Sajid A Haque, M.D., D.ABSM
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate 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
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1997 | The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA, MD, Doctor of Medicine |
1993 | Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, BA, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
2001-2004 | Clinical Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX |
2000-2001 | Clinical Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX |
1997-2000 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
2009 | Sleep Medicine |
2007 | Critical Care Medicine |
Experience & Service
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2008
Instructor, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 2004 - 2007
Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Houston, TX, 2004 - Present
Physician Reviewer, Harvard School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2003 - 2004
Grader, OSCE Examinations, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 1997 - 2000
Student Assistant, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1996 - 1997
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1994 - 1995
Research Assistant, Department of Audiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1991 - 1991
Research Assistant, Department of Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1990 - 1992
Institutional Committee Activities
Co-Chair, Department of Critical Care Burnout Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Institutional Advanced Care Planning Subcommittee of the Operational Priority Care Planning Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Institutional End of Life Subcommittee of the Operational Priority Care Planning Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Institutional Medical Records Committee, 2018 - Present
Delegate Reviewer for the Division of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Clinical Research Committee, 2016 - Present
Member, Institutional Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Committee, 2015 - Present
Member, Institutional Medical Practice Committee, 2015 - Present
Interim Co-Chair, Quality and Safety Committee, 2012 - 2014
Subject Matter Expert, Structured Clinical Documentation, 2011 - Present
Member, Clinical Effectiveness and EBHC, 2010 - 2015
Faculty Liaison, Advanced Care Practitioners and Physician Assistants - Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 2009 - Present
Member, Structured Clinical Document Committee, 2008 - Present
Member, Quality and Safety Committee, 2008 - Present
Faculty Senator, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 2008 - Present
Honors & Awards
2011 | Alfred Soffer Research Award, The American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Foundation and the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee |
2007 | Case Presentation Award, American College of Chest Physicians |
2006 | Case Presentation Award, CHEST |
1996 | Outstanding Medical Student Award, Indian Medical Association of Greater Houston |
1994 | Outstanding Achievement Award, Islamic Medical Association of Greater Houston |
1991 | Clelland Scholarship for Archaeological Research, Rice University |
1989 | National Merit Scholar, Rice University |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Faiz SA, Jimenez CA, Fellman BM, Huk T, Jazbeh S, Haque SA, Morice RC, Grosu HB, Balachandran DD, Shannon VR, Eapen, GA, Bashoura L. Incidence of Bleeding Complications With Flexible Bronchoscopy in Cancer Patients With Thrombocytopenia. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 26(4):280-286, 2019. PMID: 30973520.
- Rathi NK, Haque SA, Morales F, Kaul B, Ramirez R, Ovu S, Feng L, Dong W, Price KJ, Ugarte S, Raimondi N, Quintero A, Cardenas YR, Nates JL. Variability in triage practices for critically ill cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial. J Crit Care 53:18-24, 2019. PMID: 31174172.
- Rathi NK, Haque SA, Nates R, Kosturakis A, Wang H, Dong W, Feng L, Erfe RJ, Guajardo C, Withers L, Finch C, Price KJ, Nates JL. Noninvasivepositive pressure ventilation vsinvasive mechanical ventilation as first-line therapy for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in cancer patients. J Crit Care 39:56-61. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28213266.
- Wallace SK, Rathi NK, Waller DK, Ensor JE, Haque SA, Price KJ, Piller LB, Tilley BC, Nates JL. Two Decades of ICU Utilization and Hospital Outcomes in a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Crit Care Med 44(5):926-33, 2016. PMID: 26765498.
- Namiranian K, Rathi NK, Banchs J, Price KJ, Nates JL, Haque SA. Does Thrombolysis Have a Place in the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism? A Case of Successful Thrombolysis During Pulmonary Embolism Induced Cardiopulmonary Arrest. Crit Care Med 44(5):e300-3, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26584192.
