Nicholas Kolaitis, MD, MAS

Asst Prof of Clinical Medicine

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Nicholas Kolaitis specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine, with a focus on lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension. He is one of the attending physicians on the inpatient lung transplantation service, where he cares for patients with advanced lung disease before and after lung transplantation. His outpatient clinical time is split between three clinics (1) the lung transplantation clinic, where he sees patients with advanced lung disease before and after transplantation, (2) the pulmonary hypertension clinic, where he sees patients with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary emboli, and (3) the general pulmonary clinic, where he supervises the excellent care provided by fellows in the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program.

ADMINISTRATIVE/SERVICE ROLES
Nicholas Kolaitis is the Director of Bronchoscopy at UCSF. He is a member of the executive board of the California Thoracic Society, where he also serves as the chair of the Career Development Committee, and as one of two California representatives to the American Thoracic Society, as part of the Council of Chapter Representatives. Additionally, he is active in the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation as part of the Advocacy Committee, and in the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, where he serves on the steering committee for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.

RESEARCH PURSUITS
Nicholas Kolaitis' research focuses on ways to improve health-related quality of life for patients with advanced lung disease.

Education
MAS, 06/2020 - Masters in Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
02/2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
06/2018 - Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
06/2017 - Advanced Fellowship in Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation, University of California, San Francisco
06/2015 - Internal Medicine Residency, University of California, Los Angeles
MD, 06/2012 - Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
BS, 06/2007 - Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Honors and Awards
  • California Thoracic Society Outstanding Clinician Award, California Thoracic Society, 2023
  • Michael S. Stulbarg Outstanding Teaching Award, UCSF Pulmonary And Critical Care, 2022
  • Western AMFR Scholar Award, American Federation for Medical Research, 2018
  • The Jeffrey Golden Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award, UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2018
  • California Thoracic Society Scholar Award, California Thoracic Society, 2017
  • Commendation of Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, UCLA Medical Center, 2014
  • School of Medicine Leadership Award, UCSD School of Medicine, 2012
  • School of Medicine Primary Care Award, UCSD School of Medicine, 2012
  • Gold Humanism Honors Society, UCSD School of Medicine, 2011
  • College Honors, UCLA, 2007
  • Highest Departmental Honors, UCLA, 2007
  • Magna Cum Laude, UCLA, 2007
Publications

  1. N.A. Kolaitis, J.P. Singer, M. Chakinala, A. Hemnes, G. Heresi, P. Leary, O. Shlobin, C. Ventetuolo, T. De Marco. (159) The Landscape of Referral for Lung Transplantation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Report From the Phar. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2024. PMID:


  2. R. Florez, N. Kolaitis, J. Greenland, L. Leard, J. Kukreja, B. Yen, S. Hays, J. Singer, D. Calabrese. (628) Real World Evaluation of Lung Transplant Antibody Mediated Rejection Treatment. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2024. PMID:


  3. A. Haile, E. Lydon, R. Mohanty, J. Singer, S. Hays, L. Leard, R. Shah, A. Venado, M. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, N. Kolaitis, A. Perez, J. Kukreja, C. Langelier, D. Calabrese, J. Greenland. (688) Angioinvasive Molds A\and Mycobacterium are Associated with Airway Inflammation and Decreased CLAD-Free Survival. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2024. PMID:


  4. E. Brunet-Ratnasingham, H. Guo, A. Haile, R. Mohanty, T. Tsao, S. Hays, M. Kleinhenz, J. Singer, J. Golden, L. Leard, N. Kolaitis, R. Shah, A. Venado, J. Kukreja, D. Calabrese, J. Greenland. (691) Single Cell Analysis of Bronchiolar Brushings Identifies Basal Cell Loss in CLAD. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2024. PMID:


  5. A.W. Liu, A.Y. Odisho, L. Pierce, C. Sorric, A.R. Maiorano, O.M. Bigazzi, L. Leard, R. Shah, A. Venado, A. Perez, J. Golden, M. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, J. Maheshwari, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, J. Greenland, D. Calabrese, J. Singer, S. Hays. (701) Home Spirometry Combined with Telehealth Reduces Lung Transplant Outpatient Clinic Visits and Patient Travel Costs Without Increasing Healthcare Utilization or Mortality. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2024. PMID:


  6. Christopher Barnett, Samuel Brusca, Nicholas Kolaitis, Teresa De Marco. Group 5 Pulmonary Hypertension: Multiple Systemic Disease, Multiple Mechanisms of Pulmonary Hypertension, and Multiple Management Challenges. Current respiratory medicine reviews 2024. PMID:


