Eyad Almasri, MD

Clinical Professor
Pulmonology
+1 559 499-6500

Eyad Almasri, M.D.
Clinical Professor, UCSF

Eyad Almasri, M.D., specializes in pulmonary disease. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Almasri completed a fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an additional fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Western Pennsylvania Hospital.

Dr. Almasri is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American Medical Association.

He enjoys camping, swimming and traveling with his family.

Publications: 

Impact of baseline SARS-CoV-2 load in plasma and upper airways on the incidence of acute extrapulmonary complications of COVID-19: a multicentric, prospective, cohort study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Jensen TO, Harper K, Gupta S, Liu ST, Dharan NJ, Baker JV, Pett SL, Shaw-Saliba K, Esmail A, Ho MQ, Almasri E, Dewar RL, Lundgren J, Vock DM

Overview of the Current Challenges in Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.

Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)

Fayed MA, Evans TM, Almasri E, Bilello KL, Libke R, Peterson MW

Stress cardiomyopathy as a cardiovascular manifestation of COVID-19.

Global cardiology science & practice

Abdullah KM, Bakir M, Greenberg D, Almasri E

Intravenous aviptadil and remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19-associated hypoxaemic respiratory failure in the USA (TESICO): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine

Brown SM, Barkauskas CE, Grund B, Sharma S, Phillips AN, Leither L, Peltan ID, Lanspa M, Gilstrap DL, Mourad A, Lane K, Beitler JR, Serra AL, Garcia I, Almasri E, Fayed M, Hubel K, Harris ES, Middleton EA, Barrios MAG, Mathews KS, Goel NN, Acquah S, Mosier J, Hypes C, Salvagio Campbell E, Khan A, Hough CL, Wilson JG, Levitt JE, Duggal A, Dugar S, Goodwin AJ, Terry C, Chen P, Torbati S, Iyer N, Sandkovsky US, Johnson NJ, Robinson BRH, Matthay MA, Aggarwal NR, Douglas IS, Casey JD, Hache-Marliere M, Georges Youssef J, Nkemdirim W, Leshnower B, Awan O, Pannu S, O'Mahony DS, Manian P, Awori Hayanga JW, Wortmann GW, Tomazini BM, Miller RF, Jensen JU, Murray DD, Bickell NA, Zatakia J, Burris S, Higgs ES, Natarajan V, Dewar RL, Schechner A, Kang N, Arenas-Pinto A, Hudson F, Ginde AA, Self WH, Rogers AJ, Oldmixon CF, Morin H, Sanchez A, Weintrob AC, Cavalcanti AB, Davis-Karim A, Engen N, Denning E, Taylor Thompson B, Gelijns AC, Kan V, Davey VJ, Lundgren JD, Babiker AG, Neaton JD, Lane HC, ACTIV-3b/Therapeutics for Severely Ill Inpatients with COVID-19 (TESICO) Study Group

Laboratory performance of genome-wide cfDNA for copy number variants as compared to prenatal microarray.

Molecular cytogenetics

Soster E, Tynan J, Gibbons C, Meschino W, Wardrop J, Almasri E, Schwartz S, McLennan G

Positive cfDNA screening results for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome-Clinical and laboratory considerations.

Frontiers in genetics

Soster E, Dyr B, Rafalko J, Almasri E, Cacheris P

Efficacy and Safety of Ensovibep for Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Annals of internal medicine

