Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director, Respiratory Care

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Centers for Disease Control

Atlanta, GA

Epidemic Intelligence Service

Residency at Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

Certifications

Pulmonary Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Baylor College of Medicine Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence in Education Award

Baylor College of Medicine Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program Outstanding Faculty Award

Baylor College of Medicine Star Award for Excellence in Patient Care

Professional Interests

• Principal Investigator, BSLMC: Clinical Trial Evaluating T Regulator Cell Therapy for Severe COVID-19 Respiratory Failure
• Principal Investigator, BSLMC: SCCM-Mayo Discovery VIRUS COVID-19 Registry
• Principal Investigator, BSLMC: Randomized Clinical Trial: Intellivent-ASV
• Course Director, BCM Advances in Critical Care Symposium

Selected Publications

• Predictors of failure of high flow nasal cannula failure in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19. Respir Med. 2021 May 20; 185:106474. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 34044293.
• Reduction of in-hospital cardiac arrest with sequential deployment of rapid response team and medical emergency team to the emergency department and acute care wards. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0241816. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 33259488.
• Helmet CPAP revisited in COVID-19 pneumonia: A case series. Can J Respir Ther. 2020; 56:32-34. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 32844113.
• High-flow Nasal Cannula Oxygenation Revisited in COVID-19. Card Fail Rev. 2020 Mar; 6:e08. " ;
  Pubmed PMID: 32377387.
• The Practice and Principles of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Optimal Management of Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Nova Science Publishers, 2021.. " ;
• Howard CM et al.. " Implementation of automated early warning decision support to detect acute decompensation in the emergency department improves hospital mortality. " BMJ Open Quality. 2022 ; 11

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Memberships

American College of Chest Physicians

American Thoracic Society

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Funding

Healthcare Innovations Seed Grant

Baylor College of Medicine

Precision Medicine Grant

Baylor College of Medicine