  7. Calabrese DR, Yellamilli S, Ekstrand C, Singer JP, Hays SR, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Perez A, Combes A, Greenland JR. Macrophage and CD8 T Cell Discordance are Associated with Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction Progression. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024. PMID: 38367738


  8. DesJardin JT, Kime N, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal RA, Lammi MR, Mathai SC, Ventetuolo CE, De Marco T, PHAR Investigators. Investigating the "sex paradox" in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024. PMID: 38360160


  9. Lang AE, Kammer MN, Menon A, Sacha GL, Kolaitis NA. Upcoming Clinical Trials in Critical Care, Diffuse Lung Disease, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, and Thoracic Oncology in 2024. Chest 2024. PMID: 38199729


  10. Santos J, Wang P, Shemesh A, Liu F, Tsao T, Aguilar OA, Cleary SJ, Singer JP, Gao Y, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah RJ, Venado A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR. CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. JCI insight 2023. PMID: 37788115


  11. Santos J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Calabrese DR, Kolaitis N, Kleinhenz ME, Shah R, Estrada AV, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Greenland JR. Decreased Lymphocytic Bronchitis Severity in the Era of Azithromycin Prophylaxis. Transplantation direct 2023. PMID: 37575951


  12. Kolaitis NA. Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Chest 2023. PMID: 37150504


  13. J.T. DesJardin, N. Kolaitis, N. Kime, R. Kronmal, M. Lammi, S. Mathai, J. Ryan, C. Ventetuolo, T. De Marco. Female Sex is Associated with Worse Functional Impairment and Health-Related Quality of Life In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Baseline Results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2023. PMID:


  14. Singer JP, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Calabrese D, Wang P, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, Betancourt L, Oyster M, Zaleski D, Adler J, Kalman L, Balar P, Patel S, Medikonda N, Koons B, Tevald M, Covinsky KE, Greenland JR, Katz PK. Development of the Lung Transplant Frailty Scale (LT-FS). The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023. PMID: 36925382


  15. Singer JP, Calfee CS, Delucchi K, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Wang P, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard L LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, Betancourt L, Oyster M, Brown M, Zaleski D, Medikonda N, Kalman L, Balar P, Patel S, Calabrese DR, Greenland JR, Christie JD. Subphenotypes of frailty in lung transplant candidates. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023. PMID: 36740192


  16. Odisho AY, Liu AW, Maiorano AR, Bigazzi MOA, Medina E, Leard LE, Shah R, Venado A, Perez A, Golden J, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Maheshwari J, Trinh BN, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Calabrese D, Neinstein AB, Singer JP, Hays SR. Design and implementation of a digital health home spirometry intervention for remote monitoring of lung transplant function. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023. PMID: 37031033


  17. Kolaitis NA, Chen H, Calabrese DR, Kumar K, Obata J, Bach C, Golden JA, Simon MA, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Leard LE, Singer JP, De Marco T. The Lung Allocation Score Remains Inequitable for Patients with PAH, Even After the 2015 Revision. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 36094471


  18. DesJardin JT, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Schiller NB, Zier LS, Singer JP, De Marco T. Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in advanced lung disease. Pulmonary circulation 2023. PMID: 36618711


  19. Calabrese DR, Tsao T, Magnen M, Valet C, Gao Y, Mallavia B, Tian JJ, Aminian EA, Wang KM, Shemesh A, Punzalan EB, Sarma A, Calfee CS, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah RJ, Venado A, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Sayah DM, Ardehali A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Singer JP, Looney MR. NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes. JCI insight 2022. PMID: 36346670


  20. Rohlfing AB, Bischoff KE, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal RA, Kime NA, Gray MP, Bartolome S, Chakinala MM, Frantz RP, Ventetuolo CE, Mathai SC, De Marco T, PHAR investigators. Palliative care referrals in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Respiratory medicine 2022. PMID: 36470050


  21. Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Christopher F. Barnett. Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 2022. PMID:


  22. Garry JD, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal R, Thenappan T, Hemnes A, Grinnan D, Bull T, Chakinala MM, Horn E, Simon MA, De Marco T, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry Investigators. Anticoagulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension - association with mortality, healthcare utilization, and quality of life: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2022. PMID: 36150996


  23. Kolaitis NA, Saggar R, De Marco T. Methamphetamine-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2022. PMID: 35838374


