
Roy F. Chemaly, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, FIDSA, FESCMID
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Department Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Endowed Gerald P. Bodey, Sr. Distinguished Professorship, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Endowed Gerald P. Bodey, Sr. Distinguished Professorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Adjunct Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1992 | Saint Joseph University, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, LB, MD |
Postgraduate Training
2024-2024 | The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Leadership Training Course, ESCMID |
2021-2022 | MD Anderson Leadership Institute, Leading Teams Core certified by the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL), MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2012-2013 | Faculty Leadership Academy, Leadership Development Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2004-2004 | Patient Safety Officer Training, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, Utah |
2004-2004 | Advanced Training Program in Health Care Delivery Research, IHC Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, Utah |
2000-2002 | Masters in Public Health, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Rootstown, Ohio |
2000-2002 | Fellowship, Clinical Microbiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio |
1998-2000 | Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio |
1997-1998 | Chief Medical Resident, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York |
1994-1997 | PGYI, PGYII, PGYIII, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York |
1993-1994 | Internship, Internal Medicine, American University Hospital, Beirut |
1992-1993 | Rotations, Internal Medicine, Al-Arz Hospital, Beirut |
Licenses & Certifications
2021 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Subspecialty |
2019 | American Board of Medical Quality, Recertification |
2014 | American Board of Medical Quality |
2010 | American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Subspecialty |
2009 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Recertification |
2002 | State of Texas |
2001 | State of Ohio |
2001 | American Board of Pathology Medical Microbiology Subspecialty |
2000 | American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Subspecialty |
1997 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
1997 | State of New York |
1993 | ECFMG Certificate |
1992 | Lebanon Medical License |
null | FLEX (Part I and II) |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Adjunct Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Adjunct Associate Professor, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2013
Chief Medical Resident, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, 1997 - 1998
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Department Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Vice Chair, Infection Control Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - 2024
Chief; Infection Control Officer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Member, The COVID-19 Core Leadership Team (CCLT), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Member, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Safety and Quality Council, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2020
Past Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2021
Vice Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Safety and Quality Council, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2018
Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2018
Member, Quality Operations Team, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2017
Vice Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2016
Director, Antibiotic Stewardship Program, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2015
Quality Officer, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - Present
Chair, Infection Control Committee, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - Present
Vice-Chair, Institutional Review Committee #5, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2010
Associate Member, Institutional Review Committee #3, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2010
Director, Infection Control Program, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2020
Member, Search Committee for Director of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2007
Clinical Infection Control Officer, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2002 - 2006
Other Professional Positions
President-Elect, The International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), 2024 - Present
Chair, HSV Resistance/Refractory Working Group of the Transplant Associated Viral Infections (TAVI), 2023 - 2024
Vice-President Elect, The Council for the International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), Houston, TX, 2022 - 2024
Chair, The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV), ESCMID, 2022 - Present
Co-Chair, Guidelines consensus for “COVID-19 treatment on the Immunocompromised Host”, The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), ESCMID, 2022 - Present
Member, The Practice Guidelines for Cytomegalovirus of the European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL-9), Nice, 2021 - 2025
Steering Committee Member, Transplantation Association Virus Infection (TAVI) Forum, Washington, DC, 2021 - Present
Executive Member and Scientific Officer, The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV), ESCMID, 2020 - 2022
Leading Member, The Practice Guidelines for Respiratory Viruses of the European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL-8), Nice, 2019 - Present
Co-Chair, Infection & Immune Reconstitution Working Committee of the CIBMTR, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2024
Past-Chair & Ex Officio, Transplant Infectious Diseases Special Interest Group of ASTCT, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Executive Member, The Council for the International Immunocompromised Host Society, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Leading Member, The Infectious Diseases Practice Guidelines for The American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Co-Chair, CMV Resistance/Refractory Working Group of the CMV Drug Development Forum, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Member, The CMV Drug Development Forum, Houston, TX, 2017 - Present
Chair, Transplant Infectious Diseases Special Interest Group of ASBMT, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2019
Chair, Ebola Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2016
Director, Clinical Virology Research Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2002 - Present
Adjunct Staff Attending, Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, 1997 - 1998
First Aid Training Program, 1988 - 1993
First Aid and National Instructor, 1987 - 1993
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Vice Chair, Infection Control Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Member, Institutional Committee Community of Chairs Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Member, Division of Internal Medicine Executive Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Member, Community of Chairs Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Chair, Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccination, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Member, The COVID-19 Core Leadership Team, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, The Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2023
Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Quality and Safety Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2020
Member, Division of Internal Medicine Executive Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2020
Past Chair, Conflict of Interest, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - 2021
Vice-Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Quality and Safety Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - 2018
Member, Institutional Conflict of Interest Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017 - 2021
Chair, Conflict of Interest, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - 2018
Member, Quality Operations Team (QOT), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - 2017
Vice Chair, Conflict of Interest, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016
Member, Conflict of Interest, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2015
Chair, Ebola Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2016
Committee Member, Mandatory Federal Reporting Readiness, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - Present
Member, Clinical Productivity Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - 2011
Member, Clinical Research Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - 2012
Member, Institutional Review Committee (IRB #5), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2010 - 2011
Member, Executive Committee of Medical Staff (ECMS), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - Present
Chair, Infection Control Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2023
Associate Member, Institutional Review Committee (IRB #3), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - 2010
Vice Chair, Institutional Review Committee (IRB #5), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - 2010
Committee Member, Texas Medical Center Avian Influenza Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2006 - 2007
Member, Institutional Research Grants Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2005 - 2007
Committee Member, Institutional Review Board Member, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2005 - 2007
Chair, Infection Control Core Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2005 - Present
Committee Member, Antibiotic Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2004 - 2008
Committee Member, Patient Safety Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2004 - Present
Committee Member, Steering Committee for Cord Blood Bank, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2004 - Present
Member-Elect, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2003 - 2006
Committee Member, Intensive Care Subcommittee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2003 - 2005
Committee Member, BMT Quality Management Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2003 - Present
Chair, Viral Prevention Ad Hoc Infection Control Subcommittee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2002 - Present
Editorial Activities
Editor, Special issue on the “State of the Art Reviews on Infections in Immunocompromised Patients”, sponsored by ICHS, ESGREV, and ESGICH, 2024
Editorial Board member, Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI), Official Journal for the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2021 - Present
Co-Editor, Special Issue on Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients, Curr Opin Infect Dis, 2019
Co-Editor, Special issue on antiviral therapeutics, 2018
Senior Member, American Journal of Blood Research, 2011
Honors & Awards
2025 | Fellow of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) |
2024 | Achievement Award in the Field of Infectious Diseases, The Lebanese Order of Physicians, Beirut, Lebanon |
2024 | Medical Leadership Award, The American Lebanese Medical Association, Houston, TX |
2024 | Honor and Recognition Award, The University of Saint Joseph, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon |
2023 | The 16th recipient of the Gerald P. Bodey, Sr., Distinguished Professorship Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2022 | KO1 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Co-Primary-Mentor to Dr Lynn El Haddad), The University of Florida |
2022 | President’s Recognition of Faculty Excellence in Prevention Outreach, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2022 | Recognition as UT Healthcare COVID-19 Hero, UT System Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee |
2022 | The 2022 Samuel J. Hassenbusch, M.D., Ph.D., Physicians Referral Service (PRS) Leadership and Institutional Service Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2018 | American Cancer Society Mentorship Award (Mentor to Dr Lynn El Haddad), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2017 | Excellence in Research Winner, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2016 | Distinguished Paper Award, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-Division of Internal Medicine |
2016 | Finalist, The Julie and Ben Rogers Award for Excellence in the area of Prevention, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2016 | James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award (Mentor to Dr. Dimpy Shah), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2015 | Finalist for the James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award (mentor to Dr. Dimpy Shah), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2015 | Team Member, Containing Inappropriate Gram-Positive Antibiotic Use (Cignus), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2015 | The Lupe C. Garcia Research Endowed Fellowship Award Winner (mentor to Dr. Dimpy Shah), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2014 | Administrative Leader of the Year, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-Division of Internal Medicine |
2014 | Certification in Medical Quality, American Board of Medical Quality |
2014 | Distinguished Paper Award, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-Division of Internal Medicine |
2014 | James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award (Mentor to Dr. Ella Ariza-Heredia), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2013 | Certificate of Completion of Faculty Leadership Academy |
2012 | Employee Service Award - 10 years, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2012 | Recognition for Act++ Project, MDACC Office of Performance Improvement |
2011 - 2012 | Best Doctor, US News Health |
2011 - 2012 | Top Doctor, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd |
2010 | 2nd Place Winner for Outstanding Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Project entitled "VAP can be eradicated", Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Conference, November 4-5, 2010, Austin, Texas |
2009 | Certificate of completion, 2009 Junior Heart of Leadership Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2008 | Awarded Best Clinical Poster Presentation (Mentor to Dr. Karen Vigil) Second Infections in Cancer Symposium, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
2008 | Medical Leadership Award for the Infections in Cancer Symposium, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2008 | Patient Safety Champion Award (related to the investigation of the Serratia marescens Outbreak), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2007 | America's Top Physician, Consumers Research Council of America |
2007 | Certificate of Appreciation (for providing excellent protocol review), The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
2007 | Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America |
2007 | Fellow, The American College of Physicians |
2007 | Honorary Member, The Peruvian Cancer Society |
2007 | Second Prize Winner (Mentor for Dr. Harrys Torres) for outstanding poster at the Annual Meeting, Texas Infectious Diseases Society |
2005 | First Prize Winner for our work on Influenza Infections in Leukemia Patients and the Impact of Neuraminidase Inhibitors (Mentor to Harrys Torres, MD), The First Biannual National Meeting for Infection in Cancer Symposium, Houston, Texas |
2005 | Leadership Award, Alumni Association of North America, American University of Beirut |
2000 | Finalist Award, Infectious Diseases Society of Ohio |
1998 | Award of Achievement in Research, Staten Island University Hospital, New York |
1997 | Chief Medical Resident, Staten Island University Hospital, New York |
1997 | Finalist Award, American College of Physicians, New York Chapter, New York |
1997 | First Prize Winner, Richmond County Society Research Committee, Staten Island, New York |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2021. COVID-19 and the Health Disparities in the Hispanic Community (Guest Speaker). Conference. The Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Update on COVID-19. Conference. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Grand Rounds at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. The Profile of a Killer Virus: Impact on a Cancer Hospital. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Refractory/Resistant CMV Infections: Promise of New Anti-CMV Drug Therapies. Conference. University of Teas Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics (CARMIG) Gulf Coast Consortia. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Update on CMV infections after HCT. Conference. Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds at the McGovern Medical School. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Respiratory viral infections in IC Patients: What is new?. Conference. Transplant ID Collaborative Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Infection Control in a Cancer Hospital. Conference. Infection Control Section at Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Management of Respiratory Viral Infections. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Antiviral Resistance Update. Conference. Gulf Coast Consorita. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. Neutropenic Fever. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Special Infectious Considerations in the Oncologic Patient. Conference. 2015 Oncologic Emergency Medicine Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Conference. APIC-Houston Chapter. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. Advances in Infection Control. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2015. New Strategies For Environmental Decontamination. Conference. APIC-Houston Chapter. Houston, TX, US.
- 2014. Update on Ebola Preparedness. Conference. Certified Member Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2011. Viral Infections in Cancer Patients and Novel Antiviral Therapy. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center with The Worldwide Institute for Medical Education. Houston, TX, US.
- 2008. Infection Control Program: Strategies Behind A Comprehensive Plan. Conference. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2008. Investigation of an Outbreak of Serratia Bacteremia: Patient Safety Implications Nationwide. Conference. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. Update on Management of Viral Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Conference. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. CRVs in Cancer Patients: The Evidence Behind Antiviral Therapy. Conference. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2004. Update on Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Conference. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Major Advances in Managing CMV Infections in HCT Recipients. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2023. Preventing Cytomegalovirus in HSCT recipients: Expert Perspectives on Practical and Personalized Prophylaxis. Conference. Medscape Webinar, US.
- 2022. State-of-the-Art CMV Care: Experts’ Perspectives on Primary/Secondary Prevention and Management of Refractory/Resistant Infections. Conference. Speaking at The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Satellite Symposium, US.
- 2022. Infectious Disease Specialist Perspectives on CMV Management in Transplant Patients: New Data and New Options. Conference. Medscape CME-accredited live symposium, ID Week 2022. Washington, DC, US.
- 2021. COVID-19 and Cancer Survivors (Guest Speaker). Conference. ECHO Project: Community Cancer Survivorship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2019. Lessons Learned from Clinical Trials for RSV and PIV Infections. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2019. Update on Antiviral Development. Conference. Workshop at University of Texas Health. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2019. Update on Anti-Viral Development. Conference. Workshop at University of Texas Health. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2018. Respiratory Viral Infections in HCT Recipients. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2018. New Antivirals. Conference. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2015. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Conference. APIC-Tampa Chapter. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2015. APIC Jackson Chapter. Conference. APIC-Jackson Chapter. Jackson, MS, US.
- 2015. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Conference. APIC-Louisiana Chapter. Opelousas, LA, US.
- 2015. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Conference. APIC-East Tx Chapter. Tyler, TX, US.
- 2011. Infections in Cancer Patients. Conference. Southwest Association of Hispanic American Physicians. El Paso, TX, US.
- 2011. Infection Prevention. Conference. Annual Meeting of the Texas Infectious Diseases Society. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2008. Investigation of an Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia in Cancer Patients (pts) leading to a National Recall of a Second Unsuspected Contaminated Source: Time for Antimicrobial Lock Therapy (ALT)?. Conference. Texas Infectious Diseases Society, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Shifting Trend in Outcomes of Respiratory Viral Infections Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Recipients during 2023-2024 Respiratory Viral Season. Poster. ASTCT. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2025. Top 10 Papers in ID in 2024. Invited. Tandem and TID-SIG Meetings. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2025. The Interplay between EBV and CMV Reactivations Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the Era of Primary CMV Prophylaxis. Invited. Tandem Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2025. A Balancing Act: Safety and Success in CMV Management for HCT Patients. Invited. RMEI Medical Education at Tandem meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
- 2024. Cytomegalovirus Infections in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma on Novel T-Cell Redirecting Therapy. Poster. Infectious Disease Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Evaluation of a Meta-Virus Signature as a Diagnostic Tool to Predict the Severity of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Invited. Infectious Disease Society of America (ID Week). Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Incidence and Risk Factors for Fungal Infection after CD19-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell Therapy for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Poster. Infectious Disease Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Risk Factors for Severe Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Patients with Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma - A Seven-Year Retrospective Cohort Study. Poster. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Outcomes of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with leukemia: a prospective study. Poster. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Prognostic Value of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index for Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Poster. Infectious Disease Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Real-World Experience with Maribavir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Poster. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Improved Survival with Dual Immunomodulator Treatment of ARDS by blocking C5a and IL-6 Activity: Subanalysis from the PANAMO Study in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients. Invited. Platform Presentation at the Annual ID Week Meeting (IDSA). Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. PeerView CME: CMV Tandem Symposium. Cracking Down on Post-Transplant CMV: Guidance on Sequential Treatment With Newer Antiviral Agents. Invited. Infectious Disease Society of America. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2023. Clinically significant cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma and no prior cellular therapy. Poster. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2023. Plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing impacts antimicrobial management in immunocompromised patients with pneumonia. Poster. Infectious Disease Society of America. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2023. CMV After HCT: New Drugs and Immune Monitoring. Invited. Speaker at the 4th Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2023. Case Presentation and Round Table Discussion: A Challenging Case of Resistant CMV Infection. Invited. Panelist at the 4th Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2023. Invited Speaker, Infectious disease rounds: Case-based discussion of incorporating new data managing Gram-negative infections and CMV into clinical practice. Invited. 33rd annual congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) integrated symposium, US.
- 2022. Meet The Expert Session: “Tuberculosis Screening Prior to Immunosuppression: Looking in all the Nooks and Crannies”. Invited. ID Week 2022. Washington, DC, US.
- 2022. CMV Immune Monitoring in HCT in the Era of Prophylaxis. Invited. Plenary Session at the Brazilian Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation (SBMTO) Congress, US.
- 2022. The COVID-19 Pandemic. Invited. Infection Control Raging War on COVID-19 in a Cancer Hospital. Oral Oncology Symposium. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. New Options for the Treatment of CMV in HSCT Recipients. Invited. Medscape Live Symposium at the Annual Meeting for the EBMT, US.
- 2021. Cytomegalovirus: Confronting Complications in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Setting. Conference. CME Activity (Vindico). Chair and Speaker, US.
- 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic: Infection Control Raging War on COVID-19 in A Cancer Hospital. Conference. Keynote Speaker for the American Academy of Maxillofacial & Prosthesis Annual Meeting (Virtual Meeting),, US.
- 2021. CMV Perils in Transplant Recipients: Prevention, Resistance, and Safety Considerations. Conference. Virtual symposium with RMEI at ID Week, US.
- 2021. Measures to Limit SARS-COV-2 Nosocomial Transmission in Transplant Units. Invited. The European Blood & Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), US.
- 2021. COVID-19 Vaccination in Oncology Patients (Webinar),. Invited. US Oncology Meeting, US.
- 2021. Snapshots From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Transplant Centers Across the US. Conference. The Annual American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meeting, US.
- 2020. RSV Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: Update on Management. Conference. The annual Congress for the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases (SADI) Congress,, US.
- 2020. Impact of COVID-19 on the Kidney Cancer Community: Lessons learned and plans for the future. Conference. 10th Global Kidney Cancer Summit, US.
- 2020. Optimizing CMV Prophylaxis in R+ HCT Patients. Invited. European Blood & Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), US.
- 2020. Cytomegalovirus in the Transplantation Setting: Assessing the Evidence in Real-world Applications. Conference. CME virtual symposium, US.
- 2020. Optimizing Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Gram-negative Infections: Recent Advances for Improved Clinical and Economic Outcomes. Invited. The National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. The Profile of a Killer Virus: Mitigating Risks in a Cancer Hospital. Invited. 7th Eurasian Hematology Oncology Summit Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Influenza: Reducing Complications in High Risk Patients through Advanced Treatment Options. Invited. The AAAAI 2020 Annual Meeting (virtual meeting), US.
- 2019. Mitigating the Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Transplantation Setting – Game On!. Invited. CME Symposium at ID Week. Washington, DC, US.
- 2019. Cytomegalovirus T-Cell response Assays. Invited. Oral Presentation at ID Week 2019. Washington, DC, US.
- 2019. Panelist: Controversies in CMV Management. Invited. Meet the Experts Session at ID Week 2019. Washington, DC, US.
- 2019. A post-hoc analysis of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 trial to examine the effects of DAS181 in hematopoeitic cell transplant (HCT) recipients with parainfluenza virus (PIV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) on supplemental oxygen (SO). Conference. Oral presentation at the ASBMT, TCT meetings. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Managing CMV in the New Era of Antiviral Therapy: Practical Considerations in the HCT Setting. Invited. PeerView Symposium at the American Society of Transplant Cellular Therapy. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Managing CMV in the New Era of Antiviral Therapy: Practical Considerations in the HCT Setting. Invited. PeerView Symposium at the American Society of Transplant Cellular Therapy. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Outcomes of patients with detectable cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA at randomization in the double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial of letermovir (LET) prophylaxis for CMV-seropositive allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation (HCT) recipients. Conference. Oral presentation at ID Week. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2018. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 trial to examine the effects of DAS181 in immunocompromised (IC) patients with parainfluenza virus (PIV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) on supplemental oxygen (SO). Conference. Oral presentation at ID Week. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2018. Promise of New Anti-CMV Drug Therapies. Symposium at the American Society of Microbiology annual meeting. Invited. Oral presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Microbe Meeting. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2018. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analyses Reveal Potential Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Transmission Networks between Rooms and Patients on Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) and Leukemia Units. Conference. Oral presentation at the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Tandem Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, US.
- 2018. Promise of New Anti-Drug Therapies in Session 305- CMV Resistance: Limited Options but Promising Future. Conference. Oral presentation at the ASM Microbe Meeting. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2017. Prevention Strategies to Minimize the Clinical Burden of CMV in Transplant Recipients. Invited. Oral Presentation at ID Week. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Management of Respiratory Virus Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation In Symposium: Beating and Breathing: Updates in the Management of Transplant Candidates and Recipients. Invited. Oral presentation at ID Week 2017. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Nightmare Bugs: A Case-Based Symposium. Invited. Oral presentation at ID Week 2017. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Insights on New Developments in CMV Immune Monitoring and Alternative Therapies for HSCT Recipients. Invited. Oxford Immunotec. Marseille, France, US.
- 2017. A Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate a Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunospot (Elispot) Assay in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (Allo-HCT) Recipients: The REACT Study. Conference. Poster presentation at the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Tandem Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2017. Nightmare Bugs: A Case-Based Symposium. Invited. IDSA. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Management of Respiratory Virus Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Invited. IDSA. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Utilizing Advanced Tools to Minimize the Burden of CMV in Transplant Recipients. Conference. Poster presentation at ASM Microbe Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2017. ID Update: Prevention Strategies to Minimize the Clinical Burden of CMV in Transplant Recipients. Conference. Poster presentation at ID Week 2017. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2017. Management of Respiratory Virus Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation In Symposium: Beating and Breathing: Updates in the Management of Transplant Candidates and Recipients. Conference. Oral presentation at the ID Week 2017. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2016. New Directions for CMV in Stem Cell Transplant: Advancing Current Management Strategies-Satellite Symposium. Invited. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). San Diego, CA, US.
- 2016. Predicting Infections in Transplant Patients: Cellular Immune Assays for Tuberculosis and CMV-Satellite Symposium. Invited. The ASM Microbe Meeting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2016. Predicting Infections in Transplant Patients: Cellular Immune Assays for Tuberculosis and CMV-Satellite Symposium. Invited. American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA, US.
- 2016. Rare and emerging viruses in hematopoietic cell transplantation. Invited. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2016. Updates on Current Treatment Options for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the Transplantation Setting. Invited. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2016. An Open Label, Block-Randomized, Ribavirin Efficacy Trial for Management of RSV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: Clinical and Economic Implications. Invited. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2016. The Economic and Clinical Burden of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: A Cost Comparison Study Across 19 Major Cancer Centers in the U. S. Invited. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2015. Use of IGRAs to Predict CMV Infection in Transplant Recipients. Invited. IDWeek CME Symposium. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. The Role of IGRAs in Immunocompromised Patients: Diagnosing Latent or Active TB. Invited. The American Thoracic Society 2015 Conference. Denver, CO, US.
- 2015. Immune Response to Opportunistic CMV/TB Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Invited. ECCMID Congress, US.
- 2015. The Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis in Immunocomprimised Patients. Invited. Oxford Immunotec. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Economic and clinical burden of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients: A cost comparison study across 9 major cancer centers in the U.S. Conference. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Cost-effectiveness of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index and Oral Ribavirin in the management of RSV infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Conference. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Evaluation of Previous Antibiotic Duration on the Risk for ESBL E. coli or Klebsiella spp. Bacteremia in Cancer Patients. Conference. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Dynamics of CMV-specific T cell recovery in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: Implications for clinical outcomes. Conference. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Impact of an Automated Antibiotic Time Out on Duration of Therapy in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Conference. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Broadly Active Antiviral: Brincidofovir. Conference. ID Week 2014. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2014. Update on IGRA Testing: Screening for Latent Tuberculosis in Children, Healthcare Workers, and Immunocompromised Patients. Conference. ID Week 2014. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2014. New Strategies for Decreasing Environmental Contamination. Invited. 37th APIC Conference. Bloomington, MN, US.
- 2014. Infection with Novel Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Genotype Ontario (ON1) in Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT). Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. An Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) to Predict Outcomes in Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (auto-HCT) Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infections. Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections in 207 Cord blood Transplant (CBT) Recipients. Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. The Long Term Impact of Respiratory Viral Infections (RVIs) on Pulmonary Function in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (allo-HCT) Recipients. Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Viral Genomic Load (VGL) Kinetics in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients with RSV Infections. Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Infection with Novel Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Genotype Ontario (ON1) in Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT). Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Parainfluenza Virus. Conference. 54th ICAAC Conference. Washington, DC, US.
- 2014. Diagnosing Active or Latent TB. Invited. APIC Conference. Anaheim, CA, US.
- 2014. Twice-Weekly Brincidofovir (CMX001) Shows Promising Antiviral Activity in Immunocompromised Transplant Recipients with Asymptomatic Adenovirus Viremia. Conference. BMT Tandem "Scientific" Meeting. Grapevine, TX, US.
- 2014. Reducing the Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): From Initial Treatment to Recurrence Prevention. Invited. VA Medical Center. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2013. Vaccination Guidelines after SCT: Practitioners’ Knowledge and Attitudes and the gap between Guidelines and Clinical Practice. Conference. IDSA. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2013. Infection Control of Immunocompromised Patients. Invited. Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) Annual Meeting, US.
- 2013. The First Interventional Trial for Adenovirus (AdV): Brincidofovir (CMX001 for AdV in HCT. Conference. 53rd ICAAC Conference. Denver, CO, US.
