Publications Print Sawal N, Pennington KM, Petrossian R, Reisenauer J, Mullon J, Midthun D, Nelson D, Anderson D, Edell E, Saddoughi SA, Spencer PJ, Villavicencio MA, Kennedy CC, Scott JP, Peters SG, Wylam ME, Kern RM. Custom silicone Y-stents for the management of anastomotic stenosis in lung transplant recipients. Respir Med. 2024 Sep; 231:107737 Epub 2024 July 08 View PubMed Li C, Qian W, Wei X, Narasimhan H, Wu Y, Arish M, Cheon IS, Tang J, de Almeida Santos G, Li Y, Sharifi K, Kern R, Vassallo R, Sun J. Comparative single-cell analysis reveals IFN-gamma as a driver of respiratory sequelae after acute COVID-19. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Jul 17; 16 (756):eadn0136 Epub 2024 July 17 View PubMed Ortiz-Jaimes G, Mullon J, Nelson D, Reisenauer J, Midthun D, Edell E, Anderson D, Vargas-Brochero M, Petrossian R, Kern R. Flexible CO2 Laser in Therapeutic Bronchoscopy: Initial Experiences in a Tertiary Center. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2024 Apr 1; 31 (2):205-214 Epub 2024 Apr 01 View PubMed Riestra Guiance I, Meade C, McCambridge A, Bendel E, Kern R. Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm arising from primary lung neoplasm: A proposed mechanism. Respir Med Case Rep. 2024; 47:101965 Epub 2023 Dec 18 View PubMed Gimenez-Miranda L, Samhouri BF, Wolf MJ, Anderson DK, Midthun DE, Lim KG, Kern RM, Patel R, Carmona EM. Diagnostic Yield of 16S Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Gene-Based Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing for Evaluation of Pleural Space Infection: A Prospective Study. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Oct; 7 (5):373-381 Epub 2023 Aug 26 View PubMed Low SW, Mullon JJ, Swanson KL, Kern RM, Nelson DR, Fernandez-Bussy S, Sakata KK. Feasibility and Efficacy of a Non-Opioid Based Pain Management After Medical Thoracoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2023 Oct 1; 30 (4):321-327 Epub 2023 Oct 01 View PubMed Duke JD, Sturgis CD, Hartley C, Bailey M, Reid M, Kern R, Bluestone A, Subramanian H, Reisenauer J. Evaluation of automated sample preparation system for lymph node sampling. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Aug 31; 15 (8):4229-4236 Epub 2023 July 21 View PubMed Pritchett MA, Reisenauer JS, Kern R, Wilson DS, Meyers EE, Szapary PO, Laeseke PF. Novel Image-Guided Flexible-Probe Transbronchial Microwave Ablation for Stage 1 Lung Cancer. Respiration. 2023; 102 (3):182-193 Epub 2023 Jan 18 View PubMed Tang J, Zeng C, Cox TM, Li C, Son YM, Cheon IS, Wu Y, Behl S, Taylor JJ, Chakaraborty R, Chakraborty R, Johnson AJ, Schiavo DN, Shiavo DN, Utz JP, Reisenauer JS, Midthun DE, Mullon JJ, Edell ES, Alameh MG, Borish L, Teague WG, Kaplan MH, Weissman D, Kern R, Hu H, Vassallo R, Liu SL, Sun J. Respiratory mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 after mRNA vaccination. Sci Immunol. 2022 Oct 28; 7 (76):eadd4853 Epub 2022 Oct 21 View PubMed Albitar HAH, Iyer V, Nelson DR, Kern RM, Leise M, Gallo De Moraes A. Early thoracentesis correlated with survival benefit in patients with spontaneous bacterial empyema. Dig Liver Dis. 2022 Aug; 54 (8):1015-1020 Epub 2022 Mar 26 View PubMed Reisenauer J, Duke JD, Kern R, Fernandez-Bussy S, Edell E. Combining Shape-Sensing Robotic Bronchoscopy With Mobile Three-Dimensional Imaging to Verify Tool-in-Lesion and Overcome Divergence: A Pilot Study. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2022 Jun; 6 (3):177-185 Epub 2022 Apr 23 View PubMed Grosu HB, Kern R, Maldonado F, Casal R, Andersen CR, Li L, Eapen G, Ost D, Jimenez C, Frangopoulos F, Sabath B, Vakil E, Schwalk A, Marcoux M, Sagar AE, Nasim F, Lin J, Salahudin M, Arain HM, Noor L, Montanez D, Stewart J, Mullon J, Michael M, Porfyridis I. Predicting malignant pleural effusion during diagnostic pleuroscopy with biopsy: A prospective multicentre study. Respirology. 