- Wallace SK, Waller DK, Tilley BC, Piller LB, Price KJ, Rathi N, Haque S, Nates JL. Place of death among hospitalized patients with cancer at the end of life. J Palliat Med 18(8):667-76, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25927588.
- Rathi NK, Tanner AR, Dinh A, Dong W, Feng L, Ensor J, Wallace SK, Haque SA, Rondon G, Price KJ, Popat U, Nates JL. Low-, medium- and high-dose steroids with or without aminocaproic acid in adult hematopoietic SCT patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Bone Marrow Transplant 50(3):420-6, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25531284.
- Lim W, Meade M, Lauzier F, Zarychanski R, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Dodek P, McIntyre L, Hall R, Heels-Ansdell D, Fowler R, Pai M, Guyatt G, Crowther MA, Warkentin TE, Devereaux PJ, Walter SD, Muscedere J, Herridge M, Turgeon AF, Geerts W, Finfer S, Jacka M, Berwanger O, Ostermann M, Qushmaq I, Friedrich JO, Cook DJ; PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial Investigators. Failure of Anticoagulant Thromboprophylaxis: Risk Factors in Medical-Surgical Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Med 43(2):401-10, 2015.
- Crowther M, Cook D, Guyatt G, Zytaruk N, McDonald E, Williamson D, Albert M, Dodek P, Finfer S, Vallance S, Heels-Ansdell D, McIntyre L, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Muscedere J, Jacka M, Lesur O, Kutsiogiannis J, Friedrich J, Klinger JR, Qushmaq I, Burry L, Khwaja K, Sheppard JA, Warkentin TE, PROTECT collaborators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial. J Crit Care 29(3):470.e7-15, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24726205.
- Williamson DR, Albert M, Heels-Ansdell D, Arnold DM, Lauzier F, Zarychanski R, Crowther M, Warkentin TE, Dodek P, Cade J, Lesur O, Lim W, Fowler R, Lamontagne F, Langevin S, Freitag A, Muscedere J, Friedrich JO, Geerts W, Burry L, Alhashemi J, Cook D, PROTECT collaborators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients receiving thromboprophylaxis: frequency, risk factors, and outcomes. Chest 144(4):1207-15, 2013. PMID: 23788287.
- Warkentin TE, Sheppard JA, Heels-Ansdell D, Marshall JC, McIntyre L, Rocha MG, Mehta S, Davies AR, Bersten AD, Crozier TM, Ernest D, Vlahakis NE, Hall RI, Wood GG, Poirier G, Crowther MA, Cook DJ, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in medical surgical critical illness. Chest 144(3):848-58, 2013. PMID: 23722881.
- Smith OM, McDonald E, Zytaruk N, Foster D, Matte A, Clarke F, Meade L, O'Callaghan N, Vallance S, Galt P, Rajbhandari D, Rocha M, Mehta S, Ferguson ND, Hall R, Fowler R, Burns K, Qushmaq I, Ostermann M, Heels-Ansdell D, Cook D, PROTECT Research Coordinators, PROTECT Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Rates and determinants of informed consent: a case study of an international thromboprophylaxis trial. J Crit Care 28(1):28-39, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23089679.
- Cook D, McDonald E, Smith O, Zytaruk N, Heels-Ansdell D, Watpool I, McArdle T, Matte A, Clarke F, Vallance S, Finfer S, Galt P, Crozier T, Fowler R, Arabi Y, Woolfe C, Orford N, Hall R, Adhikari NK, Ferland MC, Marshall J, Meade M, PROTECT Research Coordinators, PROTECT Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Co-enrollment of critically ill patients into multiple studies: patterns, predictors and consequences. Crit Care 17(1):R1, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23298553.
- PROTECT Investigators. Dalteparin versus Unfractionated Heparin in Critically Ill Patients. New England Journal of Medicine 364:1305-14, 2011.
