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EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening. 

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Michael A . Smith, MD

Professor

Contact

michael.smith011@dignityhealth.org
School of Medicine

Michael A . Smith, MD

Professor

Department

Surgery (Phoenix)

Position

Professor

Publications

  • Transplantation
    Rahman Mohammad, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Scozzi Davide, Eguchi Natsuki, Klein Rachel, Sankpal Narendra V, Smith Michael, Sureshbabu Angara, Fleming Timothy, Hachem Ramsey, Bremner Ross, 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
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
    Guerrero-Alba Alexa, Sankpal Aryan N., Fleming Timothy P., Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Mohanakumar T., Mitra Geetanjali, Rahman Mohammad, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Bansal Sandhya, Sankpal Narendra V., Poulson Christin, Enhanced enrichment of extracellular vesicles for laboratory and clinical research from drop-sized blood samples
    11 2024
  • Cellular immunology
    Rahman Mohammad, Mohanakumar T., Bharat Ankit, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Sankpal Narendra V., Bansal Sandhya, Sureshbabu Angara, Fleming Timothy, Perincheri Sudhir, Downregulation of a tumor suppressor gene LKB1 in lung transplantation as a biomarker for chronic murine lung allograft rejection
    386, p. 104690 - 104690 2023
  • European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
    Razia Deepika, Mittal Sumeet K., Fournier Sarah, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Huang Jasmine L., Antireflux surgery versus medical management of gastro-oesophageal reflux after lung transplantation
    63:3 2023
  • Surgical endoscopy
    Razia Deepika, Mittal Sumeet K, Walia Rajat, Tokman Sofya, Huang Jasmine L, Smith Michael A, Bremner Ross M, Morbidity of antireflux surgery in lung transplant and matched nontransplant cohorts is comparable
    37:2, p. 1114 - 1122 2023
  • Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Razia Deepika, Bremner Ross M., Mittal Sumeet K., Bansal Sandhya, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Giulini Luca, Smith Michael A., Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Walia Rajat, Association Between Antibodies Against Lung Self-Antigens and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Lung Transplant Candidates
    35:1, p. 177 - 186 2023
  • Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
    Razia Deepika, Arjuna Ashwini, Trahan Amy, Hahn Mary F., Abdelrazek Hesham, Omar Ashraf, Tokman Sofya, Hashimi Abdul Samad, Huang Jasmine, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Walia Rajat, Incidentally Detected Malignancies in Lung Explants
    32:4, p. 332 - 339 2022
  • Chest
    Razia DEEPIKA, Arjuna ASHWINI, A SMITH MICHAEL, M BREMNER ROSS, Walia RAJAT, 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
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Giulini Luca, Mittal Sumeet K., Masuda Takahiro, Razia Deepika, Csucska Máté, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Factors associated with esophageal motility improvement after bilateral lung transplant in patients with an aperistaltic esophagus
    163:6, p. 1979 - 1986 2022
  • Journal of transplantation
    Razia Deepika, Tokman Sofya, Israr Sharjeel, Mohamed Hesham, Hashimi Samad, Buddhdev Bhuvin, Abdelrazek Hesham, Arjuna Ashwini, McAnally Kendra, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Walia Rajat, Omar Ashraf, Orthostatic Hypotension and Concurrent Autonomic Dysfunction: A Novel Complication of Lung Transplantation
    2022, p. - 2022
  • American journal of transplantation
    Rahman Mohammad, Walia Rajat, Hachem Ramsey, Bremner Ross M, Smith Michael A, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Bansal Sandhya, Sanborn Kristina, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Fleming Timothy, Bowen Sara, Eschbacher Jennifer, Sureshbabu Angara, Bharat Ankit, 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
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Schaheen Lara, Bremner Ross M, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A, Lung transplantation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The who, what, where, when, and why
    163:3, p. 865 - 868 2022
  • Transplantation direct