- 2013. Validating an Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) to Predict Pneumonia and Mortality in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (allo-HCT) recipients with RSV, Influenza, and Parainfluenza Virus Infections. Conference. 53rd ICAAC Conference. Denver, CO, US.
- 2013. Overview on Management of Paramyxoviridae Infections: What is New ?. Invited. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2012. Bronchiolitis Obliterans following Respiratory Viral Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Conference. 52nd ICAAC Conference. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2012. The Role of Stewardship in the Management of Neutropenic Patients. Invited. The 15th Annual MAD-ID Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2012. C. Difficle Infection in Patients with Cancer. Conference. Kansas City Oncology Society. Kansas City, KS, US.
- 2012. Antibiotic Stewardship: Why and How. Invited. The Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, US.
- 2012. Reducing the Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): From Initial Treatment to Recurrence Prevention. Invited. VA Medical Center. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2012. Impact of RSV Infection Patients with Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma: A Single Center Study. Conference. 52nd ICAAC Conference. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2011. New Strategies in Infection Control Prevention: Controversies Revisited The American Way. Invited. 10th Annual National American Lebanese Medical Association Conference, US.
- 2011. Characteristics and Outcomes of RSV Infections in 92 auto-HSCT Recipients. Oral presentation at the 51st Annual ICAAC Conference. Conference. Characteristics and Outcomes of RSV Infections in 92 auto-HSCT Recipients. Oral presentation at the 51st Annual ICAAC Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. Daptomycin Usage in Cancer Patients 2011. Invited. 2011 Miami Scientific Experts Conference “Maximizing Anti-Infective Therapies, Daptomycin on Focus. Miami, FL, US.
- 2011. Reducing the Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): From Initial Treatment to Recurrence Prevention. Invited. Baylor University Medical Center. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2010. Characteristics and Outcome of of 323 Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Patients: A Single Center Experience. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 50th ICAAC Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2010. The Characteristics and Outcome of Novel Influenza A (2009/H1N1) when Compared to Seasonal Influenza (SFlu) in Pediatric Cancer Patients. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 50th ICAAC Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2009. Clinical outcome of patients with Serratia marcescens Bacteremia (SMB) Due to Contaminated Pre-Filled Heparin and Saline Flushes in 3 states. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 47th Annual IDSA Conference. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2009. Continuous Versus Intermittent Dose Schedule of Aerosolized Ribavirin for Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Upper Respiratory Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies: An adaptive randomized trial. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 49th Annual ICAAC Conference. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2008. Investigation of an Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia in Cancer Patients (pts) leading to a National Recall of a Second Unsuspected Contaminated Source: Time for Antimicrobial Lock Therapy (ALT)?. Conference. Oral Presentation, 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, US.
- 2005. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with leukemia: To treat or not to treat?. Conference. Oral presentation at the 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2004. Gastrointestinal Cytomegalovirus Disease in Patients with Cancer. Conference. Oral presentation at the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Washington, US.
- 2002. Clinical Utility of CMV Viral Load in Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Lung Transplant Recipients. Conference. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Transplant Congress. Washington, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Major Advances in CMV Infections in HCT recipients. Invited. The Asian Pacific Bone Marrow Transplant (APBMT) Congress (Speaker). Integrated Symposium, SG.
- 2024. CMV management in HSCT for HR patients: clinical experience with extended duration of letermovir. Invited. The Israeli society for Stem Cell Transplantation meeting (Virtual). Virtual, US.
- 2024. The efficacy of a filtered handheld far-ultraviolet disinfection device in reducing environmental pathogens from high-touch clinical surfaces in healthcare setting. Poster. ECCMID Global. Barcelona, Catalonia, ES.
- 2024. The use of the cytomegalovirus T cell immunity panel to predict clinically significant infection in allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant recipients (allo-HCT). Invited. ESCMID Global. Barcelona, Catalonia, ES.
- 2024. Comparison of outcomes of clinically significant breakthrough CMV infections while on letermovir prophylaxis or while on pre-emptive strategy in allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant recipients. ESCMID Global. Poster. ECCMID Global. Barcelona, Catalonia, ES.
- 2024. New developments in antiviral drugs. Invited. 34th annual congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Barcelona, ES.
- 2024. Updates in cytomegalovirus and serious Gram-negative infections: Striving for better outcomes. Integrated Symposium at the ESCMID-Global. Barcelona, ES.
- 2024. What´s New in CMV-Management in HSCT? Latest Clinical Advances. Invited. A satellite symposium at the 50h Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT). Glasgow, Scotland, GB.
- 2024. Challenges in Managing RSV, Metapneumovirus and Parainfluenza Virus: to Treat or Not to Treat? Meet the Expert Session. Invited. International Immunocompromised Host Society Congress (ICHS). Antalya, TR.
- 2024. Protecting Patients from Viral Infections. Invited. International Immunocompromised Host Society Congress (ICHS). Antalya, TR.
- 2024. New Horizons in Infection and Transplantation. Invited. International Immunocompromised Host Society Congress (ICHS). Anatalya, TR.
- 2023. CMV management in bone marrow transplant. Invited. Speaker at the Symposium of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC). Riyadh, SA.
- 2023. COVID-19 infection in B cell depleted patients. Invited. Speaker at the Symposium of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC). Riyadh, SA.
- 2023. Controversies in the management of febrile neutropenia. Invited. Panelist at the Symposium of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC). Riyadh, SA.
- 2023. Challenges in the prevention and treatment of CMV in allogeneic HSCT: refractory infection, extended and secondary prophylaxis. Conference. 3rd Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient. Buenos Aires, AR.
- 2023. Management of CMV infection after allo-HCT. Invited. Sao Paolo, BR.
- 2023. Letermovir prophylaxis and CMV-specific immune reconstitution. Invited. Speaker and Chair at the XXVII SBTMO Congress. Curitiba, BR.
- 2023. Management of respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients. Conference. Lebanese Order of Physicians Symposium. Beirut, LB.
- 2023. Using CMV-CMI to guide clinical decisions allo-HSCT. Invited. Speaker and panelist at 2nd INTERNATIONAL CMV SYMPOSIUM. Seattle, US.
- 2022. ELISPOT Assay and CMV T Cell Immunity in HCT Recipients: Ready for Prime Time? Afternoon Tea Symposium. Invited. 22nd ICHS Congress. Basel, CH.
- 2022. Community Acquired Respiratory Viruses. Invited. Joint Session with ICHS and ESGREV. Basel, CH.
- 2022. Infections after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Invited. Joint Session with ICHS, ASTCT, and EBMT. Basel, CH.
- 2022. Taming the CytomegaloBeast: New Tools in our Armamentarium – The HCT perspective, Industry Lunch Symposium. Invited. 22nd ICHS Congress. Basel, CH.
- 2022. The Best of ICHS-CORONA COMPETENCE (Infection Control waging war). Invited. The 22nd ICHS Congress. Basel, CH.
- 2022. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. Invited. Next Frontiers to Cure Cancer, AC Camargo Cancer Center. Sao Paolo, BR.
- 2022. Humankind in the times of viruses. Invited. The 3rd Department of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece in collaboration with the Oncology Center of Biomedical Education & Research (OCEBER) and the Hellenic Association of Lung Cancer (HeALC). Athens, GR.
- 2021. Respiratory Viral Infections Including COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Patients. Invited. the 2nd MEIH BSALIM Infectious Diseases Department Scientific Meeting (Virtual Meeting). Beirut, LB.
- 2021. A New Era in the Prevention and Management of CMV Infection: Assessing the Evidence in Real-world Applications. Conference. Webinar with the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP), US.
- 2021. Meet the expert: How I treat CMV. Conference. Australia. Melbourne, AU.
- 2021. Tough viruses and new treatments: Symposium presentation. Conference. 2. Melbourne, AU.
- 2020. Update on COVID-19 Infection Control Strategies. Conference. The 1st Infection Disease Meeting by the Middle East Institute of Health University Hospital. Beirut, LB.
- 2020. Should I Always Pull It? Candida-Associated Intravenous Catheter Infections. Invited. IDWeek 2020, US.
- 2020. Novel and Future Therapies for CMV Infections after Transplantation. Invited. The International Congress of BMT (virtual meeting), KR.
- 2019. Difficult Cases of Viral Infections in HCT Recipients. Meet the Expert Session. Invited. The Annual Meeting of European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Amsterdam, NL.
- 2019. CMV Prophylaxis-The New Paradigm: Evidence & Real World Experience. Invited. EPIC Talks at the European Bone Marrow Transplant annual meeting, DE.
- 2019. Role of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam in complicated gram negative infections. Invited. The Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases. Beirut, LB.
- 2019. Role of Posaconazole in Patients Requiring Antifungal Prophylaxis. Invited. The Annual Congress of Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases. Beirut, LB.
- 2018. Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Invited. Roundtable Session at the 11th Sao Paulo Infectious Diseases Congress, BR.
- 2018. New Therapies for CMV Infections after HCT. Invited. Keynote Lecture at the 11th Sao Paulo Infectious Diseases Congress, BR.
- 2018. Infection Control Issues in Cancer patients. Invited. Roundtable Session at the 20th ICHS Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, GR.
- 2018. Letermovir-Study Evidence of a Newly Approved CMV-Terminase Inhibitor. Invited. Satellite Symposium at the 20th ICHS Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, GR.
- 2017. UV Light Use in the Operating Rooms. Invited. Oral Presentation at Japan Society for Surgical Site Infections Conference, JP.
- 2017. A prospective Observational Study to Evalate a CMV-specific ELISPOT Assay in Allogeneic Hematopoeitic Cell Transplant Recipients: The REACT Study. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 20th European Symposium in Clinical Virology, IT.
- 2017. New Developments in CMV Immune Monitoring and Preventive Strategies in HCT Recipients. Invited. Oral presentation Integrated Symposium at the 20th European Symposium in Clinical Virology. Stresa, IT.
- 2017. Safety and Tolerability of Letermovir Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Adult CMV-Seropositive Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HCT) Safety and Tolerability of Letemovir Prophylaxis of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Adult CMV-Seropositive Recipients of Allogenic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HCT). Conference. Oral Presentation at ECCMID 2017. Vienna, AT.
- 2017. A Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate a CMV-specific Elispot Assay in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (allo-HCT) Recipients: The REACT Study. Conference. Late Breaker oral presentation at ECCMID 2017. Vienna, AT.
- 2017. The Impact of Pre- and Week 2 or Week 4 Post-transplant CMV-Specific ELISPOT Assay on CMV Reactivation in CMV-seropositive Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (Allo-HCT) Recipients. Conference. Late Breaker oral presentation at ECCMID 2017. Vienna, AT.
- 2017. CMV in Transplant Patients: Challenges and Unmet Needs in Detection, Prevention, Prophylaxis, and Management. Invited. Oral presentation at the 28th ECCMID meeting, ES.
- 2017. CMV+: What to Do With Your Transplant Patient?. Invited. Integrated Symposium at the ECCMID 2017. Vienna, AT.
- 2017. Safety and tolerability of letermovir prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adult CMV-seropositive recipients of allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (ALLO-HCT). Conference. Oral presentation at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, AT.
- 2017. Safety and tolerability of letermovir prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adult CMV-seropositive recipients of allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (ALLO-HCT). Invited. Oral presentation at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Vienna, AU.
- 2016. Ask the Experts: Tuberculosis Testing in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases - Satellite Symposium. Invited. EULAR 2016. London, GB.
- 2016. TB Immunodiagnostics: Providing Insight Into Immune-Regulated Conditions-Satellite Symposium. Invited. ECCMID 2016. Amsterdam, NL.
- 2016. The Role of TB & CMV Immunodiagnostics in Haematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Invited. EBMT 2016, ES.
- 2015. Immune Response and Monitoring of Opportunistic CMV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipient. Invited. The American Lebanese Medical association with the collaboration of The International Lebanese Medical Association Congress. Beirut, US.
- 2015. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Invited. 16th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, LB.
- 2015. Eliminating HAIs in a Cancer Hospital: Fact or Fiction. Invited. 16th Annual Congress of the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, LB.
- 2014. Infection Control. Invited. International Executive Housekeepers Association. Houston, US.
- 2014. Update on Viral Infection. Invited. The 15th Congress of the Society of Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology. Beirut, LB.
- 2013. Novel strategies to control MDROs from the Environment. Invited. Federation of Infection Societies 2013, GB.
- 2013. Daptomycin use for infection in neutropenic patients. Invited. Brazilian Congress of Infectology, BR.
- 2013. Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Cancer Hospital. Invited. The 13th International American Lebanese Medical Association Congress Jointly held with The Université Saint-Esprit De Kaslik Conference, LB.
- 2013. CMV and respiratory viral infections in Immunocompromised patients. Invited. 1st Joint Symposium 2013: The St. Luke’s International Hospital & The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, JP.
- 2013. Control of MDRO in a Hospital Environment: Multidimensional Approach. Invited. The Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, LB.
- 2013. Environmental Cleaning. Invited. The Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, LB.
- 2012. CMV Infection in Immunocompromised Patients: Update on management. Invited. The Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. Beirut, LB.
- 2011. Infections in Immunocompromised Patients 34th International Course in Internal Medicine. Invited. 34th International Course in Internal Medicine at the National Congress of Internal Medicine. Mexico City, US.
- 2010. Characteristics and Outcome of 284 Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (Allo-HSCT) Patients: A Single Center Experience. Conference. Oral Presentation at the 7th International Respiratory Syncytial Virus Symposium, NL.
- 2010. Community Respiratory Viruses in HSCT Patients: Focus on Antiviral Therapy. Invited. International Society for Infectious Diseases. Miami, US.
- 2009. Infections in the "Immunocompromised Cancer Patients". Two presented lectures related to viral infections in Immunocompromised patients. Invited. The 17th KIng Hussein Cancer Center Conference. Amman, JO.
- 2009. Multifaceted Strategies for a Comprehensive Infection Control Program; Symposium Honoring the late Dr. Michael Debakey. Invited. Lebanese Order of Physicians. Beirut, LB.
- 2008. Other Clinical Relevant Viral Infections in Hematology. Invited. 1st Symposium on Infections in the Hematological Patient. Madrid, ES.
- 2007. Update of infections in Cancer Patients. Invited. International Symposium. Lima, PE.
- 2007. "Update on Gram-negative Resistance". Invited. The Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Beirut, LB.
- 2007. "Infection Control: Strategies behind a Comprehensive Plan". Invited. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Beirut, LB.
- 2005. Management of Viral Infections in Cancer Patients: What's New?. Conference. The International Immunocompromised Host Society. Crans-Montanta, CH.
- 2005. Serious Infections in Cancer Patients: The Role of Novel Antimicrobial Agents and Devices. Invited. Symposium at King Hussein Cancer Center. Amman, JO.
- 2005. Hospital acquired pneumonia: An update. Invited. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, St Georges Hospital, Ballamand School of Medicine. Beirut, LB.
- 2003. Symposium on Multidrug-Resistant Infections and Alternative Antimicrobials in the 21st Century. Invited. General Organization of Teaching Hospitals. Cairo, EG.
Formal Peers
- 2025. ID Advance Topics: Changing Landscape of CMV Management in HCT Recipients. New York, NY, US.
- 2024. Major Advances in CMV management after HCT. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Omaha, Nebraska, US.
- 2023. Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: Major Headways and Many Shortcomings. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Update on Management of Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Invited. Staten Island, NY, US.
- 2019. A Paradigm Shift in Managing CMV Infections in HCT Recipients. Invited. Denver, CO, US.
- 2018. MD Anderson Experience in the Treatment of Complicated Gram-negative Infections, Meet the Expert Session. Visiting, Beirut, LB.
- 2018. New Option in the Treatment of Complicated Gram-Negative Infections, plenary session. Visiting, Beirut, LB.
- 2018. New Strategies to Control CMV Infection after HCT. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. RSV and PIV in Immunocompromised Patients. 2nd Symposium on Infectious Disease in the Immunocompromised Host. Visiting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2017. Management of viral infections in immunocompromised patients, 1st Oncological Critical Care Research Network International Conference. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2017. UV light Technologies for Environmental Decontamination. Visiting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2017. UV light Technologies for Environmental Decontamination. Visiting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2016. Management of Respiratory Viruses in Immunocompromised Patients. The X Course on Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Visiting. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 2016. Immunoassays for CMV and the HCT recipient. Visiting. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 2016. The Microbiome and RSV Infections in HCT Recipients. Visiting. Sao Paulo, BR.
- 2016. CMV and stem cell transplant patients: the old, the new and the super new. Visiting. Santiago, CL.
- 2016. The respiratory panel came back positive, now what? Faculty of Medicine. Visiting. Santiago, CL.
- 2014. The Challenges and Pitfalls in Diagnosing or Misdiagnosing Tuberculosis: Are the Days of TB Skin Tests Over?. Invited. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2014. Clostridium Difficile update: epidemiology, new diagnostic test treatment and prevention. Visiting. Beirut, LB.
- 2013. Updates in Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Hosts. Invited. Rochester, MN, US.
- 2011. Update on Infection Control, the American Way. Visiting. Beirut, LB.
- 2011. Respiratory Viral Infections in Cancer Patients. Visiting. Beirut, LB.
- 2011. Reducing the Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): From Initial Treatment to Recurrence Prevention. Invited. Little Rock, AR, US.
- 2011. Prevention, Monitoring, and Management of Late Viral Infections at the 2nd Symposium on Advances in the Long-term Management of Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2011. Challenging Cases: Management of Resistant or Recurrent Late Infections after BMT at the 2nd Symposium on Advances in the Long-term Management of Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2009. MRSA Infections: Beyond Vancomycin. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. CMV Infections in HSCT: Focus on Preventive strategies. Visiting. Little Rock, AR, US.
- 2009. CMV Infections in HSCT: Focus on Preventative strategies. Visiting. Detroit, MI, US.
- 2008. Respiratory Viral Infections in Cancer Patients. Visiting. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 2008. Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-positive cocci. Visiting. Wichita, KS, US.
- 2008. MRSA Pneumonia. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2008. MRSA Infection In Cancer Patients. Visiting. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2008. BMT Conference, “cSSSI in the Era of Increase Resistance”. Visiting. St. Louis, MO, US.
- 2007. Infectious Disease Conference, Serious Gram-positive Infections: Beyond Vancomycin. Visiting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2007. Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Grand Rounds, Antimicrobial Resistance Trends: Impact on Management of Cancer Patients with Bacterial Infections. Visiting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2007. Bone Marrow Transplant Grand Rounds MRSA Infections: Alternative Agents Beyond Vancomycin. Visiting. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2007. Infection Control Rounds. Visiting. Lima, PE.
- 2007. Antimicrobial Resistance Trends: Impact on Management of Cancer Patients with Bacterial Infections. Visiting. Augusta, GA, US.
- 2007. Antimicrobial Resistance Trends: Impact on Management of Febrile Neutropenia. Visiting. Westchester, NY, US.
- 2006. Antimicrobial Resistance Trends: Impact on Management of Febrile. Visiting. Rochester, MN, US.
- 2006. Serious Infections Immunocompromised Patients: The Role of Novel Antimicrobial Agents and Devices. Invited. Lebanon, LB.
- 2006. Hand Hygiene: The evidence behind saving lives. Visiting. Beirut, US.
- 2006. CRVs in Cancer Patients: The Evidence Behind Antiviral Therapy. Visiting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2005. Antimicrobial Resistance Trends: Impact on Management of Febrile Neutropenia I Hospital-acquired Pneumonia. Visiting. Youngstown, OH, US.
- 2005. Management of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2005. Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Alternative agents beyond vancomycin. Visiting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2004. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Treatment Options. Visiting. McAllen, TX, US.
- 2004. Gram-Positive Resistance: Alternative Agents beyond Vancomycin. Visiting. Detroit, MI, US.
- 2004. Management of Nosocomial Infections: De-escalation Therapy. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2004. Treatment Options for resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Invited. McAllen, TX, US.
