Zachary S . DePew, MD

Associate Professor

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School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Zachary S . DePew, MD

Associate Professor

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine

Areas of Interest: Interventional pulmonology, lung cancer, pleural diseases, tracheal stenosis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Department

Medicine

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Annals of the American Thoracic Society
    Ratwani Ankush, Yermakhanova Gulmira, Grosu Horiana B, Husnain Shaikh M Noor, Sanchez Trinidad M, Pannu Jasleen, Maldonado Fabien, Debiane Labib G, DePew Zachary, Yarmus Lonny, Shepherd Ray W, New Holly, Chen Heidi, Parker Mark, Lee Peter Mj, Khemasuwan Danai, Arain Muhammad H, Rahman Najib M, Shojaee Samira, Lentz Robert J, Rickman Otis B, Feller-Kopman David, Rezai Gharai Leila, Chen Sheau-Chiann, Ost David E, Dana Frank, Post-thoracentesis Ultrasound vs. Chest X-ray for the Evaluation of Effusion Evacuation and Lung Re-Expansion, A Multicenter Study 2025
  • Chest
    Shojaee Samira, Zaveri Jhankruti, Los Jenna, DeMaio Andrew, Jimenez Carlos A., Avasarala Sameer K., Bashoura Lara, Keshava Keerthana, Vakil Erik, Casal Roberto F., Evans Scott E., Pew Krystle, Sauve Marie, Pettee Jackson, Burks Cole, Almario Roel-Rolando, Castaldo Nadia, Balachandran Diwakar D., Patruno Vincenzo, Roller Lance, Sheshadri Ajay, Vaquero Luis, Ordonez Eva, Yermakhanova Gulmira, Akulian Jason, Ferguson Travis, Adachi Roberto, Eapen George A., Ost David E., Bashour Sami, Lentz Robert, Pai Cheryl, Maldonado Fabien, Ma Junsheng, Fantin Alberto, MacRosty Christina, Bassett Roland, Debiane Labib, DePew Zachary S., Faiz Saadia A., Khan Asad, Shannon Vickie, Noor Laila Z., Arain Muhammad H., Pannu Jasleen, Yarmus Lonny, Grosu Horiana B., GRAvity- versus Wall suction-drIven large volume Thoracentesis: a rAndomized controlled Study (GRAWITAS study) 2024
  • Chest
    Samant Maanasi, DePew Zachary, Morrow Lee E, Hogarth D Kyle, Castro Mario, Tejedor Richard, Trevor Jennifer, Shi Xiaosong, Krings James G, Lew Daphne, Goss Charles W, Koch Tammy, McGregor Mary Clare, Choi Jiwoong, Boomer Jonathan, Hall Chase S, Schechtman Ken B, Sheshadri Ajay, Peterson Samuel, Erzurum Serpil, Wechsler Michael E, Sam Afshin, Use of Quantitative CT to Identify Bronchial Thermoplasty Responders 2023
  • Chest
    Cheek ANNA, Depew ZACHARY S, Germano NICHOLAS, DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO BILATERAL SYNCHRONOUS PRIMARY LUNG CANCERS
    164:4, p. A4456 2023
  • Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology
    Landeen Carolina A., DePew Zachary S., Rickman Otis B., Grogan Eric L., Lambright Eric S., Lentz Robert J., Maldonado Fabien, Pannu Jasleen K., Life-threatening Mediastinitis Following Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal Granulomas A Case Series
    30:1, p. 66 - 69 2023
  • Chest
    Ahmad FARAN, Batool AYESHA, Mendoza NEIL, S DEPEW ZACHARY, COVID-19-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY MUCORMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A RARE PRESENTATION
    162:4, p. A462 - A462 2022
  • Jagan Nikhil, Pilli Suchitra, Walters Ryan W., Maldonado Fabien, DePew Zachary S., Uncovering Objective Improvements in Physical Activity Using Digital Actigraphy after Therapeutic Thoracentesis 2022
  • Chest
    Addasi YAZAN, Mueller KENNETH, Alali YAMAN, AL QEREM LINA, ABU JAZAR DEAA, Nayfeh ALI, Depew ZACHARY, A RARE CASE OF IDIOPATHIC METHEMOGLOBINEMIA
    160:4, p. A688 - A689 2021
  • Chest
    Mueller Kenneth, DePew Zachary, Gastelum Alheli Arce, Alberts Jared, Millner Paul, HIGH GRADE SARCOMA WITH MYXOID FEATURES
    158:4, p. A1542 - A1543 2020
  • Chest
    Chung Jacqueline, Pilli Suchitra, DePew Zachary, PULMONARY VEIN THROMBOSIS: A RARE ENTITY IN THE SETTING OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS
    158:4, p. A2074 - A2074 2020
