Lara Bashoura, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Director, Quality Improvement Program, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Associate Clinical Medical Director, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Clinical Medical Director, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Co-Chair, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1997 | University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, Amman, JOR, MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Diploma |
Postgraduate Training
| 2018-2019 | Executive Leadership, Academic Medical Department Leadership Certificate, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2015-2016 | Executive Leadership, Faculty Leadership Academy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2007-2007 | Executive Leadership, Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Educational Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2004-2004 | Clinical Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 2001-2004 | Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 1998-2001 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA |
Board Certifications
| 2014 | American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2009 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine - Sleep Medicine |
| 2005 | Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine |
| 2004 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine - Critical Care |
| 2003 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease |
| 2001 | Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2007
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Clinical Medical Director, Cardiopulmonary Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2020
Associate Clinical Medical Director, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2017
Committee Vice Chair, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Quality Improvement Assessment Board, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2013
Medical Director, Department of Cardiopulmonary Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2014
Associate Clinical Medical Director, Department of Cardiopulmonary Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2011
Associate Director, Department of Sleep Laboratory, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member, Clinical Enterprise Operations Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Member, Finance Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, Medical Practice Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - 2019
Director, Quality Improvement Program, 2016 - Present
Chair, Quality Improvement Assessment Board, 2016 - Present
Co-Chair, Medical Practice Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016
Vice Chair, Medical Practice Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2014 - 2015
Member, DoIM Quality & Safety Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2007 - Present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Balachandran DB, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Manzullo E. Cancer-related fatigue presenting with excessive daytime sleepiness. Sage Open Medical Case Reports, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Sudhakaran S, Bashoura L, Stewart J, Balachandran DD, Faiz SA. Pulmonary Cryptococcus Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28892401.
- Faiz SA, Pathania P, Song J, Li L, Balachandran DD, Ost DE, Morice RC, Shannon VR, Bashoura L, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. Indwelling Pleural Catheters for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: A 14-Year, Single-Center Experience. Ann Am Thorac Soc 14(6):976-985, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28326798.
- Faiz SA, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel B, Bashoura L, Popat U. Resolution of Myelofibrosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pulm Circ 6(4):611-613(4):611-613, 2016. PMID: 28090305.
- Faiz SA, Balachandran DD, Bashoura L, Shannon VR. Pulmonary Radiation Recall Induced by Gemcitabine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 194(7):909-910, 2016. PMID: 27420135.
- Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Kodali L, Hessel AC, Evans SE, Balachandran DD. Sleep-disordered breathing as a delayed complication of iatrogenic vocal cord trauma. Sleep Med 22:1-3, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27544828.
- Balachandran DD, Faiz SA, Hernandez M, Kowalski AM, Bashoura L, Goravanchi F, Cherian SV, Rebello E, Kee SS, French KE. Length of Stay in Ambulatory Surgical Oncology Patients at High Risk for Sleep Apnea as Predicted by STOP-BANG Questionnaire. Anesthesiol Res Pract 2016:9425936, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27610133.
- Morgan CK, Bashoura L, Balachandran D, Faiz SA. Spontaneous Hemothorax. Ann Am Thorac Soc 12(10):1578 - 1582, 2015. PMID: 26448354.
- Grosu HB, Morice RC, Sarkiss M, Bashoura L, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Faiz S, Lazarus DR, Casal RF, Ost DE. Safety of Flexible Bronchoscopy, Rigid Bronchoscopy, and Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Malignant Space-Occupying Brain Lesions. Chest 147(6):1621-8, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25393333.
- Grosu HB, Bashoura L, Ost D, Ordonez NG, Faiz SA. Critical Airway Obstruction due to Pseudomembranous Aspergillus tracheitis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 190(11):e65-6, 2014. PMID: 25436790.
- Faiz SA, Balachandran D, Hessel AC, Lei X, Beadle BM, William WN, Bashoura L. Sleep Related Breathing Disorders in Patients with Tumors in the Head and Neck Region. Oncologist 19(19):1-7, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25273079.
- Massarelli E, Onn A, Marom EM, Alden CM, Liu DD, Tran HT, Mino B, Wistuba II, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Jack Lee J, Hong WK, Herbst RS, Jimenez CA. Vandetanib and Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Recurrent Malignant Pleural Effusion. Clin Lung Cancer 15(5):379-86, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24913066.
- Faiz SA, Ordonez NG, Morice RC, Bashoura L, Jimenez CA. Bronchial chloroma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 190(2):e5-6, 2014. PMID: 25025362.
- Ost DE, Jimenez CA, Lei X, Cantor SB, Grosu HB, Lazarus DR, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Shannon VR, Balachandran D, Noor L, Hashmi YB, Casal RF, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Quality-adjusted Survival Following Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions with Indwelling Pleural Catheters. Chest 145(6):1347-56, 2014. PMID: 24480929.
- Balachandran D, Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Manzullo E. Cancer-Related Fatigue and Sleep Disorders. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Faiz SA, Bashoura L, Lei X, Sampat KR, Brown TC, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Ferrajoli A, Jimenez CA. Pleural Effusions in Patients with Acute Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma 54(2):329-35, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22812422.
- Casal RF, Bashoura L, Ost D, Chiu HT, Faiz SA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Eapen GA. Detecting Medical Device Complications: Lessons From an Indwelling Pleural Catheter Clinic. Am J Med Qual 30(12):69-75, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22763365.
