Howard I. Sherman

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Howard

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Sherman

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Colon cancer screening<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Colon cancer screening<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Howard I. Sherman, MD, is an attending physician and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Gastroenterology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on colon cancer screening.</p><p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine at Einstein in 1973, Dr. Sherman began his postdoctoral training at Emory University. There, he completed his medical internship in 1974, his internal medicine residency in 1976 and a digestive diseases fellowship in 1978.</p><p>Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Sherman&rsquo;s research is focused on colon cancer screening.</p><p>Dr. Sherman is board certified in Gastroenterology and is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease.</p>

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Jonathan M. Schwartz

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Jonathan

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Schwartz

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<p>Jonathan M. Schwartz is a board Certified Transplant Hepatologist. &nbsp;He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine. He was an Internal Medicine Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Fellow in Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology at the University of Washington in Seattle. &nbsp;He returned to New York in 2011 from Portland, Oregon where he served as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University.</p>
<p>Dr. &nbsp;Schwartz has an interest in treating patients with acute and chronic liver diseases including those patients with advanced liver diseases who require liver transplantation.</p>
<p>He has a special interest in the multidisciplinary care of patients with liver tumors.</p>

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<li>Estes JD, Stolpman D, Olyaei A, Ham JM, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Orloff SL.&nbsp; High Prevalence of Potentially Hepatotoxic Herbal Supplement Use in Fulminant Hepatic Failure Patients. Arch Surg. 2003;138(8):852-8.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Beymer C, Althaus SJ, Larson AM, Zaman A, Glickerman D, Kowdley KV.&nbsp; Cardiopulmonary Consequences of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts: Role of Increased Pulmonary Artery Pressure. J Clin Gastroenterol 2004;38(7):590-594.</li>
<li>Lim LL, Scarborough J, Thorne J, Graham E, Kempen J, Mackensen F, Nguyen Q D, Prabriputaloong T, Read R, Suhler EB, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, &nbsp;Smith JR. Uveitis in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009;147(2):332-338.</li>
<li>O&rsquo;Glasser AY, Scott DA, Corless CL, Zaman A, Sasaki A, Gopal DV, Rayhill SC, Orloff SL, Ham JM, Rabkin JM, Flora K, Davies CH, Broberg CS, and <strong>Schwartz JM.</strong>Hepatic and Cardiac Iron Overload Among Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease Referred for Liver Transplantation. Clinical Transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2010 Sep-Oct;24(5):643-51.</li>
<li>Kanwal F, Befeler A, Chari R, Marrero J, Kahn J, Afdhal N, Morgan T, Roberts L, Mohanty SR, <strong>Schwartz J</strong>, Van Thiel D, Hassanein TI, Li J, Zeringue A, DiBisceglie A. Rate of Potentially Curative Treatment in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.&nbsp; Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Aug;36(3):257-65.</li>
<li>Bichoupan K1,&nbsp;<strong>Schwartz JM,</strong>&nbsp;Martel-Laferriere V,&nbsp;Giannattasio ER,&nbsp;Marfo K,&nbsp;Odin JA,&nbsp;Liu LU,&nbsp;Schiano TD,&nbsp;Perumalswami P,&nbsp;Bansal M,&nbsp;Gaglio PJ,&nbsp;Kalia H,Dieterich DT,&nbsp;Branch AD,&nbsp;Reinus JF. Effect of Fibrosis on Adverse Events in Patients with Hepatitis C Treated with Telaprevir. Aliment Pharmacol Ther.&nbsp;2014;39(2):209-16.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz J</strong> and Carithers RL.&nbsp; Epidemiology and Etiologic Associations of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma.&nbsp; In Rose BD, editor. Up to date in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.&nbsp; Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM </strong>and Carithers RL, Jr.&nbsp; Clinical features, diagnosis, and screening for primary hepatocellular carcinoma.&nbsp; Up to date in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.&nbsp; Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li>Curley SA, Stewart KE, <strong>Schwartz JM</strong>, Carthers RL, Jr.&nbsp; Nonsurgical therapies for localized hepatocellular carcinoma.&nbsp; Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></li>
<li><strong>Schwartz JM</strong>.&nbsp; Approach to the patient with a focal liver lesion.&nbsp; Up to date Inc Gastroenterology and Hepatology.&nbsp; Up to date, Inc. Wellesley, MA, Updated 2014.</li>
<li>Hartwell L and <strong>Schwartz JM.&nbsp; </strong>AsymptomaticLiver Chemistry Abnormalities. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2009; 16 (11): 525-34.</li>
<li>Urquhart J<strong>, Schwartz, JM.</strong> Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in a Western Population with Hepatitis B. Current Hepatitis Reports, 2011.</li>
<li><strong>Schwartz, JM </strong>and Reinus JF.&nbsp; Prevalence and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease.&nbsp; Clinics in Liver Disease. 2012; 16 (4): 659-66.</li>
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Yolanda Rivas

