- Yale Center for Infectious Disease200 Orchard StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Alfredo Puing, MD
Biography
Alfredo Puing, MD, is an infectious diseases and internal medicine specialist who focuses on improving outcomes for patients with infectious diseases, especially those who are immunocompromised.
Dr. Puing received his medical training from Universidad Central del Ecuador and completed his residency in internal medicine at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Jersey. He further specialized through fellowships in infectious diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Stanford University. He is an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- FellowStanford University (2020)
- FellowUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2019)
- ResidentSaint Peter’s University Hospital (2017)
- InternSaint Peter’s University Hospital (2015)
- MDUniversidad Central del Ecuador
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Trainee Travel Grant, IDWeek: IDSA (2019)
- Travel Grant, Fellows Symposium in Transplantation: American Society of Transplantation (2019)
- Travel Grant, Third Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2019)
- Outstanding PGY-3 Resident: Saint Peter’s University Hospital (2017)
- City of Hope National Medical Center (2022 - 2023): Peer Review Committee
- American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (2021 - Present): Member
- American Society of Transplantation (2018 - Present): Member
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (2017 - Present): Member
- Malinis M, Gan G, Deng Y, Abidi M, Benamu E, Jakharia N, Law N, Lee D, Nog R, Puing A, Sigler R, Taimur S, Theodoropoulos N, Schaenman J. Frailty by Chart Review Can Predict Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Study through the AST IDCOP. American Journal Of Transplantation 2025, 25: s163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.357.
- Schaenman J, Lum J, Arif S, Hardesty A, Hassouna H, Kennedy C, Lawson C, Nelson J, Pennington K, Saullo J, Tam P, Puing A, Malinis M, Taimur S, Levine D. Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates Predicts Post-Transplant Outcomes: A Multicenter Study. American Journal Of Transplantation 2025, 25: s505. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1160.
- Soni K, Puing A. Cytomegalovirus Colitis in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Viruses 2025, 17: 752. PMID: 40573343, PMCID: PMC12197619, DOI: 10.3390/v17060752.
- So W, Khalak S, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dickter J. Correction: Implementation and outcomes of beta-lactam allergy management protocol at a comprehensive cancer center. Infection 2024, 52: 2571-2571. PMID: 39382776, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02410-x.
- So W, Khalak S, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dickter J. Implementation and outcomes of beta-lactam allergy management protocol at a comprehensive cancer center. Infection 2024, 52: 2279-2286. PMID: 38907094, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02274-1.
- Dickter J, Aribi A, Cardoso A, Gianella S, Gendzekhadze K, Li S, Feng Y, Chaillon A, Laird G, Browning D, Ross J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Stan R, Lai L, Chang S, Kidambi T, Thomas S, Al Malki M, Nakamura R, Alvarnas J, Taplitz R, Dadwal S, Forman S, Zaia J. HIV-1 Remission after Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 390: 669-671. PMID: 38354149, PMCID: PMC10906479, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2312556.
- Khalak S, So W, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Taplitz R, Kaur A, Dickter J. 1267. Implementation and Outcomes of Beta-lactam Allergy Management Protocol at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1107. PMCID: PMC10677487, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1107.
- Fu C, Ross J, Ma H, Tegtmeier B, Dickter J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. 2617. Antiviral usage for herpes simplex virus (HSV) detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in hematologic malignancy (HM) and solid organ malignancy (SOM) patients with pulmonary infiltrates; impact of infectious disease consultation (IDC) on antiviral stewardship. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.2230. PMCID: PMC10678139, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2230.
- Chiuppesi F, Ortega-Francisco S, Gutierrez M, Li J, Ly M, Faircloth K, Mack-Onyeike J, La Rosa C, Thomas S, Zhou Q, Drake J, Slape C, Fernando P, Rida W, Kaltcheva T, Grifoni A, Sette A, Patterson A, Dempsey S, Ball B, Ali H, Salhotra A, Stein A, Nathwani N, Rosenzweig M, Nikolaenko L, Al Malki M, Dickter J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Forman S, Taplitz R, Zaia J, Nakamura R, Wussow F, Diamond D, Dadwal S. Stimulation of Potent Humoral and Cellular Immunity via Synthetic Dual-Antigen MVA-Based COVID-19 Vaccine COH04S1 in Cancer Patients Post Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Vaccines 2023, 11: 1492. PMID: 37766168, PMCID: PMC10538048, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11091492.