  24. McGlothlin DP, Granton J, Klepetko W, Beghetti M, Rosenzweig EB, Corris PA, Horn E, Kanwar MK, McRae K, Roman A, Tedford R, Badagliacca R, Bartolome S, Benza R, Caccamo M, Cogswell R, Dewachter C, Donahoe L, Fadel E, Farber HW, Feinstein J, Franco V, Frantz R, Gatzoulis M, Hwa Anne Goh C, Guazzi M, Hansmann G, Hastings S, Heerdt PM, Hemnes A, Herpain A, Hsu CH, Kerr K, Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Madani M, McCluskey S, McCulloch M, Moser B, Navaratnam M, Rådegran G, Reimer C, Savale L, Shlobin OA, Svetlichnaya J, Swetz K, Tashjian J, Thenappan T, Vizza CD, West S, Zuckerman W, Zuckermann A, De Marco T. ISHLT consensus statement: Perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure undergoing surgery. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2022. PMID: 36123001


  25. Kolaitis NA, Lammi M, Mazimba S, Feldman J, McConnell W, Sager JS, Raval AA, Simon MA, De Marco T, PHAR investigators. Human Immune Deficiency Virus-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Report from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. 2022. PMID: 35180043


  26. A. Nguyen, B. Trinh, T. Deuse, J. Singer, S. Hays, A. Venado, L. Leard, R. Shah, M.E. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, J. Greenland, J. Golden, M. Brzezinski, J. Kukreja. Short-Term Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for COVID-19 ARDS: A Single Center Experience. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  27. D.R. Calabrese, J.P. Singer, S.R. Hays, L.E. Leard, J.A. Golden, N.A. Kolaitis, M. Kleinhenz, R. Shah, A. Venado, J. Kukreja, J.A. Belperio, S.S. Weigt, J.R. Greenland, M.R. Looney. Bronchoalveolar Lavage MICB is Associated with Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction, Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation, and Low Post-Transplant FEV1 in Lung Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  28. J. Santos, S. Hays, J.A. Golden, D. Calabrese, N.A. Kolaitis, M. Kleinhenz, S. Rupal, A. Venado, L.E. Leard, J. Kukreja, J.P. Singer, J.R. Greenland. Decreased Lymphocytic Bronchitis Severity in the Era of Azithromycin Prophylaxis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  29. M.Y. Rofael, T. Henry, A.A. Perez, L. Leard, T. De Marco, K.D. Jones, J. Kukreja, N. Kolaitis. Diagnosis of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease in the Absence of Hemodynamic Abnormalities. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  30. J. Maheshwari, A. Perez, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, A. Venado Estrada, J. Golden, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, M. Kleinhenz, K. Jones, A. Urisman, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, Y. Gesthalter, J. Singer, S. Hays. Immunosuppression-Induced Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Following Bilateral Lung Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  31. J.Q. Nguyen, Y. Teklu, S. Wu, N.A. Kolaitis, T. De Marco, S.M. Fanous. Oral Selexipag versus Inhaled Treprostinil Effect on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  32. N.A. Kolaitis, H. Chen, D.R. Calabrese, K. Kumar, J. Obata, C. Bach, J. Golden, M. Simon, J. Kukreja, S.R. Hays, L.E. Leard, J.P. Singer, T. De Marco. The Lung Allocation Score Remains Inequitable for Patients with PAH, Even After the 2015 Revision. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  33. L.L. Seijo, P. Smith, J.R. Greenland, Y. Gao, N.A. Kolaitis, A. Venado, S.R. Hays, N. Thakur, J. Kukreja, L.E. Leard, J.A. Golden, R. Shah, M. Kleinhenz, A. Perez, B. Trinh, L. Betancourt, N. Medikonda, D. Calabrese, P. Blanc, P.P. Katz, J.P. Singer. Worsening in the Lung Transplant-Valued Life Activities Scale is Associated with Mortality in Lung Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022. PMID:


  34. Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Venado A, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Smith PJ, Singer JP. Depressive symptoms in lung transplant recipients: trajectory and association with mortality and allograft dysfunction. 2022. PMID: 35354643


  35. Greenland NY, Deiter F, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Leard LE, Kolaitis NA, Golden JA, Singer JP, Greenland JR. Inflammation on bronchoalveolar lavage cytology is associated with decreased chronic lung allograft dysfunction-free survival. 2022. PMID: 35246990