- Haque AK, Gadre S, Taylor J, Haque SA, Freeman D, Duarte A. Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity: An Autopsy Study of 76 Obese Subjects. Arch Pathol Lab Med 132(9):1397-404, 2008. PMID: 18788850.
- Pereira KD, Rathi NK, Fatakia A, Haque SA, Castriotta RJ. Body position and obstructive sleep apnea in 8-12-month-old infants 72(6):897-900, 2008. PMID: 18423893.
- Rathi N, Weinstock E, Haque SA, Castriotta R, Pereira K.. Body Position and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Eight to Twelve Month Old Infants. SLEEP 30(A91), 2007.
- Haque SA, CouchB, Feng L, Rathi NK, Price K, Nates JL. Mechanical Thromboprophylaxis and Bruising in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- Haque SA, Dinh A, Feng L, Ovu S, Rathi NK, Owen M, Lange G, Price K, Nates JL. Thrombocytopenia Does Not Protect From Deep Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Cancer Patients:140(4) (Meeting Abstracts 878A).
- Nortje N., Jones-Bonofiglio K., Haque SA., Rathi N.. Operational framework for rural hospitals during a pandemic. International Journal of Healthcare Management.
Abstracts
- Cuenca, J, Christensen, E, Martin, P, Lasernae, A, Manjappachar, N, Rathi, N, Price, K, Nates, JL, Haque SA. One-Year Mortality of Oncologic Patients With Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock. Accepted to Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress, 2020.
- Cuenca, J, Christensen, E, Martin, P, Lasernae, A, Manjappachar, N, Rathi, N, Price, K, Nates, JL, Haque SA. Incidence of Hyperoxia and Associated Mortality in Critically Ill Cancer Patients With Septic Shock. Accepted to Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress, 2020.
- Haque SA, Joshi V, Erfe R, Price KJ, Nates JL, Rathi N. Assessment of End of Life Practices in a 53 Bed Oncologic Medical Intensive Care Unit. Supportive Care in Cancer 26(2):202, 2018.
- Rathi NK, Haque SA, Price KJ, Nates JL. Outcomes of Invasive versus Non-invasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients, 2017.
- Ovu S, Haque SA, Nates JL, Price KJ, Rathi NK. Guideline-based Triage Practices versus Actual Practice for Critically Ill Cancer Patients, 2017.
- Haque SA, Couch B, Feng L, Nates JL, Price K, Rathi NK. Mechanical Thromboprophylaxis and Bruising in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. Critical Care Medicine 44(12):44 (12). 378, 2016.
- Rathi N, Tanner AR, Dong Wenli, Yadav M, Feng L, Wallace S, Price K, Nates J, Haque SA. Aminocaproic Acid combined with high dose Methylprednisolone may not improve outcomes in critically ill cancer patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine Supplement 1 40(12), 2012.
- Anderegg B, Nusrat H, Feng L, Lange G, Warren ML, Geta S, Haque SA. Comparative Impact of Three Intravenous Insulin Infusion Titration Strategies on Glycemic Variability and Control in Critically Ill Oncology Patients. 41st Critical Care Congress 2012, 2012.
- Rathi N, Haque SA, Feng L, Price K, Nates JL. Variability of ICU Triage Practices in a Cancer Hospital. Supplement to Society of Critical Care Medicine 39(12), 2011.
- Rathi N, Dinh A, Haque SA, Feng L, Liu S, Dong W, Nates J, Price K, Popat U. Outcomes of High Dose Steroid Treatment with or without Aminocaproic Acid in Critically Ill Stem Cell Transplant Recipients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Blood, Journal of the American Society of Hematology 118:3058, 2011.
- Rathi NK, Dinh A, Feng L, Dong W, Liu S, Haque SA, Hovedn M, Price K, Nates JL. Aminocaproic Acid Does Not Reduce Mortailty in Cancer Patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. CHEST 140(4)(Meeting Abstracts 203A), 2011.
