Bruce Fernando Sabath, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2007 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, US, MD |
| 2000 | Georgetown University, Washington, DC, US, Government, Biology, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2021-2022 | Foundations of Clinical Research Certificate Course, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2017-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Interventional Pulmonology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2013-2014 | Critical Care Echocardiography Certificate Course, American College of Chest Physicians, Glenview, Illinois |
| 2011-2014 | Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC |
| 2008-2010 | Clinical Residency, The John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2007-2008 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2021 | American Heart Association - BLS and ACLS |
| 2018 | Interventional Pulmonology |
| 2018 | Texas Medical License |
| 2015 | Critical Care Medicine |
| 2013 | Pulmonary Disease |
| 2010 | Maryland |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2023
Faculty, Pulmonary Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2018 - 2019
Faculty, Pulmonary Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2014 - 2017
Faculty, Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2010 - 2011
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director, Respiratory Therapist Procedural Training, Pulmonary Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2019 - 2019
Other Professional Positions
Laboratory Researcher, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1998 - 2003
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, MDACC Interventional pulmonology fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2026 - 2027
Chair, MDACC interventional pulmonology fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2026 - 2027
Co-chair, MDACC Interventional pulmonology fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - 2026
Co-chair, MDACC interventional pulmonology fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - 2026
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Applicant Interviewer, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Abstract Judge and Endowed Fellowship Award Judge, MD Anderson Trainee Education Week/Research Day, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present
Faculty Council Member, MD Anderson Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty Council for Engagement, Advocacy and Inclusion, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Committee Member, MD Anderson Underrepresented Minority Male Faculty Focus Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - 2023
Applicant Interviewer, MD Anderson Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Pulmonary Process Owner, Maryland Hospital Acquired Condition Taskforce, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2017
Editorial Activities
Co-Editor, Mediastinum, 2022
Contributor, COVID-BRONCH-LIT, 2020
Honors & Awards
| 2000 | Research Society Inductee, Sigma Xi |
| 2000 | Political Science Honor Society Inductee, Pi Sigma Alpha |
| 1998 | Exceptional Summer Student Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| 1998 | Summer Research Fellowship, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| 1998 | Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Nominee, Georgetown University |
| 1996 - 1998 | Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Minorities and Individuals from Disadvantage Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health |
| 1996 | Maryland Senatorial Scholar, State of Maryland |
| 1996 | Scholar, League of United Latin American Citizens |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
National Presentations
- 2025. Endobronchial Ultrasound. Invited. American College of Chest Physicians. Chicago, Illinois, US.
International Presentations
- 2026. SAFETY AND FEASIBILITY OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN A NON-HOSPITAL–BASED SETTING. Poster. AABIP 2026. Denver, US.
Formal Peers
- 2017. Basic bronchoscopy skills. Invited, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Boster JM, Goertzen M, Sarkiss M, Armas Villalba AJ, Bhandari BS, Song J, Jimenez CA, Sabath BF, Lin J, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Eapen GA, Chintalapani G, Casal RF. Superiority of Lateral Decubitus Strategy in Preventing Atelectasis From Obscuring Targets During Robotic Bronchoscopy: Lateral Decubitus Strategy vs Ventilatory Strategy to Prevent Atelectasis Trial. Chest 169(4):1124-1134, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41513124.
- Boster JM, Goertzen SM, Sainz PV, Vial MR, Zaveri-Desai JK, Luna LD, Waqar A, Grosu HB, Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Ost DE, Sabath BF, Lin J, Hernandez M, Eapen GA. Additive Value of EBUS-TBNA for Staging Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients Evaluated for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Diagnostics (Basel) 15(17), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40941624.
- Mir M, Soto F, Amezcua Gomez PA, Rio Arroyo RD, Suresh A, Su A, Gan Q, Stewart J, Adachi R, Balachandran DD, Bashoura L, Casal RF, Dickey BF, Eapen GA, Evans SE, Grosu H, Jimenez CA, Lin J, Ost DE, Sabath BF, Shannon VR, Naing A, Gao J, Wu J, Suresh K, Faiz SA, Altan M, Sheshadri A. Bronchoalveolar lavage cell percentages as diagnostic markers of immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis. Front. Med 12(10), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40529125.