- 2004. Viral Update: SARS & RSV. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2004. Management of Neutropenia and Fever in the 21st Century. Visiting. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2002. Diabetic Foot Infections. Invited. Cape Girardeau, MO, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2024 - Present |
Title: | Real world analysis of extended use of letermovir for CMV primary prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a 5-year perspective from a major cancer center |
Funding Source: | MERCK MISP, MERCK |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2024 - Present |
Title: | The use of cytomegalovirus cell mediated immunity to optimize the duration of Letermovir prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients |
Funding Source: | Eurofins Viracor |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2024 - Present |
Title: | A Phase IIa, Open-label, Multiple Ascending Dose Confirmation Study of the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Brincidofovir in Subjects with Adenovirus Infection or Cytomegalovirus Infection |
Funding Source: | SymBio Pharmaceuticals |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2023 - Present |
Title: | A prospective cohort study of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load kinetics as a predictor of outcome in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in the setting of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia |
Funding Source: | Subcontract, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2023 - Present |
Title: | Immunogenicity and clinical efficacy of 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20) in lymphoma survivors after treatment with anti-CD20 therapy |
Funding Source: | IRG, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2020 - 2025 |
Title: | The interplay of the immune system, and microbiome in determining outcome of respiratory viral infec-tions in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and in patients with leukemia |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 1R01CA246368-01 |
Date: | 2020 - 2022 |
Title: | Use of the Karius Test for the Detection of Undiagnosed Pathogens (PICKUP) |
Funding Source: | Karius, Inc |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2019 - 2022 |
Title: | A multi-size, randomized trial of subject-collected dried blood spot CMV testing with mobile technology support to optimize preemptive therapy late after allogeneic HCT, CS2017-1076 |
Funding Source: | Fred Hutchison |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2019 - 2021 |
Title: | The Role of Bacteriophages in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients |
Funding Source: | Institutional Research Grant |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2019 - 2026 |
Title: | A Phase III Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Study to Examine the Effects of DAS181 for the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Parainfluenza Infection in Immunocompromised Subjects |
Funding Source: | Ansun Pharmaceuticals |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
Title: | Isolation of Bacteriophages against prevalent Multidrug Resistant Organisms in 3 Geographical Regions: Impact on Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Outcomes |
Funding Source: | The Sister Institution Network Fund (SINF) |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
Title: | The use of Viracor © CMV T Cell Immunity Panel to Assess the Risk of CMV Infection in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Low Level CMV Viremia. CS2018-1146 |
Funding Source: | Viracor, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2018 - 2020 |
Title: | The role of Bacteriophages in HCT Recipients, American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2018 - 2020 |
Title: | Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Mentor |
Date: | 2017 - 2026 |
Title: | A randomized, open label, multi-center, comparative trial, to assess the efficacy and safety of pritelivir versus foscarnet for the treatment of acyclovir-resistant mucocutaneous HSV infections in immunocompromised adults (PRIOH-1), CS2017-0146 |
Funding Source: | Aicuris |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2017 - 2020 |
Title: | A Phase 3, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Active-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Maribavir Compared to Valganciclovir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients |
Funding Source: | Shire Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2016-0749 |
Date: | 2017 - 2019 |
Title: | A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Active-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Maribavir Treatment Compared to Investigator-assigned Treatment in Transplant Recipients with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections that are Refractory or Resistant to Treatment with Ganciclovir, Valganciclovir, Foscarnet, or Cidofovir, |
Funding Source: | Shire, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2016-0638 |
Date: | 2017 - 2018 |
Title: | An Open-Label, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of PUL-042 Inhalation Solution in Subjects with Hematologic Malignancies and Recipients of Stem Cell Transplantation, |
Funding Source: | Pulmotec, Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CS2016-0804 |
Date: | 2016 - 2018 |
Title: | An Intermediate-size, Expanded Access Protocol to Provide Brincidofovir for the Treatment of Serious Adenovirus Infection or Disease, |
Funding Source: | Chimerix, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2016-0504 |
Date: | 2016 - 2017 |
Title: | Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award, American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Mentor |
Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
Title: | A multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CSJ148 compared to placebo to prevent human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication in stem cell transplant patients |
Funding Source: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
Title: | A Phase 3, Open-Label, Multi-center Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Brincidofovir (CMX001) in the Treatment of Early versus Late Adenovirus Infection |
Funding Source: | Chimerix, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2015-40404 |
Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
Title: | A Prospective Observational Study for the Long-Term Follow-up of Subjects Previously Enrolled in Selected Clinical Studies of CMX001 (333) |
Funding Source: | Chimerix |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | PA14-0993, CS2015-40482 |
Date: | 2015 - 2016 |
Title: | A Randomized, DB, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-Group, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study of the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of CMX001 for the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in CMV-seropositive (R+) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients |
Funding Source: | Chimerix, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2013-37804 |
Date: | 2015 - 2018 |
Title: | A Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multi-Center Study Evaluating Antiviral Effects, Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of GS-5806 in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection of the Lower Respiratory Tract |
Funding Source: | Gilead Sciences, Inc |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | A Phase 2b Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo controlled Multi-Center Study Evaluating Antiviral Effects, Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of GS 5806 in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection of the Lower Respiratory Tract |
Funding Source: | Gilead Sciences, Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CS2014-0718 |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | A Phase 2b Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo controlled Multi-Center Study Evaluating Antiviral Effects, Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of GS 5806 in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection of the Upper Respiratory Tract |
Funding Source: | Gilead Sciences, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2014-0717 |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | A Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled study to examine the effects of DAS181 in immunocompromised subjects with Lower Respiratory Tract Parainfluenza Infection on Supplemental Oxygen |
Funding Source: | Ansun Biopharma, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | Phase III, Randomized, Placebo control Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of MK-8228 (Letermovir) for the Prevention of Clinically Significant Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Adult, CMV-Seropositive Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients |
Funding Source: | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2013-0783LK |
Date: | 2014 - 2018 |
Title: | An Open Label, Expanded Access study to examine the effects of DAS181 administered by Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) or Nebulized formulation in Immunocompromised subjects with Parainfluenza (PIV) Infection |
Funding Source: | Ansun Biopharma, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2013-0579LK |
Date: | 2013 - 2018 |
Title: | Immune monitoring of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients at risk for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation: A prospective observational study |
Funding Source: | Oxford Immunotec |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2012 - 2017 |
Title: | Impact of pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection on the acquisition rate of VRE and the overall nosocomial infection rate in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit |
Funding Source: | Xenex, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | SR2007-00034861RG |
Date: | 2011 - 2013 |
Title: | A Companion Protocol to the Clinical Study a Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multi-site Phase II Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Preemptive Treatment with CMX001 for the Prevention of Adenovirus Disease Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (CMX001-202 Lab) |
Funding Source: | Chimerix, Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CS2011-00035049JW |
Date: | 2011 - 2013 |
Title: | A Phase III International, Randomized, Double-blind, Double Dummy Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 300 mg or 600 mg of Intravenous Zanamivir Twice Daily Compared to 75 mg of Oral Oseltamivir Twice Daily in the Treatment of Hospitalized Adults and Adolescents with Influenza |
Funding Source: | Glaxo Smith and Kline |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CS2012-00035869MA |
Date: | 2011 - 2014 |
Title: | The Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacodynamics to Prevent Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Patients Following Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Transplant |
Funding Source: | Chimerix, Inc |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Date: | 2010 - 2013 |
Title: | A Randomized Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Evaluate The Safety, Tolerability, and Antiviral Activity of 12-weeks Treatment With a New Antiviral Drug |
Funding Source: | Aicuris |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2010 - 2013 |
Title: | An Open-Label, Multi-Center, Single Arm Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Intravenous Zanamivir in the Treatment of Hospitalized Adult, Adolescent and Pediatric Subjects with Confirmed Influenza Infection.(NAI113678) |
Funding Source: | Glaxo Smith and Kline |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CS2010-00030830JW |
Date: | 2010 - 2011 |
Title: | Perioperative Prophylaxis with Ertapenem for Colorectal Surgery in Cancer Patients: A Case-Control Study |
Funding Source: | Merck & Co., Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | SR2010-00030832JW |
Date: | 2009 - 2012 |
Title: | The MD Anderson RSV Experience: A Retrospective Treatment and Outcomes Analysis of HSCT Patients with RSV Disease Over Two Decades |
Funding Source: | ADMA Biologics |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | CS2010-00029805JW |
Date: | 2009 - 2011 |
Title: | A Phase III Multicenter Study of Valganciclovir for the Prevention of Late Cytomegalovirus Infection after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
Funding Source: | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
ID: | ID03-0012 |
Date: | 2008 - 2009 |
Title: | A Randomized, Double -Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study To Assess The Efficacy And Safety of Prophylactic Use of Maribavir For The Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Recipients of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants |
Funding Source: | Viropharm Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 2006-0881 |
Date: | 2008 - 2012 |
Title: | Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Blood Stream infections (BSI) in Patients with Cancer: A 9-year Experience at a Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Funding Source: | Cubist Pharmaceuticals |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | SR2008-00024616EB |
Date: | 2007 - 2009 |
Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Dose-ranging study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Prophylactic Anti-Cytomegalovirus Activity of Maribavir in Recipients of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants |
Funding Source: | Viropharm Inc |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2006 - 2008 |
Title: | Clinical Experience With Tigecycline |
Funding Source: | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals |
Role: | PI |
ID: | RCR 06-0359 |
Date: | 2005 - 2006 |
Title: | A Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo Controlled Study To Evaluate The Safety and Efficacy of A-60444 in Adults with RSV Infection Following Stem Cell Transplantation |
Funding Source: | Arrow Therapeutics |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2003 - 2008 |
Title: | Randomized Trial Evaluating Two Different Schedules of Aerosolized Ribavirin for Treatment of RSV Upper Respiratory Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies |
Funding Source: | Valeant |
Role: | PI |
ID: | ID 03-0010 |
Title: | Intravesical Cidofovir Instillation in HSCT Recipients with Hemorrhagic cystitis: A Single Dose Pharmacokinetic Study |
Funding Source: | Gilead Sciences, MDACC |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Title: | Cytomegalovirus cell-mediated immunity correlates with CMV infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: the REACT study |
Funding Source: | Oxford Immunotec, Inc |
Role: | Collaborator |
Title: | Development of a CMV Outcomes Non-Interventional Research Platform (CMV OMNI-PLATFORM) |
Funding Source: | TBD |
Role: | PI |
Title: | The impact of a Filtered Far ultraviolet-C handheld disinfection device on reducing healthcare environmental pathogens from high-touch surfaces in clinical working rooms |
Funding Source: | Freestyle Partners, LLC and FSP Innovations, LLC |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Phase 1/2, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of ALVR106 in Addition to Standard of Care for the Treatment of High-Risk Patients with Respiratory Viral Infections After Hematopoietic Cell or Solid Organ Transplant |
Funding Source: | TBD |
Role: | PI |
Title: | The Role of the Phageome in Health, and Disease in the Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients |
Funding Source: | K01 Award (Mentee: Dr. Lynn Haddad) |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Prognostic performance of gene expression in predicting severity of respiratory viral disease |
Funding Source: | Viracor-Eurofins |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Evaluation of Retained Immunity for Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Tdap) and Pneumococcus Vaccines in Surviviors of CART or TCR Therapy |
Funding Source: | Institutional Research Grant |
Role: | Co-I |
Title: | The Efficacy of combination baloxavir and oseltamivir therapy in influenza infected immunocompromised hosts |
Funding Source: | Genentech, Inc |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Development of a CMV Outcomes Non-Interventional Research Platform |
Funding Source: | (CMV OMNI-PLATFORM) |
Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Yaghi L, Chemaly RF, Wilson-Dib R, Shropshire WC, Cantu S, Bhatti M, Chatterjee P, Jinadatha C, Spallone A. The efficacy of a filtered handheld far-ultraviolet disinfection device for decontamination of high-touch surfaces in healthcare settings: a genomic bacterial analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol:1-8, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40910299.
- Batista, MV, El Chaer, F, Englund, J, Boeckh, MJ, Carpenter, P, Dadwal, SS, Waghmare, A, Navarro, D, Hirsch, HH, Piñana, JL, Papanicolaou, GA, Chemaly, RF. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series #10. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 31(9):624-638, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40516922.
- von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Khawaja F, Compagno F, Robin C, Pinana JL, Cesaro S, Einsele H, Ljungman P, Navarro D, Boeckh M, Chemaly RF, Hirsch HH. Community-acquired respiratory virus infections in patients with haematological malignancies or undergoing haematopoietic cell transplantation: updated recommendations from the 10th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia. Lancet Infect Dis, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40885198.
- Shafat T, Khawaja F, Jiang Y, Daher M, Febres-Aldana A, Shigle TL, Rondon G, Champlin R, Bhatti M, Spallone A, Olson A, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chen G, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. The interplay between Epstein-Barr Virus and Cytomegalovirus reactivation following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in the era of primary CMV prophylaxis. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40865766.
- Khawaja F, Shigle TL, Yaghi L, Daher M, Ramdial JL, Ariza-Heredia E, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF. Burden of Seasonal Human Coronavirus Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Transpl Infect Dis:e70094, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40838490.
- Rangarajan HG, Satwani P, Herr MM, Chen M, Martens MJ, Wudhikarn K, John S, Fabrizio VA, Hsieh EM, Kelkar AH, Doherty E, Marks DI, Ringden O, Friend BD, Kelly MS, Farhadfar N, Prestidge T, Hossain NM, Liu H, Hashmi S, Modi D, Winestone LE, El Boghdadly Z, Murthy HS, Perales MA, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, Hill JA, Huppler AR, Riches M, Auletta JJ. Real-World Outcomes of Infections Following Tisagenlecleucel in Patients with B-Cell ALL: A CIBMTR Analysis. Blood Adv, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40737539.
- Khawaja F, Zamora D, Yong MK, Hakki M, Goscicki BK, Danziger-Isakov L, Lin A, Carpenter PA, Boeckh M, Papanicolaou GA, Dadwal SS, Chemaly RF. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series #11: Updated Cytomegalovirus Guidelines in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Recipients. Transplant Cell Ther, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40581305.
- Wudhikarn K, Herr MM, Chen M, Martens MJ, Baird JH, Gowda L, Rangarajan HG, Abid MB, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Williams KM, Ganguly S, Young JH, Sharma A, Fatobene G, Jain T, Kanakry CG, Modi D, Grover NS, Salem B, Batista MV, Vergidis P, Yin DE, Beitinjaneh AM, Kelkar AH, Nishihori T, Holter-Chakrabarty J, Gergis U, Smith M, El Boghdadly Z, Dandoy CE, Murthy HS, Huppler AR, Perales MA, Chemaly RF, Hill JA, Riches M, Auletta JJ. Infection after CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for large B cell lymphoma: Real-world analysis from CIBMTR. Blood Adv, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40435511.
- Kampouri E, Handley G, Phan TL, Lee YJ, Shaw R, Carpenter PA, Dadwal SS, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA, Ogata M, Boeckh M, Zerr DM, Hill JA. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series #9: Management of HHV-6B After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T-Cell Therapy. Transplant Cell Ther 31(8):480-493, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409689.
- Perales MA, Riches M, He N, Martens MJ, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, Hill JA, Diaz MA, Hashmi S, Prockop SE, Lazarus HM, Beitinjaneh AM, Hildebrandt GC, Auletta JJ, Szabolcs P. Delayed T cell recovery after hematopoietic cell transplantation is associated with decreased overall survival in adults. Blood Adv 9(14):3502-3517, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40249911.
- Ljungman P, Alain S, Chemaly RF, Einsele H, Galaverna F, Hirsch HH, Sadowska-Klasa A, Navarro D, Styczynski J, de la Camara R. Recommendations from the 10th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia for the management of cytomegalovirus in patients after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation and other T-cell-engaging therapies. Lancet Infect Dis 25(8):e451-e462, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40188837.
- Shafat, T, De-La-Rosa-Martinez, D, Khawaja, F, Jiang, Y, Spallone, A, Batista, MV, Ariza Heredia, E, Vilar-Compte, D, Ahmed, S, Becnel, M, Chemaly, RF. Outcomes and Risk Factors for Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and Mortality in Patients With Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 12(4), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40177586.
- Douglas AP, Lamoth F, John TM, Groll AH, Shigle TL, Papanicolaou GA, Chemaly RF, Carpenter PA, Dadwal SS, Walsh TJ, Kontoyiannis DP. American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series: #8- Management and Prevention of Non-Aspergillus Molds in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients. Transplant Cell Ther 31(4):194-223, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39923936.
- Chemaly RF, Shafat T, Wald A, Kotton CN, Papanicolaou G, Yong MK, Miller V, Komatsu TE, Mullick C, Hodowanec AC, Westman G, Khawaja F, Birkmann A, Ljungman P. Refractory and Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Mucocutaneous Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: Literature Review and Proposed Definitions for Use in Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39878032.
- Daher M, Khawaja F, Spallone A, Shigle TL, Bhatti M, Vuong NN, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Mulanovich V, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Real-World Experience With Maribavir for Treatment of Refractory or Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients and Hematologic Malignancy Patients. Transpl Infect Dis 27(2):e14444, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39826146.
- Azuly H, Shafat T, Grupel D, Porges T, Abuhasira R, Belkin A, Deri O, Oster Y, Zahran S, Horwitz E, Horowitz NA, Khatib H, Batista MV, Cortez AC, Brosh-Nissimov T, Segman Y, Ishay L, Cohen R, Atamna A, Spallone A, Chemaly RF, Ramos JC, Chowers M, Rogozin E, Oren NC, Keske S, Barchad OW, Nesher L. Preventing Severe COVID-19 with Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab in Hematological Patients Treated with Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies: An International Multicenter Study. Infect Dis Ther 14(1):167-180, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39652286.
- Batista MV, Sassine J, Khawaja F, Kulkarni PA, Angelidakis G, Kmeid J, El Chaer F, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Graviss EA, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF. The Utility of Interferon-gamma Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Patients With Cancer. Transpl Infect Dis 27(2):e14428, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39731624.
- Matsuo T, Wurster S, Ivan D, Hicklen R, McConn K, Bagwell KA, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP. Lethal Disseminated Mucorales Infection With Positive Blood Cultures With Purpura Fulminans Complicating Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis 11(11):ofae647, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39507882.
- Angelidakis G, Chemaly RF, Sahasrabhojane PV, Morado-Aramburo O, Jiang Y, Bhatti MM, Shpall E, Hosing C, Jain P, Mahadeo KM, Khawaja F, Elhajj P, Wargo JA, Jenq RR, Ajami NJ, Kebriaei P, Ariza-Heredia EJ. Humoral Immunity and Antibody Responses against Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pneumococcus after Immune Effector Cell Therapies: A Prospective Study. Vaccines (Basel) 12(9), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39340100.
- Wu CT, Shropshire WC, Bhatti MM, Cantu S, Glover IK, Anand SS, Liu X, Kalia A, Treangen TJ, Chemaly RF, Spallone A, Shelburne S. Rapid Whole Genome Characterization of High-Risk Pathogens Using Long-Read Sequencing to Identify Potential Healthcare Transmission. medRxiv, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39228727.
- El Haddad L, Angelidakis G, Zhai Y, Yaghi L, Arias CA, Shelburne SA, Jeong KC, Chemaly RF. Persistence of Daptomycin-Resistant and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Hospitalized Patients with Underlying Malignancies: A 7-Year Follow-Up Study. Microorganisms 12(8), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39203518.
- Khawaja, F, Ahmed, S, Iyer, S, Sassine, J, Handley, G, Prakash, R, Vanwierren, T, Jackson, J, Zubovskaia, A, Ramdial, JL, Rondon, G, Patel, K, Spallone, A, Ariza Heredia, E, Mulanovich, VE, Angelidakis, G, Jiang, Y, Chemaly, RF. Cytomegaloviral Infections in Recipients of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 11(8), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39086466.
- Madut DB, Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Hill JA, Lee YJ, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong PV, Benamu E, Khawaja F, Nanayakkara D, Papanicolaou GA, Small CB, Fung M, Barron M, Davis T, McClain MT, Maziarz EK, Bedoya AD, Gilstrap DL, Todd JL, Barkauskas CE, Heldman MR, Bigelow R, Leimberger JD, Tsalik EL, Wolf O, Mughar M, Lau C, Noll N, Hollemon D, Duttagupta R, Lupu DS, Bercovici S, Perkins BA, Blauwkamp TA, Fowler VG Jr, Holland TL, Bergin SP. Clinical Utility of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing Among Immunocompromised Patients With Pneumonia. Open Forum Infect Dis 11(8):ofae425, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39091643.
- Ljungman P, Chemaly RF, Khawaya F, Alain S, Avery R, Badshah C, Boeckh M, Fournier M, Hodowanec A, Komatsu T, Limaye AP, Manuel O, Natori Y, Navarro D, Pikis A, Razonable RR, Westman G, Miller V, Griffiths PD, Kotton CN. Consensus Definitions of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients Including Resistant and Refractory CMV for Use in Clinical Trials: 2024 Update From the Transplant Associated Virus Infections Forum. Clin Infect Dis 79(3):787-794, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39041385.
- Febres-Aldana A, Khawaja F, Morado-Aramburo O, Shigle TL, Rondon G, Sassine J, Spallone A, Srinivasan K, Ramdial J, Alousi A, Champlin R, Chen G, Daher M, Rezvani K, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Mortality in recipients of allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation in the era of cytomegalovirus primary prophylaxis: a single-centre retrospective experience. Clin Microbiol Infect 30(6):803-809, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38460821.
- Tverdek FP, Aitken SL, Mulanovich VE, Adachi J, Wu C, Cantu SS, McDaneld PM, Chemaly RF. Implementation of an Automated Antibiotic Time-out at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Open Forum Infect Dis 11(5):ofae235, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38798895.
- Bergin SP, Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Hill JA, Lee YJ, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong PV, Benamu E, Khawaja F, Nanayakkara D, Papanicolaou GA, Small CB, Fung M, Barron MA, Davis T, McClain MT, Maziarz EK, Madut DB, Bedoya AD, Gilstrap DL, Todd JL, Barkauskas CE, Bigelow R, Leimberger JD, Tsalik EL, Wolf O, Mughar M, Hollemon D, Duttagupta R, Lupu DS, Bercovici S, Perkins BA, Blauwkamp TA, Fowler VG Jr, Holland TL. Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Immunocompromised Patients With Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational Study. Clin Infect Dis 78(3):775-784, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37815489.
- Chou S, Alain S, Cervera C, Chemaly RF, Kotton CN, Lundgren J, Papanicolaou GA, Pereira MR, Wu JJ, Murray RA, Buss NE, Fournier M. Drug Resistance Assessed in a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Maribavir Therapy for Refractory or Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplant Recipients. J Infect Dis 229(2):413-421, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37506264.
- Shafat T, Grupel D, Porges T, Abuhasira R, Belkin A, Deri O, Oster Y, Zahran S, Horwitz E, Horowitz NA, Khatib H, Batista MV, Cortez AC, Brosh-Nissimov T, Segman Y, Ishay L, Cohen R, Atamna A, Spallone A, Chemaly RF, Ramos-Ramos JC, Chowers M, Rogozin E, Oren NC, Keske S, Barchad OW, Nesher L. An international multicenter study comparing COVID-19 omicron outcomes in patients with hematological malignancies treated with obinutuzumab versus rituximab. Cancer Med 13(3):e6997, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38400683.
- Papanicolaou GA, Chen M, He N, Martens MJ, Kim S, Batista MV, Bhatt NS, Hematti P, Hill JA, Liu H, Nathan S, Seftel MD, Sharma A, Waller EK, Wingard JR, Young JH, Dandoy CE, Perales MA, Chemaly RF, Riches M, Ustun C. Incidence and Impact of Fungal Infections in Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide-Based Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis and Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Analysis. Transplant Cell Ther 30(1):114.e1-114.e16, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37775070.
- Ustun C, Chen M, Kim S, Auletta JJ, Batista MV, Battiwalla M, Cerny J, Gowda L, Hill JA, Liu H, Munshi PN, Nathan S, Seftel MD, Wingard JR, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, Perales MA, Riches M, Papanicolaou GA. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide is associated with increased bacterial infections. Bone Marrow Transplant 59(1):76-84, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37903992.
- Avadhanula V, Agustinho DP, Menon VK, Chemaly RF, Shah DP, Qin X, Surathu A, Doddapaneni H, Muzny DM, Metcalf GA, Cregeen SJ, Gibbs RA, Petrosino JF, Sedlazeck FJ, Piedra PA. Inter and intra-host diversity of RSV in hematopoietic stem cell transplant adults with normal and delayed viral clearance. Virus Evol 10(1):vead086, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38361816.
- Wilson Dib R, Spallone A, Khawaja F, Feldman A, Cantu S, Chemaly RF. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections at a comprehensive cancer center. Am J Infect Control 51(12):1302-1308, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37804272.
- Khawaja F, Angelidakis G, Feldman A, Ravi V, Woodman E, Bhatti M, Ariza-Heredia E, Elhajj P, Spallone A, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF. COVID-19 in cancer patients: The impact of vaccination on outcomes early in the pandemic. Cancer Med 12(24):22006-22022, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38063366.
- El Chaer F, Kaul DR, Englund JA, Boeckh M, Batista MV, Seo SK, Carpenter PA, Navarro D, Hirsch HH, Ison MG, Papanicolaou GA, Chemaly RF. American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series: #7 - Management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Transplant Cell Ther 29(12):730-738, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37783338.
- Marinos A, Ramdial J, Khawaja F, Saliba RM, Shigle TL, Alousi AM, Rondon G, Chen J, Ledesma C, Champlin RE, Daher M, Chen G, Marin D, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Hematopoietic cell transplantation can be safely performed after COVID-19. Bone Marrow Transplant 58(12):1410-1412, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37726490.
- Franklin A, John TM, Khawaja F, Jiang Y, Yepez E, Ahuja J, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Sheshadri A, Shannon VR, Balachandran DD, McConn K, Effort Team DDFCOD, Mulanovich VE, Bhatti M, Chemaly RF. Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage for the Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer. J Infect Dis 228(11):1549-1558, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37983000.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Winston DJ, Rowley SD, Mullane K, Chandrasekar P, Hari P, Avery RK, Peggs KS, Kumar D, Nath R, Ljungman P, Mossad SB, El Haddad L, Shah DP, Jiang Y, Khawaja F, Dadwal S, Blanchard T, Chemaly RF. Impact of Baseline and Week 2 and Week 4 Posttransplant CMV Cell-Mediated Immunity on Risk of CMV Infections and Mortality in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant. Open Forum Infect Dis 10(8):ofad386, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37636519.
- Khawaja F, Srinivasan K, Spallone A, Feldman A, Cantu S, Ariza-Heredia E, Dvordak T, Alousi A, Ahmed S, George M, Frenzel E, Bhatti M, Chemaly RF. Nosocomial COVID-19 at a comprehensive cancer center during the first year of the pandemic: Lessons learned. Am J Infect Control 51(5):506-513, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35901993.
- Muhsen IN, Galeano S, Niederwieser D, Koh MBC, Ljungman P, Machado CM, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, de la Camara R, Kodera Y, Szer J, Rasheed W, Cesaro S, Hashmi SK, Seber A, Atsuta Y, Saleh MFM, Srivastava A, Styczynski J, Alrajhi A, Almaghrabi R, Abid MB, Chemaly RF, Gergis U, Brissot E, El Fakih R, Riches M, Mikulska M, Worel N, Weisdorf D, Greinix H, Cordonnier C, Aljurf M. Endemic or regionally limited parasitic and fungal infections in haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: a Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) Review. Lancet Haematol 10(4):e295-e305, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36990624.
- Muhsen IN, Galeano S, Niederwieser D, Koh MBC, Ljungman P, Machado CM, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, de la Camara R, Kodera Y, Szer J, Rasheed W, Cesaro S, Hashmi SK, Seber A, Atsuta Y, Saleh MFM, Srivastava A, Styczynski J, Alrajhi A, Almaghrabi R, Abid MB, Chemaly RF, Gergis U, Brissot E, El Fakih R, Riches M, Mikulska M, Worel N, Weisdorf D, Greinix H, Cordonnier C, Aljurf M. Endemic or regionally limited bacterial and viral infections in haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: a Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) Review. Lancet Haematol 10(4):e284-e294, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36990623.
- Khawaja F, Daher M, Spallone A, Chemaly RF. COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients With Cancer and Recipients of Cellular Therapy. Oncology (Williston Park) 37(2):69-77, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36862845.
- Raad II, Hachem R, Masayuki N, Datoguia T, Dagher H, Jiang Y, Subbiah V, Siddiqui B, Bayle A, Somer R, Fernández Cruz A, Gorak E, Bhinder A, Nobuyoshi M, Hamerschlak N, Shelanski S, Dragovich T, Vong E, Fakhreddine S, Pierre AH, Chemaly RF, Mulanovich V, Adachi J, Borjan J, Khawaja F, Granwehr B, John T, Yepez E, Torres H, Ammakkanavar NR, Yibirin M, Reyes-Gibby C, Pande M, Ali N, Rojo R, Ali S, Deeba R, Chaftari P, Matsuo T, Ishikawa K, Hasegawa R, Aguado-Noya R, García A, Puchol CT, Lee DG, Slavin M, Teh B, Arias CA, Team DDFCOVID ODEDC, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis P, Malek AE, Chaftari AM. International multicenter study comparing COVID-19 in patients with cancer to patients without cancer: impact of risk factors and treatment modalities on survivorship. Elife 12. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36715684.
- Vyas A, Raval AD, Kamat S, LaPlante K, Tang Y, Chemaly RF. Real-World Outcomes Associated With Letermovir Use for Cytomegalovirus Primary Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies. Open Forum Infect Dis 10(1):ofac687, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36726548.
- Ramanathan M, Kim S, He N, Chen M, Hematti P, Abid MB, Rotz SJ, Williams KM, Lazarus HM, Wirk B, Yin DE, Kanakry CG, Perales MA, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, Riches M, Ustun C. The incidence and impact of clostridioides difficile infection on transplant outcomes in acute leukemia and MDS after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant-a CIBMTR study. Bone Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36543999.