- Tinajero J, Ngo D, Puing A, Koller P. Treatment Outcomes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Patients Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: A Single-Center Experience. Acta Haematologica 2023, 146: 490-495. PMID: 38156364, DOI: 10.1159/000533346.
- Amanam I, Yao J, Puing A, Tsai N, Samuels D, Ngo D, Ho S, Ali H, Aribi A, Arslan S, Artz A, Htut M, Koller P, Salhotra A, Sandhu K, Nikolaenko L, Pawlowska A, Shouse G, Stein A, Marcucci G, Forman S, Nakamura R, Dadwal S, Al Malki M. Use of monoclonal antibody therapy in hematologic patients with mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19: A retrospective single‐center experience. Cancer Medicine 2023, 12: 11248-11253. PMID: 37081733, PMCID: PMC10242327, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5832.
- Bergin S, Chemaly R, Duttagupta R, Bigelow R, Dadwal S, Hill J, Lee Y, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong P, Benamu E, Davis T, Wolf O, McClain M, Maziarz E, Madut D, Bedoya A, Gilstrap D, Todd J, Barkauskas C, Puing A, Spallone A, McDowell B, Shariff D, Salsgiver E, Nanayakkara D, Khawaja F, Papanicolaou G, Spagnoletti J, English M, Fung M, Russel P, Ibrahimi S, Pandey S, Adams S, Liang W, Nemirovich-Danchenko E, Mughar M, Dalai S, Dalai S, Cho Y, Ahmed A, Hollemon D, Hong D, Vaughn M, Blauwkamp T, Vucetic Z, Romano R, Romano R, Romano R, Fowler V, Holland T. 544. PICKUP: Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised - Use of the Karius Test for Detection of Undiagnosed Pathogens. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.597. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.597.
- Lee R, Puing A, Henricksen E, Alegria W, Moayedi Y, Luikart H, Wayda B, Hsiao S, Guenthart B, Teuteberg J, Khush K, Subramanian A. 6 vs 12 Month CMV Prophylaxis in CMV-Mismatched Heart Transplants. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2022, 41: s179. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1582.
- Puing A, Ross J, Parekh V, Nanayakkara D. Oesophageal and pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in a patient with multiple myeloma. BMJ Case Reports 2022, 15: e246403. PMID: 35318199, PMCID: PMC8943765, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246403.
- Pourhassan H, La Rosa C, Chiuppesi F, Puing A, Aldoss I, Park Y, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Johnson D, Francisco S, Zaia J, Grifoni A, Sette A, Nakamura R, Al Malki M, Diamond D, Dadwal S, Forman S. 459 Putative Protective Role of Sars-Cov-2-Specific T Cells in an HCT Patient Transplanted during Active COVID19 Infection. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2022, 28: s359-s360. PMCID: PMC8930042, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(22)00619-4.
- Pourhassan H, La Rosa C, Chiuppesi F, Puing A, Aldoss I, Park Y, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Johnson D, Francisco S, Zaia J, Nakamura R, Al Malki M, Diamond D, Dadwal S, Forman S. Successful outcome of pre-engraftment COVID-19 in an HCT patient: impact of targeted therapies and cellular immunity. Blood Advances 2022, 6: 1645-1650. PMID: 35008104, PMCID: PMC8752192, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006282.