  36. Rahaghi FF, Kolaitis NA, Adegunsoye A, de Andrade J, Flaherty KR, Lancaster L, Lee JS, Levine D, Preston IR, Safdar Z, Saggar R, Sahay S, Scholand MB, Shlobin O, Zisman DA, Nathan SD. Screening Strategies for Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Multidisciplinary Delphi Study. 2022. PMID: 35176276


  37. Franck Rahaghi, Nicholas Kolaitis, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Joao Alberto de Andrade, Kevin Flaherty, Lisa Lancaster, Joyce Lee, Deborah Levine, Ioana Preston, Zeenat Safdar, Rajan Saggar, Sandeep Sahay, Mary Beth Scholand, Oksana Shlobin, David Zisman, Steven Nathan. SCREENING FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A DELPHI CONSENSUS PANEL. 2021. PMID:


  38. Maheshwari JA, Kolaitis NA, Anderson MR, Benvenuto L, Gao Y, Katz PP, Greenland J, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Venado A, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Trinh B, Huang CY, Glidden D, Kleinhenz ME, Golden JA, Sutter N, Tietje-Ulrich G, Criner RN, Arcasoy SM, Christie JD, Diamond J, Singer JP. Construct and Predictive Validity of Sarcopenia in Lung Transplant Candidates. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021. PMID: 33565917


  39. Leard LE, Holm AM, Valapour M, Glanville AR, Attawar S, Aversa M, Campos SV, Christon LM, Cypel M, Dellgren G, Hartwig MG, Kapnadak SG, Kolaitis NA, Kotloff RM, Patterson CM, Shlobin OA, Smith PJ, Solé A, Solomon M, Weill D, Wijsenbeek MS, Willemse BWM, Arcasoy SM, Ramos KJ. Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: An update from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2021. PMID: 34419372


  40. Kolaitis NA, Zamanian RT, de Jesus Perez VA, Badesch DB, Benza RL, Burger CD, Chakinala MM, Elwing JM, Feldman J, Lammi MR, Mathai SC, McConnell JW, Presberg KW, Robinson JC, Sager J, Shlobin OA, Simon MA, Kawut SM, Glidden DV, Singer JP, De Marco T. Clinical Differences and Outcomes between Methamphetamine-Associated and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the PHAR. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2020. PMID: 33064950


  41. J. Maheshwari, J. Greenland, Y. Gao, S. Hays, P. Katz, P. Blanc, N. Kolaitis, J. Golden, J. Kukreja, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, B. Trinh, K. Covinsky, D. Calabrese, A. Venado, C. Huang, M. Kleinhenz, N. Sutter, G. Tietje-Ulrich, J. Singer. Frailty is Associated with Subsequent Development of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  42. A. Odisho, J.P. Singer, A. Perez, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, J.A. Golden, M. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, J. Maheshwari, A. Liu, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, J. Greenland, D. Calabrese, S.R. Hays. Implementation of a Chatbot Mobile Health Intervention with Home Spirometry to Monitor Lung Transplant Recipients Remotely. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  43. A. Venado, J.P. Singer, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, M.E. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, A. Perez, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, J. Maheshwari, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, S. Hays. Measuring Quality in Lung Transplant Care: The QUILT Initiative. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  44. DuBrock HM, Nathan SD, Reeve BB, Kolaitis NA, Mathai SC, Classi PM, Nelsen AC, Olayinka-Amao B, Norcross LN, Martin SA. Pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a patient experience study of symptoms and their impact on quality of life. Pulmonary circulation 2021. PMID: 33868642


  45. A.A. Perez, J.P. Singer, D. Calabrese, A. Venado, J. Greenland, L.E. Leard, R.J. Shah, N.A. Kolaitis, J.A. Golden, M. Kleinhenz, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, S.R. Hays. Risk Factors and Rates of Fungal Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients Who Receive Posaconazole and Inhaled Amphotericin Combination Prophylaxis Therapy. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  46. J. Garry, N. Kolaitis, N. Kime, R. Kronmal, M. Chikinala, T. Thenappan, D. Grinnan, E. Horn, A. Hemnes, M. Simon, T. Bull, T. De Marco. The Relationship between Anticoagulation and Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  47. L.L. Seijo, A. Perez, N. Thakur, A. Venado, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, J. Singer, M.E. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, J.A. Golden, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, S. Hays. COVID-19 Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Case Series. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021. PMID:


  48. DeBolt CL, Gao Y, Sutter N, Soong A, Leard L, Jeffrey G, Kleinhenz ME, Calabrese D, Greenland J, Venado A, Hays SR, Shah R, Kukreja J, Trinh B, Kolaitis NA, Douglas V, Diamond JM, Smith P, Singer J. The association of post-operative delirium with patient-reported outcomes and mortality after lung transplantation. Clinical transplantation 2021. PMID: 33682171


  49. Aida Venado, Genevieve Montas, Katherine Dewey, Jonathan Singer, Daniel Calabrese, Nicholas Kolaitis, Lorriana Leard, Rupal Shah, Mary Kleinhenz, Jasleen Kukreja, Paul Wolters, Jeffrey Golden, Steven Hays. LUNG FUNCTION TRAJECTORY IN THE PIRFENIDONE FOR RESTRICTIVE CHRONIC LUNG ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION (PIRCLAD) TRIAL: INTERIM ANALYSIS. CHEST Journal 2020. PMID:


  50. Aida Venado, Katherine Dewey, Genevieve Montas, John Greenland, Lorriana Leard, Rupal Shah, Nicholas Kolaitis, Daniel Calabrese, Mary Kleinhenz, Jasleen Kukreja, Paul Wolters, Jonathan Singer, Jeffrey Golden, Steven Hays. SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF PIRFENIDONE FOR RESTRICTIVE CHRONIC LUNG ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION (PIRCLAD): INTERIM RESULTS. CHEST Journal 2020. PMID:


  51. Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Venado A, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Singer JP. Primary graft dysfunction attenuates improvements in health-related quality of life after lung transplantation, but not disability or depression. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020. PMID: 32794295


  52. DesJardin JT, Kolaitis NA, Kime N, Kronmal RA, Benza RL, Elwing JM, Lammi MR, McConnell JW, Presberg KW, Sager JS, Shlobin OA, De Marco T. Age-related differences in hemodynamics and functional status in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Baseline results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2020. PMID: 32507341


  53. Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Huang CY, Gao Y, Glidden DV, Soong A, Sutter N, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Deuse T, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Blanc PD, Singer JP. Frailty after lung transplantation is associated with impaired health-related quality of life and mortality. Thorax 2020. PMID: 32376733


  54. N.A. Kolaitis, Y. Gao, N. Sutter, A. Soong, R.J. Shah, A. Venado, S.R. Hays, J. Kukreja, J. Golden, L.E. Leard, J.R. Greenland, M. Kleinhenz, P.P. Katz, P.D. Blanc, P.J. Smith, J.P. Singer. Depressive Symptoms in Lung Transplant Recipients: Trajectory and Association with Mortality. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020. PMID:


  55. E. Vasti, A. Papolos, N.A. Kolaitis, J. Mayfield, G.H. Tison, T. De Marco. Patients with Methamphetamine-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Have Less Favorable Hemodynamics Than Other Patients with Group 1 PAH. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020. PMID:


  56. D.M. Gordon, S.R. Hays, J.P. Singer, A.A. Perez, A. Venado, G. Iyer, B.M. Zuckerman, C.E. Daulton, J. Pascual, K. Dewey, R. Florez, R.J. Shah, N.A. Kolaitis, L.E. Leard, M.E. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, B. Trinh, T. Deuse, J. Kukreja. Reducing Length of Stay after Lung Transplant through Implementation of Multi-Disciplinary Care Coordination Rounds. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020. PMID:


  57. J.T. DesJardin, Y. Svetlichnaya, N.A. Kolaitis, J.P. Singer, S.R. Hayes, J. Kukreja, T. De Marco. Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Doppler Envelope Notching Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension and Outcomes in Lung Transplant Candidates. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020. PMID:


  58. Stern LK, Selby VN, Kolaitis NA, Boin F, Aras M, Klein L, De Marco T. Heart-lung transplantation: A viable option for connective tissue diseases. Clinical transplantation 2019. PMID: 31867763


  59. Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Rupal J. Shah. A Comprehensive Guide to Lung Transplantation for the Recipient With Pulmonary Fibrosis. 2020. PMID:


  60. Kolaitis NA, Calabrese DR, Ahearn P, Venado A, Florez R, Lei HL, Isaak K, Henricksen E, Martinez E, Chong T, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, De Marco T, Greenland JR, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Blanc PD, Singer JP. Tacrolimus trough monitoring guided by mass spectrometry without accounting for assay differences is associated with acute kidney injury in lung transplant recipients. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2019. PMID: 31696925