  • Journal of Pharmacy Practice
    Dull Stacey K., Malesker Mark A., Morrow Lee E., DePew Zachary S., Jagan Nikhil, Moore Douglas R., Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Following Pirfenidone Initiation
    33:4, p. 548 - 552 2020
  • Lentz Robert J., Roller Lance, Maldonado Fabien, Shojaee Samira, Grosu Horiana B., Rickman Otis B., Pannu Jasleen K., DePew Zachary S., Debiane Labib G., Cicenia Joseph C., Akulian Jason, Jagan Nikhil, Walston Charla, Sanchez Trinidad M., Davidson Kevin R., Ahmad Sahar, Gilbert Christopher, Huggins John T., Chen Heidi, Lee Hans, Light Richard W., Yarmus Lonny, Feller-Kopman David, Rahman Najib M., Response 2020
  • Chest
    Lentz Robert J., Shojaee Samira, Pannu Jasleen K., Grosu Horiana B., Rickman Otis B., Roller Lance, Light Richard W., DePew Zachary S., Debiane Labib G., Cicenia Joseph C., Akulian Jason, Walston Charla, Sanchez Trinidad M., Davidson Kevin R., Jagan Nikhil, Ahmad Sahar, Gilbert Christopher, Huggins John T., Chen Heidi, Yarmus Lonny, Feller-Kopman David, Lee Hans, Rahman Najib M., Maldonado Fabien, The Impact of Gravity vs Suction-driven Therapeutic Thoracentesis on Pressure-related Complications
    157:3, p. 702 - 711 2020
  • Lung India
    Makkar PriyankaS, DePew Zachary, Mehta Vishisht, Bhatia Karishma, A 58-year-old Woman with Recurrent Pneumonias and a Pulmonary Abscess
    37:6, p. 542 - 542 2020
  • Chest
    Lentz Robert, Grosu Horiana, Rickman Otis, Roller Lance, Shojaee Samira, Pannu Jasleen, DePew Zachary, Debiane Labib, Cicenia Joseph, Akulian Jason, Walston Charla, Davidson Kevin, Sanchez Trinidad, Ahmad Sahar, Gilbert Christopher, Huggins John, Chen Heidi, Light Richard, Yarmus Lonny, Rahman Najib, Maldonado Fabien, GRAVITY VS SUCTION-DRIVEN THERAPEUTIC THORACENTESIS TO PREVENT PLEURAL-PRESSURE-RELATED COMPLICATIONS: THE GRAVITAS MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
    156:4, p. A1102 - A1103 2019
  • Chest
    Chung Jacqueline, Depew Zachary, Moore Doug, NODULAR LYMPHOCYTE- PREDOMINANT LYMPHOMA WITH LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS AS PRIMARY PRESENTATION OF SJOGREN SYNDROME
    156:4, p. A1899 - A1900 2019
  • Nayfeh A., Addasi N., Thomas S., DePew Z.S., Syndrome Presenting with Pleural and Pericardial Effusions 2019
  • Addasi N., Moore D., Jagan N., Nayfeh A., DePew Z.S., A Challenging Case of Disseminated Sarcoidosis 2019
  • Journal of Thoracic Disease
    Jagan Nikhil, Highley Adam D., Landeen Carolina A., Moore Douglas R., Walters Ryan W., DePew Zachary S., Waste not, want not
    11:8, p. 3270 - 3275 2019
  • Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
    Wallen Tanner, Depew Zachary, Jagan Nikhil, Krishnan Mridula, A 75 year old male with recurrent unilateral pleural effusion and positive ANA
    26, p. 301 - 303 2019
  • Critical care medicine
    Nayfeh Ali, Depew zachary, kassim thamer, Addasi Noor, Alghoula Faysal, Holewinski christopher, 916: ACUTE ELEMENTAL MERCURY POISONING
    46:1, p. 441 - 441 2018
  • Case Reports in Medicine
    Nayfeh Ali, Holewinski Christopher, Kassim Thamer, Addasi Noor, Alghoula Faysal, Depew Zachary, A Challenging Case of Acute Mercury Toxicity
    2018 2018
  • Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
    Mehta Vishisht, Bhatia Karishma, Dave Amanda M, Depew Zachary S, A 39-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Pulmonary Emboli on Long Term Anticoagulation
    9:6, p. e1356 2017
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
    Jhand A, Mehta V, DePew Z, C80-I THORACIC ONCOLOGY CASE REPORTS III: Not All Fdg-Avid Lymph Nodes Are Malignant: A Case Of Sarcoid-Like Reaction Associated With Nsclc
    195 2017
  • Chest
    Bhatia Karishma, DePew Zachary, Mehta Vishisht, McCann Dustin, Intralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration: Rare Cause of Intrapulmonary Abscess
    150:4, p. 642 - 642A 2016
  • Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