- Chiuppesi F, Zaia J, Frankel P, Stan R, Drake J, Williams B, Acosta A, Francis K, Taplitz R, Dickter J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Ash P, Cui Y, Contreras H, La Rosa C, Tiemann K, Park Y, Medina J, Iniguez A, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Johnson D, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Nguyen J, Kha M, Nguyen V, Francisco S, Grifoni A, Wong A, Sette A, Wussow F, Diamond D. Safety and immunogenicity of a synthetic multiantigen modified vaccinia virus Ankara-based COVID-19 vaccine (COH04S1): an open-label and randomised, phase 1 trial. The Lancet Microbe 2022, 3: e252-e264. PMID: 35287430, PMCID: PMC8906816, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(22)00027-1.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Besharatian B, Crespo M, Tomic R, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis R, Lawrence C, Nelson J, Bennett W, Leandro J, Sait A, Rumore A, West P, Jeng A, Bajrovic V, Bilgili E, Anderson-Haag T, Nastase A, Badami A, Alvarez-Garcia J, Bowman-Anger L, Julien L, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Morocco R, Gajurel K, Cahuayme-Zuniga L, Wakefield M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, Chuang S, Bhandaram S, Veroux M, Chopra B, Florescu D, Witteck D, Diaz D, Ripley K, Saharia K, Akkina S, McCarty T, Webb A, Arya A, Vedula G, El-Amm J, Dokus M, Narayanan A, de Camargo P, Ouseph R, Breuckner A, Luk A, Aujayeb A, Ganger D, Keith D, Meloni F, Haidar G, Zapernick L, Morales M, Goyal N, Sharma T, Malhotra U, Kuo A, Rossi A, Edwards A, Keller B, Beneri C, Derringer D, Dominguez E, Carlson E, Hashim F, Murad H, Wilkens H, Neumann H, Gani I, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Michaels M, Jakharia N, De la Cruz O, Puing A, Motallebzadeh R, Velagapudi R, Kapoor R, Allam S, Silveira F, Vora S, Kelly U, Reddy U, Dharnidharka V, Wadei H, Zurabi L. Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 78: 711-718. PMID: 35212363, PMCID: PMC9383518, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac159.
- Nanayakkara D, Tegtmeier B, Ross J, Dickter J, Puing A, Ho S, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. 984. Diagnostic Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: 583-583. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1178.
- Ross J, Tegtmeier B, Johnson D, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Ho S, Taplitz R, Dadwal S, Dickter J. 36. Evaluation of a Best Practice Alert (BPA) to Improve Pneumocystis jirovecii Prophylaxis Prescribing in Cancer Patients Receiving High-dose Corticosteroids in an Outpatient Setting. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: 140-140. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.238.
- Amanam I, Yao J, Puing A, Tsai N, Samuels D, Ngo D, Ho S, Ali H, Aribi A, Arslan S, Artz A, Htut M, Koller P, Salhotra A, Sandhu K, Nikolaenko L, Pawlowska A, Shouse G, Stein A, Marcucci G, Forman S, Nakamura R, Dadwal S, Al Malki M. Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Hematologic Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19: A Retrospective Single-Center Experience. Blood 2021, 138: 3037. PMCID: PMC8701569, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-154187.
- Puing A, Epstein D, Banaei N, Subramanian A, Liu A. Nocardiosis in Immunocompromised Patients on Alternative Pneumocystis Prophylaxis - Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2734-2736. PMID: 34545802, PMCID: PMC8462344, DOI: 10.3201/eid2710.210620.
- Feng K, Henricksen E, Wayda B, Moayedi Y, Lee R, Han J, Multani A, Yang W, Purewal S, Puing A, Basina M, Teuteberg J, Khush K. Impact of diabetes mellitus on clinical outcomes after heart transplantation. Clinical Transplantation 2021, 35: e14460. PMID: 34390599, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14460.
- Puing A, Ho S, Frankel P, Tegtmeier B, Martin A, Ross J, Nanayakkara D, Dickter J, Seto T, Nakamura R, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Specific Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Cancer Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 352-354. PMID: 34379763, PMCID: PMC8385995, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab406.
- Puing A, Raghavan S, Aleshin M, Ho D. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to progressive disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as cellulitis. Medical Mycology Case Reports 2021, 33: 18-20. PMID: 34307009, PMCID: PMC8258778, DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.06.002.