- Peacock WF, Chemaly RF, Torriani F, Shahid Z, Dadwal S. A New Normal for The Clinician's Third Hand: Stethoscope Hygiene and Infection Prevention. Am J Infect Control. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36351475.
- Khawaja F, Papanicolaou G, Dadwal S, Pergam SA, Wingard JR, Boghdadly ZE, Abidi MZ, Waghmare A, Shahid Z, Michaels L, Hill JA, Kamboj M, Boeckh M, Auletta JJ, Chemaly RF. Frequently Asked Questions on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Recipients From the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and the American Society of Hematology. Transplant Cell Ther. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36273782.
- Dioverti V, Boghdadly ZE, Shahid Z, Waghmare A, Abidi M, Pergam S, Boeckh M, Dadwal S, Kamboj M, Seo S, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA. Revised Guidelines for COVID-19 Management in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Recipients. Transplant Cell Theory 22:S2666-6367, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36103987.
- Hayase E, Hayase T, Jamal MA, Miyama T, Chang CC, Ortega MR, Ahmed SS, Karmouch JL, Sanchez CA, Brown AN, El-Himri RK, Flores II, McDaniel LK, Pham D, Halsey T, Frenk AC, Chapa VA, Heckel BE, Jin Y, Tsai WB, Prasad R, Tan L, Veillon L, Ajami NJ, Wargo JA, Galloway-Peña J, Shelburne S, Chemaly RF, Davey L, Glowacki RWP, Liu C, Rondon G, Alousi AM, Molldrem JJ, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Valdivia RH, Martens EC, Lorenzi PL, Jenq RR. Mucus-degrading Bacteroides link carbapenems to aggravated graft-versus-host disease. Cell 185(20):3705-3719.e14, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36179667.
- Raad I, Hachem R, Masayuki N, Datoguia T, Dagher H, Jiang Y, Subbiah V, Siddiqui B, Bayle A, Somer R, Cruz AF, Gorak E, Bhinder A, Mori N, Hamerschlak N, Shelanski S, Dragivich T, Kiat YEV, Fakhreddine S, Hanna PA, Chemaly RF, Mulanovich V, Adachi J, Borjan J, Khawaja F, Granwehr B, John T, Guevara EY, Torres H, Ammakkanavar NR, Yibirin M, Reyes-Gibby CC, Pande M, Ali N, Rojo RD, Ali SM, Deeba RE, Chaftari P, Matsuo T, Ishikawa K, Hasegawa R, Aguado-Noya R, Á G, Puchol CT, Lee DG, Slavin M, Teh B, Arias CA, Effort Team DDFCOD, Kontoyiannis DP, Malek AE, Chaftari AM. International Multicenter Study Comparing Cancer to Non-Cancer Patients with COVID-19: Impact of Risk Factors and Treatment Modalities on Survivorship. medRxiv, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36097568.
- El Haddad L, Angelidakis G, Clark JR, Mendoza JF, Terwilliger AL, Chaftari CP, Duna M, Yusuf ST, Harb CP, Stibich M, Maresso A, Chemaly RF. Genomic and Functional Characterization of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci-Specific Bacteriophages in the Galleria mellonella Wax Moth Larvae Model. Pharmaceutics 14(8):1591, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36015218.
- Angelidakis G, Khawaja F, Mulanovich VE, Dailey-Garnes N, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Combination of baloxavir and oseltamivir for treatment of severe influenza infection in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a novel treatment strategy for a high-risk population. Microbes Infect 24(3):104895, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34756990.
- Yong MK, Shigle TL, Kim YJ, Carpenter PA, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA. American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series: #4 - Cytomegalovirus treatment and management of resistant or refractory infections after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34560310.
- Hakki M, Aitken SL, Danziger-Isakov L, Michaels MG, Carpenter PA, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA, Boeckh M, Marty FM. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series: #3-Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 27(9):707-719, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34452721.
- Mulroney CM, Bilal Abid M, Bashey A, Chemaly RF, Ciurea SO, Chen M, Dandoy CE, Diaz Perez MA, Friend BD, Fuchs E, Ganguly S, Goldsmith SR, Kanakry CG, Kim S, Komanduri KV, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Ljungman P, Maziarz R, Nishihori T, Patel SS, Perales MA, Romee R, Singh AK, Reid Wingard J, Yared J, Riches M, Taplitz R. Incidence and impact of community respiratory viral infections in post-transplant cyclophosphamide-based graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis and haploidentical stem cell transplantation. Br J Haematol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34124796.
- Ye X, Iwuchukwu OP, Avadhanula V, Aideyan LO, McBride TJ, Henke DM, Patel KD, Piedra FA, Angelo LS, Shah DP, Chemaly RF, Piedra PA. Humoral and Mucosal Antibody Response to RSV Structural Proteins in RSV-Infected Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Viruses 13(6), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34073490.
- Olson A, Lin R, Marin D, Rafei H, Bdaiwi MH, Thall PF, Basar R, Abudayyeh A, Banerjee P, Aung FM, Kaur I, Abueg G, Rao S, Chemaly R, Mulanovich V, Al-Atrash G, Alousi AM, Andersson BS, Anderlini P, Bashir Q, Castro KM, Daher M, Galvan IM, Hosing C, Im JS, Jones RB, Kebriaei P, Khouri I, Mehta R, Molldrem J, Nieto Y, Oran B, Popat U, Qazilbash M, Rondon G, Saini N, Spencer B, Srour S, Washington D, Barnett M, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Third-Party BK Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Therapy for Hemorrhagic Cystitis Following Allotransplantation. J Clin Oncol:JCO2002608. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33929874.
- Sassine J, Khawaja F, Shigle TL, Handy V, Foolad F, Aitken S, Jiang Y, Champlin R, Shpall E, Rezvani K, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Refractory and Resistant Cytomegalovirus after Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in the Letermovir Primary Prophylaxis Era. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33830182.
- Malek AE, Adachi JA, Mulanovich VE, Sassine J, Raad II, McConn K, Seiler GT, Dhal U, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF. Immune Reconstitution and Severity of COVID-19 among Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Transpl Infect Dis:e13606. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33755273.
- Goldsmith SR, Abid MB, Auletta JJ, Bashey A, Beitinjaneh A, Castillo P, Chemaly RF, Chen M, Ciurea SO, Dandoy CE, Angel Diaz M, Fuchs EJ, Ganguly S, Kanakry CG, Kanakry JA, Kim S, Komanduri K, Krem M, Lazarus HM, Liu H, Ljungman P, Maziarz RT, Mulroney C, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Page KM, Perales MA, Taplitz RA, Romee R, Riches M. Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide (PTCy) is Associated with Increased Cytomegalovirus Infection: A CIBMTR Analysis. Blood. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33657221.
- Sharma A, Bhatt NS, St Martin A, Abid MB, Bloomquist J, Chemaly RF, Dandoy C, Gauthier J, Gowda L, Perales MA, Seropian S, Shaw BE, Tuschl EE, Zeidan AM, Riches ML, Shah GL. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: an observational cohort study. Lancet Haematol(19:S2352-3026(20)30429), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33482113.
- Chemaly RF, Marty FM, Wolfe CR, Lawrence SJ, Dadwal S, Soave R, Farthing J, Hawley S, Montanez P, Hwang J, Ho J, Lewis S, Wang G, Boeckh M. DAS181 Treatment of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Parainfluenza Virus Infection in Immunocompromised Patients: A Phase 2 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study. Clin Infect Dis , 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33569576.
- Simmons SE, Carrion R, Alfson KJ, Staples HM, Jinadatha C, Jarvis WR, Sampathkumar P, Chemaly RF, Khawaja F, Povroznik M, Jackson S, Kaye KS, Rodriguez RM, Stibich MA. Deactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light: Implications for environmental COVID-19 control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42(2):127-130, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32741425.
- Gans H, Chemaly RF. Varicella zoster immune globulin (human) (VARIZIG) in immunocompromised patients: a subgroup analysis for safety and outcomes from a large, expanded-access program. BMC Infect Dis 21(1):46, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33430796.
- El Haddad L, Hanson BM, Arias CA, Ghantoji SS, Harb CP, Stibich M, Chemaly RF. Emergence and Transmission of Daptomycin and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Between Patients and Hospital Rooms. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33421068.
- Avery RK, Alain S, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Chemaly RF, Cordonnier C, Duarte RF, Florescu DF, Kamar N, Kumar D, Maertens J, Marty FM, Papanicolaou GA, Silveira FP, Witzke O, Wu J, Sundberg AK, Fournier M. Maribavir for Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infections With or Without Resistance Post-Transplant: Results from a Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34864943.
- Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Bergeron A, Ljungman P, Kim YJ, Cheng GS, Pipavath SN, Limaye AP, Blanchard E, Winston DJ, Stiff PJ, Zuckerman T, Lachance S, Rahav G, Small CB, Mullane KM, Patron RL, Lee DG, Hirsch HH, Waghmare A, McKevitt M, Jordan R, Guo Y, German P, Porter DP, Gossage DL, Watkins TR, Marty FM, Chien JW, Boeckh M. A phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of presatovir for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus upper respiratory tract infection in hematopoietic-cell transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis 71(11):2777-2786, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31793991.
- Marty FM, Chemaly RF, Mullane KM, Lee DG, Hirsch HH, Small CB, Bergeron A, Shoham S, Ljungman P, Waghmare A, Blanchard E, Kim YJ, McKevitt M, Porter DP, Jordan R, Guo Y, German P, Boeckh M, Watkins TR, Chien JW, Dadwal SS. A Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study Evaluating Antiviral Effects, Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Presatovir in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection of the Lower Respiratory Tract. Clin Infect Dis 71(11):2787-2795, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31915807.
- Chemaly RF, El Haddad L, Winston DJ, Rowley SD, Mulane KM, Chandrasekar P, Avery RK, Hari P, Peggs KS, Kumar D, Nath R, Ljungman P, Mossad SB, Dadwal SS, Blanchard T, Shah DP, Jiang Y, Ariza-Heredia E. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Cell-Mediated Immunity and CMV Infection After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: The REACT Study. Clin Infect Dis 71(9):2365-2374, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32076709.
- Waghmare A, Abidi MZ, Boeckh M, Chemaly RF, Dadwal S, El Boghdadly Z, Kamboj M, Papanicolaou GA, Pergam SA, Shahid Z. Guidelines for COVID-19 Management in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 26(11):1983-1994, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32736007.
- Ariza-Heredia E, Frenzel E, Cantu S, Carlson M, Thomas G, Khawaja F, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Surveillance and Identification of Clusters of Health Care Workers with COVID-19: Multidimensional Interventions at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol(1-21. e-Pub 11/2020. PMID: 33183368 PMCID: PMC7737142), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33183368.
- Abudayyeh A, Lin H, Abdelrahim M, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Martinez CS, Page VD, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Oran B, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Development and validation of a risk assessment tool for BKPyV Replication in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis 22(5):e13395, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32602954.
- Alsumali A, Chemaly RF, Graham J, Jiang Y, Merchant S, Miles L, Schelfhout J, Yang J, Tang Y. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients from a US Payer Perspective. J Med Virol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32844453.
- Simmons S, Carrion R, Alfson K, Staples H, Jinadatha C, Jarvis W, Sampathkumar P, Chemaly RF, Khawaja F, Povroznik M, Jackson S, Kaye KS, Rodriguez RM, Stibich M. Deactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet: implications for environmental COVID-19 control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol(2020 Aug 3:1-19), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Marty FM, Ljungman PT, Chemaly RF, Wan H, Teal VL, Butterton JR, Yeh WW, Leavitt RY, Badshah CS. Outcomes of patients with detectable CMV DNA at randomization in the phase III trial of letermovir for the prevention of CMV infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Am J Transplant 20(6):1703-1711, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31883426.
- Abudayyeh A, Lin H, Abdelrahim M, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Martinez CS, Page VD, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Oran B, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Development and validation of a risk assessment tool for BKPyV Replication in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis(30:e13395), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Ye X, Cabral de Rezende W, Iwuchukwu OP, Avadhanula V, Ferlic-Stark LL, Patel KD, Piedra FA, Shah DP, Chemaly RF, Piedra PA. Antibody Response to the Furin Cleavable Twenty-Seven Amino Acid Peptide (p27) of the Fusion Protein in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infected Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Vaccines (Basel) 8(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32326278.
- Ye X, Cabral de Rezende W, Iwuchukwu OP, Avadhanula V, Ferlic-Stark LL, Patel KD, Piedra FA, Shah DP, Chemaly RF, Piedra PA. Antibody Response to the Furin Cleavable Twenty-Seven Amino Acid Peptide (p27) of the Fusion Protein in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infected Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Vaccines (Basel)(8(2):192), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Maertens J, Logan AC, Jang J, Long G, Tang JL, Hwang WYK, Koh LP, Chemaly R, Gerbitz A, Winkler J, Yeh SP, Hiemenz J, Christoph S, Lee DG, Wang PN, Holler E, Mielke S, Akard L, Yeo A, Ramachandra S, Smith K, Pertel P, Segal F. Anti-human cytomegalovirus monoclonal antibodies for prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplantation: a phase 2 study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 64(4), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32015031.
- Cabrera NL, Malek AE, Shelburne S, Taremi M, Awadh H, Francisco D, Robins A, Jabbour E, Chemaly RF. Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection with bilateral adrenal pseudotumors masquerading as recurrent hematologic malignancy. Infection. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32144592.
- Malek AE, Gutierrez C, Mulanovich VE, Botdorf J, Chemaly RF, Shah S, McCall BM, Melancon JT, McConn KK, Borjan J, Raad II, Burger JA, Garcia-Manero G, Adachi JA. Successful Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 in Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnostic Challenges in Immunocompromised Hosts. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 12(1):e2020044, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32670522.
- Fuentes S, Hahn M, Chilcote K, Chemaly RF, Shah DP, Ye X, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Golding H, Khurana S. Antigenic fingerprinting of RSV-A infected hematopoietic cell transplant recipients reveals importance of mucosal anti-RSV-G antibodies in control of RSV infection in humans. J Infect Dis. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31745552.
- Kmeid J, Kulkarni PA, Batista MV, El Chaer F, Prayag A, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF. Active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection at a comprehensive cancer center, 2006-2014. BMC Infect Dis 19(1):934, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31694567.
- El Haddad L, Ghantoji SS, Park AK, Batista M, Schelfhout J, Hachem J, Lobo Y, Jiang Y, Rondon G, Champlin R, Chemaly RF. Clinical and Economic Burden of Pre-emptive Therapy of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Hospitalized Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. J Med Virol. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31448830.
- Narula N, Lillemoe HA, Caudle AS, Chemaly RF, Anderson JJ, Segal C, Porter CA, Swisher SG, Levenback CF, Aloia TA. Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection Quality Assessment and Improvement: The S.T.O.P. UTI Program and Its Impact on Hospitalwide CAUTI Rates. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31371099.
- Magira E, Chemaly R, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Kontoyiannis D. Outcomes in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Infections Complicated by Respiratory Viral Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Open Forum Infect Dis(2019 Jul 19:6 (7)), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Magira EE, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Kontoyiannis DP. Outcomes in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Infections Complicated by Respiratory Viral Infections in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies: A Case-Control Study. Open Forum Infect Dis 6(7):ofz247, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31338382.
- Ljungman P, Schmitt M, Marty FM, Maertens J, Chemaly RF, Kartsonis NA, Butterton JR, Wan H, Teal VL, Sarratt K, Murata Y, Leavitt RY, Badshah C. A Mortality Analysis of Letermovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in CMV-Seropositive Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31179485.
- Sheshadri A, Karimipour M, Vakil E, Bashoura L, Godoy M, Arain MH, Evans SE, Dickey BF, Ost DE, Chemaly RF, Faiz SA. Refinement of estimates of mortality risk using the Radiologic Severity Index in hematologic malignancy patients with respiratory syncytial virus infection. Transpl Infect Dis:e13105. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31081570.
- Galloway-Peña JR, Peterson CB, Malik F, Sahasrabhojane PV, Shah DP, Brumlow CE, Carlin LG, Chemaly RF, Im JS, Rondon G, Felix E, Veillon L, Lorenzi PL, Alousi AM, Jenq RR, Kontoyiannis DP, Shpall EJ, Shelburne SA, Okhuysen PC. Fecal Microbiome, Metabolites, and Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes: A Single-Center Pilot Study. Open Forum Infect Dis 6(5):ofz173, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31065565.
- Kontoyiannis DP, Shah EC, Wurster S, Aitken SL, Graviss L, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Culture-Documented Invasive Mold Infections at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, Pre- and Post-Hurricane Harvey. Open Forum Infect Dis 6(4):ofz138, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31024975.
- Ghobadi A, Milton DR, Gowda L, Rondon G, Chemaly RF, Hamdi A, Alousi A, Afrough A, Oran B, Ciurea S, Kebriaei P, Popat UR, Qazilbash MH, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Bashir Q. HLA-DP mismatch and CMV reactivation increase risk of aGVHD independently in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplant. Curr Res Transl Med. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30683577.
- Ye X, Iwuchukwu OP, Avadhanula V, Aideyan LO, McBride TJ, Ferlic-Stark LL, Patel KD, Piedra FA, Shah DP, Chemaly RF, Piedra PA. Antigenic Site-Specific Competitive Antibody Responses to the Fusion Protein of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Were Associated With Viral Clearance in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Adults. Front Immunol 10:706, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30984206.
- Sheshadri A, Godoy M, Erasmus JJ, Gruschkus S, Hasan A, Evans SE, Barreda-Garcia J, Chemaly RF, Dickey B, Ost D. Progression of the Radiologic Severity Index is associated with increased mortality and healthcare resource utilisation in acute leukaemia patients with pneumonia. BMJ Open Respir Res 6(1):e000471, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31921429.
- Kontoyiannis DP, Shah EC, Chemaly RF, Graviss L, Wurster S, Aitken SL. Culture-Documented invasive mold infections at MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas pre and post Hurricane Harvey, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Sheshadri A, Chemaly RF, Alousi AM, Shah PK, Rondon G, Bashoura L, Kmeid J, Azzi J, Blanco DW, Kaous M, Dickey BF, Champlin RE, Shah DP. Pulmonary impairment following respiratory viral infections is associated with high mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30521974.
- El Haddad L, Ariza-Heredia E, Shah DP, Jiang Y, Blanchard T, Ghantoji SS, El Chaer F, El-Haddad D, Prayag A, Nesher L, Rezvani K, Shpall E, Chemaly RF. The Ability of a Cytomegalovirus ELISPOT Assay to Predict Outcome of Low-Level CMV Reactivation in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. J Infect Dis. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30295846.
- Marty FM, Winston DJ, Chemaly RF, Mullane KM, Shore TB, Papanicolaou GA, Chittick G, Brundage TM, Wilson C, Morrison ME, Foster SA, Nichols WG, Boeckh MJ, Study Group STC. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial of oral brincidofovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30292744.
- Vakil E, Sheshadri A, Faiz SA, Shah DP, Zhu Y, Li L, Kmeid J, Azzi J, Balagani A, Bashoura L, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Risk factors for mortality after respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection in adults with hematologic malignancies. Transpl Infect Dis:e12994. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30195271.
- Foolad F, Aitken SL, Shigle TL, Prayag A, Ghantoji S, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Oral versus Aerosolized Ribavirin for the Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30202920.
- Azzi JM, Kyvernitakis A, Shah DP, El Haddad L, Mahajan SN, Ghantoji SS, Heredia-Ariza E, Chemaly RF. Leukopenia and lack of ribavirin predict poor outcomes in patients with haematological malignancies and respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Antimicrob Chemother. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30113677.
- Ye X, Iwuchukwu OP, Avadhanula V, Aideyan LO, McBride TJ, Ferlic-Stark LL, Patel KD, Piedra FA, Shah DP, Chemaly RF, Piedra PA. Comparison of Palivizumab Like Antibody Binding to Different Conformations of the RSV F Protein in RSV Infected Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. J Infect Dis 217(8):1247-1256, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29365155.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF, Shahani LR, Jang Y, Champlin RE, Mulanovich VE. Delay of alternative antiviral therapy and poor outcomes of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus infections in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplant - a retrospective study. Transpl Int. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29464765.
- Sheshadri A, Shah DP, Godoy M, Erasmus JJ, Song J, Li L, Evans SE, Chemaly RF, Dickey BF, Ost DE. Progression of the Radiologic Severity Index predicts mortality in patients with parainfluenza virus-associated lower respiratory infections. PLoS One 13(5):e0197418, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29771962.
- Marty FM, Ljungman P, Chemaly RF, Maertens J, Dadwal SS, Duarte RF, Haider S, Ullmann AJ, Katayama Y, Brown J, Mullane KM, Boeckh M, Blumberg EA, Einsele H, Snydman DR, Kanda Y, DiNubile MJ, Teal VL, Wan H, Murata Y, Kartsonis NA, Leavitt RY, Badshah C. Letermovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation. N Engl J Med. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29211658.
- Gopalakrishnan V, Spencer CN, Nezi L, Reuben A, Andrews MC, Karpinets TV, Prieto PA, Vicente D, Hoffman K, Wei SC, Cogdill AP, Zhao L, Hudgens CW, Hutchinson DS, Manzo T, Petaccia de Macedo M, Cotechini T, Kumar T, Chen WS, Reddy SM, Sloane RS, Galloway-Pena J, Jiang H, Chen PL, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K, Alousi AM, Chemaly RF, Shelburne S, Vence LM, Okhuysen PC, Jensen VB, Swennes AG, McAllister F, Sanchez EMR, Zhang Y, Le Chatelier E, Zitvogel L, Pons N, Austin-Breneman JL, Haydu LE, Burton EM, Gardner JM, Sirmans E, Hu J, Lazar AJ, Tsujikawa T, Diab A, Tawbi H, Glitza IC, Hwu WJ, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Amaria RN, Davies MA, Gershenwald JE, Hwu P, Lee JE, Zhang J, Coussens LM, Cooper ZA, Futreal PA, Daniel CR, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Tetzlaff MT, Sharma P, Allison JP, Jenq RR, Wargo JA. Gut microbiome modulates response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients. Science. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29097493.
- El Haddad L, Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Fleming JB, Segal C, Ware KM, Chemaly RF. Evaluation of a pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection system to decrease bacterial contamination in operating rooms. BMC Infect Dis 17(1):672, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29017457.
- Hammerstrom AE, Lombardi LR, Pingali SR, Rondon G, Chen J, Milton DR, Chemaly RF, Champlin RE, Gulbis A, Ciurea SO. Prevention of CMV Reactivation in Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28986189.
- Vilar-Compte D, Shah DP, Vanichanan J, Cornejo-Juarez P, Garcia-Horton A, Volkow P, Chemaly RF. Influenza in Patients with Hematological Malignancies: Experience at Two Comprehensive Cancer Centers. J Med Virol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28851056.
- El Chaer F, Shah DP, Kmeid J, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Hosing CM, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF. Burden of human metapneumovirus infections in patients with cancer: Risk factors and outcomes. Cancer. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28178369.
- Grimley MS, Chemaly RF, Englund JA, Kurtzberg J, Chittick G, Brundage TM, Bae A, Morrison ME, Prasad VK. Brincidofovir for Asymptomatic Adenovirus Viremia in Pediatric and Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28063938.
- Kimball LE, Stevens-Ayers T, Green ML, Xie H, Flowers ME, Jerome KR, LeBlanc R, Dahlgren C, Nichols WG, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou G, Boeckh M. A MULTICENTER, LONGITUDINAL, INTERVENTIONAL, DOUBLE BLIND RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL IN HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS RESIDING IN REMOTE AREAS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LATE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PREVENTION TRIAL. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 4:84-89, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28184381.
- Liu X, Bian S, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Yang Q, Wang P, Xu Y, Shi X, Zhang Y, Chemaly RF. The characteristics of patients with mycobacterium tuberculosis blood stream infections in Beijing, China: a retrospective study. BMC Infect Dis 16(1):750, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27955709.
- Nesher L, Tarrand J, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV. Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections, filling in the gaps: a 3-year retrospective review from a comprehensive cancer center. Support Care Cancer. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27885468.
- Abudayyeh A, Hamdi A, Abdelrahim M, Lin H, Page VD, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Afrough A, Martinez CS, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Gaber AO, Oran B, Chemaly RF, Ahmed S, Abudayyeh I, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K. Poor immune reconstitution is associated with symptomatic BK polyomavirus viruria in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27862740.
- El-Haddad D, El Chaer F, Vanichanan J, Shah DP, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Mulanovich VE, Gulbis AM, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Brincidofovir (CMX-001) for refractory and resistant CMV and HSV infections in immunocompromised cancer patients: A single-center experience. Antiviral Res 134:58-62, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27582067.