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Yolanda

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Rivas

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Dr. Rivas graduated from the University of Carabobo School of Medicine in Valencia, Venezuela, where she also spent her internship. After serving as a surgery assistant at Guerra Mendez Medical Center in Valencia, Dr. Rivas completed her Pediatric Residency at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn and her Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship at Children?s Hospital at Montefiore. She directs the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Fellowship Program at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.

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James M. Pullman

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James

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Pullman

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Yoram A. Puius

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Yoram

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Puius

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<p>Dr. Yoram Puius completed MD and PhD degrees at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2001. His original research was in the structural biology of signal transduction proteins in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Almo. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital, he completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Columbia Presbyterian, followed by an additional year at Tufts Medical Center focusing on infections in transplant recipients.</p>
<p>Dr. Puius's first position was at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island in 2007. There he served as Medical Director of Infection Control and Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, while holding the rank of Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. In Rhode Island he further developed interest and expertise in tickborne diseases. In addition, he directed infectious diseases protocols and education for the sole Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in the state of Rhode Island.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Since joining Einstein-Montefiore in 2011, Dr. Puius has worked closely with transplant teams providing inpatient and outpatient consultations, working on protocols for various selection committees, and developing an online transplant infections curriculum. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2018.&nbsp; He has also served as Associate Program Director for the Fellowship in Infectious Diseases. He remains clinically active in the evaluation and treatment of tickborne diseases.</p>
<p>Dr. Puius is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society for Transplantation, the Transplantation Society, and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is on the editorial boards of <em>Clinical Transplantation</em> and <em>Transplant Infectious Diseases</em>, and a reviewer for several other journals.</p>
<p>He publishes and speaks regionally on infections in the immunocompromised host and Lyme disease.&nbsp; He also chairs the working group to maintain the online Transplant Infectious Diseases library for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) ID Community of Practice, at http://transplantid.net/.&nbsp; In addition, he initatied a working group for AST to create standardized patient materials for safe living after transplantation.&nbsp; In 2024 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation.</p>
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<p>- Infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of kidney, liver, heart, and stem cell transplants</p>
<p>- Infections in patients with hematological malignancies</p>
<p>- Infections in patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices</p>
<p>- Lyme disease</p>
<p>- Pre-travel counseling and vaccination for the immunocompromised patient</p>
<p>- Online educational resources in transplant infectious diseases</p>
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Treating infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of solid organ transplants, patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of cellular therapy.