- La Hoz R, Puing A. Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. 2021, 1281-1292. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_52.
- La Hoz, R.M., Puing, A.G. (2021). Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. In: Morris, M.I., Kotton, C.N., Wolfe, C.R. (eds) Emerging Transplant Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_52
- Dadwal S, Yang D, Tegtmeier B, Pullarkat V, Mokhtari S, Palmer J, Dickter J, Zaia J, Snyder D, Nanayakkara D, Salhotra A, Puing A, Spielberger R, Sandhu K, Stein A, Taplitz R, Smith E, Forman S, Al Malki M, Nakamura R. Healthcare Resource Utilization in Transplant Patients Who Are at a Higher-Risk to Develop Cytomegalovirus Infection during Their Primary Transplant-Related Hospitalization. Blood 2020, 136: 16-17. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-143452.
- Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morilla JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach-Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Arya A, Jeng A, Kuo A, Luk A, Puing A, Rossi A, Brueckner A, Multani A, Keller B, Derringer D, Florescu D, Dominguez E, Sandoval E, Bilgili E, Hashim F, Silveira F, Haidar G, Joharji H, Murad H, Gani I, el-amm J, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Yabu J, Hughes K, Saharia K, Gajurel K, Bowman L, Veroux M, Morales M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, de la Cruz O, Kapoor R, La Hoz R, Allam S, Vora S, McCarty T, Anderson-Haag T, Malhotra U, Kelly U, Bhandaram V, Bennett W, Lominadze Z. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e4090-e4099. PMID: 32766815, PMCID: PMC7454362, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1097.
- La Hoz R, Puing A. Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. 2020, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_52-1.
- Puing A, Li X, Rich J, Nijhawan A. Emergency department utilization by people living with HIV released from jail in the US South. Health & Justice 2020, 8: 16. PMID: 32594269, PMCID: PMC7321540, DOI: 10.1186/s40352-020-00118-2.
- Puing A, Couture‐Cossette A, Wang A, Zygourakis C, Cheng X, Stevens B, Banaei N, Novoa R, Ho D, Subramanian A. Simultaneous coccidioidomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis in a kidney transplant recipient: A case report and literature review. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 22: e13365. PMID: 32533741, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13365.
- Multani A, Moayedi Y, Puing A, Henricksen E, Garvert D, Gomez C, Tremblay-Gravel M, Bunce P, Luikart H, Ross H, Khush K, Montoya J, Teuteberg J. Recent Trends of Infectious Complications Following Heart Transplantation. Transplantation 2020, 104: e284-e294. PMID: 32413012, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003307.
- Puing A, Couture-Cosette A, Quintero O, Multani A, Henricksen E, Lee R, Foroutan F, Moayedi Y, Teuteberg J, Subramanian A. 6-month vs 12-month CMV Prophylaxis for CMV-Mismatched Heart Transplant Recipients. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s204-s205. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.818.
- Moayedi Y, Henricksen E, Lafreniere-Roula M, Fan C, Multani A, Puing A, Couture-Cosette A, Quintero O, Han J, Feng K, Lee R, Duclos S, Lyapin A, Purewal S, Subramanian A, Ross H, Hiesinger W, Khush K, Teuteberg J. Moving towards an Induction-Free Era: Short-Term Renal and Infectious Outcomes. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s274-s275. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.601.
- Puing A, Xie D, Adams-Huet B, Barros N, Yek C, Wallace A, Liu T, Haley R, La Hoz R. 2664. Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections in Solid-Organ Transplantation: The Value of Electronic Health Records-Based Registries and Data Extraction Tools. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s932-s933. PMCID: PMC6810510, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2342.
- Puing AG, Nijhawan AE. Case #18008: A woman with sudden severe right shoulder pain. Partners Infectious Disease Images [internet]. 2019. Available from: https://www.idimages.org/idreview/case/?CaseID=564.
- Yale Center for Infectious Disease200 Orchard StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Biography
Alfredo Puing, MD, is an infectious diseases and internal medicine specialist who focuses on improving outcomes for patients with infectious diseases, especially those who are immunocompromised.