- El Chaer F, Mori N, Shah D, Oliver N, Wang E, Jan A, Doan V, Tverdek F, Tayar J, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Adjuvant and salvage therapy with leflunomide for recalcitrant cytomegalovirus infections in hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: A case series. Antiviral Res 135:91-96. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27594527.
- Chemaly RF, Aitken SL, Wolfe CR, Jain R, Boeckh MJ. Aerosolized ribavirin: the most expensive drug for pneumonia. Transpl Infect Dis 18(4):634-6, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27214684.
- Langman LJ, Nesher L, Shah DP, Azzi JM, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K, Black JL, Chemaly RF. Challenges in Determining Genotypes for Pharmacogenetics in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. J Mol Diagn. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27371869.
- Aitken SL, Tarrand JJ, Deshpande LM, Tverdek FP, Jones AL, Shelburne SA, Prince RA, Bhatti MM, Rolston KV, Jones RN, Castanheira M, Chemaly RF. High rates of non-susceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam and identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase production in Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections at a major cancer center. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27313265.
- Nesher L, Shah DP, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Azzi JM, Siddiqui HK, Ghantoji SS, Marsh LY, Michailidis L, Makedonas G, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Utility of the Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Interferon-γ-Release Assay to Predict the Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. J Infect Dis 213(11):1701-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26908740.
- Frenzel E, Chemaly RF, Ariza-Heredia E, Jiang Y, Shah DP, Thomas G, Graviss L, Raad I. Association of increased influenza vaccination in health care workers with a reduction in nosocomial influenza infections in cancer patients. Am J Infect Control. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27158088.
- Galloway-Peña JR, Smith DP, Sahasrabhojane P, Ajami NJ, Wadsworth WD, Daver NG, Chemaly RF, Marsh L, Ghantoji SS, Pemmaraju N, Garcia-Manero G, Rezvani K, Alousi AM, Wargo JA, Shpall EJ, Futreal PA, Guindani M, Petrosino JF, Kontoyiannis DP, Shelburne SA. The role of the gastrointestinal microbiome in infectious complications during induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27142181.
- Saunders IM, Lahoti A, Chemaly RF, Trevino C, Westmoreland M, Hosing C. Topical cidofovir-induced acute kidney injury in two severely immunocompromised patients with refractory multidrug-resistant herpes simplex virus infections. J Oncol Pharm Pract 22(2):325-31, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 25488905.
- Kmeid J, Vanichanan J, Shah DP, El Chaer F, Azzi J, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Hosing C, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. Outcomes of Influenza Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: Application of an Immunodeficiency Scoring Index. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 22(3):542-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26638804.
- Shah DP, Shah PK, Azzi JM, Chemaly RF. Parainfluenza virus infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and hematologic malignancy patients: A systematic review. Cancer Lett 370(2):358-64, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26582658.
- Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Huber T, Raad II, Jinadatha C, Stibich M. Innovative Analysis of the Sequenced Patterns of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Strains to Determine Clonal Transmission in a Hospital Setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36(12):1-3, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26329908.
- Aitken SL, Zhou J, Ghantoji SS, Kontoyiannis DP, Jones RB, Tam VH, Chemaly RF. Pharmacokinetics and safety of intravesicular cidofovir in allogeneic HSCT recipients. J Antimicrob Chemother. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26612873.
- Abudayyeh A, Hamdi A, Lin H, Abdelrahim M, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Afrough A, Martinez CS, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Marin D, Osama Gaber A, Salahudeen A, Oran B, Chemaly RF, Olson A, Jones R, Popat U, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Winkelmayer WC, Rezvani K. Symptomatic BK Virus Infection Is Associated with Kidney Function Decline and Poor Overall Survival in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Recipients. Am J Transplant. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26608093.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Azzi J, Shah DP, Nesher L, Ghantoji SS, Michailidis L, Marsh L, Chemaly RF. Influenza Vaccination in Patients With Cancer: Factors Associated With Vaccination Practices for Patients and Their Household Members. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol:1-3. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26132392.
- Nesher L, Tverdek FP, Mahajan SN, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV. Ertapenem usage in cancer patients with and without neutropenia: a report on 97 cases from a comprehensive cancer center. Infection. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25929421.
- Saliba RM, Rezvani K, Leen A, Jorgensen J, Shah N, Hosing C, Parmar S, Oran B, Olson A, Rondon G, Chen J, Martinez C, Hamdi A, Mehta RS, Chemaly R, Saunders IM, Bollard CM, Shpall EJ. General and Virus-Specific Immune Cell Reconstitution after Double Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25708219.
- Avadhanula V, Chemaly RF, Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Azzi JM, Aideyan LO, Mei M, Piedra PA. Infection with Novel Respiratory Syncytial Virus Genotype Ontario (ON1) in Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients, Texas, 2011-2013. J Infect Dis 211(4):582-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25156562.
- Nesher L, Rolston KV, Shah DP, Tarrand JT, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Fecal colonization and infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 17(1):1-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25546740.
- Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Cantu S, Adachi JA, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Non-inferiority of pulsed xenon UV light versus bleach for reducing environmental Clostridium difficile contamination on high-touch surfaces in Clostridium difficile infection isolation rooms. J Med Microbiol 64(Pt 2):191-4, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25627208.
- Chemaly RF, Dantes R, Shah DP, Shah PK, Pascoe N, Ariza-Heredia E, Perego C, Nguyen DB, Nguyen K, Modarai F, Moulton-Meissner H, Noble-Wang J, Tarrand JJ, LiPuma JJ, Guh AY, MacCannell T, Raad I, Mulanovich V. Cluster and Sporadic Cases of Herbaspirillum spp. Infections in Patients with Cancer. Clin Infect Dis 60(1):48-54, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25216687.
- Boeckh M, Nichols WG, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA, Wingard JR, Xie H, Syrjala KL, Flowers ME, Stevens-Ayers T, Jerome KR, Leisenring W. Valganciclovir for the prevention of complications of late cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 162(1):1-10, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25560711.
- Shelburne SA, Ajami NJ, Chibucos MC, Beird HC, Tarrand J, Galloway-Peña J, Albert N, Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Marsh L, Pemmaraju N, Andreeff M, Shpall EJ, Wargo JA, Rezvani K, Alousi A, Bruno VM, Futreal PA, Petrosino JF, Kontoyiannis DP. Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis. PLoS One 10(11):e0139851, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26556047.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Gulbis AM, Stolar KR, Kebriaei P, Shah DP, McConn KK, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Vaccination guidelines after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: practitioners' knowledge, attitudes, and gap between guidelines and clinical practice. Transpl Infect Dis 16(6):878-86, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25405922.
- Esmaily-Fard A, Tverdek FP, Crowther DM, Ghantoji SS, Adachi JA, Chemaly RF. The use of fidaxomicin for treatment of relapsed Clostridium difficile infections in patients with cancer. Pharmacotherapy 34(11):1220-5, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25164587.
- Torres HA, Rallapalli V, Saxena A, Granwehr BP, Viola GM, Ariza-Heredia E, Adachi JA, Chemaly RF, Marfatia R, Jiang Y, Mahale P, Kyvernitakis A, Fanale MA, Mulanovich V. Efficacy and Safety of Antiretrovirals in HIV-Infected Patients with Cancer. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24529214.
- Nesher L, Chemaly RF, Shah DP, Mulanovich VE, Hosing C, Rolston KV. Utility of routine surveillance blood cultures in asymptomatic allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with indwelling central venous catheters at a comprehensive cancer center. Am J Infect Control 42(10):1084-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25278398.
- Wilhelm K, Chemaly R, Saliba R, Gulbis A, Saunders I, Cool R, Ferguson J, Westmoreland M, Rondon G, Kebriaei P. The impact of pre-transplant valganciclovir on early cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Oncol Pharm Pract, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24022408.
- Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Shah DP, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Champlin RE, Nunez CA, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Children with Cancer. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 36(6):e376-81, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24327130.
- Haynes AB, Bloom ES, Bedrosian I, Kuerer HM, Hwang RF, Munsell MF, Chemaly RF, Graviss LS, Caudle AS, Hunt KK, Tereffe W, Shaitelman SF, Babiera GV. Timing of Infectious Complications Following Breast-Conserving Therapy with Catheter-Based Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. Ann Surg Oncol 21(8):2512-6, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24736987.
- Chemaly RF, Ullmann AJ, Stoelben S, Richard MP, Bornhäuser M, Groth C, Einsele H, Silverman M, Mullane KM, Brown J, Nowak H, Kölling K, Stobernack HP, Lischka P, Zimmermann H, Rübsamen-Schaeff H, Champlin RE, Ehninger G, Team AIC. Letermovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in hematopoietic-cell transplantation. N Engl J Med 370(19):1781-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24806159.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Shah PK, Nesher L, Hosing C, Rondon G, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. An Immunodeficiency Scoring Index to predict poor outcomes in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients with respiratory syncytial virus infections. Blood, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24700783.
- Mahajan SN, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Rolston KV, Graviss LS, Feig BW, Aloia TA, Chemaly RF. Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Intra-abdominal Surgery in Patients with Cancer: A Retrospective Study Comparing Ertapenem and Nonertapenem Antibiotics. Ann Surg Oncol, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24114052.
- Yilmaz M, Chemaly RF, Han XY, Thall PF, Fox PS, Tarrand JJ, De Lima MJ, Hosing CM, Popat UR, Shpall E, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Adenoviral infections in adult allogeneic hematopoietic SCT recipients: a single center experience. Bone Marrow Transplant 48(9):1218-23, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23503529.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Jiang Y, Popat U, Hosing C, Rondon G, Tarrand JJ, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Impact of aerosolized ribavirin on mortality in 280 allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with respiratory syncytial virus infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 68(8):1872-80, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23572228.
- Mahale P, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Hwang JP, Davila M, Torres HA. Acute exacerbation and reactivation of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in cancer patients. J Hepatol 57(6):1177-85, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22871500.
- Kamboj M, Son C, Cantu S, Chemaly RF, Dickman J, Dubberke E, Engles L, Lafferty T, Liddell G, Lesperance ME, Mangino JE, Martin S, Mayfield J, Mehta SA, O'Rourke S, Perego CS, Taplitz R, Eagan J, Sepkowitz KA. Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection Rates in Persons with Cancer or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A C3IC Network Report. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33(11):1162-5, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23041818.
- Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Munsell MF, Shah DP, Rathod DB, Bodey GP, Hosing C, Saifan C, Raad II, Champlin RE. An adaptive randomized trial of an intermittent dosing schedule of aerosolized ribavirin in patients with cancer and respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Infect Dis 206(9):1367-71, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22927454.
- Chemaly RF, Vigil KJ, Saad M, Vilar-Compte D, Cornejo-Juarez P, Perez-Jimenez C, Mubarak S, Salhab M, Jiang Y, Granwehr B, Adachi JA, Raad II. A multicenter study of pandemic influenza a (H1N1) infection in patients with solid tumors in 3 countries: Early therapy improves outcomes. Cancer 118(18):4627-33, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22359314.
- Shah DP, El Taoum KK, Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Granwehr BP, Tarrand JJ, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcomes of Pandemic 2009/H1N1 versus Seasonal Influenza in Children with Cancer. Pediatr Infect Dis J 31(4):373-8, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22228234.
- Chemaly RF, Hanmod SS, Rathod DB, Ghantoji SS, Jiang Y, Doshi A, Vigil K, Adachi JA, Khoury AM, Tarrand J, Hosing C, Champlin R. The characteristics and outcomes of parainfluenza virus infections in 200 patients with leukemia or recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Blood 119(12):2738-45; quiz 2969, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22246027.
- Anaya DA, Cormier JN, Xing Y, Koller P, Gaido L, Hadfield D, Chemaly RF, Feig BW. Development and Validation of a Novel Stratification Tool for Identifying Cancer Patients at Increased Risk of Surgical Site Infection. Ann Surg 255(1):134-9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22143206.
- Mahajan SN, Shah JN, Hachem R, Tverdek F, Adachi JA, Mulanovich V, Rolston KV, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcomes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Cancer Treated with Vancomycin: 9-Year Experience at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Oncologist 17(10):1329-36, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22707509.
- Raval M, Gulbis A, Bollard C, Leen A, Chemaly R, Shpall E, Lahoti A, Kebriaei P. Evaluation and Management of BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17(11):1589-93, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21767514.
- Campo M, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Dvorak T, Carrilo-Marquez M, Hulten K, Chemaly RF, Raad I. Panton Valentine Leukocidin Exotoxin Has No Effect on the Outcome of Cancer Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections. Medicine (Baltimore) 90(5):312-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21862937.
- Chemaly RF, Rathod DB, Sikka MK, Hayden MK, Hutchins M, Horn T, Tarrand J, Adachi J, Nguyen K, Trenholme G, Raad I. Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: A multi-state report. Am J Infect Control 39(6):521-4, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21492963.
- Marty FM, Ljungman P, Papanicolaou GA, Winston DJ, Chemaly RF, Strasfeld L, Young JA, Rodriguez T, Maertens J, Schmitt M, Einsele H, Ferrant A, Lipton JH, Villano SA, Chen H, Boeckh M, Study Group MC. Maribavir prophylaxis for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of allogeneic stem-cell transplants: a phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial. Lancet Infect Dis 11(4):284-92, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21414843.
- Kassis C, Hachem R, Raad II, Perego CA, Dvorak T, Hulten KG, Frenzel E, Thomas G, Chemaly RF. Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center. Am J Infect Control 39(2):112-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 20817317.
- Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Tanner B, Berkheiser M, Moore L, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Evaluation of a pulsed-xenon ultraviolet room disinfection device for impact on hospital operations and microbial reduction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32(3):286-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21460515.
- Ramos ER, Reitzel R, Jiang Y, Hachem RY, Chaftari AM, Chemaly RF, Hackett B, Pravinkumar SE, Nates J, Tarrand JJ, Raad II. Clinical effectiveness and risk of emerging resistance associated with prolonged use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters: More than 0.5 million catheter days and 7 years of clinical experience. Crit Care Med 39(2):245-51, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21057308.
- Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Chemaly RF. Viral pneumonias in immunocompromised adult hosts. J Intensive Care Med 25(6):307-26, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20837633.
- Chemaly RF, Sharma PS, Youssef S, Gerber D, Hwu P, Hanmod SS, Jiang Y, Hachem RY, Raad II. The Efficacy of Catheters Coated with Minocycline and Rifampin in the Prevention of Catheter Related Bacteremia in Cancer Patients receiving High Dose Interleukin-2. Int J Infect Dis 14(7):e548-52, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20005762.
- Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Mihu CN, Mora-Ramos L, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF, Champlin RE, Khouri I. Infections in Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients with Lymphoid Malignancies: Spectrum of Infections, Predictors of Outcome, and Proposed Guidelines for Fungal Infection Prevention. Bone Marrow Transplant 45(2):339-47, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 19561648.
- Kassis C, Champlin RE, Hachem RY, Hosing C, Tarrand JJ, Perego CA, Neumann JL, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Detection and Control of a Nosocomial Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in a Stem Cell Transplantation Unit: The Role of Palivizumab. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 16(9):1265-71, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20304082.
- Chemaly RF, Hachem RY, Husni RN, Bahna B, Abou Rjaili G, Waked A, Graviss L, Nebiyou Bekele B, Shah JN, Raad II. Characteristics and Outcomes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical-Site Infections in Patients with Cancer: a Case-Control Study. Ann Surg Oncol 17(6):1499-506, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20127184.
- Chaftari AM, Hachem R, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF, Adachi J, Jacobson K, Jiang Y, Raad I. Efficacy and safety of daptomycin in the treatment of Gram-positive catheter-related bloodstream infections in cancer patients. Int J Antimicrob Agents 36(2):182-6, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20452752.
- Blossom D, Noble-Wang J, Su J, Pur S, Chemaly R, Shams A, Jensen B, Pascoe N, Gullion J, Casey E, Hayden M, Arduino M, Budnitz DS, Raad I, Trenholme G, Srinivasan A. Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes. Arch Intern Med 169(18):1705-11, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19822828.
- Adachi JA, Perego C, Graviss L, Dvorak T, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Raad II. The role of interventional molecular epidemiology in controlling clonal clusters of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patients. Am J Infect Control 37(6):442-6, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19118923.
- Chemaly RF, Hanmod SS, Jiang Y, Rathod DB, Mulanovich V, Adachi JA, Rolston KV, Raad II, Hachem RY. Tigecycline use in cancer patients with serious infections: a report on 110 cases from a single institution. Medicine (Baltimore) 88(4):211-20, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19593226.
- Vigil KJ, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF, Tarrand J, Raad II, Adachi JA. Severe parainfluenza virus type 2 supraglottitis in an immunocompetent adult host: an unusual cause of a paramyxoviridae viral infection. J Intern Med 265(3):397-400, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19019183.
- Hachem RY, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Reitzel R, Raad I. Utility of galactomannan enzyme immunoassay and (1,3) beta-D-glucan in diagnosis of invasive fungal infections: low sensitivity for Aspergillus fumigatus infection in hematologic malignancy patients. J Clin Microbiol 47(1):129-33, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19005145.
- Aisenberg G, Torres H, Tarrand J, Safdar A, Bodey G, Chemaly RF. Herpes Simplex Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Patients with Solid Tumors. Cancer 115(1):199-206, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19090003.
- Hachem RY, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Reitzel R, Raad I. Utility of galactomannan enzyme immunoassay and (1,3) beta-D-glucan in diagnosis of invasive fungal infections: low sensitivity for Aspergillus fumigatus infection in hematologic malignancy patients. J Clin Microbiol 47(1):129-33, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Aboufaycal H, Hachem RY, Reitzel RA, Jiang Y, Tarrand JJ, Chemaly RF, Bodey GP, Rolston KV, Raad I. Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in cancer patients. Am J Infect Control 37(9):741-5, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19487050.
- Torres HA, Aguilera E, Safdar A, Rohatgi N, Raad II, Sepulveda C, Luna M, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF. Fatal cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies: an autopsy-based case-control study. Clin Microbiol Infect 14(12):1160-6, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19046167.
- Ghanem G, Hachem RY, Chemaly RF, Dvorak T, Hulten K, Graviss L, Raad II. The role of molecular methods in the prevention of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in cancer patients. Am J Infect Control 36(9):656-60, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18834742.
- Raad I, Reitzel R, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF, Dvorak T, Hachem R. Anti-adherence Activity and Antimicrobial Durability of Anti-infective-Coated Catheters Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. J Antimicrob Chemother 62(4):746-50, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18653489.
- Winston DJ, Young JA, Pullarkat V, Papanicolaou GA, Vij R, Vance E, Alangaden GJ, Chemaly RF, Petersen F, Chao N, Klein J, Sprague K, Villano SA, Boeckh M. Maribavir prophylaxis for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic stem-cell transplant recipients: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study. Blood 111(11):5403-10, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18285548.
- Lamaris GA, Esmaeli B, Chamilos G, Desai A, Chemaly RF, Raad II, Safdar A, Lewis RE, Kontoyiannis DP. Fungal endophthalmitis in a tertiary care cancer center: a review of 23 cases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 27(5):343-7, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18183439.
- Youssef S, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Adachi J, Ying J, Rolston K, Raad I. The role of vitamin B6 in the prevention of haematological toxic effects of linezolid in patients with cancer. J Antimicrob Chemother 61(2):421-4, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18174198.
- Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Hachem R, Kontoyiannis DP, Safdar A, Raad II. Human herpesvirus-6 DNAemia in immunosuppressed adult patients with leukemia at risk for mold infection. Haematologica 93(1):157-8, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18166808.
- Torres HA, Chemaly RF. Viral infection or reactivation in patients during treatment with dasatinib: a call for screening?. Leuk Lymphoma 48(12):2308-9, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18067004.
- Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, De Lima MJ, Petropoulos D, Chemaly RF, Worth LL, Shpall EJ, Rolston KV, Raad II, Chan KW, Champlin RE. Infections in 100 cord blood transplantations: spectrum of early and late post transplant infections in adult and pediatric patients 1996-2005. Medicine (Baltimore) 86(6):324-33, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18004177.
- Chamilos G, Luna M, Lewis RE, Chemaly R, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Effects of liposomal amphotericin B versus an amphotericin B lipid complex on liver histopathology in patients with hematologic malignancies and invasive fungal infections: a retrospective, nonrandomized autopsy study. Clin Ther 29(9):1980-6, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18035197.
- Ghanem G, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF, Raad I. Outcomes for and Risk Factors Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia in Cancer Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28(9):1054-1059, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17932826.
- Sims CR, Thompson K, Chemaly RF, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Safdar A. Oral topical cidofovir: novel route of drug delivery in a severely immunosuppressed patient with refractory multidrug-resistant herpes simplex virus infection. Transpl Infect Dis 9(3):256-9, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17605730.
- Lee LD, Berkheiser M, Jiang Y, Hackett B, Hachem RY, Chemaly RF, Raad II. Risk of bioaerosol contamination with Aspergillus species before and after cleaning in rooms filtered with high-efficiency particulate air filters that house patients with hematologic malignancy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28(9):1066-1070, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17932828.
- Hachem RY, Chemaly RF, Ahmar CA, Jiang Y, Boktour MR, Rjaili GA, Bodey GP, Raad II. Colistin is effective in treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cancer patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51(6):1905-11, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17387153.
- Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Aguilera EA, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Kantarjian H, Gonzalez V, Safdar A, Raad II. Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study. Clin Infect Dis 44(7):964-7, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17342649.
- Ozdemir E, Saliba RM, Champlin RE, Couriel DR, Giralt SA, de Lima M, Khouri IF, Hosing C, Kornblau SM, Anderlini P, Shpall EJ, Qazilbash MH, Molldrem JJ, Chemaly RF, Komanduri KV. Risk factors associated with late cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplant 40(2):125-136, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17530009.
- Torres HA, Aguilera EA, Mattiuzzi GN, Cabanillas ME, Rohatgi N, Sepulveda CA, Kantarjian HM, Jiang Y, Safdar A, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcome of Respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with leukemia. Haematologica 92(9):1216-1223, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17666367.
- Raad I, Hachem R, Hanna H, Bahna P, Chatzinikolaou I, Fang X, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF, Rolston K. Sources and Outcome of Bloodstream Infections in Cancer Patients: The Role of Central Venous Catheters. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26(8):549-56, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17582536.
- Chemaly RF, Ghosh S, Bodey GP, Rohatgi N, Safdar A, Keating MJ, Champlin RE, Aguilera EA, Tarrand JJ, Raad II. Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center. Medicine (Baltimore) 85(5):278-287, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16974212.
- Kumashi PR, Safdar A, Chamilos G, Chemaly RF, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Fungal osteoarticular infections in patients treated at a comprehensive cancer center: a 10-year retrospective review. Clin Microbiol Infect 12(7):621-6, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16774557.
- Chamilos G, Luna M, Lewis RE, Bodey GP, Chemaly R, Tarrand JJ, Safdar A, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003). Haematologica 91(7):986-9, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16757415.
- Torres HA, Chemaly RF, Storey R, Aguilera EA, Nogueras GM, Safdar A, Rolston KV, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Influence of type of cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on clinical presentation of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in cancer patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25(6):382-8, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16767486.
- Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP, Aguilera EA, Younes A, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueras GM, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma 6(5):393-8, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16640816.
- Torres HA, Hanna HA, Graviss L, Chaiban G, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Girgawy E, Raad II. Chest tube-related empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: could the chest tube be coated with antiseptics?. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27(2):195-7, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16465639.
- Chemaly, RF, Gosh S, Bodey GP, et al. Respiratory Viral Infections in Adults With Hematologic Malignancies and Human Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients A Retrospective Study at a Major Cancer Center. Medicine (Baltimore) 85(5):278-287, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Torres H, Hanna H, Graviss L, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, et al. Chest-tube-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus empyema: Could the chest tube be coated with antiseptics?. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 27:195-7, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Yusuf SW, Ali SS, Swafford J, Durand JB, Bodey GP, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP, Tarrand J, Rolston KV, Yeh ET, Raad II, and Safdar A. Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Endocarditis in Patients with Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study (1994-2004). Medicine (Baltimore) 85(2):86-94, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16609347.
- Aisenberg GM, Jacobson K, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV, Raad II, Safdar A. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis active infection misdiagnosed as cancer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease in patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (2001-2005). Cancer 104(12):2882-7, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16245341.
- Torres HA, Hachem RY, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP, Raad II. Posaconazole: a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal. Lancet Infect Dis 5(12):775-85, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16310149.
- Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP, Bodey GP, Adachi JA, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueras GM, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in patients with cancer: a two decade experience in a tertiary care cancer center. Eur J Cancer 41(15):2268-79, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16143517.
- Chemaly RF, Yen-Lieberman B, Chapman J, et al. Clinical utility of cytomegalovirus viral load in bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 5(3):544-8, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15707409.
- Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Hachem RY, et al. Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with lymphoma. Cancer 104(6):1213-20, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16078263.
