Researchers in NYU Langone’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine perform lung transplant research, under the guidance of Luis F. Angel, MD, principal investigator.

Dr. Angel has a long-standing interest in clinical and translational studies of lung transplant and related issues. He currently focuses on organ donation, the development of a personalized medicine approach to the prediction of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, the role and use of vena cava filters in the prevention of pulmonary embolism, and remote monitoring and telemedicine follow-up of lung transplant recipients.

Recent Publications

Wadowski B, Chang SH, Carillo J, Angel L, Kon ZN. Assessing donor organ quality according to recipient characteristics in lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35461708. DOI.

Angel L, Rafeq S. The authors reply. Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):e321-e322. PubMed PMID: 35191878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8855772. DOI.

Sulaiman I, Chung M, Angel L, Tsay JJ, Wu BG, Yeung ST, Krolikowski K, Li Y, Duerr R, Schluger R, Thannickal SA, Koide A, Rafeq S, Barnett C, Postelnicu R, Wang C, Banakis S, Pérez-Pérez L, Shen G, Jour G, Meyn P, Carpenito J, Liu X, Ji K, Collazo D, Labarbiera A, Amoroso N, Brosnahan S, Mukherjee V, Kaufman D, Bakker J, Lubinsky A, Pradhan D, Sterman DH, Weiden M, Heguy A, Evans L, Uyeki TM, Clemente JC, de Wit E, Schmidt AM, Shopsin B, Desvignes L, Wang C, Li H, Zhang B, Forst CV, Koide S, Stapleford KA, Khanna KM, Ghedin E, Segal LN. Microbial signatures in the lower airways of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients associated with poor clinical outcome. Nat Microbiol. 2021 Oct;6(10):1245-1258. Epub 2021 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 34465900; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8484067. DOI.

Soni NJ, Winsett RE, Velez MI, Singhal P, Proud KC, Abedi A, Restrepo MI, Angel LF. Pleural Ultrasound for Detection of Postbronchoscopy Pneumothorax in Lung Transplant Recipients. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2021 Oct 1;28(4):307-309. PubMed PMID: 34374670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8460076. DOI.

Lamb CR, Desai NR, Angel L, Chaddha U, Sachdeva A, Sethi S, Bencheqroun H, Mehta H, Akulian J, Argento AC, Diaz-Mendoza J, Musani A, Murgu S. Use of Tracheostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: American College of Chest Physicians/American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology/Association of Interventional Pulmonology Program Directors Expert Panel Report. Chest. 2020 Oct;158(4):1499-1514. Epub 2020 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 32512006; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7274948. DOI.

Kotloff RM, Blosser S, Fulda GJ, Malinoski D, Ahya VN, Angel L, Byrnes MC, DeVita MA, Grissom TE, Halpern SD, Nakagawa TA, Stock PG, Sudan DL, Wood KE, Anillo SJ, Bleck TP, Eidbo EE, Fowler RA, Glazier AK, Gries C, Hasz R, Herr D, Khan A, Landsberg D, Lebovitz DJ, Levine DJ, Mathur M, Naik P, Niemann CU, Nunley DR, O’Connor KJ, Pelletier SJ, Rahman O, Ranjan D, Salim A, Sawyer RG, Shafer T, Sonneti D, Spiro P, Valapour M, Vikraman-Sushama D, Whelan TP. Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU: Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Consensus Statement. Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;43(6):1291-325. PubMed PMID: 25978154. DOI.