
Bruce Fernando Sabath, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Woodlands, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2007 | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, MD, Medical Degree |
2000 | Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, BS, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
2017-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Interventional Pulmonology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2011-2014 | Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC |
2007-2010 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
2007-2010 | Clinical Residency, The John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
Board Certifications
2020 | BLS and ACLS AHA |
2018 | Interventional Pulmonary |
2015 | Critical Care Medicine |
2013 | Pulmonary Disease |
2010 | Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Faculty, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2010 - 2011
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 2019 - 2019
Institutional Committee Activities
Pulmonary Process Owner, Maryland Hospital Acquired Condition Taskforce, 2014 - 2017
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Sabath B.. Pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma. EC Pulm Resp Med 8.2:195-196, 2019.
- Nasim F, Sabath B, Eapen G. Lung Cancer. Med Clin North Am 3(103):463-473, 2019.
- Sabath B, Ombada M.. Coinfection of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia in an AIDS Patient. EC Pulm Resp Med 8.7, 2019.
- Sabath B, Ost D. Update in airway stents. Curr Opin Pulm Med 4(24):343-349, 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.
- 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.
- Sabath B. Non-Small cell lung cancer: a primer for the general clinician. EC Pulm Resp Med 7(11):794-802, 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.
- 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.
- Sabath B, Hakim R, Yung R.. An 87-year old woman with pleural effusion and tortuous aorta. CHEST 2(151):e21-e24, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Oudah M, Sabath B. Spontaneous resolution of Mycobacterium Kansasii lung infection. Manuscript in preparation.
- Azhar M, Upreti S, Sabath B. Cerebral air embolism after endoscopic variceal banding. Endoscopic Ultrasound.
- Sabath B. Delayed massive hemoptysis for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. Endoscopic Ultrasound.
- Sabath B, Casal R. Bronchoscopic ablation of peripheral lung tumors. J Thorac Dis (6)(11):2628-2638.
- Kut C, Sabath B. A 55-year-old man with cough and hematochezia. CHEST.
- Sabath B, Khan S. A colorful approach to paracentesis. CHEST.
- Oudah, M, Sandhu H, Sissoho F, Sabath B. Cast of the left bronchial tree. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 9((4)):365-366.
Book Chapters
- Sabath B, Lee B. Pulmonary and critical care. In: The Handbook of Medicine in Developing Countries: Bristol, TN, 2014.
- Berger J, Major E, Sabath B. JC Virus. In: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Clinical Neurovirology Neurological Disease and Therapy: New York, NY, 2003.