ACTIV-3/TICO Study Group, Barkauskas C, Mylonakis E, Poulakou G, Young BE, Vock DM, Siegel L, Engen N, Grandits G, Mosaly NR, Vekstein AM, Rogers R, Shehadeh F, Kaczynski M, Mylona EK, Syrigos KN, Rapti V, Lye DC, Hui DS, Leither L, Knowlton KU, Jain MK, Marines-Price R, Osuji A, Overcash JS, Kalomenidis I, Barmparessou Z, Waters M, Zepeda K, Chen P, Torbati S, Kiweewa F, Sebudde N, Almasri E, Hughes A, Bhagani SR, Rodger A, Sandkovsky U, Gottlieb RL, Nnakelu E, Trautner B, Menon V, Lutaakome J, Matthay M, Robinson P, Protopapas K, Koulouris N, Kimuli I, Baduashvili A, Braun DL, G?nthard HF, Ramachandruni S, Kidega R, Kim K, Hatlen TJ, Phillips AN, Murray DD, Jensen TO, Padilla ML, Accardi EX, Shaw-Saliba K, Dewar RL, Teitelbaum M, Natarajan V, Laverdure S, Highbarger HC, Rehman MT, Vogel S, Vall?e D, Crew P, Atri N, Schechner AJ, Pett S, Hudson F, Badrock J, Touloumi G, Brown SM, Self WH, North CM, Ginde AA, Chang CC, Kelleher A, Nagy-Agren S, Vasudeva S, Looney D, Nguyen HH, S?nchez A, Weintrob AC, Grund B, Sharma S, Reilly CS, Paredes R, Bednarska A, Gerry NP, Babiker AG, Davey VJ, Gelijns AC, Higgs ES, Kan V, Matthews G, Thompson BT, Legenne P, Chandra R, Lane HC, Neaton JD, Lundgren JD

Baricitinib versus dexamethasone for adults hospitalised with COVID-19 (ACTT-4): a randomised, double-blind, double placebo-controlled trial.

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine

Wolfe CR, Tomashek KM, Patterson TF, Gomez CA, Marconi VC, Jain MK, Yang OO, Paules CI, Palacios GMR, Grossberg R, Harkins MS, Mularski RA, Erdmann N, Sandkovsky U, Almasri E, Pineda JR, Dretler AW, de Castilla DL, Branche AR, Park PK, Mehta AK, Short WR, McLellan SLF, Kline S, Iovine NM, El Sahly HM, Doernberg SB, Oh MD, Huprikar N, Hohmann E, Kelley CF, Holodniy M, Kim ES, Sweeney DA, Finberg RW, Grimes KA, Maves RC, Ko ER, Engemann JJ, Taylor BS, Ponce PO, Larson L, Melendez DP, Seibert AM, Rouphael NG, Strebe J, Clark JL, Julian KG, de Leon AP, Cardoso A, de Bono S, Atmar RL, Ganesan A, Ferreira JL, Green M, Makowski M, Bonnett T, Beresnev T, Ghazaryan V, Dempsey W, Nayak SU, Dodd LE, Beigel JH, Kalil AC, ACTT-4 Study Group

Assessing CAR T-Cell Therapy Response Using Genome-Wide Sequencing of Cell-Free DNA in Patients With B-Cell Lymphomas.

Transplantation and cellular therapy

Goodman AM, Holden KA, Jeong AR, Kim L, Fitzgerald KD, Almasri E, McLennan G, Eisenberg M, Jahromi AH, Hoh C, Hurley M, Mulroney C, Tzachanis D, Ball ED, Jensen TJ, Kurzrock R

Genome-wide Sequencing of Cell-free DNA Enables Detection of Copy-number Alterations in Patients with Cancer Where Tissue Biopsy is Not Feasible.

Molecular cancer therapeutics

Jensen TJ, Goodman AM, Ellison CK, Holden KA, Kato S, Kim L, Daniels GA, Fitzgerald K, McCarthy E, Nakashe P, Mazloom AR, Almasri E, McLennan G, Grosu DS, Eisenberg M, Kurzrock R

Correction to: Three years of clinical experience with a genome-wide cfDNA screening test for aneuploidies and copy number variants.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics

Soster E, Boomer T, Hicks S, Caldwell S, Dyr B, Chibuk J, Almasri E

Genome-wide cell-free DNA screening: a focus on copy-number variants.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics

Rafalko J, Soster E, Caldwell S, Almasri E, Westover T, Weinblatt V, Cacheris P

Three years of clinical experience with a genome-wide cfDNA screening test for aneuploidies and copy-number variants.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics

Soster E, Boomer T, Hicks S, Caldwell S, Dyr B, Chibuk J, Almasri E

Application of mosaicism ratio to multifetal gestations.

PloS one

Rafalko J, Caldwell S, Soster E, Almasri E, McLennan G, Liu T, Weinblatt V, Cacheris P, McCullough R

Not all low fetal fraction cell-free DNA screening failures are at increased risk for aneuploidy.

