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Office
1900 University Blvd
THT 422
Birmingham, AL 35294Phone+1 205-934-7679
Summary
- I am an Interventional Pulmonologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I established and currently serve as the director of the UAB Interventional Pulmonology and Pleural Disease Program and also the UAB fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology. My academic interests are early lung cancer detection and treatment, malignant pleural effusions, and central airway obstruction.
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2017 - 2018
- Collat School of Business at University of Alabama at BirminghamMBA, 2014 - 2017
- University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2012 - 2015
- Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
- Delhi University College of Medical SciencesClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 2012 - 2024
- MD State Medical License 2017 - 2018
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 15 citationsManaging complications of percutaneous tracheostomy and gastrostomyAline N. Zouk, Hitesh Batra
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021-08-01 - 42 citationsIndications and complications of rigid bronchoscopyHitesh Batra, Lonny Yarmus
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2018-05-08 - 14 citationsBleeding Risk With Combination Intrapleural Fibrinolytic and Enzyme Therapy in Pleural Infection: An International, Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study.Jason Akulian, Eihab O Bedawi, Hawazin Abbas, Christine Argento, David T Arnold
Chest. 2022-12-01
Press Mentions
- UAB Medicine First in Alabama to Offer Cone Beam CT Imaging During Robotic BronchoscopiesMarch 2nd, 2022
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