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Infections in left ventricular assist device recipients, heart transplant recipients and kidney transplant recipients.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Levin, S., Mayer, D., <strong>Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Arora, S., and Gileles-Hillel A. (2024) Things We Do for No Reason&trade;: Routine respiratory pathogen panels for emergency department and hospitalized patients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em>J. Hosp. Med.</em> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13365"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13365</span></a></p&gt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Mullis, C.E., Heldman, M., Bahr, N.C., Minamoto, G.Y., <strong>Puius. Y.A.</strong>, and Malinis, M. (2024) Persistent fever after coronavirus disease 2019 in liver/kidney transplant recipient. <em>Transpl Infect Dis</em>. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.14271"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.14271</span></a></p&gt;
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Coe J., <strong>Puius, Y.</strong>, Jain, H., and Meyerowitz, E. (2024) Cervical lymphadenitis from <em>Mycobacterium avium</em> complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em>BMJ Case Reports</em>.</span> <strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">17</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(3):e256726. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256726"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-256726</span></a></p&gt;
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Arora, S. and <strong>Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2023) Comment on: Community-Acquired Pneumonia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em>N Engl J Med</em> <strong>389</strong>(17): 1633. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2310748"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2310748</span></a></p&gt;
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: .25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Tsai, H., Minamoto, G.Y., and <strong>Puius, Y.A</strong>. (2023) "Chapter 36. Infections in Heart Transplantation" In: Barac, Y.D., Silvestry, S.C., Goldstein, D., Daneshmand M.A. eds. Textbook of Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End-Stage Heart and Lung Disease. Wiley-Blackwell.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Gould, C.V., Free, R.J., Bhatnagar, J. et al. (2023) Transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus through blood transfusion and organ transplantation, United States, 2021 &ndash; Report of an Investigation. <em>Lancet Microbe</em>. <strong>4</strong>(9):e711-e721.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00170-2"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00170-2</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Azar, M.M., Tsai, H., Vergidis, P., Harris, C.E., Anjan, S., Barros,N., Belga, S., Chuang, S.T., Czeresnia, J.M., Goel, S., Ince, D., Luk, A., Majeed, A., Multani, A., Obedi, K.M., and Swaminathan, N. (2023) <em>transplantid.net</em>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>A Pilot Crowdsourced, Living, Online Library of Resources for the Teaching and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases. <em>Open Forum Inf Dis.</em></span> <strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">10</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(2):ofad081.</span> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad081"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad081</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Hemmige, V., Saeed, O., <strong>Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Azzi, Y., Colovai, A., Borgi, J., Goldstein, D.J., Rahmanian, M., Carlese, A., Jorde, U.P., and Patel, S. (2023)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>HIV D+/R+ heart/kidney transplantation: first case report. <em>J Heart Lung Transplant</em>.</span> <strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">42</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(3):406-408. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2022.11.004"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2022.11.004</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Maini, R., Saini, N., Bhavaan, K., Bharti, B., Walia, S., Kori N., Kataria S., Sharma P., Deswal V., Atluri, K., Mandke C, Chansoria M., Rawat, S.K., Bhat, R.S., Dravid, A., Barnawal, C., Sarkar N., Jariwala S., <strong>Puius, Y.A</strong>., Arora, S., Sethi, Y, for the MUNCO Registry. (2022) Clinico-epidemiologic characteristics of patients reported in the Mycotic infections in COVID-19 Registry. <em>Am J Trop Med Hygiene </em><strong>108</strong>(3):584-587<em>.</em> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0503"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0503</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Arora, S., Narayanan, S., Fazzari, M., Bhavana, K., Bhartendu, B., Walia, S., Kori N., Kataria S., Sharma P., Atluri, K., Mandke C, Gite, V., Redkar, N., Chansoria M., Rawat, S.K., Bhat, R.S., Dravid, A., Sethi, Y., Barnawal, C., Sarkar N.K., Jariwala S., Southern, W., <strong>Puius, Y.A.</strong>, MUNCO Registry (2022) Factors Associated with Mortality in Coronavirus-Associated Mucormycosis: Results from Mycotic Infections in COVID-19 (MUNCO) Online Registry. <em>J Clin Med</em>. <strong>11</strong>(23):7015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11237015"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11237015</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Castagna F., Xue X., Saeed O., et al. (2022) Hospital bed occupancy rate is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 inpatient mortality: a pandemic epicentre cohort study. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BMJ Open</em>. 12(2):e058171. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-05817"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-05817</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Thakkar, A., Cui, Z., Peeke, S.Z., et al. (2021) Patterns of leukocyte recovery predict infectious complications after CD19 CAR-T cell therapy in a real-world setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stem Cell Investig</em>. 8:18. </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8449156/"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC8449156/</span></a></…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Arora, S., Hemmige, V.S., Mandke, C., Chansoria, M., Rawat, S.K., Dravid, A., Sethi, Y., Medikeri, G., Jariwala, S.P., and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2021) Online registry of COVID-19&ndash;associated mucormycosis cases, India, 2021. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emerg Infect Dis</em>.