Prenatal diagnosis

Caldwell S, Almasri E, Schmidt L, Xu C, Dyr B, Wardrop J, Cacheris P

Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA

Self WH, Semler MW, Leither LM, Casey JD, Angus DC, Brower RG, Chang SY, Collins SP, Eppensteiner JC, Filbin MR, Files DC, Gibbs KW, Ginde AA, Gong MN, Harrell FE, Hayden DL, Hough CL, Johnson NJ, Khan A, Lindsell CJ, Matthay MA, Moss M, Park PK, Rice TW, Robinson BRH, Schoenfeld DA, Shapiro NI, Steingrub JS, Ulysse CA, Weissman A, Yealy DM, Thompson BT, Brown SM, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PETAL Clinical Trials Network, Steingrub J, Smithline H, Tiru B, Tidswell M, Kozikowski L, Thornton-Thompson S, De Souza L, Hou P, Baron R, Massaro A, Aisiku I, Fredenburgh L, Seethala R, Johnsky L, Riker R, Seder D, May T, Baumann M, Eldridge A, Lord C, Shapiro N, Talmor D, O’Mara T, Kirk C, Harrison K, Kurt L, Schermerhorn M, Banner-Goodspeed V, Boyle K, Dubosh N, Filbin M, Hibbert K, Parry B, Lavin-Parsons K, Pulido N, Lilley B, Lodenstein C, Margolin J, Brait K, Jones A, Galbraith J, Peacock R, Nandi U, Wachs T, Matthay M, Liu K, Kangelaris K, Wang R, Calfee C, Yee K, Hendey G, Chang S, Lim G, Qadir N, Tam A, Beutler R, Levitt J, Wilson J, Rogers A, Vojnik R, Roque J, Albertson T, Chenoweth J, Adams J, Pearson S, Juarez M, Almasri E, Fayed M, Hughes A, Hillard S, Huebinger R, Wang H, Vidales E, Patel B, Ginde A, Moss M, Baduashvili A, McKeehan J, Finck L, Higgins C, Howell M, Douglas I, Haukoos J, Hiller T, Lyle C, Cupelo A, Caruso E, Camacho C, Gravitz S, Finigan J, Griesmer C, Park P, Hyzy R, Nelson K, McDonough K, Olbrich N, Williams M, Kapoor R, Nash J, Willig M, Ford H, Gardner-Gray J, Ramesh M, Moses M, Ng Gong M, Aboodi M, Asghar A, Amosu O, Torres M, Kaur S, Chen JT, Hope A, Lopez B, Rosales K, Young You J, Mosier J, Hypes C, Natt B, Borg B, Salvagio Campbell E, Hite RD, Hudock K, Cresie A, Alhasan F, Gomez-Arroyo J, Duggal A, Mehkri O, Hastings A, Sahoo D, Abi Fadel F, Gole S, Shaner V, Wimer A, Meli Y, King A, Terndrup T, Exline M, Pannu S, Robart E, Karow S, Hough C, Robinson B, Johnson N, Henning D, Campo M, Gundel S, Seghal S, Katsandres S, Dean S, Khan A, Krol O, Jouzestani M, Huynh P, Weissman A, Yealy D, Scholl D, Adams P, McVerry B, Huang D, Angus D, Schooler J, Moore S, Files C, Miller C, Gibbs K, LaRose M, Flores L, Koehler L, Morse C, Sanders J, Langford C, Nanney K, MdalaGausi M, Yeboah P, Morris P, Sturgill J, Seif S, Cassity E, Dhar S, de Wit M, Mason J, Goodwin A, Hall G, Grady A, Chamberlain A, Brown S, Bledsoe J, Leither L, Peltan I, Starr N, Fergus M, Aston V, Montgomery Q, Smith R, Merrill M, Brown K, Armbruster B, Harris E, Middleton E, Paine R, Johnson S, Barrios M, Eppensteiner J, Limkakeng A, McGowan L, Porter T, Bouffler A, Leahy JC, deBoisblanc B, Lammi M, Happel K, Lauto P, Self W, Casey J, Semler M, Collins S, Harrell F, Lindsell C, Rice T, Stubblefield W, Gray C, Johnson J, Roth M, Hays M, Torr D, Zakaria A, Schoenfeld D, Thompson T, Hayden D, Ringwood N, Oldmixon C, Ulysse C, Morse R, Muzikansky A, Fitzgerald L, Whitaker S, Lagakos A, Brower R, Reineck L, Aggarwal N, Bienstock K, Freemer M, Maclawiw M, Weinmann G, Morrison L, Gillespie M, Kryscio R, Brodie D, Zareba W, Rompalo A, Boeckh M, Parsons P, Christie J, Hall J, Horton N, Zoloth L, Dickert N, Diercks D