  61. Kolaitis NA, Singer JP. Transplantation in the Face of Donor-Specific Antibodies: A Pathway to Become Better. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2019. PMID: 31469311


  62. Anderson MR, Kolaitis N, Gao Y, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Hays S, Wolters P, Golden J, Diamond J, Palmer S, Arcasoy S, Udupa J, Christie JD, Lederer DJ, Singer JP. A non-linear relationship between visceral adipose tissue and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019. PMID: 31278829


  63. DesJardin JT, Manicardi M, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Papolos AI, Selby VN, Zier LS, Klein L, Aras MA, Yao FY, Roberts JP, De Marco T. Non-Invasive Estimation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Improves Portopulmonary Hypertension Screening in Liver Transplant Candidates. Clinical transplantation 2019. PMID: 31074522


  64. . Demographic, Hemodynamic, and HRQL Differences between Methamphetamine-Associated and Idiopathic PAH: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. 2019. PMID:


  65. . Frailty is Associated with Greater Impairments in Health-Related Quality of Life after Lung Transplantation Than Before. 2019. PMID:


  66. Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Jones KD, Hays SR, Leard LE. Pirfenidone-Induced Sarcoid-Like Reaction: A Novel Complication. Chest 2018. PMID: 30290953


  67. . (781) Tacrolimus Trough Monitoring by Mass Spectroscopy is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplant Recipients. 2018. PMID:


  68. Kolaitis NA, Singer JP. Defining Success in Lung Transplantation: From Survival to Quality of Life. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 29579775


  69. Kolaitis NA, Soong A, Shrestha P, Zhuo H, Neuhaus J, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Kleinhenz ME, Blanc PD, Singer JP. Improvement in patient-reported outcomes after lung transplantation is not impacted by the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplantation. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2018. PMID: 29550072


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  71. Kolaitis NA, Duffy E, Zhang A, Lo M, Barba DT, Chen M, Soriano T, Hu J, Nabili V, Saggar R, Sayah DM, DerHovanessian A, Shino MY, Lynch JP, Kubak BM, Ardehali A, Ross DJ, Belperio JA, Elashoff D, Saggar R, Weigt SS. Voriconazole increases the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma after lung transplantation. Volume 30 of Issue 1. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2016. PMID: 27678492


  72. North JP, Garrido MC, Kolaitis NA, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC. Fluorescence in situ hybridization as an ancillary tool in the diagnosis of ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms: a review of 804 cases. Volume 38 of Issue 6. The American journal of surgical pathology 2014. PMID: 24618603


  73. von Drygalski A, Kolaitis NA, Bettencourt R, Bergstrom J, Kruse-Jarres R, Quon DV, Wassel C, Li MC, Waalen J, Elias DJ, Mosnier LO, Allison M. Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in hemophilia. Volume 62 of Issue 1. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2013. PMID: 23630949


  74. Bauer J, Büttner P, Murali R, Okamoto I, Kolaitis NA, Landi MT, Scolyer RA, Bastian BC. BRAF mutations in cutaneous melanoma are independently associated with age, anatomic site of the primary tumor, and the degree of solar elastosis at the primary tumor site. Volume 24 of Issue 2. Pigment cell & melanoma research 2011. PMID: 21324100


  75. Dalton SR, Gerami P, Kolaitis NA, Charzan S, Werling R, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC. Use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to distinguish intranodal nevus from metastatic melanoma. Volume 34 of Issue 2. The American journal of surgical pathology 2010. PMID: 20087158


  76. Wu S, Mar-Heyming R, Dugum EZ, Kolaitis NA, Qi H, Pajukanta P, Castellani LW, Lusis AJ, Drake TA. Upstream transcription factor 1 influences plasma lipid and metabolic traits in mice. Volume 19 of Issue 4. Human molecular genetics 2009. PMID: 19995791


  77. Gerami P, Jewell SS, Morrison LE, Blondin B, Schulz J, Ruffalo T, Matushek P, Legator M, Jacobson K, Dalton SR, Charzan S, Kolaitis NA, Guitart J, Lertsbarapa T, Boone S, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma. Volume 33 of Issue 8. The American journal of surgical pathology 2009. PMID: 19561450


  78. Mar-Heyming R, Miyazaki M, Weissglas-Volkov D, Kolaitis NA, Sadaat N, Plaisier C, Pajukanta P, Cantor RM, de Bruin TW, Ntambi JM, Lusis AJ. Association of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 activity with familial combined hyperlipidemia. Volume 28 of Issue 6. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2008. PMID: 18340007