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</strong>(11) </span><a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/11/21-1322_article"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/11/21-1322_article</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Bartash, R. M., and Zingman, B. S. (2021) Maintaining Mask Momentum in Transplant Recipients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transplant Infectious Disease</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">23</strong>(4): e13697. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13697"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13697</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Cervera Hernandez, M.E., Szymczak, W., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, and Shuter, J. (2021) Lung, Brain, and Spinal Cord Abscesses After a Near-Drowning Episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American J. Med.</em> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.04.039"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.04.039</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Parkar, F., Tlamsa, A.P., Nistico, J.A., Muggia, V.A., Minamoto, G.Y., Jorde, U.P., Goldstein, D.J., and Moadel, R. (2021) Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Affects Management of Infections of Left Ventricular Assist Devices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ASAIO Journal. </em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">67</strong>(7):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>746-751<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000001316"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000001316</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Muggia, V.A. and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(2020) <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nocardia ignorata</em> Infection in Heart Transplant Patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emerging Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">26</strong>(11):2788-2789. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202756"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202756</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Nori, P., Szymczak, W., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y</strong>., Sharma, A., Cowman, K., Gialanella, P., Fleischner, Z., Corpuz, M., Torres-Isasiga, J., Bartash, R., Felsen, U., Chen, V., and Guo, Y. (2020) Emerging Co-Pathogens: New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase producing <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enterobacterales</em> Infections in New York City COVID-19 Patients. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Int. J. Antimicrobial Agents</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">56</strong>(6):106179<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106179"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106179</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Peraza, J. and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2020) Cutaneous Fungal Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Current Fungal Infection Reports</em>.</span> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">14</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">:225&ndash;232 </span><a href="https://rdcu.be/b4HaA"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; background: white; mso-highlight: white;">https://rdcu.be/b4HaA</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Zheng, C., Quintero, O. Revere, E.K., Oey, M.B., Espinoza, F., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Ramirez-Baron, D., Salama, C.R., Hidalgo, L.F., Machado, F.S., Saeed, O., Shun, J., Patel, S.R., Coyle, C.M., and Tanowitz, H.B. (2020) Chagas Disease in the New York City Metropolitan Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Open Forum Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7</strong>(5):</span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">ofaa156. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa156"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa156</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> Aldrich, M., and Cope, J.R.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(2020) &ldquo;Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, &amp; Balamuthia in Transplant patients: An Emerging Threat.&rdquo; In: Morris, M., Kotton, C., Wolfe, C. (eds) Emerging Transplant Infections, pp. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>1451-1472 Springer, Cham, Switzerland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><a href="https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-030-01751-… style="font-size: 10.0pt; background: white; mso-highlight: white;">https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-030-01751-…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Quintero Cardona, O., Hemmige, V., and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(2020) Methenamine Hippurate May Have Particular Benefit in Preventing Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Diabetic Renal Transplant Recipients. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transplant Infectious Diseases,</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">22</strong>(2): e13247 </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13247"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13247</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Jorde, U.P., Shah, A.M., Sims, D.B., Madan, S., Siddiqi, N., Luke, A., Saeed, O., Patel, S.R., Murthy S., Shin, J., Oviedo, J., Watts, S., Jakobleff, W., Forest, S., Vukelic, S., Belov, D., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.</strong>, Minamoto, G., Muggia, V., Carlese, A., Leung, S., Rahmanian, M., Leff, J., Goldstein, D. (2019) Continuous-flow left ventricular device survival improves with multidisciplinary approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Annals of Thoracic Surgery</em>. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">108</strong>(2):508-516. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.063"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.063</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Patel S.R., Madan, S., Saeed, O., Sims D.B., Shin, J.J., Nucci, C., Borukhov, E., Goldstein, D.Y., Jakobleff, W., Forest, S., Vukelic, S., Murthy, S., Reinus, J., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y</strong>., Goldstein, D.J., Jorde, U.P. (2018)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Cardiac transplantation from non-viremic hepatitis C donors. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">J Heart Lung Transplant</em>. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">37</strong>(10): 1254-1260. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2018.06.012"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2018.06.012</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Mogoll&oacute;n, J.E., Szymczak, W.A., Levi, M.H., Patel, H., and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A</strong>. (2018) Case #17015: Renal recipient with two weeks of progressive shortness of breath, fatigue, and bilateral lower extremity swelling. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Partners Infectious Disease Images</em>, </span><a href="https://www.idimages.org/idreview/case/?CaseID=544"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://www.idimages.org/idreview/case/?CaseID=544</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Muggia, V.A., Minamoto, G.Y., Forest, S.J., Lerman, D.T., and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2018)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Chapter 3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections: A Practical Approach.&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Ventricular Assist Devices: Management, Outcomes and Complications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Ren&eacute; Murielle, ed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Nova Science Publishers., Inc., Happauge, NY. </span><a href="https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/978-1-53613-891-7… style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/978-1-53613-891-7…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Kutner, A., Aldrich, M. Patel, S. Kang, J. J., Amin, B. Mann, R., Ali I. M., Brasil Martines, R., Cope, J. R., De Boccardo, G. O., and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2018)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Acanthamoeba</em> Endophthalmitis During Treatment for Cutaneous Disease in a Renal Transplant Patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transplant Infectious Diseases</em>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">20</strong>(2):e12483 </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc6110267/"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc6110267/</span></a></p&gt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Levy, D.T., Guo, Y., Simkins, J., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Muggia, V.A., Goldstein, D.J., D'Alessandro, D.A., and Minamoto, G.Y. (2014) Left ventricular assist device exchange for persistent infection: a case series and review of the literature. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Transplant Infectious Diseases</span></em><span style="color: black;">, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">16</strong>(3): 453-460. </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.12207"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.12207</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-variant: small-caps;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">, Sonder, G. B., and Mileno, M. (2013)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Chapter 27:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The Immunocompromised Traveler&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>In:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Travel Medicine, 3^rd Edition, Jay Keystone, Ed., pp. 265-272.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Elsevier. </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781455710768000272"… style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781455710768000272<…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-variant: small-caps;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Irizarry-Acosta, M. and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong> (2010) Post-influenza pneumonia:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Everything old is new again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Medicine and Health in Rhode Island,</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">93</strong>: 204-211. </span><a href="http://www.rimed.org/medhealthri/2010-07/2010-07-204.pdf"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.rimed.org/medhealthri/2010-07/2010-07-204.pdf</span></a></p&…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Kalish, R.A. (2008) Lyme Arthritis:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, and Management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Infectious Disease Clinics of North America</em>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">22</strong>: 289-300. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.014"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.014</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">, Shah, D.P., Brust, D.G., Dove, L.M., and Lefkowitch, J.H.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(2008) Three Cases of Autoimmune Hepatitis in HIV Infected Patients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology</em>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">42</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>425-429. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mcg.0000225591.08825.3e"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mcg.0000225591.08825.3e</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Snydman, D.R. (2007) Prophylaxis and treatment of CMV disease in recipients of solid organ transplants:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Current approach and future challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">20</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>419-424. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0b013e32821f6026"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0b013e32821f6026</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Scully, B. (2007) Treatment of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Candida albicans</em> pericarditis in a heart transplant patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transplant Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>229-232. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00195.x"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00195.x</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Stievater, T.H., and Srikrishnan, T. (2006) Crystal structure, conformation, and absolute configuration of kanamycin A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carbohydrate Research</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">341</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>2871-2875. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2006.09.008"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2006.09.008</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Dewan, J.C., Feeling-Taylor, A., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Patskovska, L., Patskovsky, Y., Nagel, R.L., Almo, S.C., and Hirsch, R.E.