Impact of mosaicism ratio on positive predictive value of cfDNA screening.

Prenatal diagnosis

Rafalko JM, Caldwell S, Tynan J, Almasri E, Weinblatt V, McCullough R

Cell-free DNA screening in twin pregnancies: A more accurate and reliable screening tool.

Prenatal diagnosis

Chibuk J, Rafalko J, Boomer T, McCullough R, McLennan G, Wyatt P, Almasri E

A new era in aneuploidy screening: cfDNA testing in >30,000 multifetal gestations: Experience at one clinical laboratory.

PloS one

Dyr B, Boomer T, Almasri EA, Wardrop JL, Rafalko J, Chibuk J, McCullough RM

Incidental Detection of Maternal Neoplasia in Noninvasive Prenatal Testing.

Clinical chemistry

Dharajiya NG, Grosu DS, Farkas DH, McCullough RM, Almasri E, Sun Y, Kim SK, Jensen TJ, Saldivar JS, Topol EJ, van den Boom D, Ehrich M

Genome-wide cfDNA screening: clinical laboratory experience with the first 10,000 cases.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics

Ehrich M, Tynan J, Mazloom A, Almasri E, McCullough R, Boomer T, Grosu D, Chibuk J

Clinical validation of a noninvasive prenatal test for genomewide detection of fetal copy number variants.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Lefkowitz RB, Tynan JA, Liu T, Wu Y, Mazloom AR, Almasri E, Hogg G, Angkachatchai V, Zhao C, Grosu DS, McLennan G, Ehrich M

Clinical outcome of subchromosomal events detected by whole-genome noninvasive prenatal testing.

Prenatal diagnosis

Helgeson J, Wardrop J, Boomer T, Almasri E, Paxton WB, Saldivar JS, Dharajiya N, Monroe TJ, Farkas DH, Grosu DS, McCullough RM

Factors affecting levels of circulating cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma and their implications for noninvasive prenatal testing.

Prenatal diagnosis

Kinnings SL, Geis JA, Almasri E, Wang H, Guan X, McCullough RM, Bombard AT, Saldivar JS, Oeth P, Deciu C

Uterine leiomyoma confounding a noninvasive prenatal test result.

Prenatal diagnosis

Dharajiya NG, Namba A, Horiuchi I, Miyai S, Farkas DH, Almasri E, Saldivar JS, Takagi K, Kamei Y

Non-invasive prenatal chromosomal aneuploidy testing--clinical experience: 100,000 clinical samples.

PloS one

McCullough RM, Almasri EA, Guan X, Geis JA, Hicks SC, Mazloom AR, Deciu C, Oeth P, Bombard AT, Paxton B, Dharajiya N, Saldivar JS

Rank-based edge reconstruction for scale-free genetic regulatory networks.

BMC bioinformatics

Chen G, Larsen P, Almasri E, Dai Y

Correlated Discretized Expression score: a method for identifying gene interaction networks from time course microarray expression data.

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Larsen P, Almasri E, Chen G, Dai Y

Sample scale-free gene regulatory network using gene ontology.

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Chen G, Larsen P, Almasri E, Dai Y

Water and solute permeability of rat lung caveolae: high permeabilities explained by acyl chain unsaturation.

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology

Hill WG, Almasri E, Ruiz WG, Apodaca G, Zeidel ML

Sumatriptan-associated ischemic colitis.

Digestive diseases and sciences

Naik M, Potluri R, Almasri E, Arnold GL