    Lenz C. J., Topazian M. D., Wong Kee Song L. M., Bick B. L., Katzka D., Nichols F. C., DePew Zachary S., Baron T. H., Buttar N. S., Maldonado F., Enders F. T., Harmsen W. S., Dierkhising R. A., Esophagorespiratory Fistulas: Survival and Outcomes of Treatment 2016
  • Chest
    Mehta Vishisht, Bhatia Karishma, Veerappan Kandasamy Vimalkumar, DePew Zachary, Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, Pregnancy, and Pulmonary Embolism: When prophylaxis is not enough
    148:4, p. 995 - 995B 2015
  • Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
    Kern Ryan M., DePew Zachary S., Maldonado Fabien, Outpatient thoracoscopy: safety and practical considerations
    21:4, p. 357 - 362 2015
  • Chest
    Pannu Jasleen, Mullon John, Hagen Clinton, Maldonado Fabien, DePew Zachary, Daniels Craig, Can Manometry Prevent Chest Discomfort During Thoracentesis? A Symptom-based Study
    145:3, p. 289B - 289B 2014
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology
    Raghunath S., Peikert T., Robb R. A., Maldonado F., Rajagopalan S., Karwoski R. A., Bartholmai B. J., DePew Zachary S., Noninvasive Risk Stratification of Lung Adenocarcinoma using Quantitative Computed Tomography
    9:11, p. 1698 - 1703 2014
  • Chest
    DePew Zachary S., Deschamps C., Maldonado F., Wigle D., Nichols F. C., Mullon J. J., Feasibility and Safety of Outpatient Medical Thoracoscopy at a Large Tertiary Medical Center: A Collaborative Medical-Surgical Initiative
    146:2, p. 398 - 405 2014
  • Chest
    Karpman C., DePew Zachary S., LeBrasseur N. K., Novotny P. J., Benzo R. P., Determinants of Gait Speed in COPD
    146:1, p. 104 - 110 2014
  • Respiration
    Hohberger L. A., Edell E. S., DePew Zachary S., Utz J. P., Maldonado F., Utilizing an Endobronchial Blocker and a Flexible Bronchoscope for Transbronchial Cryobiopsies in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
    88:6, p. 521 - 522 2014
  • Annals of Thoracic Surgery
    DePew Zachary S., Maldonado F., Verma A., Wigle D., Mullon J. J., Nichols F. C., Nonspecific Pleuritis: Optimal Duration of Follow-Up
    97:6, p. 1867 - 1871 2014
  • Respiratory Care
    Karpman C., Benzo R. P., Le Brasseur N. K., De Pew Z. S., Novotny P. J., DePew Zachary S., Measuring Gait Speed in the Out-Patient Clinic: Methodology and Feasibility
    59:4, p. 531 - 537 2014
  • Laryngoscope
    Maldonado F., Malinchoc M., Loiselle A., DePew Zachary S., Edell E. S., Ekbom D. C., Hagen C. E., Alon E., Kasperbauer J. L., Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis: An Evolving Therapeutic Algorithm
    124:2, p. 498 - 503 2014
  • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine
    DePew Zachary S., Maldonado F., The Role of Interventional Therapy for Pleural Diseases
    8:4, p. 465 - 477 2014
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
    Pannu J, Maldonado F, DePew Z, Hagen C, Mullon J, D23 MOONRAKER: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PLEURAL SPACE: Does Manometry Prevent Chest Pain And Dyspnea? A Symptom Based Study
    189, p. 1 2014
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
    Fussner L, DePew Z, Maldonado F, Kalra S, C41 CASE REPORTS IN INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY: Iatrogenic Buffalo Chest: Bilateral Pneumothoraces Following Indwelling Pleural Catheter Placement
    189, p. 1 2014
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
    Raghunath S, Rajagopalan S, Maldonado F, Karwoski R, Boland J, DePew Z, Aubry M, Yi E, Robb R, Yang P, Bartholmai B, Peikert T, D93 GOLDEN EYE: SCREENING AND RISK PREDICTION FOR LUNG CANCER: Independent Quantitative Computed Tomography Based Prediction Of Lung Adenocarcinoma Risk
    189, p. 1 2014
  • Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
    Pannu J., De Pew Z. S., Mullon J. J., Daniels C. E., Hagen C. E., Maldonado F., DePew Zachary S., Impact of Pleural Manometry on the Development of Chest Discomfort during Thoracentesis a Symptom-Based Study