    Razia Deepika, Mittal Sumeet K., Bansal Sandhya, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Smith Michael A., Walia Rajat, Bremner Ross M., Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Tokman Sofya, 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 heart and lung transplantation
    Bansal Sandhya, Arjuna Ashwini, Perincheri Sudhir, Poulson Christin, Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael A., Tokman Sofya, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Restrictive allograft syndrome vs bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: Immunological and molecular characterization of circulating exosomes
    41:1, p. 24 - 33 2022
  • Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Csucska Mate, Giulini Luca, Smith Michael A., Walia Rajat, Razia Deepika, Masuda Takahiro, Omar Ashraf, Bremner Ross M., Mittal Sumeet K., Bilateral Lung Transplant for a Connective Tissue Disorder: Esophageal Motility and 3-year Survival
    34:3, p. 1065 - 1073 2022
  • Clinical transplantation
    Olson Michael T., Kang Paul, Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael A., Arjuna Ashwini, Walia Rajat, Elnahas Shaimaa, Roy Sreeja Biswas, Razia Deepika, Outcomes after lung transplantation in recipients aged 70 years or older
    36:1, p. e14505 - n/a 2022
  • Clinical and translational medicine
    Bansal Sandhya, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Mohanakumar T., Tokman Sofya, Fleming Timothy, Maine Gabriel N., Sanborn Kristina, Hachem Ramsey, Bharat Ankit, 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
  • Case reports in transplantation
    Arjuna Ashwini, Olson Michael T., Tokman Sofya, Walia Rajat, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Hashimi A. Samad, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Omar Ashraf, Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Sponge Effect in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient
    2021, p. 1 - 4 2021
  • Expert review of respiratory medicine
    Arjuna Ashwini, Olson Michael T, Walia Rajat, Bremner Ross M, Smith Michael A, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, 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, Masuda Takahiro, Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael A., Huang Jasmine L., Hashimi A. Samad, Patel Chirag, Ahmed Shair, Mittal Sumeet K., 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, Mittal Sumeet K., Csucska Máté, Kovacs Balazs, Walia Rajat, Huang Jasmine L., Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., 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, Hachem Ramsey R., Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Gunasekaran Muthukumar, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Fisher Cynthia E., Kaza Vaidehi, Limaye Ajit P., Hu Chengcheng, McDyer John, Bharat Ankit, Tokman Sofya, Bremner Ross M., Omar Ashraf, Arjuna Ashwini, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A., 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, Itabashi Yoshihiro, Perincheri Sudhir, Poulson Christin, Bharat Ankit, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Mohanakumar T., 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
  • The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
    Gunasekaran Muthukumar, Fisher Cynthia E., Limaye Ajit P., Omar Ashraf, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Rodriguez Francisco, Bansal Sandhya, Ravichandran Ranjithkumar, Sharma Monal, Perincheri Sudhir, Hachem Ramsey, Respiratory viral infection in lung transplantation induces exosomes that trigger chronic rejection
    39:4, p. 379 - 388 2020
  • Clinical transplantation
    Elnahas Shaimaa, Olson Michael T., Kang Paul, Panchanathan Roshan, Masuda Takahiro, Walia Rajat, Zeitouni Nathalie C., Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., 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, Masuda Takahiro, Smith Michael A, Walia Rajat, Bremner Ross M, Mittal Sumeet K, 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, Mittal Sumeet K., Kovács Balázs, Smith Michael A., Walia Rajat, Huang Jasmine L., Bremner Ross M., Foregut function before and after lung transplant
    158:2, p. 619 - 629 2019
  • Surgical endoscopy
    Olson Michael T., Singhal Saurabh, Panchanathan Roshan, Roy Sreeja Biswas, Kang Paul, Ipsen Taylor, Mittal Sumeet K., Huang Jasmine L., Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., 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, Kang PAUL, Roy SREEJA BISWAS, Walia RAJAT, Bremner ROSS, Omar ASHRAF, Huang JASMINE, Hashimi SAMAD, Smith MICHAEL, 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, Masuda Takahiro, Bremner Ross, Huang Jasmine, Hashimi Samad, Patel Chirag, Mittal Sumeet, Smith Michael, Ahmed Shair, FA07.02: ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: A RETROSPECTIVE, SINGLE CENTER OUTCOMES