- Nates JL, Rathi NK, Haque SA, Gaeta S, Pravinkumar E, Botz G, Chen K, Crommett JW, Calabrese D, deVillalobos DH, Malik I, Price KJ. ICU Triage Improves Patient Flow and Resource Utilization. Chest, 2011.
- Nates JL, Rathi N, Haque SA, Gaeta S, Pravinkumar E, Botz G, Chen K, Crommett J, Calabrese D, Villalobos D, Malik I, Price K. ICU Triage Improves Patient Flow and Resources Utilization. Critical Care Medicine 140(4), 2011.
- Rathi N, Dinh A, Feng L, Dong W, Liu S, Haque SA, Hovden M, Price K, Nates JL. Aminocaproic Acid Does Not Reduce Mortality in Cancer Patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine (Supplement 1) 140(4), 2011.
- Nates J, Haque SA, Erfe R, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Mooring D, Zytaruk N, Cook D. Challenges in the randomization of cancer patients into the PROphylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial (PROTECT). Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2011.
- Haque SA, Dinh A, Rathi N, Feng L, Owen M, Lange G, Price K, Nates J. Thrombocytopenia Does Not Protect From Deep Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. CHEST, 2011.
- Farheen K, Aloudat S, Dean A, Haque SA. Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis, 2008.
- Rathi NK, Estrada-Y-Martin RM, Haque SA. Use of height index and upper airway exam score to clinically differentiate between normal children, children with obstructive sleep apnea, and children with primary snoring disorder. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 2007.
- Rathi N, Estrada-y-Martin RM, Haque SA. Use of the Neck to Height Index and Upper Airway Exam Score to Clinically Differentiate Between Normal Children, Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Children with Primary Snoring Disorder. Am J Resp Crit Care Med A:39, 2007.
- Rathi N, Parsley E, Haque SA, McKelvy B, Castriotta R. Cyclophosphamide Induced Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis. CHEST 132(4):722, 2007.
- Rathi N, Haque SA, Adachi R. Human Herpesvirus-8 Negative Primary Effusion Lymphoma in a HIV-Negative Man with Prostate Cancer. CHEST 132(4):704a-705a, 2007.
- Rathi N, Lodato R, Haque SA, Zander D.. CHEST. A 74 Year-old Man with New Onset of Dyspnea and Wheezing 130(340S-a), 2006.
- Rathi N, Haque, SA. Clinically Differentiating Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Primary Snoring Disorder in Children. CHEST 130(157S-B), 2006.
- Alinsonorin CY, Jimenez CA, Ersoy YM, Haque SA, Keus L and. Indwelling Pleural Catheters for Management of Recurrent. The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2003.
- Ersoy YM , Alinsonorin C, Haque SA, Jimenez CA , Keus L and Morice RC. A Lower Safe Value of Exercise Oxygen Consumption (VO2 peak), 2003.
- Haque SA, Ersoy YM , Alinsonorin C , Keus L ,.Jimenez CA and. Safety of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Patients with Severe. The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2003.
Book Chapters
- Haque SA, Rathi N. Catheter Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Cancer Patient. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
- Haque SA, Rathi N. Catheter-Related Deep Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Cancer Patients. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
- Haque SA, Haque A. Hantavirus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A. Varicella-Zoster Virus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A. Measles Virus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A. Respiratory Syncytial Virus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA and Haque A. Adenovirus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A. Influenza and Parainfluenza Virus Pneumonia. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 440-446, 2005.
- Haque SA and Haque A. Atypical Mycobacteria. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 487-490, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A, and Ostrowski M. Tuberculosis. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 487-490, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A, and Ostrowski M. Herpes Simplex Virus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 437-439, 2005.
- Haque SA, Haque A, and Ostrowski M. Cytomegalovirus. In: Color Atlas and Text of Pulmonary Pathology. 1st: Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 437-439, 2005.