Dr. Puing received his medical training from Universidad Central del Ecuador and completed his residency in internal medicine at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Jersey. He further specialized through fellowships in infectious diseases at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Stanford University. He is an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine.
Titles
- Assistant Professor
Education & Training
- FellowStanford University (2020)
- FellowUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2019)
- ResidentSaint Peter’s University Hospital (2017)
- InternSaint Peter’s University Hospital (2015)
- MDUniversidad Central del Ecuador
Languages Spoken
- English
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Trainee Travel Grant, IDWeek: IDSA (2019)
- Travel Grant, Fellows Symposium in Transplantation: American Society of Transplantation (2019)
- Travel Grant, Third Symposium on Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2019)
- Outstanding PGY-3 Resident: Saint Peter’s University Hospital (2017)
- City of Hope National Medical Center (2022 - 2023): Peer Review Committee
- American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (2021 - Present): Member
- American Society of Transplantation (2018 - Present): Member
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (2017 - Present): Member
- Malinis M, Gan G, Deng Y, Abidi M, Benamu E, Jakharia N, Law N, Lee D, Nog R, Puing A, Sigler R, Taimur S, Theodoropoulos N, Schaenman J. Frailty by Chart Review Can Predict Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Study through the AST IDCOP. American Journal Of Transplantation 2025, 25: s163. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.357.
- Schaenman J, Lum J, Arif S, Hardesty A, Hassouna H, Kennedy C, Lawson C, Nelson J, Pennington K, Saullo J, Tam P, Puing A, Malinis M, Taimur S, Levine D. Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates Predicts Post-Transplant Outcomes: A Multicenter Study. American Journal Of Transplantation 2025, 25: s505. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1160.
- Soni K, Puing A. Cytomegalovirus Colitis in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Viruses 2025, 17: 752. PMID: 40573343, PMCID: PMC12197619, DOI: 10.3390/v17060752.
- So W, Khalak S, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dickter J. Correction: Implementation and outcomes of beta-lactam allergy management protocol at a comprehensive cancer center. Infection 2024, 52: 2571-2571. PMID: 39382776, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02410-x.
- So W, Khalak S, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dickter J. Implementation and outcomes of beta-lactam allergy management protocol at a comprehensive cancer center. Infection 2024, 52: 2279-2286. PMID: 38907094, DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02274-1.
- Dickter J, Aribi A, Cardoso A, Gianella S, Gendzekhadze K, Li S, Feng Y, Chaillon A, Laird G, Browning D, Ross J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Stan R, Lai L, Chang S, Kidambi T, Thomas S, Al Malki M, Nakamura R, Alvarnas J, Taplitz R, Dadwal S, Forman S, Zaia J. HIV-1 Remission after Allogeneic Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2024, 390: 669-671. PMID: 38354149, PMCID: PMC10906479, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2312556.
- Khalak S, So W, Ho S, Ross J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Taplitz R, Kaur A, Dickter J. 1267. Implementation and Outcomes of Beta-lactam Allergy Management Protocol at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1107. PMCID: PMC10677487, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1107.
- Fu C, Ross J, Ma H, Tegtmeier B, Dickter J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Kaur A, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. 2617. Antiviral usage for herpes simplex virus (HSV) detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in hematologic malignancy (HM) and solid organ malignancy (SOM) patients with pulmonary infiltrates; impact of infectious disease consultation (IDC) on antiviral stewardship. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.2230. PMCID: PMC10678139, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2230.
- Chiuppesi F, Ortega-Francisco S, Gutierrez M, Li J, Ly M, Faircloth K, Mack-Onyeike J, La Rosa C, Thomas S, Zhou Q, Drake J, Slape C, Fernando P, Rida W, Kaltcheva T, Grifoni A, Sette A, Patterson A, Dempsey S, Ball B, Ali H, Salhotra A, Stein A, Nathwani N, Rosenzweig M, Nikolaenko L, Al Malki M, Dickter J, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Forman S, Taplitz R, Zaia J, Nakamura R, Wussow F, Diamond D, Dadwal S. Stimulation of Potent Humoral and Cellular Immunity via Synthetic Dual-Antigen MVA-Based COVID-19 Vaccine COH04S1 in Cancer Patients Post Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Vaccines 2023, 11: 1492. PMID: 37766168, PMCID: PMC10538048, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11091492.
