George A. Eapen, M.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Ost 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, Eapen GA, Feller-Kopman D, Morice RC, Benzaquen S, Tremblay A, Simoff M. Therapeutic Bronchoscopy for Malignant Central Airway Obstruction: Success Rates and Impact on Dyspnea and Quality of Life. Chest. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25358019.
2. Massarelli E, Onn A, Marom EM, Alden CM, Liu DD, Tran HT, Mino B, Wistuba II, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jack Lee J, Hong WK, Herbst RS, Jimenez CA. Vandetanib and Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer With Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion. Clinical Lung Cancer 15(5):379-86, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24913066.
3. Saettele TM, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma of the Pleura. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 190(5):587, 2014. PMID: 25171310.
4. Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Lei X, Cantor SB, Grosu HB, Lazarus DR, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Shannon VR, Balachandran D, Noor L, Hashmi YB, Casal RF, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Quality-adjusted Survival Following Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions with Indwelling Pleural Catheters. Chest 145(6):1347-56, 2014. PMID: 24480929.
5. Casal RF, Ost DE, Eapen GA. Flexible Bronchoscopy. Clinics in Chest Medicine 34(3):341-52, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23993807.
6. Grosu HB, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Sarkiss MG, Ost DE. Stents Are Associated with Increased Risk of Respiratory Infections in Patients Undergoing Airway Interventions for Malignant Airway Disease. Chest 144(2):441-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23471176.
7. 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.
8. Grosu HB, Casal RF, Morice RC, Nogueras-González GM, Eapen GA, Ost D, Sarkiss MG, Jimenez CA. Bronchoscopic Findings and Bleeding Control Predict Survival in Patients with Solid Malignancies Presenting with Mild Hemoptysis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 10(4):342-9, 2013. PMID: 23952853.
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. Almeida FA, Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Uzbeck M, Sarkiss M, Rice D, Morice RC, Ost DE. Quality Gaps and Comparative Effectiveness in Lung Cancer Staging: The Impact of Test Sequencing on Outcomes. Chest. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23703671.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
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 30(12):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. Lopez Guerra JL, Gomez D, Zhuang Y, Levy LB, Eapen G, Liu H, Mohan R, Komaki R, Cox JD, Liao Z. Change in Diffusing Capacity After Radiation as an Objective Measure for Grading Radiation Pneumonitis in Patients Treated for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 83(5):1573-9, 2012. PMID: 22768989.
17. Lopez Guerra JL, Gomez DR, Zhuang Y, Levy LB, Eapen G, Liu H, Mohan R, Komaki R, Cox JD, Liao Z. Changes in Pulmonary Function After Three-dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy, Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy, or Proton Beam Therapy for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 83(4):e537-43, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22420964.
18. 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.
19. Srinivasan R, Bhutani MS, Thosani N, Saftoiu A, Rice DC, Ioncica AM, Eapen GA, Gupta P, Jaganmohan S, Artifon EL, Zwischenberger JB. Clinical Impact of EUS-FNA of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Patients with Known or Suspected Lung Cancer or Mediastinal Lymph Nodes of Unknown Etiology. Journal of Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases 21(2):145-52, 2012. PMID: 22720302.
20. Ost DE, Ernst A, Lei X, Feller-Kopman D, Eapen GA, Kovitz KL, Herth FJ, Simoff M, AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry. Diagnostic Yield of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Results of the AQuIRE Registry. Chest 140(6):1557-66, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21659432.
21. Almeida FA, Bruno DS, Faiz S, Hinrichs B, Eapen GA, Bashoura L. Hemothorax Treated With Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter. Are All Hemothoraces the Same?. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 18(3):261-4, 2011. PMID: 23208571.
22. Khazai L, Kundu UR, Jacob B, Patel S, Sneige N, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Caraway NP. Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Biopsy is Useful Evaluating Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a Cancer Center. Cytojournal 8:10, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21712956.
23. Filner JJ, 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):23-30, 2011. PMID: 23169014.
24. 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.
25. Kouskov OS, Almeida FA, Eapen GA, Uzbeck M, Deffebach M. Mediastinal Infection After Ultrasound-guided Needle Aspiration. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 17(4):338-41, 2010. PMID: 23168957.
26. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Sarkiss M, Lei X, Rice D, Eapen GA. Factors Influencing the Diagnostic Yield of Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 17(3):202-8, 2010. PMID: 23168884.
27. 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.
28. 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. The Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 5:63, 2010. PMID: 20718978.
29. 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 5:81, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20939900.
30. 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. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 88(3):862-8; discussion 868-9, 2009. PMID: 19699913.
31. 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.
32. 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):295-6, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17965071.
33. 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.
34. Bashoura L, Gupta S, Jain A, Couriel DR, Komanduri KV, Eapen GA, Safdar A, Broglio KR, Adachi R, Dickey BF. Inhaled Corticosteroids Stabilize Constrictive Bronchiolitis After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation 41(1):63-7, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17934530.
35. 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(1):8, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18298864.
36. 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.
37. 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)(9):862, 2007. PMID: 17805065.
38. 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)(1):71-8, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17483846.
39. 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 2:16:16, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17386099.
40. 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.
41. Klopp AH, Eapen GA, Komaki RR. Endobronchial Brachytherapy: An Effective Option for Palliation of Malignant Bronchial Obstruction. Clinical Lung Cancer 8 (3)(3):203-7, 2006. PMID: 17239296.
42. 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):344-9, 2006. PMID: 16640807.
43. 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 6:87, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16603072.
44. Wallace MJ, Jean JL, Gupta S, Eapen GA, Johnson MM, Ahrar K, Madoff DC, Morello FA, Murthy R, Hicks ME. Use of Inferior Vena Caval Filters and Survival in Patients with Malignancy. Cancer 101(8):1902-7, 2004. PMID: 15386336.

