M. Rizwan Sohail, M.D., FIDSA

Professor

(713) 798-2900

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Email

msohail@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Medical Director - Faculty Group Practice: Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Chief - Adult Medical Specialties: Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Chief - Adult Infectious Diseases: Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Addresses

7200 Cambridge St. (Clinic): 8th Floor, Suite 8B
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2900
msohail@bcm.edu

Education

MD from Tha Aga Khan University: Karachi, Pakistan

Fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: Rochester, MN

Residency at University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago, IL

Certifications

Diplomate: American Board of Internal Medicine

Diplomate: American Board of Infectious Diseases

Professional Interests

Cardiovascular Infections
Molecular Diagnostics in Infectious Diseases
Travel and Tropical Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Sohail is a Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He graduated from The Aga Khan University in Pakistan and then pursued Internal Medicine residency at University of Illinois at Chicago-Michael Reese Medical Center, followed by Infectious Diseases fellowship at Mayo Clinic. His research interest is in cardiovascular infections, including cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections, infective endocarditis, ventricular assist device infections, and vascular graft infections. He has published over 200 original peer-reviewed articles in major medical journals. These papers address important clinical questions related to the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, complications, outcomes and cost associated with cardiovascular infections. In addition, he has authored 29 book chapters on endocarditis and device infections.

Being an expert in the field of cardiovascular infections, Dr Sohail has been an invited speaker at the meetings of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Heart Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and the European Society of Cardiology, among others. In addition, he is a Visiting Professor at The Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan.

He is currently a member of the Council of Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, and Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young for the American Heart Association.

Websites

Research Gate - Publications List

Selected Publications

Abu Saleh O, Fida M, Asbury K, Narichania A, Sotello D, Bosch W, Vikram HR, Palraj R, Lahr B, Baddour LM, Sohail MR.. " Prospective Validation of PREDICT and its Impact on the Transesophageal Echocardiography Use in Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia " Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun ;
Pubmed PMID: 32569366.
Baddour LM, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Havers-Borgersen E, Krahn AD, Chu VH, Radke CS, Avari-Silva J, El-Chami MF, Miro JM, DeSimone DC;. " Update on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: Endorsed by the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases " Circulation. 2024 Jan ;
Pubmed PMID: 38047353.
Daher M, Iordanov R, Al Mohajer M, Sohail MR, Staggers KA, Hamdi AM.. " Clinical utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in fever of undetermined origin " Ther Adv Infect Dis. 2024 Apr ;
Pubmed PMID: 38645300.
Lakkireddy DR, Segar DS, Sood A, Wu M, Rao A, Sohail MR, Pokorney SD, Blomström-Lundqvist C, Piccini JP, Granger CB.. " Early Lead Extraction for Infected Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Review Topic of the Week " J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Apr ;
Pubmed PMID: 36990548.
Love CJ, Hanna I, Thomas G, Greenspon AJ, Christie M, Goodman J, Christopherson M, Balaji V, Skulsky S, Sanders M, Bauer C, Schindeldecker W, Kirchhof N, Sohail MR.. " Preclinical evaluation of a third-generation absorbable antibacterial envelope. " Heart Rhythm. 2023 May ;
Pubmed PMID: 36693614.
Sohail MR, Corey GR, Wilkoff BL, Poole JE, Mittal S, Kennergren C, Greenspon AJ, Cheng A, Lande JD, Lexcen DR, Tarakji KG.. " Clinical Presentation, Timing, and Microbiology of CIED Infections: An Analysis of the WRAP-IT Trial " JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jan ;
Pubmed PMID: 33478712.
Esquer Garrigos Z, Jandhyala D, Vijayvargiya P, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, O'Horo JC, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR.. " Management of Bloodstream Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: To Suppress, or Not to Suppress? " Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov ;
Pubmed PMID: 33447628.
Khalil S, Paras ML, Eichenberger E, Sohail MR.. " The Next Step: Role of Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing for Microbial Detection in Culture-negative Cardiovascular infections " Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul ;
Pubmed PMID: 40614175.

Memberships

American Heart Association

Infectious Diseases Society of America

American Society of Transplantation

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association

Funding

Development of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography for Managing S. aureus Bacteremia: American Heart Association