
David Edward Ost MD MPH
Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Thoracic Oncology
Professor of Medicine
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1515 Holcombe BlvdUnit 1462Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-745-8775
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Education & Training
- Harvard UniversityMPH, Quantitative Methods, 2006
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1993 - 1996
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1993 - 1996
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
- TX State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- OK State Medical License 2020 - 2021
- NY State Medical License 1996 - 2009
- IN State Medical License 1993 - 1997
- IL State Medical License 1990 - 1996
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2001
Clinical Trials
- Pleural Catheters Versus Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
- Indwelling Pleural Catheter With Either Doxycycline or Saline at Day 7 for Pleurodesis Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 27
- Effectiveness of Bronchoscopic Interventions for Malignant Airway Obstruction Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 25
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Race-Specific vs Race-Neutral Pulmonary Function Predicted Values in Operable Lung Cancer Patients.Ravi Rajaram, Ajay Sheshadri, Aaron Baugh, Levi N Bonnell, Liang Li
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025-03-28 - 1 citationsEconomic Value of Bronchoscopy Technologies that Improves Sensitivity for Malignancy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions.David E Ost, Fabien Maldonado, Jason Shafrin, Jaehong Kim, Moises A Marin
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2024-12-01 - Improving Cancer Probability Estimation in Nondiagnostic Bronchoscopies: A Meta-Analysis.Paula V Sainz, Horiana B Grosu, Samira Shojaee, David E Ost
Chest. 2024-12-01
Journal Articles
- Updated Analysis of Complication Rates Associated with Invasive Diagnostic Procedures After Lung Cancer ScreeningDavid Ost, MD, JAMA Network Open
Press Mentions
- Intuitive Announces Favorable Preliminary Results for ION in PRECIsE Clinical StudyOctober 18th, 2021
- Autofluorescence Bronchochoscopy Detected Low Prevalence of High-Grade Lesions in LC ScreeningNovember 7th, 2016
- Study: Don't Bother with Brain Imaging in Early NSCLCApril 8th, 2016
Grant Support
- A multicenter study in bronchoscopy combining Stimulated Raman Histology with Artificial intelligence for rapid lung cancer detection - The ON-SITE studyINVENIO IMAGING INC.2023–2025
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Member
External Links
- MD Anderson Faculty Profilehttp://fis.mdanderson.org/FacSearch.asp?Mode=VIEWREPORT&clFacultyMemberID=153830&clReportYear=0&SnID=0
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