Selected Publications:
Christian A. Bermudez, MD, Maria M. Crespo, MD: Commentary: Fish or Cut Bait: The Importance of Defining the Safety and Efficacy of Thoracic Transplantation using Donors with Hepatitis C The American Association for Thoracic Surgery : 2019.
Sertic F, Crespo MM, Milas B, Bermudez C. Bermudez CA: Early diagnosis and management of Pulmonary vein thrombosis following Lung Transplant J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 157 (Issue 6): 419-421,2019.
Xie M, Lee Janet, Crespo MM, Fajt ML, Shigemura N, Pilewski J, Petrov AA: Successful Lung Transplantation in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease Journal of Clinical Immunology 39 : 347-349,2019.
Kim YY, Awh K, Acker M, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Crespo M, Diamond JM, Drajpuch D, Forde-Mclean R, Fuller S, Goldberg L, Mazurek J, Mascio C, Menachem JN, Rame E, Ruckdeschel E, Tobin L, Wald J: Pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with systemic right ventricles referred for cardiac transplantation. Clin Transplant 33 (4): 2019.
Petrov AA, Traister RS, Crespo MM, Silveira FP, Xie M, Coffey K, Ensor CR, Landsittel D, Pilewski JM: A Prospective Observational Study of Hypogammaglobulinemia in the First Year After Lung Transplantation Transplant Direct : 2018.
Crespo MM, McCarthy DP, Hopkins PM, Clark SC, Budev M, Bermudez CA, Benden C, Eghtesady P, Lease ED, Leard L, D'Cunha J, Wigfield CH, Cypel M, Diamond JM, Yun JJ, Yarmus L, Machuzak M, Klepetko W, Verleden G, Hoetzenecker K, Dellgren G, Mulligan M: ISHLT Consensus Statement on adult and pediatric airway complications after lung transplantation: Definitions, grading system, and therapeutics. J Heart Lung Transplant 37 (5): 2018.
Courtwright AM, Zaleski D, Gardo L, Ahya VN, Christie JD, Crespo M, Hadjiliadis D, Lee J, Molina M, Patel N, Porteous M, Cantu EE, Bermudez C, Diamond JM: Causes, Preventability, and Cost of Unplanned Rehospitalizations Within 30 Days of Discharge After Lung Transplantation. Transplantation. Transplantation 102 (5): 838-844,2018.
Shaver CM, Wickersham N, McNeil JB, Nagata H, Miller A, Landstreet SR, Kuck JL, Diamond JM, Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Palmer SM, Wille KM, Weinacker A, Lama VN, Crespo MM, Orens JB, Shah PD, Hage CA, Cantu E 3rd, Porteous MK, Dhillon G, McDyer J, Bastarache JA, Christie JD, Ware LB: Cell-free hemoglobin promotes primary graft dysfunction through oxidative lung endothelial injury. JCI Insight 3 (2): 2018.
Cantu E, Diamond JM, Suzuki Y, Lasky J, Schaufler C, Lim B, Shah R, Porteous M, Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Palmer SM, Snyder LD, Hartwig MG, Lama VN, Bhorade S, Bermudez C, Crespo M, McDyer J, Wille K, Orens J, Shah PD, Weinacker A, Weill D, Wilkes D, Roe D, Hage C, Ware LB, Bellamy SL, Christie JD: Quantitative Evidence for Revising the Definition of Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplant Am J Respir Crit Care Med 197 (2): 235-243,2018.
Bermudez CA, Crespo MM: Lungs from older donors may provide a breath of fresh air to patients awaiting lung transplant J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 154 (6): 2124-2125. ,2017.