- Goizueta, AA, Anglin, A, Sabath, BF. A 53-Year-Old Woman With Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Progressive Paratracheal Lymphadenopathy. CHEST Pulmonary 2(4), 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Bashour SI, Khan A, Song J, Chintalapani G, Kleinszig G, Sabath BF, Lin J, Grosu HB, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Ost DE, Sarkiss M, Casal RF. Improving Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy Outcomes with Mobile Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Guidance. Diagnostics (Basel) 14(17), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39272739.
- Chang CH, Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Saltijeral SN, Eapen GA, Casal RF, Sabath BF, Lin J, Cerrillos E, Nevarez Tinoco T, Grosu HB. Outcomes of Pleural Space Infections in Patients With Indwelling Pleural Catheters for Active Malignancies. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 31(2):155-159, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37982602.
- Khan, A, Bashour, S, Sabath, BF, Lin, J, Sarkiss, MG, Song, J, Sagar, AS, Shah, A, Casal, RF. Severity of Atelectasis during Bronchoscopy. Diagnostics 14(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38248073.
- Salahuddin M, Ost D, Hyunsoo H, Jimenez C, Saltijeral S, Eapen G, Casal R, Sabath B, Lin J, Cerrillos E, Tinoco E, Grosu H. A Predictive Score for Risk Stratification in Patients with Empyema and Active Malignancy, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37197128.
- Salahuddin M, Ost D, Hwang H, Jimenez C, Saltijeral S, Eapen G, Casal R, Sabath B, Lin J, Cerrillos E, Nevárez Tinoco T, Grosu H. Clinical Risk Factors for Death in Patients With Empyema and Active Malignancy. Cureus 15(4):e37545, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37197128.
- Salahuddin M, Sarkiss M, Sagar AS, Vlahos I, Chang CH, Shah A, Sabath BF, Lin J, Song J, Moon T, Norman PH, Eapen GA, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Chintalapani G, Casal RF. Ventilatory Strategy to Prevent Atelectasis During Bronchoscopy Under General Anesthesia: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (Ventilatory Strategy to Prevent Atelectasis -VESPA- Trial). Chest 162(6):1393-1401, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35803302.
- Grosu HB, Kern R, Maldonado F, Casal R, Andersen CR, Li L, Eapen G, Ost D, Jimenez C, Frangopoulos F, Sabath B, Vakil E, Schwalk A, Marcoux M, Sagar AE, Nasim F, Lin J, Salahudin M, Arain HM, Noor L, Montanez D, Stewart J, Mullon J, Michael M, Porfyridis I. Predicting malignant pleural effusion during diagnostic pleuroscopy with biopsy: A prospective multicentre study. Respirology 27(5):350-356, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35178828.
- Sabath BF, Lin J, Salahuddin M, Grosu H. Control of bleeding from intercostal artery laceration. Respir Med Case Rep 40:101783, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36440304.
- Salahuddin M, Sarkiss M, Sagar A, Vlahos I, Chang C, Shah A, Sabath, B, Lin J, Song J, Moon T, Norman P, Eapen G, Grosu H, Ost D, Jimenez C, Chintalapani G, Casal R. Ventilatory Strategy to Prevent Atelectasis During Bronchoscopy Under General Anesthesia: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (VESPA Trial). CHEST 22:S0012-3692(22)01227-2, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Lin J, Sarkiss M, Sabath B, Jimenez C, Casal RF. Lateral decubitus positioning for mobile CT-guided robotic bronchoscopy: a novel technique to prevent atelectasis. J Bronchology Intevent Pulmonol 29(3):220-223, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Salahuddin M, Sabath BF. Giant Cell Arteritis as an Uncommon Cause of Chronic Cough: A Case Report. Am J Case Rep 22(1):e932945, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34645779.
- Lin J, Sabath BF. Chronic Pleuritis and Recurrent Pleural Effusion After Atezolizumab for Small Cell Lung Cancer. Am J Case Rep 22(1):e933396, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34606491.
- Sabath B, Casal RF. The (Hour)glass Half-Full: Modified Silicone Hourglass Stents for the Treatment of Central Airway Obstruction. Cureus 13(6):e15501, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34268032.
