell depleted hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 10(3):162-7, 6/2008. e-Pub 7/27/2007. PMID: 17662036.
6. Kamboj M, Mihu CN, Sepkowitz K, Kernan NA, Papanicolaou GA. Work-up for infectious diarrhea after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: single specimen testing results in cost savings without compromising diagnostic yield. Transpl Infect Dis 9(4):265-9, 12/2007. PMID: 17511822.

Last updated: 9/25/2009