Description of Research Expertise

Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Pleural disease and pleural space infections
Airway complications after Lung Transplant
Necroptosis and biomarkes in Critical Illness

Selected Publications

DiBardino DM, Andronov M, Haas AR, Lanfranco AR, Ma KC: Utility and Safety of Airway Stenting in Distal Airways Stenosis After Lung Transplant J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 27 (4): 274-279,2020.

Pasricha VG, DiBardino DM, Ma KC: Management of malignant central airway obstruction Shanghai Chest 4 (26): 565-568,2020.

Hutchinson CT, DiBardino DM, Ma KC, Jarrar D, Singhal S, Haas AR: Airway Stenting for Treatment of Left Lower Lobe Airway Obstruction after Left Upper Lobectomy Annals of the American Thoracic Society 16 (11): 1444-1446,2019.

Ma KC, Chung A, Aronson KI, Krishnan JK, Barjaktarevic IZ, Berlin DA, Schenck EJ: Bronchoscopic intubation is an effective airway strategy in critically ill patients. Journal of Critical Care 38 : 92-96,2017.

Ma KC, Schenck EJ, Siempos II, Cloonan SM, Finkelsztein EJ, Pabon MA, Oromendia C, Ballman KV, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Higuera A, Lee JY, Chung CR, Jeon K, Yang JH, Howrylak JA, Huh JW, Suh GY, Choi AMK: Circulating RIPK3 levels are associated with mortality and organ failure during critical illness. JCI insight 3 (13): e99121,2018.

Ma KC, Schenck EJ, Pabon MA, Choi AMK: The Role of Danger Signals in the Pathogenesis and Perpetuation of Critical Illness. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 197 (3): 300-309,2018.

Sureshbabu A, Edwin E, Ma KC, Laursen K, Finkelsztein EJ, Akchurin O, Muthukumar T, Ryter SW, Gudas L, Choi AMK, Choi ME: RIPK3 promotes sepsis-induced acute kidney injury via mitochondrial dysfunction. JCI insight 3 (11): e98484,2018.

Siempos II, Ma KC, Imamura M, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Huh JW, Moon JS, Finkelsztein EJ, Jones DS, Lizardi MT, Schenck EJ, Ryter SW, Nakahira K, Choi AMK: RIPK3 mediates pathogenesis of experimental ventilator-induced lung injury. JCI insight 3 (9): e97102,2018.

Schenck EJ, Ma KC, Price DR, Nicholson T, Oromendia C, Gentzler ER, Sanchez E, Baron RM, Fredenburgh LE, Huh JW, Siempos II, Choi AMK: Circulating cell death biomarker TRAIL is associated with increased organ dysfunction in sepsis. JCI insight 4 (9): e101678,2019.

Ryter SW, Ma KC, Choi AMK: Carbon monoxide in lung cell physiology and disease. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 314 (2): C211-C227,2018.

Schenck EJ, Ma KC, Murthy SB, Choi AMK: Danger Signals in the ICU. Critical care medicine 46 (5): 791-798,2018.

Turetz ML, Ma KC: Diagnosis and management of latent tuberculosis. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 29 (2): 205-11,2016.

Finkelsztein EJ, Jones DS, Ma KC, Pabón MA, Delgado T, Nakahira K, Arbo JE, Berlin DA, Schenck EJ, Choi AMK, Siempos II: Comparison of qSOFA and SIRS for predicting adverse outcomes of patients with suspicion of sepsis outside the intensive care unit. Critical care (London, England) 21 (1): 73 published on line,2017.

Ma KC, Haas AR, Lanfranco AR, Moon E, Vachani A, Dibardino DM: An Un-Blinded, IntraPatient Comparison of Transbronchial Forceps Biopsy and Cryobiopsy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion: A Preliminary Analysis 2018 Conference of the American Association of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology. Denver CO : 2018.

Pabón MA, Patino E, Bhatia D, Rojas-Quintero J, Ma KC, Finkelsztein EJ, Osorio JC, Malick F, Polverino F, Owen CA, Ryter SW, Choi AMK, Cloonan SM, Choi ME: Beclin-1 regulates cigarette smoke-induced kidney injury in a murine model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JCI insight 3 (18): e99592,2018.

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Academic Contact Information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
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