    31:Supplement_1, p. 13 - 14 2018
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Biswas Roy Sreeja, Serrone Rosemarie, Elnahas Shaimaa, Haworth Cassandra, Olson Michael T., Kang Paul, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Huang Jasmine L., 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, Pirrotte Patrick, Smith Michael, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Bremner Ross, Garcia-Mansfield Krystine, Sharma Monal, Gunasekaran Muthukumar, McGilvrey Marissa, Identification of extracellular vesicle proteins in circulating exosomes from human lung transplant recipients
    200:1_Supplement, p. 55 - 55.30 2018
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Whitsett Timothy G., Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Inge Landon J., Carson Vashti M., Mittal Sumeet K., Eschbacher Jennifer M., 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, Abdelrazek Hesham, Patel Vipul, Omar Ashraf, Bremner Ross M, Roy Sreeja Biswas, Olson Michael, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael, Huang Jasmine, Elnahas Shaimaa, Kang Paul, Hashimi A Samad, Kalya Anantharam, Bhattacharya Sanjoy, Outcomes of lung transplant recipients with preoperative atrial fibrillation
    26:2, p. 127 - 132 2018
  • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
    Wolf Stephen, Moreira Maria, Smith Michael, House Hans, Akhtar Saadia, Gross Eric, Barnes David, Epter Michael, Fisher Jonathan, 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, Panchanathan Roshan, Walia Rajat, Varsch Katherine E, Kang Paul, Bremner Ross M, Smith Michael A, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Huang Jasmine, Hashimi A Samad, 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., Patel Vipul, Walia Rajat, Smith Michael A., Bremner Ross M., Kang Paul, Varsch Katherine E., Steinbock Barry E., Huang Jasmine, Omar Ashraf, Panchanathan Roshan, Biswas Roy Sreeja, Hashimi A. Samad, Serrone Rosemarie, 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, Roy Sreeja Biswas, Smith Michael, Huang Jasmine L., Mittal Sumeet K., Bremner Ross M., Singhal Saurabh, 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, Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael, Singhal Saurabh, Roy Sreeja Biswas, Huang Jasmine L., Mittal Sumeet K., Association of Thoraco-Abdominal Pressure Gradient and Esophageal Acid Exposure in Patients with End-Stage Lung Disease
    225:4, p. e167 - e167 2017
  • Human immunology
    Gunasekaran Muthukumar, Walia Rajat, Shenoy Surendra, Sharma Monal, Hachem Ramsey, Smith Michael, Bremner Ross, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, 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., Hooft Nicole M., Robinson Brenton R., Todd Emily, Bremner Ross M., Petersen Scott R., Smith Michael A., 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, Walia Rajat, Alarcon Diana, Bremner Ross M, Smith Michael A, Chapple Kristina M, Is There an Age Limit to Lung Transplantation?
    100:2, p. 443 - 451 2015
  • The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
    Hooft Nicole, Smith Michael, Huang Jasmine, Bremner Ross, Walia Rajat, 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., Hill David A., Petersen Scott R., Bremner Ross M., Sue Richard D., Smith Michael A., AVOIDING TRACHEOSTOMY COMPLICATION Reply
    146:3, p. 734 - 735 2013
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Jacobs Jordan V., Hill David A., Petersen Scott R., Bremner Ross M., Sue Richard D., Smith Michael A., 'Corkscrew stenosis': Defining and preventing a complication of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
    145:3, p. 716 - 720 2013
  • Chest
    Felton Valerie, Bremner Ross, Smith Michael, Walia Rajat, Pierce Brenda, Hodges Tony, The Role of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in the Development and Progression of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
    140:4, p. 1019 - 1019B 2011
  • The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
    Felton Valerie M., Inge Landon J., Willis Brigham C., Bremner Ross M., Smith Michael A., 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, Sievers Eric M, Barr Mark L, Schenkel Felicia A, Cohen Robbin G, Bremner Ross M, Smith Michael A, Starnes Vaughn A, Pleural space problems after living lobar transplantation
    24:12, p. 2086 - 2090 2005