- Tinajero J, Ngo D, Puing A, Koller P. Treatment Outcomes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Patients Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: A Single-Center Experience. Acta Haematologica 2023, 146: 490-495. PMID: 38156364, DOI: 10.1159/000533346.
- Amanam I, Yao J, Puing A, Tsai N, Samuels D, Ngo D, Ho S, Ali H, Aribi A, Arslan S, Artz A, Htut M, Koller P, Salhotra A, Sandhu K, Nikolaenko L, Pawlowska A, Shouse G, Stein A, Marcucci G, Forman S, Nakamura R, Dadwal S, Al Malki M. Use of monoclonal antibody therapy in hematologic patients with mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19: A retrospective single‐center experience. Cancer Medicine 2023, 12: 11248-11253. PMID: 37081733, PMCID: PMC10242327, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5832.
- Bergin S, Chemaly R, Duttagupta R, Bigelow R, Dadwal S, Hill J, Lee Y, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong P, Benamu E, Davis T, Wolf O, McClain M, Maziarz E, Madut D, Bedoya A, Gilstrap D, Todd J, Barkauskas C, Puing A, Spallone A, McDowell B, Shariff D, Salsgiver E, Nanayakkara D, Khawaja F, Papanicolaou G, Spagnoletti J, English M, Fung M, Russel P, Ibrahimi S, Pandey S, Adams S, Liang W, Nemirovich-Danchenko E, Mughar M, Dalai S, Dalai S, Cho Y, Ahmed A, Hollemon D, Hong D, Vaughn M, Blauwkamp T, Vucetic Z, Romano R, Romano R, Romano R, Fowler V, Holland T. 544. PICKUP: Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised - Use of the Karius Test for Detection of Undiagnosed Pathogens. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.597. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.597.
- Lee R, Puing A, Henricksen E, Alegria W, Moayedi Y, Luikart H, Wayda B, Hsiao S, Guenthart B, Teuteberg J, Khush K, Subramanian A. 6 vs 12 Month CMV Prophylaxis in CMV-Mismatched Heart Transplants. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2022, 41: s179. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1582.
- Puing A, Ross J, Parekh V, Nanayakkara D. Oesophageal and pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in a patient with multiple myeloma. BMJ Case Reports 2022, 15: e246403. PMID: 35318199, PMCID: PMC8943765, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246403.
- Pourhassan H, La Rosa C, Chiuppesi F, Puing A, Aldoss I, Park Y, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Johnson D, Francisco S, Zaia J, Grifoni A, Sette A, Nakamura R, Al Malki M, Diamond D, Dadwal S, Forman S. 459 Putative Protective Role of Sars-Cov-2-Specific T Cells in an HCT Patient Transplanted during Active COVID19 Infection. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2022, 28: s359-s360. PMCID: PMC8930042, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(22)00619-4.
- Pourhassan H, La Rosa C, Chiuppesi F, Puing A, Aldoss I, Park Y, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Johnson D, Francisco S, Zaia J, Nakamura R, Al Malki M, Diamond D, Dadwal S, Forman S. Successful outcome of pre-engraftment COVID-19 in an HCT patient: impact of targeted therapies and cellular immunity. Blood Advances 2022, 6: 1645-1650. PMID: 35008104, PMCID: PMC8752192, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006282.
