Waqas Aslam, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Pulmonology - Fresno

Waqas Aslam, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF
Associate Chief of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System

Dr. Aslam completed his undergraduate medical education at Rawalpindi Medical College in Pakistan. He attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, for his internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine. Upon completing his residency, he joined Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Texas A&M Health Science Center in Temple, Texas, as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. He then completed a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Texas A&M Health Science Center. He furthered his training by completing additional fellowship training in interventional pulmonology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is ABIM board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine.

When Dr. Aslam is not conducting research, teaching residents, or caring for patients, he enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with family and friends. He is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi.

Publications: 

Fournier Gangrene due to Sodium-Glucose Transport Protein-2 Inhibitor Use.

American journal of therapeutics

Croft BJ, Ali N, Aslam W

Dasatinib-Associated Spontaneous Gluteal Hematoma and Hemorrhagic Shock.

American journal of therapeutics

Park D, Flores CL, Firdaus M, Aslam W

Severe tracheobronchial amyloidosis.

The American journal of the medical sciences

Aslam W, Najafi AG, Lamb CR

Impact of Inappropriate Antibiotic Therapy in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Bacteremia.

American journal of therapeutics

Aslam W, Mathew NE, Shaver C, Brito V, Jones S, Arroliga AC, Ghamande S

Organizing Pneumonia Due to Nivolumab.

American journal of therapeutics

Aslam W, Acash G, Shadchehr S, Lamb CR

Nanostructured NiMoS₂/Carbon Catalysts for Syngas Conversion to Higher Alcohols.

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Aslam W, Ma Q, Tang F, Chen J, Beltramini J, Rudolph V, Wang G, Konarova M

Conversion of agricultural waste into stable biocrude using spinel oxide catalysts.

Journal of hazardous materials

Atanda L, Fraga GLL, Ahmed MHM, Alothman ZA, Na J, Batalha N, Aslam W, Konarova M

Acute fibrinous organising pneumonia presenting as a cavitary lung lesion and treatment response to azithromycin.

BMJ case reports

Aslam W, Perez-Guerra F, Jebakumar D, Culver DA, Ghamande S

Case of impressive megaesophagus in medical intensive care unit.

BMJ case reports

Aslam W, Velazco JF, Ghamande S