    21:4, p. 306 - 313 2014
  • Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
    De Pew Z. S., Verma A., Maldonado F., DePew Zachary S., Lung Flooding Allows for Transthoracic Ultrasonographic Visualization of Endobronchial Forceps
    21:4, p. 369 - 370 2014
  • The American journal of gastroenterology
    Lenz Charles, Kee Song Louis Wong, Bick Benjamin, Depew Zachary, Nichols Francis, Baron Todd, Katzka David, Buttar Navtej, Maldonado Fabien, Enders Felicity, Dierkhising Ross, Topazian Mark, Treatment and Outcomes of Airway-Esophageal Fistulas
    108, p. S5 2013
  • DePew Zachary, Yi Joanne, Maldonado Fabien, Mesothelioma Incidence Following a Diagnosis of Nonspecific Pleuritis 2013
  • Chest
    Loiselle Andrea, Kasperbauer Jan, DePew Zachary, Edell Eric, Maldonado Fabien, Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis: An Evolving Therapeutic Algorithm
    144:4, p. 804A - 804A 2013
  • Respiratory Care
    De Pew Z. S., Karpman C., Novotny P. J., Benzo R. P., DePew Zachary S., Correlations between Gait Speed, 6-Minute Walk Distance, Physical Activity, and Self-Efficacy in Patients with Severe Chronic Lung Disease
    58:12, p. 2113 - 2119 2013
  • American Journal of the Medical Sciences
    DePew Zachary S., Mullon J. J., Maldonado F., Nichols F. C., Iqbal S., The Role for Tunneled Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Patients with Persistent Benign Chylothorax
    346:5, p. 349 - 352 2013
  • Chronic Respiratory Disease
    DePew Zachary S., Garofoli A. C., Novotny P. J., Benzo R. P., Screening for Severe Physical Inactivity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Value of Simple Measures and the Validation of Two Physical Activity Questionnaires
    10:1, p. 19 - 27 2013
  • Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
    DePew Zachary S., Mullon John J., Bungum Aaron O., Decker Paul A., Maldonado Fabien, Midthun David E., Edell Eric S., Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Determinants of Sampling Adequacy
    19:4, p. 271 - 276 2012
  • Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
    DePew Zachary S., Gonsalves Wilson I., Roden Anja C., Bungum Aaron O., Maldonado Fabien, Mullon John J., Granulomatous Inflammation Detected by Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with a Concurrent Diagnosis of Cancer: A Clinical Conundrum
    19:3, p. 176 - 181 2012
  • Rare Tumors
    DePew Zachary S., Vassallo R., Pulmonary Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Rare Manifestation of an Uncommon Condition
    4:1, p. 30 - 31 2012
  • Respirology
    DePew Zachary S., Novotny P. J., Benzo R. P., How Many Steps are enough to Avoid Severe Physical Inactivity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
    17:6, p. 1026 - 1027 2012
  • Chest
    DePew Zachary S., Benzo R., What is the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy Tool Actually Measuring?
    141:4, p. 1123 - 1124 2012
  • Annals of Thoracic Surgery
    Iqbal S., Edell E. S., DePew Zachary S., Kurtin P. J., Sykes A. -M G., Johnson G. B., Habermann T. M., Maldonado F., Endobronchial Ultrasound and Lymphoproliferative Disorders: A Retrospective Study
    94:6, p. 1830 - 1834 2012
  • DePew Zachary, Gossman William, Morrow Lee E., Association of primary care physician relationship and insurance status with reduced rates of tobacco smoking 2010
  • Chest
    DePew Zachary S., Gonsalves W., Schuller Dan, A 49-year-old woman with acute respiratory failure
    138:1, p. 224 - 227 2010
  • American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care
    DePew Zachary S., Morrow Lee E., An Established Primary Care Relationship is Associated with Decreased Rates of Tobacco Smoking
    179, p. A2605 2009
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
    Ellison P. A., Cremo C. R., DePew Zachary S., Both Heads of Tissue-Derived Smooth Muscle Heavy Meromyosin Bind to Actin in the Presence of ADP
    278:7, p. 4410 - 4415 2003