Michael A . Smith

Department

Surgery (Phoenix)

Position

Professor

Books

• Tintinalli Judith E, etal Tintinalli's emergency medicine 2011

Publications

• Clinical transplantation
  Biswas Roy Sreeja, etal Bridging the Gap: A Comparative Analysis of Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation or ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplant Between Eras
  39:10, p. e70337 2025
• JTCVS open
  Woods Claire, etal Disparities in lung cancer screening among patients in socioeconomically distressed communities 2025
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Shacker Mark, etal Lung transplant outcomes in recipients of advanced age: Are two always better than one?
  170:2, p. 413 - 422.e5 2025
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Shacker Mark, etal Lung Transplantation in the Elderly: Is Age a Contraindication? 2025
• Respiratory research
  Pujadas Valentina, etal Alveolar epithelial type 2 cell specific loss of IGFBP2 activates inflammation in COVID-19
  26:1, p. 111 - 13 2025
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Kukreja Jasleen, etal The 2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Current standards in donor lung procurement and preservation
  169:2, p. 484 - 504 2025
• American journal of transplantation
  Scozzi Davide, etal Immature Neutrophils in Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
  25:1, p. S16 - S16 2025
• Human Immunology
  Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, etal Reduced levels of liver kinase B1 in small extracellular vesicles as a predictor for chronic lung allograft dysfunction in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients
  86:1 2025
• Transplant immunology
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Regulation of cardiac allograft immune responses by microRNA-155
  87, p. 102113 - 102113 2024
• Chest
  Shacker MARK, etal IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT: EARLY TRENDS IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN THE CONTINUOUS ALLOCATION SCORE ERA
  166:4, p. A6354 - A6355 2024
• Chest
  Moin ARIBA, etal AIRWAY COMPLICATIONS AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANT AT A HIGH-VOLUME TRANSPLANT CENTER: INSIGHTS INTO CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT, AND PATIENT OUTCOMES
  166:4, p. A6299 - A6300 2024
• Chest
  Braat JONATHAN, etal ENHANCING LUNG TRANSPLANT CANDIDACY: A CASE SERIES ON SUCCESSFUL TAVR PRIOR TO BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
  166:4, p. A6291 - A6292 2024
• Transplantation
  Rahman Mohammad, etal Downregulation of Tumor Suppressor Gene LKB1 During Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction After Human Lung Transplantation: Implication for the Development of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction 2024
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., etal (1019) - Long-Term Survival of Lung Transplant Recipients with Connective Tissue Disease and Esophageal Dysfunction: An 11-Year Single-Center Experience
  43:4, p. S475 - S476 2024
• Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  Guerrero-Alba Alexa, etal Enhanced enrichment of extracellular vesicles for laboratory and clinical research from drop-sized blood samples
  11 2024
• Langenbeck's archives of surgery
  Latorre-Rodríguez Andrés R, etal Diagnosis and management of anastomotic leaks after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy: a single-center experience
  408:1, p. 397 2023
• Cellular immunology
  Rahman Mohammad, etal Downregulation of a tumor suppressor gene LKB1 in lung transplantation as a biomarker for chronic murine lung allograft rejection
  386, p. 104690 - 104690 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sindu D., etal (686) West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis in a Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipient
  42:4, p. S304 - S304 2023
• European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
  Razia Deepika, etal Antireflux surgery versus medical management of gastro-oesophageal reflux after lung transplantation
  63:3 2023
• Surgical endoscopy
  Razia Deepika, etal Morbidity of antireflux surgery in lung transplant and matched nontransplant cohorts is comparable
  37:2, p. 1114 - 1122 2023
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Razia Deepika, etal Hospitalized patients with irreversible lung injury from COVID-19 have higher morbidity but similar 1-year survival after lung transplant compared to hospitalized patients transplanted for restrictive lung disease
  42:2, p. 255 - 263 2023
• Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Razia Deepika, etal Association Between Antibodies Against Lung Self-Antigens and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Lung Transplant Candidates
  35:1, p. 177 - 186 2023
• Transplant Immunology
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Immune responses of lung transplant recipients against SARS-CoV-2 and common respiratory coronaviruses: Evidence for pre-existing cross-reactive immunity
  81 2023
• Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
  Razia Deepika, etal Incidentally Detected Malignancies in Lung Explants
  32:4, p. 332 - 339 2022
• Chest
  Razia DEEPIKA, etal PERIOPERATIVE AND SHORT-TERM MORBIDITY IN LUNG RECIPIENTS WITH LISTING BMI ≥35 KG/M2: A SINGLE-CENTER CASE SERIES
  162:4, p. A2573 - A2574 2022
• American journal of transplantation
  Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, etal Low-dose IL-2 prevents murine chronic cardiac allograft rejection: Role for IL-2-induced T regulatory cells and exosomes with PD-L1 and CD73
  22:9, p. 2180 - 2194 2022
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Giulini Luca, etal Factors associated with esophageal motility improvement after bilateral lung transplant in patients with an aperistaltic esophagus