- Chemaly RF, Yen-Lieberman B, Castilla EA, Reilly A, Arrigain S, Farver C, Avery RK, Gordon SM, Procop GW. Correlation between viral loads of cytomegalovirus in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from lung transplant recipients determined by histology and immunohistochemistry. J Clin Microbiol 42(5):2168-72, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15131185.
- Safdar A, Chemaly RF, Perego CA, Gonzalez VR, Rolston KV, Raad, II, Tarrand JJ, Callender DL. Hospitalization of an oncology patient suspected of having severe acute respiratory syndrome: a setup for an infection control quagmire at a comprehensive cancer center. Cancer 98(12):2738-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 14669300.
- Chemaly RF, Yen-Lieberman B, Schindler SA, Goldfarb J, Hall GS, Procop GW. Rotaviral and bacterial gastroenteritis in children during winter: an evaluation of physician ordering patterns. J Clin Virol 28(1):44-50, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12927750.
- Chemaly RF, Hall GS, Keys TF, Procop GW. Microbiology of liver abscesses and the predictive value of abscess gram stain and associated blood cultures. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 46(4):245-8, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12944014.
- Hicks KL, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP. Common community respiratory viruses in patients with cancer: more than just "common colds". Cancer 97(10):2576-87, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12733157.
- Liu W, Chemaly RF, Tuohy MJ, LaSalvia MM, Procop GW. Pasteurella multocida urinary tract infection with molecular evidence of zoonotic transmission. Clin Infect Dis 36(4):E58-60, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12567321.
- Gumbo T, Chemaly RF, Isada CM, Hall GS, Gordon SM. Late complications of Candida (Torulopsis) glabrata fungemia: description of a phenomenon. Scand J Infect Dis 34(11):817-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12578150.
- Chemaly RF, Fox SB, Alkotob LM, Scharpf J, Sobecks R, Eliachar I, Procop GW, Smith M, Avery RK, Schmitt SK. A case of zygomycosis and invasive candidiasis involving the epiglottis and tongue in an immunocompromised patient. Scand J Infect Dis 34(2):149-51, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11928855.
- Chemaly RF, de Parres JB, Rehm SJ, Adal KA, Lisgaris MV, Katz-Scott DS, Curtas S, Gordon SM, Steiger E, Olin J, Longworth DL. Venous thrombosis associated with peripherally inserted central catheters: a retrospective analysis of the Cleveland Clinic experience. Clin Infect Dis 34(9):1179-83, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 11941543.
- Chemaly RF, Tomford JW, Hall GS, Sholtis M, Chua JD, Procop GW. Rapid diagnosis of Histoplasma capsulatum endocarditis using the AccuProbe on an excised valve. J Clin Microbiol 39(7):2640-1, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11427583.
- Chemaly RF, Rehm SJ. A young woman with fever, headache, and lymphadenopathy. Cleve Clin J Med 68(7):584, 586-7, 591-93, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11453074.
Invited Articles
- Yong MK, Slavin MA, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA. CMV prevention strategies in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation; the role of prophylaxis and pre-emptive monitoring in the era of letermovir. Transpl Infect Dis 25 Suppl 1:e14171, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37864299.
- Wilson Dib R, Ariza-Heredia E, Spallone A, Chemaly RF. Respiratory Viral Infections in Recipients of Cellular Therapies: A Review of Incidence, Outcomes, Treatment, and Prevention. Open Forum Infect Dis 10(4):ofad166, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37065990.
- Khawaja F, Spallone A, Kotton CN, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus infection in transplant recipients: Newly approved additions to our armamentarium. Clin Microbiol Infect. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35843567.
- Ong DSY, Chong GM, Chemaly RF, Cremer OL. Comparative clinical manifestations and immune effects of cytomegalovirus infections following distinct types of immunosuppression. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35709902.
- El Chaer F, Auletta JJ, Chemaly RF. How I treat and prevent COVID-19 in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Recipients of Cellular Therapies. Blood, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35776899.
- Ong DSY, Fragkou PC, Schweitzer VA, Chemaly RF, Moschopoulos CD, Skevaki C, Clinical Microbiology ESO, Respiratory Viruses IDSGF. How to interpret and use COVID-19 serology and immunology tests. Clin Microbiol Infect. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33975005.
- Algwaiz G, Aljurf M, Koh M, Horowitz MM, Ljungman P, Weisdorf D, Saber W, Kodera Y, Szer J, Jawdat D, Wood WA, Brazauskas R, Lehmann L, Pasquini MC, Seber A, Lu PH, Atsuta Y, Riches M, Perales MA, Worel N, Okamoto S, Srivastava A, Chemaly RF, Cordonnier C, Dandoy CE, Wingard JR, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Hamadani M, Majhail NS, Waghmare AA, Chao N, Kröger N, Shaw B, Mohty M, Niederwieser D, Greinix H, Hashmi SK, WBMT, Health Services TC, Committee IS. Real-World Issues and Potential Solutions in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Health Services and International Studies Committee. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 26(12):2181-2189, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32717432.
- Coomes EA, Al-Shamsi HO, Meyers BM, Alhazzani W, Alhuraiji A, Chemaly RF, Almuhanna M, Wolff RA, Ibrahim NK, Chua MLK, Hotte SJ, Elfiki T, Curigliano G, Eng C, Grothey A, Xie C. Evolution of Cancer Care in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Oncologist 14:10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0451(9):e1426-e1427, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32536024.
- ElGohary GM, Hashmi S, Styczynski J, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Alblooshi RM, de la Cámara R, Mohmed S, Alshaibani A, Cesaro S, Abd El-Aziz N, Almaghrabi R, Gergis U, Majhail NS, El-Gohary Y, Chemaly RF, Aljurf M, El Fakih R. The risk and prognosis of COVID-19 infection in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther 2020 Jul 30:S1658-3876(20)30122-9, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Waghmar A, Abidi MZ, Boeckh M, Chemaly RF, Dadwal S, El Boghdadly Z. Guidelines for COVID-19 in Hematopoetic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Recipients. Blood Marrow Transplant 2020 Jul 28:S1083-8791(20)30460-2, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Al-Shamsi HO, Alhazzani W, Alhuraiji A, Coomes EA, Chemaly RF, Almuhanna M, Wolff R, Nuhad NK, Chua MLK, Hotte SJ, Meyers BM, Elfiki T, Curigliano G, Eng C, Grothey A, Xie C. . A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group. Oncologist(25(6):e936-e945), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Adashek JJ, Hajjar J, Chemaly RF, Kurzock R. Are Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of Death With COVID-19?. J Immunother Precis Oncol 3(2):49-51, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Adashek JJ, Hajjar J, Chemaly RF, Kurzock R. Are Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of Death With COVID-19?. J Immunother Precis Oncol 3(2):49-51, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Alvarez-Cardona JJ, Whited LK, Chemaly RF. . Brincidofovir: understanding its unique profile and potential role against adenovirus and other viral infections. Future Microbiol(15:389-400), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Shigle TL, Handy VW, Chemaly RF. Letermovir and its role in the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in seropositive patients receiving an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant. Ther Adv Hematol 11:2040620720937150, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32637057.
- Khawaja F, Batista MV, El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. Resistant or refractory cytomegalovirus infections after hematopoietic cell transplantation: diagnosis and management. Curr Opin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31567572.
- Pergam SA, Englund JA, Kamboj M, Gans HA, Young JH, Hill JA, Savani B, Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Storek J, Duchin J, Carpenter PA. Preventing Measles among Immunosuppressed Cancer and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients: A Position Statement by the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31394271.
- Khawaja F, Chemaly RF. Respiratory syncytial virus in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and hematologic malignancy patients. Haematologica. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31221784.
- Chemaly RF, Chou S, Einsele H, Griffiths P, Avery R, Razonable RR, Mullane KM, Kotton C, Lundgren J, Komatsu TE, Lischka P, Josephson F, Douglas CM, Umeh O, Miller V, Ljungman P, Development Forum RDWGOTCD. Definitions of Resistant and Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients for Use in Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis 68(8):1420-1426, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30137245.
- Chemaly RF, Hill JA, Voigt S, Peggs KS. In vitro comparison of currently available and investigational antiviral agents against pathogenic human double-stranded DNA viruses: A systematic literature review. Antiviral Res 163:50-58, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30677427.
- El Haddad L, Harb CP, Gebara MA, Stibich MA, Chemaly RF. A Systematic and Critical Review of Bacteriophage Therapy against Multi-Drug Resistant ESKAPE Organisms in Humans. Clin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30395179.
- Foolad F, Aitken SL, Chemaly RF. Letermovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in adult cytomegalovirus-seropositive hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 11(10):931-941, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30004790.
- Batista MV, Haddad LE, Chemaly RF. Paramyxovirus infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Curr Opin Infect Dis. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30320640.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Update on infection control practices in cancer hospitals. CA Cancer J Clin 68(5):340-355, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29985544.
- Shahani L, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Antiviral therapy for respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28067078.
- El Chaer F, Shah DP, Chemaly RF. How I treat resistant cytomegalovirus infection in hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients. Blood. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27760756.
- Shah DP, Shah PK, Azzi JM, El Chaer F, Chemaly RF. Human metapneumovirus infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and hematologic malignancy patients: A systematic review. Cancer Lett. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27260872.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Practical review of immunizations in adult patients with cancer. Hum Vaccin Immunother 11(11):0, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26110220.
- Chemaly RF, Shah DP, Boeckh MJ. Management of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with hematologic malignancies. Clin Infect Dis 59 Suppl 5:S344-51, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25352629.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Infection Control Practices in Patients With Hematological Malignancies and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Special Considerations and Challenges. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia 14(S3):104-10, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Chemaly RF, Simmons S, Dale C, Ghantoji SS, Rodriguez M, Gubb J, Stachowiak J, Stibich M. The role of the healthcare environment in the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms: update on current best practices for containment. Ther Adv Infect Dis 2(79):79-90, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25469234.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Nesher L, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Diseases after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: a Mini-Review. Cancer Lett, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24041869.
- Tverdek FP, Rolston KV, Chemaly RF. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Patients with Cancer. Pharmacotherapy 32(8):722-734, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23307520.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Mulanovich VE, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Management of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Am J Blood Res 2(4):203-18, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23226621.
- Shah JN, Chemaly RF. Management of RSV infections in adult recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Blood 117(10):2755-63, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21139081.
- Vigil KJ, Chemaly RF. Valacyclovir: approved and off-label uses for the treatment of herpes virus infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised adults. Expert Opin Pharmacother 11(11):1901-13, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20536295.
- Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Chemaly RF. Analytic Review: Viral Pneumonias in Immunocompromised Adult Hosts. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 25(6):307-26, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Georgescu G, Chemaly RF. Palivizumab: Where to from here?. Expert Opin Biol Ther 9(1):139-47, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19063700.
Review Articles
- Mikulska, M, Robin, C, Neofytos, D, Oltolini, C, Piekarska, A, Reigadas, E, Gil, L, Chemaly, RF, Groll, A, Muñoz, P, Teh, B. Management of Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with haematological malignancies and after cellular therapy. EClinicalMedicine 87, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40823499.
- Pagano, L, Maschmeyer, G, Lamoth, F, Blennow, O, Xhaard, A, Spadea, M, Busca, A, Cordonnier, C, Maertens, J, White, L, Vanbiervliet, Y, Teh, B, Spadea, M, Sadowska-Klasa, A, Robin, C, Ramirez, ER, Piñana, JL, Piekarska, A, Oltolini, C, Nucci, M, Neofytos, D, Navarro, D, Myrhe, AL, Muñoz, P, Mikulska, M, Mehra, V, Ljungman, P, Hoenigl, M, Hirsch, HH, Herbrecht, R, Groll, A, Gil, L, Gedde-Dahl, T, Vidal, CG, Galaverna, F, de Morais Guerreiro, MD, de Silva, T, de la Camara, R, Compagno, F, Chemaly, RF, Cesaro, S, Calandra, T, Boeckh, MJ, Blijlevens, NM, Baccelli, F, Averbuch, D, Aljurf, M, Alain, S, Akova, M, Guisado, MA. Primary antifungal prophylaxis in hematological malignancies. Updated clinical practice guidelines by the European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL). Leukemia 39(7):1547-1557, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40200079.
- Shafat T, Ariza Heredia EJ, Daher M, Chemaly RF. How We Diagnose and Manage Refractory and Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Mucocutaneous Infection After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Clin Microbiol Infect 31(5):761-772, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39900291.
- Sassine J, Siegrist EA, Chemaly RF. Herpesvirus Infections After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies: A Review. Viruses 17(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39861922.
- Sassine J, Siegrist EA, Shafat TF, Chemaly RF. Advances and prospect in herpesviruses infections after haematopoietic cell transplantation: closer to the finish line?. Clin Microbiol Infect 31(1):49-56, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38945270.
- Al-Shamsi HO, Alhazzani W, Alhuraiji A, Coomes EA, Chemaly RF, Almuhanna M, Wolff RA, Ibrahim NK, Chua MLK, Hotte SJ, Meyers BM, Elfiki T, Curigliano G, Eng C, Grothey A, Xie C. A Practical Approach to the Management of Cancer Patients During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An International Collaborative Group. Oncologist 25(6):e936-e945, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32243668.
- Alvarez-Cardona JJ, Whited LK, Chemaly RF. Brincidofovir: understanding its unique profile and potential role against adenovirus and other viral infections. Future Microbiol 15:389-400, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32166967.
- Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Infection control practices in patients with hematological malignancies and multidrug-resistant organisms: special considerations and challenges. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 14 Suppl:S104-10, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25486947.
Other Articles
- ElGohary GM, Hashmi S, Styczynski J, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Alblooshi RM, de la Camara R, Mohmed S, Alshaibani A, Cesaro S, Abd El-Aziz N, Almaghrabi R, Gergis U, Majhail NS, El-Gohary Y, Chemaly RF, Aljurf M, El Fakih R The Risk and Prognosis of COVID-19 Infection in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther 15(2):45-53, 2022. PMID: 32745466.
- Magira EE, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Kontoyiannis DP Corrigendum: Outcomes in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Infections Complicated by Respiratory Viral Infections in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies: A Case-Control Study. Open Forum Infect Dis 6(11):ofz458, 2019. PMID: 31777755.
Editorials
- Sassine J, Skevaki C, Chemaly RF. Infections in immunocompromised hosts: progress made and challenges ahead. Clin Microbiol Infect 31(1):22-23, 2024. PMID: 39447745.
- Sassine J, Hirsch HH, Chemaly RF. Clinical trials for treatment of respiratory viral infections in recipients of haematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapies: are we on the right path to the finish line?. Clin Microbiol Infect 30(3):270-275, 2024. PMID: 37742829.
- Fragkou PC, Dimopoulou D, De Angelis G, Menchinelli G, Chemaly RF, Skevaki C. Editorial: Immune response to respiratory viruses and respiratory viral infections in susceptible populations. Front Med (Lausanne) 10:1330265, 2023. PMID: 38046413.
- Spallone A, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Acute and Latent Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Patients: A Tale of Brave Battles and Menacing Foes. Clin Microbiology Infect, 2022. PMID: 35724870.
- Khawaja F, Chemaly RF. Predicting risk of progression to lower respiratory tract infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients with respiratory viral infections: where are we now?. Bone Marrow Transplant. PMID: 35220411.
- Leibovici L, Rodríguez-Baño J, Chemaly RF, Cutler S, Huttner A, Kalil AC, Leeflang M, Lina G, Paul M, Scudeller L, Tassios PT, Yusuf E. Prediction Models in CMI. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2021. PMID: 34902543.
- Chemaly RF. The ever-growing world of infections in immunocompromised patients: major headways with numerous shortcomings. Clin Microbiol Infect, 2021. PMID: 34256140.
- Carpenter PA, Papanicolaou G, Chemaly RF, Boeckh M, Savani BN. American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Infectious Disease Guidelines: Preface to the Series. Transplant Cell Ther 27(2):103-104, 2021. PMID: 33830021.
- Adashek JJ, Hajjar J, Chemaly RF, Kurzrock R. Are Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of Death With COVID-19?. J Immunother Precis Oncol 3(2):49-51, 2020. PMID: 34532715.
- Chemaly RF, Clark TW. Viral therapeutics: where we are and where we are going. Curr Opin Infect Dis. PMID: 30325760.
- Torres HA, Chemaly RF. Viral infection or reactivation in patients during treatment with dasatinib: A call for screening. Leuk Lymphoma 48(12):2308-9, 2007.
Abstracts
- Angelidakis G, Shafat T, Yaghi L, Khawaja F, Oshiro FP, Kirsch JM, Heredia EA, Batista M, Gollob KJ, Duerkop BA, Chemaly RF, Spallone A. Outcomes of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with leukemia: a prospective study. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shafat T, Khawaja F, Jackson J, Chemaly RF, Spallone A. Shifting Trend in Outcomes of Respiratory Viral Infections Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Recipients during 2023-2024 Respiratory Viral Season. Tandem Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 31(2):S509, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Lee YJ, Shafat T, Li Y, Shah GL, Spallone A, Obeid K, Djoverti V, Hammond SP, Young JH, Hill JA, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA. Foscarnet Treatment for Human Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Resistant to Acyclovir after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Tandem Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR 31(2S):S509, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Gaulin C, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Ramdial J, Ahmed S, Rondon G, Heredia EA, Spallone A, Iyer S, Kebriaei P, Srour S, Shpall E, Nastoupil L, Khawaja F. Incidence and Risk Factors for Fungal Infection after CD19-targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell Therapy for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. IDWeek 2024, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shafat T, LaCombe R, Yaghi L, Angelidakis G, Spallone A, Heredia EA, Hanna GS, Ulloa I, Sinha R, Morris P, Howard-Shipley K, Kleiboeker S, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF. Evaluation of a Meta-Virus Signature as a Diagnostic Tool to Predict the Severity of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shafat T, De-la-Rosa-Martinez D, Khawaja F, Jiang Y, Spallone A, Batista M, Heredia EA, Vilar-Compte D, Chemaly RF. Risk Factors for Severe Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Patients with Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma - A Seven-Year Retrospective Cohort Study. IDWeek 2024, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Chemaly RF, Vlaar A, T Lim EH, Burnett BP, Chong C, Rückinger S, Zerbib R, Panas RM, Guo R, Riedemann N, de Beek DV. Improved Survival with Dual Immunomodulator Treatment of ARDS by blocking C5a and IL-6 Activity: Subanalysis from the PANAMO Study in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Jetty S, Makhoul J, Khawaja F, Lee HC, Patel K, Horowitz S, Heredia EA, Spallone A, Chemaly RF. Infectious Complications in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Novel Bispecific Antibody Therapy: A Myeloma-Infectious Disease Database Initiative. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1):ofae631.922, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Makhoul J, Jetty S, Khawaja F, Patel K, Lee H C, Horowitz S, Spallone A, Ariza Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Infections in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma on Novel T-Cell Redirecting Therapy. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Shafat T, Khawaja F, Angelidakis G, Yaghi L, Spallone A, Heredia EA, Chemaly RF. Prognostic Value of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index for Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. IDWeek 2025 29(12(Suppl 1)), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Khawaja F, Sassine J, Handley G, Prakash R, Angelidakis G, Ahmed S, Ramdial J, Nieto Y, Rondon G, Ariza Heredia E, Spallone A, Iyer SP, Chemaly RF. Human Herpes Virus 6 Dnaemia within 1 Year of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy. Poster Presentation at the Tandem meeting of American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Zubovskaia A, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF, Primeaux B, Waleed M. Clinically significant cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma and no prior cellular therapy. IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Madut DB, Chemaly MD, Dadwal SS, Hill JA, Lee YJ, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick AC, Chin-Hong PV, Benamu E, Khawaja F, Nanayakkara DD, Papanicolaou G, Small C, Fung M, Barron M, Davis T, McClain MT, Maziarz EK, Bedoya A, Gilstrap D, Todd J, Heldman MR, Barkauskaus C, Bigelow R, Leimberger J, Tsalik E, Wolf O, Mughar M, Hollemon D, Duttagupta R, Lupu D, Bercovici S, Perkins BA, Blauwkamp TA, Fowler VG. Plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing impacts antimicrobial management in immunocompromised patients with pneumonia. IDWeek 2023, Boston, MA, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Febres-Aldana AJ, Khawaja F, Spallone A, Srinivasan K, Shigle TL, Morado Aramburo O, Rondon G, Ramdial K, Shpall E, Ariza Heredia E, Sassine J, Chemaly RF. Duration of letermovir primary prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients at high risk for cytomegalovirus infections and impact on outcomes. Oral presentation at the ID Week, Boston, MA, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- M-A P, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, He N, Martens MJ, Riches ML, Szabolcs P. Delayed CD4+ T Cell Recovery after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Is Associated with Decreased Overall Survival in Adult but Not Pediatric Recipients. Poster Presentation at the Tandem meeting of American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Marinos A, Ramdial J, Saliba RM, Khawaja F, Alousi AM, Rondon G, Chen J, Ledesma C, Chemaly RF, Champlin RE, Marin D, Daher M, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ. Long-Term Follow-up Outcomes of Patients That Underwent Allogeneic or Autologous Hematopoietic Transplant Shortly after a COVID-19 Infection. Poster Presentation at the Tandem meeting of American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Spallone A, Wilson Dib R, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF. Hospital-acquired infections on the COVID-19 units at a comprehensive cancer centre. Poster Presentation at The European Congress for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Angelidakis G, Chemaly RF, Kebriaei P, Ajami NJ, Sahasrabhojane PV, Bhatti MM, Shpall E, Hosing C, Jain P, Mahadeo KM, Khawaja F, Wargo JA, Jenq RR, Ariza-Heredia E. Evaluation of Antibody Titers and Antibody Response to Immunizations in Survivors of Immune Effector Cell Therapy. Poster Presentation at The European Congress for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Spallone A, Khawaja F, Ariza-Heredia E, Papanicolaou GA, Boeckh MJ, Dadwal SS, Abidi MZ, Camargo JF, Boghdadly ZE, Shahid Z, Chemaly RF. Transplant providers’ perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination in the wake of a global pandemic. The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Srinivasan K, Febres-Aldana A, Morado-Aramburo O, Khawaja F, Spallone A, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH. The Impact of HHV-6 DNAemia on hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients at high risk for CMV reactivation in the era of Letermovir. Poster presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Dib RW, Spallone A, Khawaja F, Bartek J, Cantu S, Dvorak T, Feldman A, McMurry H, Nahavandi L, Nguyen K, Odom C, Hankins A, Graviss L, Chemaly RF. Characteristics of Hospital onset SARS CoV-2 infections before and after the emergence of the highly transmissible variant B.1.1.529 in a comprehensive cancer center. Poster presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Febres-Aldana A, Srinivasan K, Morado-Aramburo O, Khawaja F, Spallone A, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH. Long-term hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) outcomes in patients at high risk with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the era of letermovir: a case-control study. Oral Presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Spallone A, Dib RW, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH. Hospital onset SARS CoV-2 infections before and after the emergence of the highly transmissible variant B.1.1.529 in a comprehensive cancer center. The International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Daher M, Khawaja F, Angelidakis G, Rondon G, Spallone A, Ramdial J, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Shpall E, Chemaly RF. Predictive value of the immunodeficiency scoring index for COVID-19 related outcomes in hematopoietic transplant recipients. Poster presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Dib RW, Spallone A, MD, Khawaja F, Bartek J, Cantu S, Dvorak T, Feldman A, McMurry H, Nahavandi L, Nguyen K, Odom C, Hankins A, Graviss L, Chemaly RF. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections at a comprehensive cancer center. Poster presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Morado-Aramburo O, Spallone A, Khawaja F, Febres-Aldana A, Srinivasan K, Rondon G, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH. The Impact of Donor CMV Serostatus on Outcomes of CMV infections in the era of letermovir. Poster presentation at ID Week 2022, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Spallone A, Dib RW, Khawaja F, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections at a comprehensive cancer center. The International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Chemaly RF, Avery RK, Dadwal SS, Kamar N, Maertens J, Papanicolaou GA, Witzke O, Gu J, Auciello J. Impact of Time From Transplant to Treatment of Patients With Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection: Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 3 SOLSTICE Study. The International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Duarte RF, Alain S, Chemaly RF, Cordonnier C, Maertens J, Young J, Wu J, Sundberg A. Maribavir vs. investigator-assigned therapy (IAT) for the treatment of transplant recipients with refractory/resistant (R/R) cytomegalovirus infection: efficacy data from a randomized phase 3 open-label study. Presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT): Physicians Award Winners/Presidential symposium, 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Sassine J, Khawaja F, Shank BR, Lovell A, Lee J, DiPippo A, Rausch C, Spallone A, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Clinically Significant CMV Infections in Patients with Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma. Poster presentation at ID Week 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Workowski K, Albrecht J, Avery R, Chandrasekar P, Chemaly R, Issa N, Kotton C, Kumar P, Ramesh M, Ramgopal M, Schiffer J, Schreibman T, Wald A, Ison M. Pritelivir in Immunocompromised Patients with Mucocutaneous Acyclovir-Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus-Infections – First Case Series. Poster presentation at ID Week 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Sassine J, MD, Khawaja F, MD, Shank BR, PharmD, BCOP, Lovell A, PharmD, Lee J, PharmD, DiPippo A, PharmD, Rausch C, PharmD, Chemaly RF, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP. Letermovir Use in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Hematological Malignancies. Poster Presentation at the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Hachem Y, et al. International Multicenter Study Comparing Cancer to Non-Cancer Patients with COVID-19 Impact of Risk Factors and Treatment Modalities on Outcome. Oral presentation at IDWeek, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Spallone A, Srinivasan K, Sassine J, Shigle TL, Handy VW, Ramdial J, Khawaja F, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF, MD. The Impact of Clinically Significant CMV Infections on Other Viral Infections in the Era of Letermovir Primary Prophylaxis. Poster presentation at ID Week 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Angelidakis G, Chemaly RF, Kebriaei P, Ajami NJ, Bhatti MM, Shpall EJ, Hosing C, Jain P, Mahadeo KM, Khawaja F, Wargo J, Jenq R, Ariza Heredia E. Evaluation of Retained Immunity for Tetanus-Diphtheria and Pneumococcal Vaccines in Recipients of Cellular Therapies. Poster presentation at IDWeek, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Khawaja F, Sadaka C, Trager S, Fernandes K, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Spallone A, Altrich M, Chemaly RF. The use of a commercially available CMV T Cell Immunity Panel to Assess the Risk of CMV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Low Level CMV Viremia. Poster presentation at ID Week 2021, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Khawaja F, Mullane K, Heredia EA, Haddad LE, Tang Y, Raval AD, Chemaly RF. Healthcare Cost and Length of Stay for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection-Related Hospitalizations in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (allo-HCT) recipients: A Multicenter Analysis. Presentation at IDWeek, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Sassine J, Khawaja F, Handy V, Shigle TL, Foolad F, Heredia EA, Chemaly RF. Refractory and Resistant CMV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients in the Letermovir Primary Prophylaxis Era. Presentation at IDWeek, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Khawaja F, Duna M, Chaftari P, Tayar J, Heredia EA, Chemaly R. Outcomes of respiratory viral infections in cancer patients receiving checkpoint inhibitors. The European Congress for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Singh AK, Fuchs EJ, Bashey A, Ciurea SO, Goldsmith SR, Ganguly S, Taplitz R, Mulroney C, Maziarz RT, Kim S, Chen M, Chemaly RF, Miguel Perales KVK, Romee R, L Riches AM. Incidence and Impact of Non-CMV Herpes Viral Infection in Haploidentical and Matched Sibling Donors Receiving Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide (PTCy): A CIBMTR Analysis. Presentation at the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Ganguly S, Taplitz R, Mulroney C, Maziarz RT, Kim S, Chen M, Chemaly RF, Komanduri KV. Incidence and Impact of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Haploidentical and Matched-Related Donors Receiving Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide (PTCy): A CIBMTR Analysis. Presentation at the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- El Haddad L, Chaftari CP, Yusuf ST, Chemaly RF. The Nasal Microbiome as a Predictor of Infectious Complications after Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients. Biol Marrow Transplant 2, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Chemaly RF, Boeckh M, Weber K, Fleischhackl, Stevens M, Michiels B, Rivas D, Chien J, Witek J. FREEZIA Study Design: JNJ-53718678 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection of the Upper Respiratory Tract. Poster Presentationat the American Society of Hematology, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- De-la-Rosa D, Khawaja F, Batista M, Ariza EJ, Chemaly RF. . Respiratory Viral Infections in Patients with Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma: Risk Factors Associated with Progression to Lower Respiratory Tract Infections. Poster Presentation at ID Week, Washington DC,, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Khawaja F, Duna M, Chaftari P, Chemaly RF. Outcomes Related to Respiratory Viral Infections in Cancer Patients on PD-1 Inhibitors. Poster Presentationat the ID Week, Washington DC, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- El Haddad L, Harb CP, Stibich M, Chemaly RF. Bacteriophage Therapy Improves Survival of Galleria mellonella Larvae Injected with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium. Poster Presentation at ID Week, Washington DC, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- El Haddad L, Gebara M, Harb CP, Stibich M, Chemaly RF. The Use of Bacteriophages to Inhibit Different Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant or Susceptible Enterococci. Poster Presentation at the ID Week, Washington DC, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Ye X, Iwuchukwu O, Avadhanula V, Chemaly R. Antibody Response to the Furin Cleavable Twenty-Seven Amino Acid Peptide (P27) of the Fusion Protein in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infected Hematopoietic Cell transplant (HCT) Adults. Presentation at RSVVW 2019 meeting, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Batista M, Chemaly RF. High Mortality of CMV Pneumonia in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Poster presentation at ASBMT Tandem Meeting. Houston, Texas, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Chemaly RF. A post-hoc analysis of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 trial to examine the effects of DAS181 in hematopoeitic cell transplant (HCT) recipients with parainfluenza virus (PIV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) on supplemental oxygen (SO). Oral presentation at the ASBMT, TCT meeting. Houston, Texas, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Chemaly RF. A post-hoc analysis of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 trial to examine the effects of DAS181 in hematopoeitic cell transplant (HCT) recipients with parainfluenza virus (PIV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) on supplemental oxygen (SO. Oral presentation at the ASBMT, TCT meeting. Houston, Texas, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Batista M, Chemaly RF. Clinical Validation of the Definitions of Resistant and Refractory Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster presentation at ASBMT Tandem Meeting. Houston, Texas, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Kontoyiannis D, Shah E, Graviss L, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Culture-documented invasive mold infections (cIMIs) at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, TX pre and post hurricane Harvey. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Batista M, Khawaja F, Artau A, Aitken S, El Haddad L, Ghantoji S, Chemaly RF. High Mortality of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Pneumonia in Hematopietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Haddad E, Hanson, B, Arias, Otero G, Harb C, Ghantoji S, Stibich M, Chemaly RF. Transmission of Genetically Related, Multidrug Resistant, and Invasive Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) between Patients and Rooms on the Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) and Leukemia (LKM) Units. Poster Presentation at ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Artau A, Aitken S, Batista M, El Chaer F, Prayag A, El Haddad L, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Outcomes of Resistant or Refractory CMV Infection in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplan. Poster presentation at ID Week. San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Artau A, Aitken S, Batista M, El Chaer F, Prayag A, El Haddad L, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Outcomes of Resistant or Refractory CMV Infection in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Poster Presentation at ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Magira E, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Kontoyiannis D. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) complicating respiratory viral infections in patients with hematological malignancies. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Kulkarni P, Kmeid J, Batista M, El Chaer F, Ariza-Heredia E, Graviss EA, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. Comparison of Interferon-gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) for Diagnosis of Latent or Active Tuberculosis in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at ID Week. San Francisco, CA,, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Chemaly RF, Moss R, Francisco M, etal. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter phase 2 trial to examine the effects of DAS181 in immunocompromised (IC) patients with parainfluenza virus (PIV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) on supplemental oxygen (SO). Oral presentation at ID Week, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Khawaja F, Shigle T, Ghantoji S, Batista M, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. The Utility of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) to Predict Outcomes of Coronavirus (HCoV) Infections in Hematopietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Khawaja F, Shigle T, Ghantoji S, Batista M, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. . The Utility of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) to Predict Outcomes of Coronavirus (HCoV) Infections in Hematopietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation at ID Week 2018 San Francisco, CA, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Symeon M, Andes D, Chemaly RF, Giannella J, et al. Meropenem-vaborbactam versus best available therapy for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections in TANGO II: outcomes in all treated patients regardless of pathogen. Oral presentation at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Madrid, Spain, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Boeckh M, Dadwal S, Bergeron A, Chemaly RF, et al. A Phase 2B, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial 09:20-09-30 of Presatovir (GS-5806) For Treatment of Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation Patients with An Respiratory Syncytial Virus Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. Oral presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Lisbon, Portugal, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Ghantoji S, Jiang Y, El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. Clinical Characteristics and Economic Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster presented at the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Tandem Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah,, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Foolad F, Aitken SL, Shigle TL, Prayag A, Ghantoji SS, Ariza-Heredia EJ, RFSL C, Shigle TL, Prayag A, Ghantoji SS, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Impact of Ribavirin Formulation and Host Risk Factors on 90-Day Mortality in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Patients with RSV Infection. Poster presentation at ASBMT Tandem Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Artau A, Aitken SL, El Chaer F, Prayag A, El Haddad L, Mulanovich VE, Shah DP, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Chemaly RF. Outcomes of Resistant or Refractory CMV Infection in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant. Poster presentation at ASBMT Tandem Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. The Successful Recovery of Bacteriophages with Activity against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) from Stool Samples of Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation - ID Week 2017 San Diego, CA, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Analyses Reveal Potential Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Transmission Networks Between Rooms and Patients in a Hospital Setting. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2017 San Diego, CA, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Ghantoji S, Chemaly RF. Clinical and Economic Burden of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: The MD Anderson Experience. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2017 San Diego, CA, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. The Successful Recovery of Bacteriophages with Activity against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) from Stool Samples of Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation - ID Week 2017 San Diego, CA, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Foolad F, Chemaly RF. Use of Oral Ribavirin for the Treatment of RSV infections in HCT recipients. Poster Presentation-ID Week 2017 San Diego, CA, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chemaly RF, et al. A prospective Observational Study to Evaluate a CMV-specific ELISPOT Assay in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: The REACT Study. Oral Presentation at the 20th European Symposium in Clinical Virology, Stresa, Italy,, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chemaly, Dadwal S, Marty F, P, et al. Safety and tolerability of letermovir prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adult CMV-seropositive recipients of allogeneic haemato poietic cell transplantation (ALLO-HCT). Oral presentation at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Vienna, Austria, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Heredia E, Hwang J, Viola G, Chemaly R, et al. Time to re-evaluate recommendations for prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections after stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Poster presented at European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Vienna, Austria, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Ahmed, Hwang J, Chemaly R, et al. Risk Factors for HPV positivity in Patients who received Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant. Oral presentation at European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation conference. Marseille, France, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Marty F, Ljungman P, Chemaly RF, et al. A Phase III Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Letermovir for Prevention of CMV Infection in Adult CMV-Seropositive Recipients of Allogeneic HCT. Oral Presentation at the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting. Orlando, FL, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Foolad F, Prayag A, Ghantoji S, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. The Use of Oral Ribavirin for the Treatment of RSV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation at the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- EAriza-Heredia E, Shah DP, Winston DJ, Rowley S, Mullane K, Chandrasekar P, Hari P, Avery R, Peggs KS, Kumar D, Nath R, Ljungman P, Mossad S, Dadwal S, Cruikshank W, Chemaly RF. The Impact of Pre- and Week 4 Post-Transplant CMV-Specific Elispot Assay on CMV Reactivation and Survival in CMV-Seropositive Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (Allo-HCT) Recipients. Oral Presentation at the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Ariza-Heredia E, Shah DP, Winston DJ, Rowley S, Mullane K, Chandrasekar P, Avery R, Hari P, Peggs KS, Kumar D, Nath R, Ljungman P, Mossad S, Dadwal S, Cruikshank W, Chemaly RF. A Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate a Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunospot (Elispot) Assay in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (Allo-HCT) Recipients: The REACT Study. Oral Presentation at the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- El Chaer F, Prayag A, Shah D, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Drug-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Retrospective Study. Poster Presentation at the American Society for Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Shah DP, Ariza-Heredia E, El Chaer F, El Haddad L, El-Haddad D, Prayag A, Nesher L, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. The ability of CMV-specific ELISPOT assay to predict outcome of low level CMV reactivation in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Poster Presentation at the ID week. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Kmeid, J, Shah DP, El Chaer F, Ariza-Heredia E, Graviss E, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. The Utility of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb) in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Ghantoji S, Shah DP, El Haddad L, Kmeid J, Park AK, Chemaly RF. Economic and Clinical Burden of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: A Cost Comparison Study Across 9 Major Cancer Centers in the U. S. Poster Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- El Chaer F, Shah DP, Kmeid, J, Ariza-Heredia E, Hosing CM, Chemaly RF. Human metapneumovirus infections in 83 hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Poster Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji S, Azzi JM, Avadhanula V, Kmeid J, El Chaer F, Ariza E, Shah N, Mulanovich V, Hosing CM, Piedra P, Chemaly RF. An Open Label, Block-Randomized, Ribavirin Efficacy Trial for Management of RSV Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: Clinical and Economic Implications. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Ghantoji S, Shah DP, Lairson DR, El Haddad L, Kmeid J, Park AK, Chemaly RF. The Economic and Clinical Burden of Respiratory Viral Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: A Cost Comparison Study Across 19 Major Cancer Centers in the U. S. Oral Presentation at The American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tandem Meeting, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Taremi M, Shah DP, El Haddad D, El Chaer F, El Haddad L, Chemaly RF. Clinical impact of rhinovirus infection early after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Poster Presentation at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Valencia, Spain, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Shah DP, Ajami N, Ghantoji S, Shelburne S, El-Haddad D, Shah PK, Piedra P, Shpall EJ, Kontoyiannis D, Chemaly RF. Nasal microbiota changes are associated with progression to LRI following respiratory syncytial virus URI in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Poster Presentation at the ID week. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Vakil E, Faiz S, Shah DP, Kmeid J, El Chaer F, Bashoura L, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Evaluation of bronchoscopy and radiographic imaging in respiratory syncytial virus infection in hematologic malignancy and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Poster Presentation at the American Thoracic Society Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Taremi M, Shah DP, El-Haddad D, El Chaer F, El Haddad L, Prayag A, Rondon G, Hosing C, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Rhinovirus infections (RhVI) in 233 hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients: A single center experience. Poster Presentation at the ID week. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Ariza-Heredia E, Shah DP, El Chaer F, Mullane K, Rowley S, Chandrasekar P, Winston D, Parameswaram H, Gillis H, Nath R, Kumar D, Mossad S, Ljungman P, Chemaly RF. A prospective observational study to evaluate a cytomegalovirus(CMV)–specific T-SPOT® assay in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: The REACT Study Interim Data Review. Poster Presentation at the ID week. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- El Chaer F, Shah DP, Kmeid, J, Ariza-Heredia E, Hosing CM, Chemaly RF. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections in 135 cancer patients. The 2015 ID Week, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Aitken S, Tverdek F, Wu C, Atkinson B, Chemaly R. Impact of an Automated Antibiotic Time Out on Duration of Therapy in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Kmeid, J, Shah DP, El Chaer F, Ariza-Heredia E, Graviss E, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. The utility of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb) in cancer patients. The 2015 ID Week, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Aitken S, Zhou J, Ghantoji S, Kontoyiannis D, Jones R, Tam V, Chemaly R. Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Safety of Intravesicular Cidofovir. Poster Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Shah DP, Nesher L, Ariza E, Azzi JM, Siddiqui H, Ghantoji S, Marsh L, El Chaer F, Makedonas G, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Dynamics of CMV-specific T cell recovery in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: Implications for clinical outcomes. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Aitken S, Tarrand J, Deshpande L, Tverdek F, Shelburne S, Chemaly R, Prince R, Rolston K, Jones R, Castanheira M. Dissemination of NDM-1 Among Diverse Enterobacteriaceae in Houston is Not Related to Plasmid-Mediated Spread. Poster Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Ghantoji S, Shah DP, Park AK, Lairson DR, Chemaly RF. Economic and clinical burden of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients: A cost comparison study across 9 major cancer centers in the U.S. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji S, Azzi JM, Avadhanula V, El Chaer F, Ariza E, Mulanovich V, Piedra P, Chemaly RF. Cost-effectiveness of the Immunodeficiency Scoring Index and Oral Ribavirin in the management of RSV infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Oral Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Baron J, Mathisen M, Aitken S, Cantu S, Chemaly R, Tverdek F. Evaluation of Previous Antibiotic Duration on the Risk for ESBL E. coli or Klebsiella spp. Bacteremia in Cancer Patients. Poster Presentation at ICAAC, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Kmeid, J, Vanichanan J, Shah DP, El Chaer F, Azzi J, Ariza-Heredia E, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. Clinical outcomes following influenza including 2014/H3N2 infection in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. Poster Presentation, at the 2015 ID Week, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Shah D, Nesher L, Ghantoji SS, Michailidis L, Marsh L, Chemaly RF. Influenza Season. ID Week 2014, Philadelphia, PA, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nesher L, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Shah DP, Azzi JM, Ghantoji SS, Michailidis L, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. The Impact of IL28b Polymorphism in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients on Interferon (IFN y) Production and CMV Reactivation. Poster presentation at 54th ICAAC Conference in Washington, DC, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nesher L, Ariza-Heredia EJ, Shah DP, Azzi JM, Ghantoji SS, Marsh LY, Michailidis L, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF. Immune Monitoring with the T-SPOT. CMV assay of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT Recipients: A Proof of Concept in the Clinical Setting. Poster presentation at 54th ICAAC Conference in Washington, DC, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- El Zakhem A, Shah D, Nobuyoshi M, Nesher L, Ariza-Heredia E, Mulanovich V, Kebriaei P, Hosing C, Rondon G, Chemaly R. The Clinical Significance of Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) Dnaemia in 68 Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients (HSCT). Poster Presentation at BMT Tandem Meeting in Grapevine, Tx, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Vanichanan J, Shah DP, Nesher L, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcomes of Influenza a Infection in Hematologic Malignancy (HM) Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Poster Presentation at BMT Tandem Meetings in Grapevine, Tx, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hamdi A, Kongtim P, Milton D, Alousi A, Anderlini P, Ciurea S, Oran B, Khouri I, Parmar S, Qazilbash M, Kebriaei P, Popat U, Rezvani K, Chemaly R, Shpall E, Champlin R, Bashir Q. The Effect of CMV Reactivation On Relapse and Survival In Patients With AML and MDS After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant (allo-HCT). Poster Presentation-55th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Chemaly RF. Validating an Immunodeficiency Scoring Index (ISI) to Predict Pneumonia and Mortality in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (allo-HCT) recipients with RSV, Influenza, and Parainfluenza Virus Infections, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Shah D, Simmons S, Tanner B, Perego C, Cantu S, Chemaly RF. Routine Incorporation of Pulsed Xenon UV (PX-UV) after Standard Cleaning of Rooms Previously Occupied by Patients with C. difficle (C.diff) or Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Infections or Colonizations. Poster Presentation at the 3rd Infections in Cancer Symposium, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Vanichanan J, Vilar-Compte D, Shah DP, Volkow P, Cornejo-Juarez P, Perez-Jimenez C, Saad M, Mulanovich VE, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. A Multicenter Study of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Infections in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients from 3 Countries. Poster presentation at IDSA in San Francisco, CA, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Nesher L, Shah DP, Rolston K, Mulanovich V, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Does fecal colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Ps. aeru) predict infection in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT)?. Poster Presentation at IDSA in San Francisco, CA, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ariza-Heredia E, Gulbis A, Stolar K, Kebriaie P, McConn K, Champlin R, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF. Vaccination Guidelines after Stem Cell Transplantation: Practioners' Knowledge and Attitudes and the Gap between Guidelines and Clinical Practice. Oral Presentation at IDSA in San Francisco, CA, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Vanichanan J, Nieto Y, Shah DP, Mulanovich VE, Ariza-Heredia E, Rondon G, Kontoyiannis D, Chemaly RF. Central Nervous System Complications after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Poster presentation at IDSA in San Francisco, CA, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Simmons S, Tanner B, Perego C, Cantu S, Chemaly RF. Utilizing Pulsed-Xenon UV(PX-UV) as an alternative to sodium hypochlorite for the elimination of Clostridium difficile spores in the hospital environment. Poster Presentation at Infection Prevention Society of UK, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Simmons S, Tanner B, Perego C, Cantu S, Chemaly RF. Reducing Transmission of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in an immunocompromised patient population: Implementing a Novel Pulsed-Xenon Ultraviolet (PX-UV) Disinfection System in the Hospital Setting. Poster Presentation at Infection Prevention Society UK, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Esmaily-Fard A, Tverdek F, Crowther D, Ghantoji SS, Adachi JA, Chemaly RF. The Use of Fidaxomicin for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) in Patients with Cancer. Poster Presentation at ID Week 2013 in San Francisco, CA, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Grimley, Chemaly R, Englund J, Yu L, Brundage T, Mommeja-Marin H, Kurtzberg J. The First Interventional Trial for Adenovirus (AdV): Brincidofovir (CMX001) for AdV in HCT. Oral Presentation at ICAAC in Denver, CO, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Ghantoji SS, Stibich M, Stachowiak J, Tanner B, Perego C, Cantu S, Chemaly RF. Comparison of Pulsed Xenon UV (PX-UV) to Bleach for the Decontamination of C. difficile from Surfaces in the Patient Environment. Poster presentation at ICAAC 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Shah DP, Alousi A, Bashoura L, Pankil, Mahajan S, Mulanovich V, Ariza E, Chemaly RF. Bronchiolitis Obliterans following Respiratory Viral Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Oral presentation at ICAAC 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mahajan SN, Ghantoji SS, Shah DP, Mulanovich VE, Ariza E, Chemaly RF. Impact of RSV Infection in Patients with Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma (MM): A Single Center Study. Oral presentation at ICAAC 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Chemaly RF, Ehninger G, Champlin RE, Richard MP, Zimmermann H, Stoelben S, Lischka P, McCormick D, Rübsamen-Schaeff H. Letermovir (AIC246) for the prevention of CMV infections meets primary endpoint in Phase 2b trial in human blood precursor cell transplant (HBPCT) recipients. Poster presentation at ICAAC 2012, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Tverdek FP, Wu C, Mihu C, DeJesus Y, Heck W, Rolston KV, Chemaly RF. Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative in Cancer Patients: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Poster presentation at The 15th Annual MAD-ID Meeting, May 10-12, 2012, Orlando, FL, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Tverdek FP, Wu C, Mihu C, DeJesus Y, Heck W, Rolston KV, Chemaly RF. Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiatives in Cancer Patients: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Poster Presentation at ID Week 2012 October 17-21, 2012, in San Diego, CA, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mulanovich V, Shah D, Shah PK, Nguyen K, Perego C, Heredia E, Chemaly R. Herbaspirillum spp.: Clinical Characteristics of an Emerging Pathogen in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at ID Week 2012 San Diego, CA, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Chemaly RF. Antimicrobial Stewardship: Why and How in a Cancer Hospital. Poster presentation 24th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Chitasombat MN, Jiang Y, Torres HA, Tarrand J, Nguyen KT, Vu KD, Lerner S, Keating MJ, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Poster presentation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Ghantoji SS, Shah DP, Jiang Y, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Hachem RY, Sorrentino MD, Popat U, Hosing C, Rondon G, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcomes of RSV Infections in 92 auto-HSCT Recipients. Oral presentation at the 51st Annual ICAAC, Chicago, IL, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Shah DP, Ghantoji SS, Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Hosing C, Rondon G, Popat U, Sorrentino M, Champlin R, Chemaly RF. Immunodeficiency Scoring System for Predicting RSV-associated Morbidity And Mortality In Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-cell Transplant Recipients. Poster presentation at the 51st ICAAC Conference, Chicago IL, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Snyder E, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Perego C, Erfe R, Chemaly RF, Price KP, Nates JL. Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients with Influenza A (H1N1) is Associated with Poor Prognosis. Poster presentation at the 31st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Dantes RB, Nguyen D, Modarai F, Pascoe N, Perego C, Chemaly RF, Lipuma JJ, O'Connell H, Noble-Wang J, Jensen B, Forster T, Guh A, MacCannell T. Herbaspirillum spp. Infections Among Oncology Patients-Texas, 2011. Oral Presentation at 61st Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- El Taoum K, Shah J, Sorrentino M, Popat U, Hosing C, Champlin R. Characteristics and Outcome of 284 Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (Allo-HSCT) Patients: A Single Center Experience. Oral Presentation at the 7th International Respiratory Syncytial Virus Symposium. The Netherlands, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Mahale P, Davila M, Chemaly RF, Lewis RE, Hwang JP, Kontoyiannis DP, Torres HA. Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Hepatitis C in Cancer Patients. Poster Presentation at the 48th IDSA Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Shah JN, El Taoum KK, Mosier M, Sorrentino MD, Murray R, Popat U, Hosing C, Rondon G, Tarrand JJ, Champlin RE, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcome of 323 Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Patients: A Single Center Experience. Boston, MA. Oral Presentation at the 50th ICAAC Conference, Boston, MA, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Chemaly RF, Vigil K, Adachi JA, Ying J, Popat U, Mahani MG, Granwehr B, Imrana M, Gaeta S, Champlin R, Raad II. Novel Influenza A (2009/H1N1) Infection in Cancer Patients During the Outgoing Pandemic: Early Therapy Improves Outcome. Poster Presentation at the 48th Annual IDSA Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Vigil K, Adachi JA, Jiang Y, Popat U, Mahani MG, Granwehr B, Gaeta S, Malik I, Champlin R, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Novel Influenza A (2009/H1N1) Infection in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies during the 2009 Pandemic Outbreak: Early Treatment Improves Survival. Poster Presentation at the 52nd ASH Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Shah JN, Mahajan SN, Hachem R, Adachi JA, Mulanovich V, Rolston KV, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Outcome of MRSA Bacteremia (BSI) in cancer patients treated with Vancomycin. Poster Presentation at the 48th IDSA Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- El Taoum KK, Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Granwehr BP, Tarrand JJ, Raad II, Chemaly RF. The Characteristics and Outcome of Novel Influenza A (2009/H1N1) when Compared to Seasonal Influenza (SFlu) in Pediatric Cancer Patients. Oral Presentation at the 50th ICAAC Conference, Boston, MA, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Chitasombat, MN, Jiang Y, Torres H, Tarrand J, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Poster Presentation at the IDSA 48th Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Granwehr BP, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Influenza Virus Infections in Pediatric Cancer Patients-Emphasis on Preemptive Therapy. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Rathod DB, Mihu CN, Granwehr BP, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection in children with cancer-to treat or not to treat?. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Adachi JA, Perego CL, Vigil KJ, Mulanovich VE, Pravinkumar E, John C, Raad II, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV. Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): Evidence from a Quality Improvement Project Supporting the Development of a Multidisciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Team (MAST). Poster Presentation at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Berlin, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Rathod DB, Adachi JA, Vigil KJ, Shah JN, DuPont H, Hachem R, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Cancer Patients: A Case-Control Study. Poster Presentation at 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Hachem RY, Mihu CN, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF. Outcome of Parainfluenza Infection in Pediatric Cancer Patients-Underscoring the Need for PIV-Specific Antiviral Therapy. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Campo M, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Chemaly R, Carrilo-Marquez M, Hulton K, Raad I. Does Panton Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Exotoxin Influence the Outcome of Cancer Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection?. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Chemaly RF, Sikka MK, Rathod DB, Hayden MK, Hutchins M, Horn T, Tarrand J, Adachi J, Nguyen K, Raad I, Trenholme G. Clinical outcome of patients with Serratia marcescens Bacteremia (SMB) due to Contaminated Pre-Filled Heparin and Saline Flushes in 3 states. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Granwehr BP, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Influenza Virus Infections in Cancer Patients-Emphasis on Preemptive Therapy. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah JN, Hachem R, Rathod DB, Adachi AA, Mulanovich, VE, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Outcome of MRSA Bacteremia (BSI) in Cancer Patients Treated with Vancomycin. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Rathod DB, Torres H, Munsell M, Bodey G, Davis M, Saifan C, Raad I, Champlin R, Chemaly RF. Continuous Versus Intermittent Dose Schedule of Aerosolized Ribavirin for Treatment of RSV Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URI) in Pts with Hematological Malignancies: An Adaptive Randomized Trial. Oral Presentation at 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah JN, Vigil KJ, Rathod DB, Mihu CN, Granwehr BP, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children with Cancer - To Treat or Not to Treat?. 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Hanmod S, Rathod D, Doshi A, Burton L, Davis MS, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcome of Parainfluenza Virus (PIV) Infection in Patients (pts) with Leukemia and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) Recipients. Poster Presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Campo M, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF, Carrilo-Marquez M, Hulten K, Raad II. The Impact of Panton Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Exotoxin on the Outcome of Cancer Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection. Poster presentation at 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Chemaly RF, Tarrand J, Adachi J, Nguyen K, Graviss L, Mulanovich V, Granwehr B, Rolston K, Raad II. Investigation of an Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bacteremia in Cancer Patients (pts) leading to a National Recall of a Second Unsuspected Contaminated Source: Time for Antimicrobial Lock Therapy (ALT)?. Oral Presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Ramos ER, Hachem R, Mulanovich V, Adachi J, Kontoyiannis D, Rolston K, Safdar A, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcome of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia (MRSA-p) in Cancer Patients (pts) After Initial Therapy with Vancomycin. Poster presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Rathod D, Vigil K, Adachi J, Burton L, Perego C, Jiang J, Dupont H, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Characteristics and Outcome of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Cancer Patients (pts). Poster presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Chemaly RF, Hanmod S, Mulanovich V, Adachi J, Rolston K, Raad II, Hachem R. Tigecycline Usage in Cancer Patients with Serious Infections: A Report on 110 Cases from a Single Institution. Poster Presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Chaftari A, Hachem R, Mulanovich V, Chemaly RF, Adachi JA, Kassar R, Ramos E, Jiang Y, Raad II. Efficacy and Safety of Daptomycin in the Treatment of Gram Positive Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CRBSI) in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Ramos ER, Jiang Y, Hachem R, Reitzel R, Chaftari AM, Chemaly RF, Tarrand J, Raad II. The Risk of Emerging Resistance Associated with Prolonged Use of Antibiotic Coated Catheters: A Seven year Experience and >0.5 Million Catheter Days. Poster Presentation at The 48th Annual ICAAC/Infectious Diseases Society of America 46th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Chemaly RF, Graviss L, Tarrand J, Han X, LaSala P, Adachi J, Morice R, Raad I. Pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum Infection Associated with Contaminated Water Supply. Poster presentation at the SHEA's 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Boeckh M, Nichols G, Chemaly R, et al. Prevention of late CMV disease after HCT: A randomized double-blind multicenter trial of valganciclovir (VGCV) prophylaxis versus PCR-guided GCV/VGCV preemptive therapy. Poster presentation at the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplant (ASBMT) 2008 Annual Meeting, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Adachi JA, Vigil KJ, Aboufaycal H, Dvorak T, Hachem R, Tarrand JJ, Perego CA, Williams PA, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV, Raad II. Molecular Epidemiology of a Clonal Outbreak of Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli Causing Bloodstream Infection in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Chemaly RF, Sharma PS, Youssef S, Gerber D, Hachem R, Raad II. Catheters Coated with Minocycline and Rifampin for the Prevention of Catheter Related Bacteremia (CRB) in Cancer Patients receiving High Dose Interleukin 2 (IL-2). Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Hanmod S, Baradhi A, Kontoyiannis D, Adachi J, Mulanovich V, Hachem RY, Safdar A, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus infection in Patients with Solid Tumors. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Reitzel R, Raad I. Anti-adherence Activity and Antimicrobial Durability of Anti-infective-Coated Catheters Against Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Bacteria. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Raad I, Hachem R, Teitzel R, Dvorak T, Jiang Y, Fang X, Ramos E, Chemaly RF. Gardine Antiseptic Gloves Protect Health Care Workers (HCW) from Resistant Pathogens. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Ramos E, Hachem R, Mulanovich V, Adachi J, Kontoyiannis D, Rolston K, Safdar A, Raad I, Chemaly RF. MRSA Pneumonia in Cancer Patients: High Failure rate with Vancomycin. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Rodriguez GH, Rolston KV, Chemaly RF, Raad II, Safdar A. Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infection in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Lamaris G, Esmaeli B, Chamilos G, Lewis RE, Chemaly R, Safdar A, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Fungal endophthalmitis (FE) in a tertiary cancer center: a review of 21 cases. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Adachi JA, Perego C, Hogan H, Vigil K, Youssef S, Pravinkumar E, St John C, Mulanovich V, Raad I, Chemaly R, Rolston K. Antibiotic stewardship initiative in the intensive care unit (ICU): Evidence from a quality improvement project supporting the development of a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team (MAST). Poster presentation at 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, San Diego, CA, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Chemaly RF, Sharma P, Hanmod S, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Kantarjian H, Safdar A, Raad II. Cytomegalovirus infection in Patients with Acute Leukemia. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Hachem R, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Jiang Y, Reitzel R, Kantarjian H, Raad I. Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay (GM-EIA): Low Sensitivity for Aspergillus fumigatus Infection in Cancer Patients (pts). Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 45th Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Chemaly RF, Hachem R, Hanmod S, Adachi J, Hogan H, Mulanovich V, Kontoyiannis D, Safdar A, Raad I, Rolston K. Tigecycline usage in cancer patients with refractory pneumonia: a report on 38 cases. A single-institution study. Poster presentation at the combined 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the 25th International Congress of Chemotherapy Munich, Germany, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Marty F, Chemaly RF, Liakopoulou E, Dent JC, Powell K. A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of RSV604 in Adults with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection Following Stem Cell Transplantation. Presented at the International Symposium on Respiratory Infections, Hong Kong, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Winston D, van Burik JA, Pullarkat V, Papanicolaou Z, Vij R, Vance E, Alangaden G, Chemaly R, Petersen FB, Chao N, Klein J, Sprague K, Dougherty C, Villano S, Boeckh M. Prophylaxis against Cytomegalovirus Infections with Oral Maribavir in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Results of a Phase 2 Study. Oral presentation at the American Society of Hematology Orlando, FL, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Torres HA, El-Osta H, Hachem R, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Jain A, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Parainfluenza virus (Piv) infection in patients with leukemia commonly involves the lower respiratory tract. 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Torres HA, Rodriquez G, Aguilera E, Rohatgi N, Raad II, Safdar A, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Adrenalitis (CMV-A): A challenging diagnosis in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM). 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Shukrallah B, Ghannam D, Hackett B, Keutgen X, Jiang Y, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP, Hanna H, Raad II. The utility of >100 CFU from the central venous catheter (CVC) in establishing the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI). 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Jain A, Champlin RE, Hachem R, El-Osta H, Kontoyiannis DP, Raad II, Chemaly RF. The outcome of Parainfluenza virus (PIV) infection in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT): Hype or concern?. 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Ghanem G, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Safdar A, Chemaly RF, Raad II. Comparative analysis of vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) faecalis vs. VRE faecium in cancer patients (pts). 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Chamilos G, Luna M, Lewis RE, Chemaly RF, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Liver histopathology in patients (pts) with hematologic malignancy (HM) and invasive fungal infections (IFIs) treated with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) vs. amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC): An autopsy study. 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Youssef S, Hachem R, Chemaly RF, Adachi J, Jacobson K, Jiang Y, Rolston K, Safdar A, Kontoyiannis D, Raad II. Vitamin B6 was not effective for the prevention of hematologic toxicities of linezolid (LNZ) in Cancer Patients (Pts). 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Chemaly RF, Hachem R, Hanmod S, Adachi J, Hogan H, Kontoyiannis DP, Safdar A, Raad II, Rolston KVI. Clinical experience with tigecycline in cancer patients: A report on 28 cases. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Ghanem G, Gravis L, Chemaly RF, Hanna H, Dvorak T, Hulten K, Hachem R, Raad II. The role of molecular methods in the prevention of nosocomial methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clusters in cancer patients. 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Torres HA, Aguilera E, Rohatgi N, Raad II, Sepulveda C, Safdar A, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus pneumonia (CMVp) in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM): An autopsy-based case-control study. 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Toronto, Ontario, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Ghannam DE, Rodriquez GH, Adachi J, Chemaly RF, Rolston KV, Raad II, Safdar A. Efficacy of inhaled (Ih)- Aminoglycosides (AG) and Colistin (CL) in cancer patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) during 2000-2005. 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), #A2701, San Francisco, CA, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Keutgen X, Ghannam D, Hackett B, Shukrallah B, Jiang Y, Chemaly RF, Hanna H, Hachem R, Raad II. Differential Quantitative Blood Cultures (QBC) for the Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection: What is the Cutoff Ratio?. 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), D-472, San Francisco, CA, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Adachi J, Gravis LS, Perego CH, Gonzalez VR, Hackett B, Hachem R, Hanna HA, Dvorak TL, Chemaly RF, Raad II. Controlling multidrug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patients: The role of interventional molecular epidemiology. Presentation at the 16th Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), #206 (32), 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Chemaly RF, Graviss L, Perego C, Hachem RY, Adachi J, Hogan H, Arbuckle R, Rolston K, Raad II. The temporary impact of an educational campaign on the decrease of carbapenems usage which correlated with decrease in the rate of nosocomial multidrug resistant (MDR) pseudomonas aeuroginosa (psa) infection. Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). Chicago, IL, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Aisenberg GM, Torres H, Tarrand J, Safdar A, Chemaly RF. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) in lower respiratory tract secretions (LRTS) in patients with solid tumors: Shedding or infection?. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #711, San Francisco, CA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hachem, RY, Chemaly RF, Ahmer C, Boktour MR, Rjaili GA, Weiss LT, Bodey GP, Raad II. Does colistin have a role in the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDR-PSA) in cancer patients?. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #457, San Francisco, CA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Kumashi, P, Safdar A, Chemaly RF, Chamilos G, Raad II, Kontoyiannis D. Fungal osteoarticular infections (FOAI) in cancer patients (PTS): A 10-year retrospective study. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #742, San Francisco, CA,, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Aboufaycal, H, Adachi J, Hachem R, Weiss LT, Kontoyiannis D, Safdar A, Chemaly RF, Rolston K, Raad II. Risk factors and outcome of infection with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli in patients with cancer. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #716, San Francisco, CA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Torres, HA, Aguilera EA, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Rohatgi N, Sepulveda C, Kantarjian H, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with leukemia: To treat or not to treat? . 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), New Orleans, LA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hachem, R, Boktour M, Daugherty T, Pham-Williams T, Warneke C, Chemaly R, Raad I. The utility of galactomannan enzyme immunoassay (GM-EIA) and (1-3) B-D-glucan (BG) in the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in cancer patients. 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), New Orleans, LA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Aisenberg, G, Sims C, Jacobson K, Chemaly RF, Rolston K, Raad II, Safdar A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection: Clinical spectrum of active disease in patients at a comprehensive cancer center (2001-2005). 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #731, San Francisco, CA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Ghanem, GA, Boktour M, Warneke W, Bahna BN, Kassis K, Chemaly RF, Hachem R, Raad II. Catheter-related staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CRSAB) in cancer patients: high complication rate associated with type of malignancy. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #726, San Francisco, CA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Bahna, BN, Hanna HA, Dvorak T, Chaiban G, Chemaly RF, Hachem RY, Raad II. Gendine coated orthopedic metal devices (OMDs) for the prevention of bacterial infection. 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Bahna BN, Hanna HA, Chemaly RF, Hachem RY, Raad I. Sources and outcomes of bloodstream infections (BSI) in cancer patients (pts): the role of quantitative blood cultures (QBC) and the central venous catheter (CVC). 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hogan, H, Tarrand J, Adachi J, Hachem R, Graviss L, Perego C, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Increase in enterococcal resistance to linezolid correlates with increase in linezolid usage: Collateral damage?. 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), New Orleans, LA, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Chemaly RF. Human herpesviruses-6 (HHV- 6) viremia is associated with donor granulocyte transfusions (GTX) in heavily immunosuppressed patients (PTS) with leukemia. 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), #V-592, Washington, DC, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hachem RY, Hanna HA, Dvorak T, Chemaly RF, Raad II. Activity of daptomycin and tigacycline against clinical isolates causing catheter-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (cR-MRSA) embedded in biofilm. 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Aguilera E, Torres HA, Mattiuzzi G, Cabanillas M, Kantarjian H, Gonzalez V, Raad II, Chemaly RF. Influenza infection in adult patients (PTS) with leukemia: The impact of neuraminidase inhibitors (NIS). 43rd Annual Meeting of The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #723, San Francisco, CA,, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Chamilos G, Bodey GP, Luna M, Lewis RE, Rolston KV, Chemaly RF, Safdar A, Raad I, Kontoyiannis DP. Trends in incidence of invasive fungal infections at a tertiary cancer center over a 14-year period: an autopsy study. Oral presentation at the 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark,, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Lee LD, Berkheiser ML, Hackett B, Hachem RY, Chemaly RF, Raad II. The risk of bioaerosol contamination with Aspergillus species before and after terminal cleaning in hepa-filtered rooms housing patients with hematologic malignancy (HM). Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), #36. Los Angeles, California, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Chemaly RF, Gonzalez VR, Hachem RY, Perego CA, Donato ML, Champlin RE, Neumann JL, Johnson PA, Raad II. Detection and control of a nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak in an adult bone marrow transplant unit: The role of palivizumab. Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), #78. Los Angeles, California,, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Aguilera E, Torres HA, Gonzalez VR, Raad II, Hachem RY, Frenzel EC, Thomas GA, Chemaly RF. The impact of influenza epidemic with a predominant mismatched circulating strain with the vaccine strain on patients with hematologic malignancies. Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), #20. Los Angeles, California, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Hachem RY, Lee LD, Berkheiser ML, Hackett B, Chemaly RF, Perego C, Kontoyiannis DP, Raad II. Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis (NIA) in patients with hematologic malignancy: is it waterborne or airborne?. Annual Meeting at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), #22. Los Angeles, California, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Torres HA, Luna MA, Kontoyiannis D, Tarrand JJ, Noguera GM, Chemaly RF. Gastrointestinal Cytomegalovirus Disease in Patients with Cancer. Oral presentation at the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAgAC), Washington, DC, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Kamana M, Chemaly RF, Coyle E, Hogan H, Raad, II. Foscarnet as First-Line Agent for Cytomegalovirus Infection or Prophylaxis in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Hachem R, Boktour M, HannaH, Tarrand J, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Willams TP, Daugherty T, Raad I. Serum Galactomannan (GM): Which Assay (or LATEX) is Useful in Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis (IA)?. Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), #617, Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Chemaly RF, Perego C, Dvorak T, Toguchi A, Hulten K, Raad II. Outbreak of a Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin infection among healthcare workers (HCWs). . Presentation at the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Torres H, Younes A, Aguilera AA, Kontoyiannis DP, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueras G, Raad I, Chemaly RF. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients (Pts) with Lymphoma. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Raad I, Graviss L, Chemaly RF, Hachem R, Hanna H. The Perils of Molecular Typing: Does a Clonal Cluster of Nosocomial MRSA always imply Nosocomial Transmission?. Presentation at the 44th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Torres HA, Chemaly RF, Storey R, Aguilera E, Luna M, Rolston KVI, Raad, Kontoyiannis DP. Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia in a Cancer Center: Influence of HIV Status to Presentation and Outcome. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Raad II, Hachem RY, Boktour MR, Chemaly RF, Daugherty TC, Hanna HA. Real-time PCR and Galactomanan for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematological malignancies. Proceedings of the 42nd annual meeting of the infectious diseases society of America. Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Chemaly RF, Bahna B, Hachem R, Abu-Rijaily G, Waked A, Graviss L, King K, Weber R, Bekele N, Raad I. Risk Factors for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in Patients ({Pts) with Cancer. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Ohmagari N, Kontoyiannis DP, Chemaly RF, Hachem R, Raad II. Invasive Aspergillosis (IA) among Cancer Patients (pts) with Solid Tumor: A 10-year Experience at a Tertiary Cancer Hospital. Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Boston, MA, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Chemaly RF, Procop GW, Kohn D, Yen-Lieberman B, et al. The Role of HHV-6 Detection in Bronchoalveolar Lavage and CMV Pneumonitis in Lung Transplant Recipients. Presentation at the 19th Clinical Virology Symposium, Clearwater, Florida, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Girgawy E, Hanna H, Graviss L, Chaiban G, Chemaly RF, et al. Chest Tube (CT) Related Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Empyema: Could the CT Be Coated with Antiseptics? . Presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) San Diego, California, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Hogan H, Chemaly RF, Coyle E, Kamana M, et al. Early Combination Antiviral Therapy for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Patients with Hematological Malignancies. Presentation at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) San Diego, California, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Daher M, Khawaja F, Spallone A, Shigle TL, Heredia EA, Bhatti MM, Chemaly RF. Real-World Experience with Maribavir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. IDWeek 2024 12(Suppl 1).
Book Chapters
- Franklin A, Spallone A, Chemaly RF. CMV Diseases in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. In: Pulmonary and Critical Care Considerations of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Editor: Ayman O. Soubani). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022.
- Aitken S, Saunders R, Chemaly RF, Ehninger G. Letermovir. In: Kucers’ The use of Antibiotics. Seventh Edition. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Ariza-Heredia E, El Chaer F, Chemaly RF. Antiviral Treatment and Prophylaxis in Immunocompromised Hosts. In: Management of Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. First Edition. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
- Chemaly RF, Heredia-Ariza EJ. Influenza and Parainfluenza Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. In: Transplant Infections. 4th. Springer, 2016.
- Shah J, Chemaly RF. Herpes Simplex Virus Pneumonia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. In: Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies, First Edition: E. Azoulay (ed.) Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.
- Ghantoji SS, Chemaly RF. Infections in Patients with Leukemia. In: Emerging Cancer Therapeutics. Demos Medical Publishing LLC, 411–428, 2011.
- Perego C, Chemaly RF. Infection Control Procedures. In: Critical Care for Cancer Patients. Springer Publishing LLC, 2011.
- Vigil K, Chemaly RF. CMV Pneumonia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. In: Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies, First Edition: E. Azoulay (ed.) Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.
- Granwehr BP, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP. Fungal and Viral infections in cancer patients. In: Koller, Wolff and Kantarjian (eds). The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 2011.
- Vigil K, Chemaly RF. Infectious Diseases: d) Viral Infections. In: Critical Care for Cancer Patients. Springer Publishing LLC, 2011.
- Chemaly RF, Rathod DB, Couch R. Viral Infections: Respiratory Viruses. In: Principles and Practices of Cancer Infectious Diseases. First Edition: A. Safdar (ed.) Humana Press, 2011.
- Torres, HA, Boeckh M, Chemaly RF. Viral Infectious Diseases Issues. In: Internal Medicine Care of Cancer Patients. First Edition: Yeung SJ, Escalante C, and Gagel RF, eds. BC Decker Inc, 2008.
- Torres HA, Chemaly RF. CMV Pneumonia. In: Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. Edited by Florian Lang, University of Tuebingen, Germany. Springer-Verlag, 2006.
- Bodey, GP, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP. Fungal and Viral infections in cancer patients. In: Koller, Wolff and Kantarjian (eds). The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. Mc-Graw-Hill Companies, Inc, 2006.
- Chemaly RF, Procop GW. Detection/Characterization of Fungal Pathogens. State-of-the art summary/critical review of literature. In: Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition. ASM press, 2003.
Books (edited and written)
- Roy F. Chemaly, Amy Spallone, Steve Pergam. Infection Control and Prevention in Immunocompromised Hosts. Springer International Publishing AG.
Letters to the Editor
- Stewart AG, Chemaly RF. Unravelling T Cell Immunity in CAR-T Therapy: Implications for Influenza Vaccination. Transplant Cell Ther 31: 282-284, 2025.
- Coomes EA, Al-Shamsi HO, Meyers BM, Alhazzani W, Alhuraiji A, Chemaly RF, Almuhanna M, Wolff RA, Ibrahim NK, Chua MLK, Hotte SJ, Elfiki T, Curigliano G, Eng C, Grothey A, Xie C. In Reply. Oncologist 25: e1252-e1253, 2020.
- Foolad F, Chemaly RF. Reply to the authors. Clin Infect Dis.
- El Haddad L, Ariza-Heredia E, Chemaly RF. Response to Giménez et al. J Infect Dis.
- Chemaly RF, Aitken SL, Wolfe CR, Jain R, Boeckh MJ. Aerosolized ribavirin: the most expensive drug for pneumonia. Transpl Infect Dis, 2016.
- Chemaly RF, Ullmann AJ, Ehninger G. CMV prophylaxis in hematopoietic-cell transplantation. N Engl J Med 371: 576-7, 2014.
- Chemaly RF, Ullmann AJ, Ehninger G. CMV prophylaxis in hematopoietic-cell transplantation. N Engl J Med, 2014.
- Rolston KV, Nesher L, Mulanovich V, Chemaly R. Intestinal colonisation and blood stream infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae (ESBLE) in patients with haematological and oncological malignancies. Infection, 2013.
- Shah DP, Munsell MF, Chemaly RF. Reply to Robinson. J Infect Dis 208: 864-5, 2013.
- Munsell M, Shah DP, Chemaly RF. Reply to Fatkenheuer et al. J Infect Dis, 2013.
- Shah DP, Munsell MF, Chemaly RF. Ribavirin for upper respiratory tract infections. J Infect Dis, 2013.
- Rolston KV, Mahajan SN, Chemaly RF. Antimicrobial de-escalation in cancer patients. Infection 40: 229-30, 2012.
- Chemaly RF, Ghantoji SS, Stibich M. Novel Intervention for Eliminating VRE from the Environment. Arch Intern Med 171: 1684-1685, 2011.
- Chemaly RF, Rathod DB, Raad II. A Tertiary Care Cancer Center Experience of the 2007 Outbreak of Serratia marcescens Bloodstream Infection Due to Prefilled Syringes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30: 1237-38, 2009.
- Chemaly RF, Rathod DB, Raad II. A tertiary care cancer center experience of the 2007 outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection due to prefilled syringes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30: 1237-8, 2009.
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