- Almeida FA, Bruno DS, Faiz S, Hinrichs B, Eapen GA, Bashoura L. Hemothorax Treated With Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheter. Are All Hemothoraces the Same?. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 18(3):264-4, 2011. PMID: 23208571.
- Alousi A, Ghosh S, Rice D, Moran C, Manning JT, Iliescu C, Hymes S, Kim S, Bashoura L, Kornblau S, Dickey BF. Pleuropericarditis, obliterative bronchiolitis and lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. BMJ Case Rep 2011, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22707568.
- Bashoura L, Gupta S, Jain A, Couriel DR, Komanduri KV, Eapen GA, Safdar A, Broglio KR, Adachi R, Dickey BF. Inhaled corticosteroids stabilize constrictive bronchiolitis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 41(1):63-67, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17934530.
- Gupta S, Jain A, Warneke CL, Gupta A, Shannon VR, Morice RC, Onn A, Jimenez CA, Bashoura L, Giralt SA, Dickey BF, Eapen GA. Outcome of alveolar hemorrhage in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 40(1):71-78, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17483846.
- Lee SH, Kiss A, Xu J, Qian Y, Bashoura L, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Airway glycoprotein secretion parallels production and predicts airway obstruction in pulmonary allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 113(1):72-8, 2004. PMID: 14713910.
Invited Articles
- Bashoura L, Hanania N. Confronting the challenges of asthma in the elderly patient. J Resp Dis 25:310-316, 2004.
- Ross R, Bashoura L. Optimizing spirometry practices. Advance Managers Resp Care 11:57-58, 2002.
Abstracts
- Keus L, Bashoura L, Morice R, David B, Kellner C, Lei X, Faiz S. Pulmonary Function Testing in Patients with Tracheostomies. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2012.
- M. Warner, L. Bashoura, G. Eapen, C. Jimenez, R. Morice, S. Faiz. Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Pleural Effusions in Patients with Multiple Myeloma. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011.
- S. Faiz, D. Balachandran, B. Aaron-Remmert, V. Murphy, N. Pachecho, S. Mahoney, L. Keus, P. Patel, L. Bashoura. Sleep Disorders in Prostate Cancer. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011.
- P. Patel, L. Bashoura, G. Eapen, A. Shah, V. Shannon, R. Morice, S. Faiz. The Clinical Utility of Trasnbronchial Lung Biopsies in Cancer Patients. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011.
- 27. A. Shah, L. Bashoura, A. Vaid, P. Patel, C. Jimenez, R. Morice, G. Eapen, S. Faiz. Tunneled Indwelling Pleural catheters in Hematologic Malignancies. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011.
- M Warner, S A Faiz, K Koenig, L Middleton, P Y Kim, E N Mouhayar, B Patel, L Bashoura. Orthodeoxia Confounding a Diagnosis of Acute, Severe Pulmonary Hypertension with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Oral presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2011.
- Bashoura L, Balachandran D, Aaron-Remmert BK. Faiz SA. Sleep Disorders in Patients with Breast Cancer Based on Polysomnographic Data. Poster Presentation, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2009.
- Balachandran D, Bashoura L, Faiz S, Aaron-Remmert B, Kallen M, Valdres R, Lam T, Escalante C, Manzullo E. Sleep disorders in patients with cancer-related fatigue. Oral presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2009.
- Faiz S, Balachandran D, Aaron-Remmert B, Bashoura L. Significant sleep disordered breathing in patients with head and neck cancers and radiation. Oral presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2009.
- Balachandran D, Bashoura L, Gantella S, Aaron-Remmert B, Thompson N, Bekele N, Faiz S, Hirshkowitz M, Perrier N. Effects of parathyroidectomy on sleep. Poster Presentation, Sleep, 2008.
- R Majid, L Bashoura. Unsuspecting primary endobronchial rhizopus infection. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2007.
- Gupta S, Bashoura L, Jain A, Eapen G, Adachi R, Dickey B.. Constrictive bronchiolitis: roles of viral and allergic inflammation. Poster Presentation, American Thoracic Society, 2006.
- Rohatgi N, Baser S, Jimenez C, Balachandran D, Bashoura L, Adachi R, Onn A.. Sarcoidosis in a cancer center. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2006.
- Baser S, Onn A, Eapen G, Jimenez C, Shannon V, Bashoura L, Rohatgi N, Morice R, Duvic M.. Pulmonary manifestations in patients with mycosis fungoides. Poster presentation, American College of Chest Physicians, 2006.
- Bashoura L, Bielefeldt K.. Treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with thalidomide in a patient with crohn's disease. Poster presentation, American College of Physician, 2000.
Book Chapters
- Kaplan R; Stover D; Dickey BF; Bashoura L; Wischer E. Noninfectious Complications That Mimic Infection. In: Principles of Management of Infections in Cancer Patients, 2011.
- Shannon VR, Eapen GA, Jimemz CA, Morice RC, Travis EL, Bashoura L, Safadr A, Adachi R, Pravinkumar SE, Dickey BF. Respiratory Complications. In: Cancer Medicine Edition 8. BC Decker, 2009.
- Shannon VR, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Travis EL, Bashoura L, Safdar A, Adachi R, Pravinkumar SE, Dickey BF. Respiratory Complications. In: Cancer Medicine Edition 7. BC Decker, 2050-2173, 2006.
Letters to the Editor
- Grosu HB, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Ost D, Bashoura L, Faiz S, Jimenez CA. Complications of removal of indwelling pleural catheters. Chest 142: 1071; author reply 1071-2, 2012.