- Chiuppesi F, Zaia J, Frankel P, Stan R, Drake J, Williams B, Acosta A, Francis K, Taplitz R, Dickter J, Dadwal S, Puing A, Nanayakkara D, Ash P, Cui Y, Contreras H, La Rosa C, Tiemann K, Park Y, Medina J, Iniguez A, Zhou Q, Karpinski V, Johnson D, Faircloth K, Kaltcheva T, Nguyen J, Kha M, Nguyen V, Francisco S, Grifoni A, Wong A, Sette A, Wussow F, Diamond D. Safety and immunogenicity of a synthetic multiantigen modified vaccinia virus Ankara-based COVID-19 vaccine (COH04S1): an open-label and randomised, phase 1 trial. The Lancet Microbe 2022, 3: e252-e264. PMID: 35287430, PMCID: PMC8906816, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(22)00027-1.
- Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Besharatian B, Crespo M, Tomic R, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis R, Lawrence C, Nelson J, Bennett W, Leandro J, Sait A, Rumore A, West P, Jeng A, Bajrovic V, Bilgili E, Anderson-Haag T, Nastase A, Badami A, Alvarez-Garcia J, Bowman-Anger L, Julien L, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Morocco R, Gajurel K, Cahuayme-Zuniga L, Wakefield M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, Chuang S, Bhandaram S, Veroux M, Chopra B, Florescu D, Witteck D, Diaz D, Ripley K, Saharia K, Akkina S, McCarty T, Webb A, Arya A, Vedula G, El-Amm J, Dokus M, Narayanan A, de Camargo P, Ouseph R, Breuckner A, Luk A, Aujayeb A, Ganger D, Keith D, Meloni F, Haidar G, Zapernick L, Morales M, Goyal N, Sharma T, Malhotra U, Kuo A, Rossi A, Edwards A, Keller B, Beneri C, Derringer D, Dominguez E, Carlson E, Hashim F, Murad H, Wilkens H, Neumann H, Gani I, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Michaels M, Jakharia N, De la Cruz O, Puing A, Motallebzadeh R, Velagapudi R, Kapoor R, Allam S, Silveira F, Vora S, Kelly U, Reddy U, Dharnidharka V, Wadei H, Zurabi L. Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 78: 711-718. PMID: 35212363, PMCID: PMC9383518, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac159.
- Nanayakkara D, Tegtmeier B, Ross J, Dickter J, Puing A, Ho S, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. 984. Diagnostic Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Pneumocystis jirovecii DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: 583-583. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.1178.
- Ross J, Tegtmeier B, Johnson D, Nanayakkara D, Puing A, Ho S, Taplitz R, Dadwal S, Dickter J. 36. Evaluation of a Best Practice Alert (BPA) to Improve Pneumocystis jirovecii Prophylaxis Prescribing in Cancer Patients Receiving High-dose Corticosteroids in an Outpatient Setting. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: 140-140. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.238.
- Amanam I, Yao J, Puing A, Tsai N, Samuels D, Ngo D, Ho S, Ali H, Aribi A, Arslan S, Artz A, Htut M, Koller P, Salhotra A, Sandhu K, Nikolaenko L, Pawlowska A, Shouse G, Stein A, Marcucci G, Forman S, Nakamura R, Dadwal S, Al Malki M. Use of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Hematologic Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19: A Retrospective Single-Center Experience. Blood 2021, 138: 3037. PMCID: PMC8701569, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-154187.
- Puing A, Epstein D, Banaei N, Subramanian A, Liu A. Nocardiosis in Immunocompromised Patients on Alternative Pneumocystis Prophylaxis - Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 2734-2736. PMID: 34545802, PMCID: PMC8462344, DOI: 10.3201/eid2710.210620.
- Feng K, Henricksen E, Wayda B, Moayedi Y, Lee R, Han J, Multani A, Yang W, Purewal S, Puing A, Basina M, Teuteberg J, Khush K. Impact of diabetes mellitus on clinical outcomes after heart transplantation. Clinical Transplantation 2021, 35: e14460. PMID: 34390599, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14460.
- Puing A, Ho S, Frankel P, Tegtmeier B, Martin A, Ross J, Nanayakkara D, Dickter J, Seto T, Nakamura R, Taplitz R, Dadwal S. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2–Specific Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Cancer Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 225: 352-354. PMID: 34379763, PMCID: PMC8385995, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab406.
