Donald Ray Lazarus Jr. MD

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology, Pleural Disease, Thoracic Oncology

Interventional Pulmonologist and Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2009 - 2012
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
Texas A&M; Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 2002

TX State Medical License 2009 - 2027
VA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Association for Bronchology and Interventional PulmonologyDiplomate (board certified) in Interventional Pulmonology

Outstanding Pulmonary/Critical Care Faculty Baylor College of Medicine Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, 2016
Outstanding graduating fellow BCM PCCM fellowship, 2012
Chief Fellow BCM PCCM fellowship, 2011-2012
Non-Family Medicine Teacher of the Year CRDAMC Family Medicine Residency, 2008-2009
COL Robert Moser Award for Outstanding Army Internist Army chapter of American College of Physicians, 2007
Medicine Teacher of the Year CRDAMC Family Medicine Residency, 2007-2008
Helen Salyer Anderson Award for Outstanding Graduating Student Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine, 2002
John C. Starr Award for Academic Achievement in Internal Medicine Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine Dept of Medicine, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society Texas A&M HSC COM, AOA, 2002
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PubMed

2 citations
Sustained Clinical Benefits of Spiration Valve System in Patients with Severe Emphysema: 24-Month Follow-Up of EMPROVE.
Gerard J Criner, Jorge M Mallea, Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Ravi Kalhan
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2024-02-01
7 citations
High risk lung nodule: A multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management.
Babith J Mankidy, GhasemiRad Mohammad, Kelly Trinh, Anoop P Ayyappan, Quillan Huang
Respiratory Medicine. 2023-08-01
Extending the indications for indwelling pleural catheters: a tube for all seasons.
Donald R Lazarus
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2023-07-31

Journal Articles

Safety and feasibility of prolonged bronchoscopy involving diagnosis of lung cancer, systematic nodal staging, and fiducial marker placement in a high-risk population
Kular H, Mudambi L, Lazarus DR, Cornwell L, Zhu A, and Casal RF, J Thorac Dis. 2016; 8 (6): 1132-1138., 6/2016
EBUS-TBNA: a decade of progress
Casal RF, Lazarus DR, Eapen GA, and Yasufuku K, J Clin Trials. 2016; 6: 2, 4/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Critical Care
Chapter: Approach to Critically-Ill Pregnant Female
Lazarus DR, Munnur U, Hall NR, and Guntupalli KKEditors: Mehta Y, Sharma J, Gupta M.Jaypee Brothers, New DelhiEdition 1,2015
Lung Cancer
Chapter: Bronchoscopic Interventions for Lung Cancer
Page 253 - 266Lazarus DR and Eapen GAEditors: Roth JA, Hong, WK, Komaki RU.Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJEdition 4,2014
Textbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Chapter: Surgical Aspects of Obstructive Lung Diseases
Page 2191 - 2199Lazarus DR and Velamuri SEditors: Jindal SK et al..Jaypee Brothers, New DelhiEdition 1,
Handbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Chapter: Surgical Aspects of Obstructive Lung Diseases
Page 759 - 763Lazarus DR and Velamuri SEditors: Jindal SK et al..Jaypee Brothers, New DelhiEdition 1,
Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine
Chapter: Endobronchial Ultrasound: Clinical Applications
Page 317 - 334Lazarus DR, Jimenez CA, and Eapen GAEditors: Diaz-Jimenez JP and Rodriguez AN.Springer-Verlag, New YorkEdition 1,
Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer: a minimally invasive approach
Chapter: Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) with FNA
Lazarus DR and Eapen GAEditors: Bhutani MS et al..People's Medical Publishing House, USA, Shelton, CT
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Abstracts/Posters

Using Laryngeal Mask Airway with Deep Sedation and Spontaneous Breathing for Pleuroscopy
Lazarus DR, Iribarren J, Austria S, Castro N, Suarez E, Atluri P, Sarkiss M, Lan C, Casal RF, CHEST 2012, Atlanta, GA
SVC Syndrome and Pulmonary Artery Stenosis as a Manifestation of Fibrosing Mediastinitis
Lazarus DR and Guy E, BCM Dept of Medicine Research Symposium, Houston, TX
Safety and Effectiveness of Microdebrider Bronchoscopy for the Management of Central Airway Obstruction
Iribarren J, Jimenez CA, Lazarus DR, Eapen GA, Morice R, Ost DE, Lan C, Casal RF, CHEST 2012, Atlanta, GA