- Oudah M, Sabath BF. Spontaneous resolution of Mycobacterium kansasii presenting as a spiculated lung mass. Respir Med Case Rep 34:101512, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34522604.
- Sagar AS, Sabath BF, Eapen GA, Song J, Marcoux M, Sarkiss M, Arain MH, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Casal RF. Incidence and Location of Atelectasis Developed During Bronchoscopy Under General Anesthesia: The I-LOCATE Trial. Chest 158(6):2658-2666, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32561439.
- Sabath B. Delayed massive hemoptysis for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. Endoscopic Ultrasound:419-420, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Sabath BF, Colt HG. Sending retirees to the frontlines?. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 10(5):386-388, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33235667.
- Azhar M, Upreti S, Sabath BF. Cerebral Air Embolism After Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation. ACG Case Rep J 7(8):e00443, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32821771.
- Kut C, Sabath BF. A 55-Year-Old Man With Cough and Hematochezia. Chest 157(4):e121-e125, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32252936.
- Sabath BF, Khan S. A 54-Year-Old Woman With a History of Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Recurrent Ascites Presenting With Abdominal Pain and Increasing Abdominal Girth. Chest 157(3):e95-e97, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32145824.
- Kut C, Sabath B. A 55-year-old man with cough and hematochezia. CHEST 4(157):e121-125, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Le KT, Sabath BF. Distension of the maxillary vein with hepatojugular reflux. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 1((5)):449, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Sabath B, Casal R. Bronchoscopic ablation of peripheral lung tumors. J Thorac Dis (6)(11):2628-2638, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Sabath B. Pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma. EC Pulm Resp Med 8.2:195-196, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Oudah, M, Sandhu H, Sissoho F, Sabath B. Cast of the left bronchial tree. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 9((4)):365-366, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Nasim F, Sabath B, Eapen G. Lung Cancer. Med Clin North Am 3(103):463-473, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Sabath B, Ombada M. Coinfection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia in an AIDS Patient. EC Pulm Resp Med 8.7, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Le KT, Sabath BF. Distension of the maxillary vein with hepatojugular reflux. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 9(5):449, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31723396.
- Sabath B, Ost D. Update in airway stents. Curr Opin Pulm Med 4(24):343-349, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Sabath B. Non-Small cell lung cancer: a primer for the general clinician. EC Pulm Resp Med 7(11):794-802, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Sabath B, Muhammad HA, Balagani A, Ost DE, Vakil E, Ahmed T, Vial MR, Grosu HB. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with sarcoma treated with pazopanib, a case control study. BMC Cancer 1(18):937, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Vakil E, Sabath B, Baker C, Vaporciyan AA, Casal R. Broncho-cutaneuos fistula without pneumothorax localized with methylene blue and managed with endobronchial valves. Ann Am Thorac Soc 8(15):992-994, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Hakim R, Sabath, B, Kalplan, T, Yung R. Use of narrow band imaging in the diagnosis of hypovascular endobronchial sarcoidosis. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 4(24):315-318, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Babar F, Noor M, Singh G, Sabath B. Retrospective analysis of inferior vena cava collapsibility with hand-held ultrasound and urine sodium and FENa in patients with early stage acute kidney injury. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 5(7):296-299, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Sabath B, Hakim R, Yung R. An 87-year old woman with pleural effusion and tortuous aorta. CHEST 2(151):e21-e24, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Singh G Sabath B. Over-diuresis or cardiac tamponade? A case of acute kidney injury and early diagnostic closure. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2(6):31357-31361, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Sabath B, Singh G. Point-of-care ultrasound as a training milestone for internal medicine residents: the time is now. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 5(6):33094-33098, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Sabath B, Logan J, Singh G. The syndrome of inappropriate antidiurectic hormone after transthoracic needle biospy in non-small cell lung caner. Ann Am Thorac Soc 10(13):1861-1862, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Sabath BF, Singh G. Point-of-care ultrasonography as a training milestone for internal medicine residents: the time is now. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 6(5):33094, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27802866.