- Puing A, Raghavan S, Aleshin M, Ho D. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to progressive disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as cellulitis. Medical Mycology Case Reports 2021, 33: 18-20. PMID: 34307009, PMCID: PMC8258778, DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.06.002.
- La Hoz R, Puing A. Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. 2021, 1281-1292. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_52.
- La Hoz, R.M., Puing, A.G. (2021). Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. In: Morris, M.I., Kotton, C.N., Wolfe, C.R. (eds) Emerging Transplant Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25869-6_52
- Dadwal S, Yang D, Tegtmeier B, Pullarkat V, Mokhtari S, Palmer J, Dickter J, Zaia J, Snyder D, Nanayakkara D, Salhotra A, Puing A, Spielberger R, Sandhu K, Stein A, Taplitz R, Smith E, Forman S, Al Malki M, Nakamura R. Healthcare Resource Utilization in Transplant Patients Who Are at a Higher-Risk to Develop Cytomegalovirus Infection during Their Primary Transplant-Related Hospitalization. Blood 2020, 136: 16-17. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-143452.
- Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morilla JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach-Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Arya A, Jeng A, Kuo A, Luk A, Puing A, Rossi A, Brueckner A, Multani A, Keller B, Derringer D, Florescu D, Dominguez E, Sandoval E, Bilgili E, Hashim F, Silveira F, Haidar G, Joharji H, Murad H, Gani I, el-amm J, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Yabu J, Hughes K, Saharia K, Gajurel K, Bowman L, Veroux M, Morales M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, de la Cruz O, Kapoor R, La Hoz R, Allam S, Vora S, McCarty T, Anderson-Haag T, Malhotra U, Kelly U, Bhandaram V, Bennett W, Lominadze Z. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e4090-e4099. PMID: 32766815, PMCID: PMC7454362, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1097.
- La Hoz R, Puing A. Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. 2020, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01751-4_52-1.
- Puing A, Li X, Rich J, Nijhawan A. Emergency department utilization by people living with HIV released from jail in the US South. Health & Justice 2020, 8: 16. PMID: 32594269, PMCID: PMC7321540, DOI: 10.1186/s40352-020-00118-2.
- Puing A, Couture‐Cossette A, Wang A, Zygourakis C, Cheng X, Stevens B, Banaei N, Novoa R, Ho D, Subramanian A. Simultaneous coccidioidomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis in a kidney transplant recipient: A case report and literature review. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 22: e13365. PMID: 32533741, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13365.
- Multani A, Moayedi Y, Puing A, Henricksen E, Garvert D, Gomez C, Tremblay-Gravel M, Bunce P, Luikart H, Ross H, Khush K, Montoya J, Teuteberg J. Recent Trends of Infectious Complications Following Heart Transplantation. Transplantation 2020, 104: e284-e294. PMID: 32413012, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003307.
- Puing A, Couture-Cosette A, Quintero O, Multani A, Henricksen E, Lee R, Foroutan F, Moayedi Y, Teuteberg J, Subramanian A. 6-month vs 12-month CMV Prophylaxis for CMV-Mismatched Heart Transplant Recipients. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s204-s205. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.818.
- Moayedi Y, Henricksen E, Lafreniere-Roula M, Fan C, Multani A, Puing A, Couture-Cosette A, Quintero O, Han J, Feng K, Lee R, Duclos S, Lyapin A, Purewal S, Subramanian A, Ross H, Hiesinger W, Khush K, Teuteberg J. Moving towards an Induction-Free Era: Short-Term Renal and Infectious Outcomes. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s274-s275. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.601.
- Puing A, Xie D, Adams-Huet B, Barros N, Yek C, Wallace A, Liu T, Haley R, La Hoz R. 2664. Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections in Solid-Organ Transplantation: The Value of Electronic Health Records-Based Registries and Data Extraction Tools. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s932-s933. PMCID: PMC6810510, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2342.
- Puing AG, Nijhawan AE. Case #18008: A woman with sudden severe right shoulder pain. Partners Infectious Disease Images [internet]. 2019. Available from: https://www.idimages.org/idreview/case/?CaseID=564.
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