  163:6, p. 1979 - 1986 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Razia D., etal Persistent Subclinical SARS-CoV-2 Isolation After Redo Lung Transplant for COVID-19-Induced Lung Injury
  41:4, p. S433 - S434 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Jacob J., etal Never Say Never: A 3D Anatomic Model Creates a Surgical Roadmap for Ultra-Complex Lung Transplant Recipient
  41:4, p. S297 - S298 2022
• Journal of transplantation
  Razia Deepika, etal Orthostatic Hypotension and Concurrent Autonomic Dysfunction: A Novel Complication of Lung Transplantation
  2022, p. - 2022
• American journal of transplantation
  Rahman Mohammad, etal Novel role for tumor suppressor gene, liver kinase B1, in epithelial-mesenchymal transition leading to chronic lung allograft dysfunction
  22:3, p. 843 - 852 2022
• Transplantation direct
  Razia Deepika, etal Lung Transplant Candidates With Pretransplant Gastroesophageal Reflux and Antibodies to Lung Self-antigens Have Shorter CLAD-free Survival After Transplant
  8:3, p. E1294 - e1294 2022
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Schaheen Lara, etal Lung transplantation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The who, what, where, when, and why
  163:3, p. 865 - 868 2022
• Clinical transplantation
  Olson Michael T., etal Outcomes after lung transplantation in recipients aged 70 years or older
  36:1, p. e14505 - n/a 2022
• Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Csucska Mate, etal Bilateral Lung Transplant for a Connective Tissue Disorder: Esophageal Motility and 3-year Survival
  34:3, p. 1065 - 1073 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Restrictive allograft syndrome vs bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: Immunological and molecular characterization of circulating exosomes
  41:1, p. 24 - 33 2022
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, etal A decline in club cell secretory proteins in lung transplantation is associated with release of natural killer cells exosomes leading to chronic rejection
  40:12, p. 1517 - 1528 2021
• Transplant immunology
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Circulating exosomes induced by respiratory viral infections in lung transplant recipients activate cellular stress, innate immune pathways and epithelial to mesenchymal transition
  69, p. 101480 - 101480 2021
• Clinical and translational medicine
  Bansal Sandhya, etal SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in lung transplant recipients induces circulating exosomes with SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein S2
  11:11, p. e576 - n/a 2021
• Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
  Olson Michael T., etal Inpatient Lung Transplant Evaluation Is Associated With Increased Risk of Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost of Care After Transplant
  31:3, p. 219 - 227 2021
• Case reports in transplantation
  Arjuna Ashwini, etal Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Sponge Effect in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient
  2021, p. 1 - 4 2021
• Transplantation
  Itabashi Yoshihiro, etal Decline in Club Cell Secretory Proteins, Exosomes Induction and Immune Responses to Lung Self-antigens, Kα1 Tubulin and Collagen V, Leading to Chronic Rejection After Human Lung Transplantation
  105:6, p. 1337 - 1346 2021
• Expert review of respiratory medicine
  Arjuna Ashwini, etal An update on current treatment strategies for managing bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation
  15:3, p. 339 - 350 2021
• Annals of Esophagus
  Kovács Balázs, etal Esophageal perforation: a retrospective report of outcomes at a single center
  4, p. 2 - 2 2021
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Masuda Takahiro, etal Esophageal aperistalsis and lung transplant: Recovery of peristalsis after transplant is associated with improved long-term outcomes
  160:6, p. 1613 - 1626 2020
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Sharma Monal, etal Circulating exosomes with lung self-antigens as a biomarker for chronic lung allograft dysfunction: A retrospective analysis
  39:11, p. 1210 - 1219 2020
• Cellular immunology
  Bansal Sandhya, etal The role of miRNA-155 in the immunopathogenesis of obliterative airway disease in mice induced by circulating exosomes from human lung transplant recipients with chronic lung allograft dysfunction
  355, p. 104172 - 104172 2020
• ACS omega
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Global Proteomics Analysis of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Lung Transplant Recipients
  5:24, p. 14360 - 14369 2020
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Gunasekaran Muthukumar, etal Respiratory viral infection in lung transplantation induces exosomes that trigger chronic rejection
  39:4, p. 379 - 388 2020
• Clinical transplantation
  Elnahas Shaimaa, etal Factors associated with skin cancer in lung transplant recipients: A single-center experience
  33:12, p. e13718 - n/a 2019
• Diseases of the esophagus
  Csucska Mate, etal O15 ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY OF LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SYSTEMIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
  32:Supplement_2 2019
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Masuda Takahiro, etal Foregut function before and after lung transplant
  158:2, p. 619 - 629 2019
• Human immunology
  Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, etal The role of donor-derived exosomes in lung allograft rejection
  80:8, p. 588 - 594 2019
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Mohanakumar Thalachallour, etal A novel mechanism for immune regulation after human lung transplantation