Invited Articles

1. Grosu HB, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Ost D. Lung Cancer Screening: Making the Transition from Research to Clinical Practice. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 18(4):295-303, 2012. PMID: 22617813.
2. Wood DE, Eapen GA, Ettinger DS, Hou L, Jackman D, Kazerooni E, Klippenstein D, Lackner RP, Leard L, Leung AN, Massion PP, Meyers BF, Munden RF, Otterson GA, Peairs K, Pipavath S, Pratt-Pozo C, Reddy C, Reid ME, Rotter AJ, Schabath MB, Sequist LV, Tong BC, Travis WD, Unger M, Yang SC. Lung Cancer Screening. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 10(2):240-65, 2012. PMID: 22308518.
3. 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.
4. Casal RF, Tam AL, Eapen GA. Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors. Clinics in Chest Medicine 31(1):151-63, Table of Contents, 2010. PMID: 20172441.
5. Casal RF, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jimenez CA. Medical Thoracoscopy. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 15(4):313-20, 2009. PMID: 19387349.
6. 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.
7. 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 Cardiothorac & Vascular Anesthesia 21(6):892-6, 2007. PMID: 18068076.

Other Articles

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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.

Abstracts

1. Iribarren J, MD; Casal R, MD; Eapen GA, MD; Jimenez C, MD; Lan C, DO; Lazarus DR, MD; Morice R, MD; Ost D, MD. Safety and Effectiveness of Microdebrider Bronchoscopy for the Management of Central Airway Obstruction. Chest, 2012.

Book Chapters

1. Lazarus DR, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA. Endobronchial Ultrasound. In: Interventional Pulmonology, 2012.
2. Lazarus D, Rice D, Eapen G. Bronchoscopic Interventions for Lung Cancer. In: Lung Cancer Book. Wiley, 2012.
3. Shannon VR, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Travis EL, Bashoura L, Safdar A, Adachi R, Balachandran D, Faiz S, Dickey BF. Respiratory Complications, Pulmonary Hypertension. In: Cancer Medicine. Holland-Frei, 2010.
4. Kufe DW, Bast Jr. RC, Hait W, Hong WK, Pollock RE Weichselbaum RR, Holland JF, Frei E. Respiratory Complications Chapter 135 (Malignant Airway Obstruction). In: Cancer Medicine. BC Decker Publications, 2006.
5. Fein A, Kamholz S, Ost D. Immunocompriomised Host / BMT Chapter 16. In: Respiratory Emergencies 2006. Hodder Arnold, Health Sciences, 2006.

Letters to the Editor

1. Kennedy MP, Shweihat Y, Sarkiss M, Eapen GA. Complete Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Node Staging of Primary Lung Cancer by Endobronchial Ultrasound: Moderate Sedation or General Anesthesia?. Chest 134: 1350-1; author reply 1351, 2008.
2. Kennedy MP, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Is Endobronchial Ultrasound Additive to Routine Bronchoscopy in Diagnosing Sarcoidosis?. The European Respiratory Journal 30 (3): 601-2, 2007.