- Cohee L, Crocetti M, Sabath B, Kapoor S, Serwint J. Ethnic differences in parental perceptions and management of childhood fever. Clin Pediatr 3(49):221-227, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Crocetti M, Sabath B, Cranmer L, Gubser S, Dooley D. Knowledge and management of fever among Latino parents. Clin Pediat 2(48):183-189, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Ravichandran V, Sabath BF, Jensen PN, Houff SA, Major EO. Interactions between c-Jun, nuclear factor 1, and JC virus promoter sequences: implications for viral tropism. J Virol 80(21):10506-13, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16928756.
- Ravichandran V, Sabath B, Jensen P, Houff S, Major E. Interactions between c-Jun, nuclear factor 1, and JC virus promoter sequences: implications for viral tropism. J Virol 21(80):10506-10513, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Sabath B, Major E. Traffic of JC virus from sites of initial infection to the brain; the path to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Infect Dis Suppl 2(186):S180-186, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
- Monaco MC, Sabath BF, Durham LC, Major EO. JC virus multiplication in human hematopoietic progenitor cells requires the NF-1 class D transcription factor. J Virol 75(20):9687-95, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11559801.
- Monaco M, Sabath B, Durham L, Major E. JC virus multiplication in human hematopoietic progenitor cells requires the NF-1 class D transcription factor. J. Virology 20(75):9687-9695, 2001. e-Pub 2001.
Review Articles
- Sabath, BF, Casal, RF. Airway stenting for central airway obstruction. Mediastinum 7, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Sabath BF, Casal RF. Airway stenting for central airway obstruction: a review. Mediastinum 7:18, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37261090.
- Sabath BF, Casal RF. Bronchoscopic ablation of peripheral lung tumors. J Thorac Dis 11(6):2628-2638, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31372299.
- Nasim F, Sabath BF, Eapen GA. Lung Cancer. Med Clin North Am 103(3):463-473, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30955514.
- Sabath BF, Ost DE. Update on airway stents. Curr Opin Pulm Med 24(4):343-349, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29538079.
- Sabath BF, Major EO. Traffic of JC virus from sites of initial infection to the brain: the path to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Infect Dis 186 Suppl 2:S180-6, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12424695.
Other Articles
- Mir M, Soto F, Gomez PAA, Arroyo RDR, Suresh A, Su A, Gan Q, Stewart J, Adachi R, Balachandran DD, Bashoura L, Casal RF, Dickey BF, Eapen GA, Evans SE, Grosu H, Jimenez CA, Lin J, Ost DE, Sabath BF, Shannon VR, Naing A, Gao J, Wu J, Suresh K, Faiz SA, Altan M, Sheshadri A Correction: Bronchoalveolar lavage cell percentages as diagnostic markers of immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis. Front Med (Lausanne) 12:1646108, 2025. PMID: 40641984.
Editorials
- Sabath BF, Casal RF. Preface to special series: management of airways and vascular invasion in the mediastinum. Mediastinum 7:31, 2023. PMID: 38090029.
- Sabath B, Colt H. Sending retirees to the frontlines?. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect:386-388, 2020.
Abstracts
- Goizueta A, Jacob S, Sabath B. Strongyloides infection detected by EBUS-TBNA, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Oudah M, Sabath B. Spontaneous resolution of Mycobacterium kansasii lung infection presenting as a spiculated lung mass, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
Book Chapters
- Sabath B, Lee B. Pulmonary and critical care. In: The Handbook of Medicine in Developing Countries. 4th. CMDA Press, 2014.
- Sabath B, Berger J, Major E. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. In: Clinical Neurovirology: Neurological Disease and Therapy. 1st. Marcel-Dekker Press, 2003.
Letters to the Editor
- Sarkiss M, Lin J, Sabath BF, Casal RF. Selecting the Optimal Strategy to Prevent Atelectasis During Bronchoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 31: 93-94, 2024.
- Lin J, Sabath BF, Sarkiss M, Jimenez CA, Casal RF. Lateral Decubitus Positioning for Mobile CT-guided Robotic Bronchoscopy: A Novel Technique to Prevent Atelectasis. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 29: 220-223, 2022.
- Sabath BF. Delayed massive hemoptysis after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. Endosc Ultrasound 9: 419-420, 2020.
- Sabath BF, Logan JW, Singh G. The Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone after Transthoracic Needle Biopsy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Am Thorac Soc 13: 1861-1862, 2016.
Patient Reviews
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