</span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">(2002) Structure of mutant human carbonmonoxyhemoglobin C (&beta;E6K) at 2.0 &Aring; resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Acta Crystallographica</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">D58</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>2038-2042. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444902016426"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444902016426</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Sarmiento, M., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Vetter, S.W., Keng, Y.-F., Wu, L., Zhao, Y., Lawrence, D.S., Almo, S.C., and Zhang, Z.-Y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>(2000) Structural basis of plasticity in protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B substrate recognition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biochemistry</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">39</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>8171-8179. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi000319w"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi000319w</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Fedorov, E.V., Eichinger, L., Schleicher, M., and Almo, S.C. (2000) Mapping the functional surface of domain 2 in the gelsolin superfamily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biochemistry</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">39</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>5322-5331. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi992364d"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi992364d</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Zou, M., Ho, N.T., Ho, C., and Almo, S.C. (1998) Novel water-mediated hydrogen bonds as the structural basis for the low oxygen affinity of the blood substitute candidate rHb(&alpha;96Val</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Cardo; mso-fareast-font-family: Cardo; mso-bidi-font-family: Cardo;">&rarr;Trp). </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Biochemistry</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">37</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>9258-65. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9727287"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9727287</span></a></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Mahoney, N.M., and Almo, S.C. (1998) The modular structure of actin-regulatory proteins.<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Current Opinion in Cell Biology </em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>10:</strong> 23-34. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80083-5"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80083-5</span></a></p&gt;
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<p>Yoram A. Puius, MD, PhD, is an attending physician, Associate Professor, Medicine and Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic &amp; Vascular Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on treating infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of solid organ transplants, patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of cellular therapy.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in physics from Cornell University in 1992, Dr. Puius earned his Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry at Einstein in 1999, followed by his Doctor of Medicine in 2001. He moved to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell to complete his internal medicine residency in 2003 and an infectious diseases fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia in 2006. Following this, Dr. Puius completed an additional year focusing on infectious in the immunocompromised host at Tufts Medical Center in 2007.</p><p>Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Puius&rsquo;s research involves infections in left ventricular assist device recipients, heart transplant recipients and kidney transplant recipients. In addition, he is the architect of the online transplant infectious disease library, &ldquo;transplantid.net&rdquo; for the American Society of Transplantation. He is also involved in research on COVID-19-associated Mucormycosis. Dr. Puius&rsquo;s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters and review articles, and he has presented abstracts and poster presentations nationally. He has been a reviewer for a number of journals and is on the editorial boards of <em>Clinical Transplantation</em> and <em>Transplant Infectious Diseases</em>.</p><p>Dr. Puius is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society of Transplantation and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is also the Founding Chair of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Online Library Working Group for the American Society of Transplantation. In 2021, Dr. Puius was named Heart Failure &amp; Transplant Consultant of the Year at Montefiore. He has also been named in Castle Connolly&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top Doctors&rdquo; for multiple years.</p>

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<p>Garrison Pease, MD, is an attending surgical pathologist and Assistant Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on genitourinary and urologic pathology, with a focus on one-on-one teaching at the scope with residents and medical students. He is also focused on quality assurance and quality improvement with an emphasis on lab efficiency and patient-centered turn-around time.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in biology from Saint John's University (Collegeville, MN) in 2009, Dr. Pease earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota in 2013. He completed his anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of University of Chicago - NorthShore in 2017, where he was Chief Resident in his final two years. Following this, Dr. Pease completed a general surgical pathology fellowship at Washington University &ndash; St. Louis in 2018, followed by a genitourinary pathology fellowship at the University of Washington in 2019.</p><p>Dr. Pease&rsquo;s research is focused on genitourinary and urologic pathology and quality assurance and improvement. He has worked on the College of American Pathologists (CAP) self and peer-based laboratory inspections. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and shared through abstracts and poster presentations nationally and internationally.</p><p>Dr. Pease is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology and is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology and the College of American Pathologists. In 2021, Dr. Pease won the Department of Pathology Outstanding Teaching Award from Montefiore Einstein's Pathology Residency program.</p>

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