Associate Professor
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Adam D. Highley, MD
Associate Professor
Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease
Areas of Interest: Critical care/cardiac arrest simulation training, COPD/asthma, lung cancer diagnosis
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Residency: SSM Saint Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, MO
Medical School: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Department
Medicine
Position
Associate Professor
Articles
- U.S. Pharmacist
Highley Adam D., Severe asthma
44, p. HS2 - HS7 2019
Publications
- Chest
Wittenberg ZACHARIAH L, A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE SAFETY OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE IN NON-INTUBATED INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PATIENTS
164:4, p. A1596 - A1597 2023 - Chest
Patterson CHRISTIAN, STAGE IV FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA INDUCED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH ACUTE ON CHRONIC HEART FAILURE EXACERBATIONt
164:4, p. A6116 - A6117 2023 - Chest
Schutte BRYCE, PREDICTING SUCCESSFUL INTRAPLEURAL FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY IN EMPYEMA AND COMPLICATED EFFUSIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
164:4, p. A3583 2023 - Chest
Jackson IAN P, INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE
164:4, p. A964 - A965 2023 - Critical care medicine
Macaraeg Jeffrey, 750: EVALUATION OF IV FENTANYL INFUSION DOSE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
51:1, p. 365 - 365 2023 - Chest
RAHMAN ANANI ABEDEL, COPD AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES: A STUDY OF EPEDMIOLOGY AND EFFECTS ON MORTALITY
160:4, p. A1904 - A1904 2021 - Critical care medicine
Parekh Jai, 1102: A RARE CASE OF RHINOVIRUS-ASSOCIATED ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN A 51-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
47:1 Suppl 1, p. 528 - 528 2019 - Journal of Thoracic Disease
Jagan Nikhil, Waste not, want not
11:8, p. 3270 - 3275 2019 - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
Berim Ilya G., Radial Probe Ultrasound-Guided Cryobiopsy
24:2, p. 170 - 173 2017
Presentations
- Teplinsky E, Highley A Chylothorax Secondary to Spontaneous Thoracic Duct Leak- ATS 2023 2023
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation for the Respiratory Therapist - NSRC State CME Conference 5/2023 2023
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 4/2023 2023
- Patient / Physician Communication - Creighton University Pulmonary, Critical Care Grand Rounds 1/2023 2023
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases 2023
- Macaraeg J, Van Dyke Z, Lee S, Malesker M, Destache C, Highley A The Evaluation of IV Fentanyl Infusion Dose in the Intensive Care Unit - SCCM 2023 2023
- Creighton University Pulmonary Critical Care Annual CME Conference - Updates in Pulmonary Critical Care Literature 10/2022 2022
- 18th Annual Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Conference 10/2022 2022
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases 2022
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases 2022
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases 2022
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases 2022
- Asthma Updates, Everything You Need to Know about COPD, Lung Cancer Screening, Controversies of Respiratory Infections, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, Challenging Pulmonary Cases - 11/2021 Medical Education CME Conferences 2021
- Creighton University Pulmonary Critical Care Annual CME Conference - Updates in Pulmonary Critical Care Literature 10/2021 2021
- Feedback in 2021 - Creighton University Pulmonary, Critical Care Grand Rounds 9/2021 2021
- CHI-Fundamentals of Critical Care Support 2021
- Veterans Affairs Educational Activities - Fundamentals of Critical Care Support 06/2021 Minneapolis, MN 2021
- CHI-Pulmonary Function Testing for the Primary Care Physician 3/10/2021 2021
- Anani A, Highley A. COPD and Psychiatric Illness - Poster Presentation, CHEST 2021 2021
- Imposter Syndrome - Creighton University Pulmonary, Critical Care Grand Rounds 10/12/2020 2020
- Medical Management of the Patient with COVID-19 - Creighton University COVID-19 Course 5/2020 2020
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome MCC Respiratory Therapy Program Lecture 10/16/2019 2019
- Emotional Intelligence in Medicine Creighton University Pulmonary, Critical Care Grand Rounds 9/9/2019 2019
- Randhawa, S., Griffin, E., Dhingra, M., Hiatt, M., Alberts, J., Noble, V., Highley, A. Portopulmonary Hypertension: A Case Report With Management Considerations. American Thoracic Society International Conference, Dallas, TX. 2019
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ECMO NSRC State Conference 5/2/2019 2019
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ECMO CHI Cardiovascular Conference 5/2/2019 2019
- In Case You Missed It! 2018-2019 Updates in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Creighton University Pulmonary CME Conference 4/11/2019 2019
- Sleep Apnea Creighton University Family Medicine CME Conference 4/6/2019 2019
- Spirometry Interpretation- Creighton University Family Medicine CME Conference 4/6/2019 2019
- Parekh J, Macaraeg J, Klug M, Loranger A, Highley A. A Rare Case of Rhinovirus Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a 51-Year-Old Womano SCCM Conference - San Diego, CA - February 2019 2019
- The Feedback Model - Applying Effective Feedback in Educationo Creighton University Pulmonary, Critical Care Grand Rounds - 8/2/2018 2018
- Creighton University Pulmonary Critical Care Annual CME Conference - In Case You Missed It! 2019-2020 Updates in Pulmonary and Critical Care 0020
Industry/Corporation
Sub Investigator - GSK COPD CTT116855: A phase III, 52 week, randomized, double-blind, 3-arm parallel group study, comparing the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the fixed dose triple combination FF/UMEC/VI with the fixed dose dual combinations of FF/VI and UMEC/VI, al administered once-daily in the morning via a dry powder inhaler in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Sub Investigator - Insmed MAC: A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study of Liposomal Amikacin for Inhalation (LAI) in Adult Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Lung Infections caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) that are refractory to treatment
Sub Investigator - Janssen: Medically Ill Patient Assessment of Rivaroxaban Versus Placebo IN Reducing Post-Discharge Venous Thrombo-Embolism Risk (MARINER)
Sub Investigator: CXA-NP-11-04: A Prospecteive, Randomized, Double Blind, Multicenter, Phase III Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Ceftolozane/Tazobactam Compared with Meropenem in Adult Patients with Ventilated Nosocomial Pneumonia.
Sub Investigator AstraZeneca: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Phase IV Study to Evaluate the Effect of Aclidinuim Bromide on Long-Term Cardiovascular Safety and COPD Exacerbations in Patients with Moderate to Very Severe COPD (ASCENT COPD)
Sub Investigator - AstraZeneca: A Randomized, Double-blind, double dummy, chronic dosing (56 week) Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Multicentre, Phase III Study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 3 doses of Benralizumab in patients with moderate to very severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease with a history of COPD exacerbations
Awards
- Internal Medicine Teaching Award
Internal Medicine Teaching Award (Divisional) - 2020
Division - Internal Medicine Teaching Award
Internal Medicine Teaching Award (Divisional) – 2019
Division