  157:5, p. 2096 - 2106 2019
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Biswas Roy Sreeja, etal Prevalence and Natural History of Barrett's Esophagus in Lung Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
  107:4, p. 1017 - 1023 2019
• Surgical endoscopy
  Olson Michael T., etal Primary paraesophageal hernia repair with Gore (R) Bio-A (R) tissue reinforcement: long-term outcomes and association of BMI and recurrence
  32:11, p. 4506 - 4516 2018
• Chest
  Elnahas SHAIMAA, etal EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION AS A BRIDGE TO LUNG TRANSPLANTATION INCREASES THE RISK OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AFTER TRANSPLANT, ESPECIALLY FOR RECIPIENTS OF EXTENDED-CRITERIA DONOR LUNGS
  154:4, p. 1106 - 1107A 2018
• Diseases of the esophagus
  Kovacs Balazs, etal FA07.02: ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: A RETROSPECTIVE, SINGLE CENTER OUTCOMES
  31:Supplement_1, p. 13 - 14 2018
• Human immunology
  Sharma Monal, etal Tissue-associated self-antigens containing exosomes: Role in allograft rejection
  79:9, p. 653 - 658 2018
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Biswas Roy Sreeja, etal Early fundoplication is associated with slower decline in lung function after lung transplantation in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease
  155:6, p. 2762 - 2771.e1 2018
• The Journal of immunology (1950)
  Bansal Sandhya, etal Identification of extracellular vesicle proteins in circulating exosomes from human lung transplant recipients
  200:1_Supplement, p. 55 - 55.30 2018
• The Journal of immunology (1950)
  Gunasekaran Muthukumar, etal Circulating Exosomes with Distinct Properties during Chronic Lung Allograft Rejection
  200:8, p. 2535 - 2541 2018
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Whitsett Timothy G., etal LKB1 inactivation occurs in a subset of esophageal adenocarcinomas and is sufficient to drive tumor cell proliferation
  155:4, p. 1891 - 1899 2018
• Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals
  Yerasi Charan, etal Outcomes of lung transplant recipients with preoperative atrial fibrillation
  26:2, p. 127 - 132 2018
• Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  Wolf Stephen, etal ACGME Clinical and Educational Work Hour Standards: Perspectives and Recommendations from Emergency Medicine Educators, p. 49 - 58 2018
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Biswas Roy Sreeja, etal Lung Retransplantation for Chronic Rejection: A Single-Center Experience
  105:1, p. 221 - 227 2018
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Todd Emily M., etal Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation: A single-center experience in the present era
  154:5, p. 1798 - 1809 2017
• Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  Masuda Takahiro, etal Thoraco-Abdominal Pressure Gradient and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Patients with End-Stage Lung Disease
  225:4, p. e172 - e172 2017
• Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  Masuda Takahiro, etal Association of Thoraco-Abdominal Pressure Gradient and Esophageal Acid Exposure in Patients with End-Stage Lung Disease
  225:4, p. e167 - e167 2017
• Science translational medicine
  Nayak Deepak K, etal Zbtb7a induction in alveolar macrophages is implicated in anti-HLA-mediated lung allograft rejection
  9:398 2017
• Chest
  Tokman Sofya, etal A 46-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea, Hypoxemia, and Radiographic Asymmetry After Redo Bilateral Lung Transplantation
  151:4, p. E91 - E94 2017
• Human immunology
  Gunasekaran Muthukumar, etal OR16 Antibodies to donor human leukocyte antigen induce exosomes containing tissue-restricted self-antigens in acute and chronic rejection
  77, p. 14 - 14 2016
• The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
  Jacobs Jordan V., etal The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in blunt thoracic trauma: A study of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization database
  79:6, p. 1049 - 1053 2015
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Biswas Roy Sreeja, etal Is There an Age Limit to Lung Transplantation?
  100:2, p. 443 - 451 2015
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Hooft Nicole, etal Gastroparesis is common after lung transplantation and may be ameliorated by botulinum toxin-A injection of the pylorus
  33:12, p. 1314 - 1316 2014
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Jacobs Jordan V., etal AVOIDING TRACHEOSTOMY COMPLICATION Reply
  146:3, p. 734 - 735 2013
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Jacobs Jordan V., etal 'Corkscrew stenosis': Defining and preventing a complication of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
  145:3, p. 716 - 720 2013
• The Surgical clinics of North America
  Hashimi Samad, etal Medical Evaluation of Patients Preparing for an Esophagectomy
  92:5, p. 1127 - 1133 2012
• Chest
  Felton Valerie, etal The Role of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in the Development and Progression of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
  140:4, p. 1019 - 1019B 2011
• The Annals of thoracic surgery
  Jacobs Jordan V., etal Hardware Preservation After Sternal Wound Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient
  92:2, p. 718 - 720 2011
• The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
  Felton Valerie M., etal Immunosuppression-induced bronchial epithelial-mesenchymal transition: A potential contributor to obliterative bronchiolitis
  141:2, p. 523 - 530 2011
• The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
  Backhus Leah M, etal Pleural space problems after living lobar transplantation
  24:12, p. 2086 - 2090 2005