2022 May; 27 (5):350-356 Epub 2022 Feb 17 View PubMed Cheon IS, Li C, Son YM, Goplen NP, Wu Y, Cassmann T, Wang Z, Wei X, Tang J, Li Y, Marlow H, Hughes S, Hammel L, Cox TM, Goddery E, Ayasoufi K, Weiskopf D, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Dong H, Li H, Chakraborty R, Johnson AJ, Edell E, Taylor JJ, Kaplan MH, Sette A, Bartholmai BJ, Kern R, Vassallo R, Sun J. Immune signatures underlying post-acute COVID-19 lung sequelae. Sci Immunol. 2021 Nov 12; 6 (65):eabk1741 View PubMed Zhu B, Wu Y, Huang S, Zhang R, Son YM, Li C, Cheon IS, Gao X, Wang M, Chen Y, Zhou X, Nguyen Q, Phan AT, Behl S, Taketo MM, Mack M, Shapiro VS, Zeng H, Ebihara H, Mullon JJ, Edell ES, Reisenauer JS, Demirel N, Kern RM, Chakraborty R, Cui W, Kaplan MH, Zhou X, Goldrath AW, Sun J. Uncoupling of macrophage inflammation from self-renewal modulates host recovery from respiratory viral infection. Immunity. 2021 Jun 8; 54 (6):1200-1218.e9 Epub 2021 May 04 View PubMed Bourne MH Jr, Norton MS, Midthun DE, Mullon JJ, Kern RM, Utz JP, Nelson DR, Edell ES. Utility of Transbronchial Biopsy in the Immunocompromised Host With New Pulmonary Radiographic Abnormalities. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jun; 96 (6):1500-1509 Epub 2021 May 03 View PubMed Abia-Trujillo D, Johnson MM, Patel NM, Hazelett B, Edell ES, Kern RM, Midthun D, Reisenauer J, Nelson D, Mullon JJ, Sakata KK, Swanson K, Fernandez-Bussy S. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: A New Hope for Patients With Severe Emphysema and Air Trapping. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Feb; 96 (2):464-472 Epub 2020 Aug 20 View PubMed Koslow M, Edell ES, Midthun DE, Mullon JJ, Kern RM, Nelson DR, Sakata KK, Moua T, Roden AC, Yi ES, Reisenauer JS, Decker PA, Ryu JH. Bronchoscopic Cryobiopsy and Forceps Biopsy for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease in Clinical Practice. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Oct; 4 (5):565-574 Epub 2020 Oct 06 View PubMed Zhang Z, Kern RM, Joshi AY, Iyer VN, Escalante P. Cavitary lung lesions caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii in setting of common variable immune deficiency. Respir Med Case Rep. 2020; 31:101277. Epub 2020 Nov 06. View PubMed Fender EA, Widmer RJ, Knavel Koepsel EM, Welby JP, Kern R, Peikert T, Bjarnason H, Holmes DR Jr. Catheter based treatments for fibrosing mediastinitis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Nov 15; 94 (6):878-885 Epub 2019 Feb 21 View PubMed Patel PP, Singh S, Atwell TD, Kashyap R, Kern RM, Mullon JJ, Nelson DR. The Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis in Patients on Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Clopidogrel: A Single-Center Experience. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Aug; 94 (8):1535-1541 Epub 2019 July 11 View PubMed Shojaee S, Rahman N, Haas K, Kern R, Leise M, Alnijoumi M, Lamb C, Majid A, Akulian J, Maldonado F, Lee H, Khalid M, Stravitz T, Kang L, Chen A. Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters for Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Multicenter Study. Chest. 2019 Mar; 155 (3):546-553 Epub 2018 Aug 29 View PubMed Bourne MH Jr, Kern RM, White D, Balakrishnan K. Tracheal Submucosal Lymphovenous Malformation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Feb 15; 199 (4):e26-e27 View PubMed Chae J, Kern R, Nelson D, Mullon J. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma with superimposed lung abscess: potential role for intracavitary fibrinolytic therapy through a percutaneous drain to facilitate lung abscess drainage. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Nov 28; 11 (1) View PubMed Sakata KK, Midthun DE, Mullon JJ, Kern RM, Nelson DR, Edell ES, Schiavo DN, Jett JR, Aubry MC. Comparison of Programmed Death Ligand-1 Immunohistochemical Staining Between Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration and Resected Lung Cancer Specimens. Chest. 2018 Oct; 154 (4):827-837 Epub 2018 July 27 View PubMed Sakata KK, Reisenauer JS, Kern RM, Mullon JJ. Persistent air leak - review. Respir Med. 2018 Apr; 137:213-218 Epub 2018 Mar 14 View PubMed Sakata KK, Reisenauer JS, Kern RM, Midthun DE, Utz JP, Blackmon SH, Mullon JJ, Wigle DA. Extracellular matrix fistula plug for repair of bronchopleural fistula. Respir Med Case Rep. 2018; 25:207-210 Epub 2018 Sept 13 View PubMed Sakata KK, Nelson DR, Mullon JJ, Midthun DE, Edell ES, Kern RM. Paclitaxel-coated balloon dilation for central airway obstruction. Respir Med Case Rep. 2018; 24:129-132 Epub 2018 May 16 View PubMed Kern R, Sakata K, Peters SG, Midthun D, Mullon J, Edell E. Creation of a Balloon-Expandable Bifurcated Covered Stent to Treat a Complex Left Anastomotic Stricture in a Lung Transplant Recipient. Respiration. 2018; 96 (2):144-147 Epub 2018 July 17 View PubMed Sakata KK, Nasim F, Schiavo DN, Nelson DR, Kern RM, Mullon JJ. Methylene Blue for Bronchopleural Fistula Localization. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Jan; 25 (1):63-66 View PubMed Mytinger AK, Lim KG, Kern RM, Mullon JJ, Edell ES, Saeed AI. Pleural Metastasis From Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Jan; 25 (1):54-56 View PubMed Kern R, Peikert T, Edell E, Mullon J, Midthun D, Utz J, Maldonado F. Bronchoscopic Management of Airway Compression due to Fibrosing Mediastinitis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017 Aug; 14 (8):1353-1355 View PubMed Ussavarungsi K, Kern RM, Roden AC, Ryu JH, Edell ES. Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease: Retrospective Analysis of 74 Cases. Chest. 2017 Feb; 151 (2):400-408 Epub 2016 Sept 19 View PubMed Roden AC, Kern RM, Aubry MC, Jenkins SM, Yi ES, Scott JP, Maldonado F. Transbronchial Cryobiopsies in the Evaluation of Lung Allografts: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Apr; 140: (4)303-11. View PubMed Skalski JH, Kern RM, Midthun DE, Edell ES, Maldonado F. Pulmonary Abscess as a Complication of Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2016 Jan; 23: (1)63-6. View PubMed Kern RM, DePew ZS, Maldonado F. Outpatient thoracoscopy: safety and practical considerations. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2015 Jul; 21 (4):357-62 View PubMed Kern RM, Singer JP, Koth L, Mooney J, Golden J, Hays S, Greenland J, Wolters P, Ghio E, Jones KD, Leard L, Kukreja J, Blanc PD. Lung transplantation for hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Chest. 2015 Jun; 147(6):1558-65. View PubMed Kern RM, Seethamraju H, Blanc PD, Sinha N, Loebe M, Golden J, Kukreja J, Scheinin S, Hays S, Kleinhenz ME, Leard L, Hoopes C, Singer JP. The feasibility of lung transplantation in HIV-seropositive patients. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Jul; 11(6):882-9. View PubMed Hui C, Kern RM, Wojciechowski D, Kukreja J, Golden JA, Hays SR, Singer JP. Use of Belatacept in a lung transplant recipient. J Invest Med High Impact Case Reports. 2014; (Jul-Sept); Jul-Sept):1-3. Ware LB, Landeck M, Koyama T, Zhao Z, Singer J, Kern R, Neidlinger N, Nguyen J, Johnson E, Janz DR, Bernard GR, Lee JW, Matthay MA, California Transplant Donor Network. A randomized trial of the effects of nebulized albuterol on pulmonary edema in brain-dead organ donors. Am J Transplant. 2014 Mar; 14(3):621-8. View PubMed PST-20216569 Home Publications