Physicians

Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine-Pulmonary

Address
DUMC 3683
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-6688

Office Telephone
919-668-0340

Fax Telephone
919-684-3874

Training

• MD, University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine (Syria), 1992

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, 1995-1999

Fellowship

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1999-2002
• Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 2002-2003

Clinical Interests
Interventional pulmonology, thoracic oncology, pleural diseases, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, airway stent placement, cryotherapy, argon plasma coagulation, photodynamic therapy, autofluorescense bronchoscopy, medical pleuroscopy, electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, lung nodules, lung masses

Research Interests
Emphysema, Lung Nodules, Lung Cancer, Bronchoscopy, Pleural Diseases

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• Carefusion
• Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
• Varian Medical Systems

Representative Publications
Silvestri GA, Vincent BD, Wahidi MM. Fospropofol Disodium for Sedation in Elderly Patients Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2011 Jan;18(1):15-22. (2011) Abstract

Davoudi M, Wahidi MM, Zamanian Rohani N, Colt HG. Comparative effectiveness of low- and high-fidelity bronchoscopy simulation for training in conventional transbronchial needle aspiration and user preferences. Respiration. 2010;80(4):327-34. (2010) Abstract

Lamb CR, Feller-Kopman D, Ernst A, Simoff MJ, Sterman DH, Wahidi MM, Kovitz KL. An approach to interventional pulmonary fellowship training. Chest. 2010 Jan;137(1):195-9. (2010) Abstract

Sterman DH, Mehta AC, Wood DE, Mathur PN, McKenna RJ Jr, Ost DE, Truwit JD, Diaz P, Wahidi MM, Cerfolio R, Maxfield R, Musani AI, Gildea T, Sheski F, Machuzak M, Haas AR, Gonzalez HX, Springmeyer SC, . A multicenter pilot study of a bronchial valve for the treatment of severe emphysema. Respiration. 2010;79(3):222-33. (2010) Abstract

Unroe MA, Shofer SL, Wahidi MM. Training for endobronchial ultrasound: methods for proper training in new bronchoscopic techniques. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2010 Jul;16(4):295-300. (2010) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Shofer SL, Sporn TA, Ernst A. Comparison of transbronchial lung biopsy yield between standard forceps and electrocautery hot forceps in swine. Respiration. 2010;79(2):137-40. (2010) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Silvestri GA, Coakley RD, Ferguson JS, Shepherd RW, Moses L, Conforti J, Que LG, Anstrom KJ, McGuire F, Colt H, Downie GH. A prospective multicenter study of competency metrics and educational interventions in the learning of bronchoscopy among new pulmonary fellows. Chest. 2010 May;137(5):1040-9. (2010) Abstract

Phua GC, Wahidi MM. ICU procedures of the critically ill. Respirology. 2009 Nov;14(8):1092-7. (2009) Abstract

Silvestri GA, Vincent BD, Wahidi MM, Robinette E, Hansbrough JR, Downie GH. A phase 3, randomized, double-blind study to assess the efficacy and safety of fospropofol disodium injection for moderate sedation in patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy. Chest. 2009 Jan;135(1):41-7. (2009) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Willner DA, Snyder LD, Hardison JL, Chia JY, Palmer SM. Diagnosis and outcome of early pleural space infection following lung transplantation. Chest. 2009 Feb;135(2):484-91. (2009) Abstract

Wahidi MM. Ultrasound: the pulmonologist's new best friend. Chest. 2008 Apr;133(4):836-7. (2008) Abstract

Reddy AJ, Govert JA, Sporn TA, Wahidi MM. Broncholith removal using cryotherapy during flexible bronchoscopy: a case report. Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1661-3. (2007) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Govert JA, Goudar RK, Gould MK, McCrory DC, . Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest. 2007 Sep;132(3 Suppl):94S-107S. (2007) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Herth FJ, Ernst A. State of the art: interventional pulmonology. Chest. 2007 Jan;131(1):261-74. (2007) Abstract

Gentile MA, Wahidi MM. Tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated patients: unanswered questions. Crit Care Med. 2005 Feb;33(2):444-5. (2005) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Ernst A. Role of the interventional pulmonologist in the intensive care unit. J Intensive Care Med. 2005 May-Jun;20(3):141-6. (2005) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Garland R, Feller-Kopman D, Herth F, Becker HD, Ernst A. Effect of clopidogrel with and without aspirin on bleeding following transbronchial lung biopsy. Chest. 2005 Mar;127(3):961-4. (2005) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Rocha AT, Hollingsworth JW, Govert JA, Feller-Kopman D, Ernst A. Contraindications and safety of transbronchial lung biopsy via flexible bronchoscopy. A survey of pulmonologists and review of the literature. Respiration. 2005 May-Jun;72(3):285-95. (2005) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Ernst A. The role of bronchoscopy in the management of lung transplant recipients. Respir Care Clin N Am. 2004 Dec;10(4):549-62. (2004) Abstract

Wahidi MM, Ernst A. The Montgomery T-tube tracheal stent. Clin Chest Med. 2003 Sep;24(3):437-43. (2003) Abstract