Monica Fung, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, #421
San Francisco CA 94117
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    Harvard Medical SchoolM.D.2013
    Harvard School of Public HealthM.P.H.2013
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency2016Internal Medicine
    UCSFFellowship2018Infectious Diseases

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    CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
    Monica Fung specializes in infectious diseases with a focus on patients with compromised immune systems, including those with solid organ or stem cell transplants. She attends on the Immunocompromised and General Infectious Diseases Consult Services, and has clinics in the 360 Wellness Center and Infectious Diseases Faculty Practice at UCSF-Parnassus.

    RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS
    Monica serves as Co-Director of the Transplant/Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program. Her research focuses the application of novel diagnostics to improve diagnosis of infections among transplant recipients. She directs the Transplant/Immunocompromised Host track within the UCSF Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, and serves as a small group leader for the Pathogen Host Defense course in the School of Medicine.

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    1. Challenging Boundaries: Organ Transplants from Donors with Listeria Central Nervous System Infections. Am J Transplant. 2024 Feb 29. Lueking R, Fung M, Ramos-Salazar E, Katari S, Funk GA, Wolfe CR, La Hoz RM. PMID: 38431076.
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    2. Host-Microbe Multi-omic Profiling Identifies a Unique Program of COVID-19 Inflammatory Dysregulation in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 20. Langelier C, Pickering H, Schaenman J, Phan H, Maguire C, Tsitsiklis A, Rouphael N, Higuita N, Atkinson M, Breckenridge S, Fung M, Messer W, IMPACC Network, Salehi-Rad R, Altman M, Becker P, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Hoch A, Jayavelu N, Kim-Schulze S, Jenkins M, Kleinstein S, Krammer F, Maecker H, Ozonoff A, Diray-Arce J, Shaw A, Baden L, Levy O, Reed E. PMID: 38196658; PMCID: PMC10775393.
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    3. Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Immunocompromised Patients with Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 10. Bergin SP, Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Hill JA, Lee YJ, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong PV, Benamu E, Khawaja F, Nanayakkara D, Papanicolaou GA, Small CB, Fung M, Barron MA, Davis T, McClain MT, Maziarz EK, Madut DB, Bedoya AD, Gilstrap DL, Todd JL, Barkauskas CE, Bigelow R, Leimberger JD, Tsalik EL, Wolf O, Mughar M, Hollemon D, Duttagupta R, Lupu DS, Bercovici S, Perkins BA, Blauwkamp TA, Fowler VG, Holland TL. PMID: 37815489.
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    4. Risk of systemic fungal infections after exposure to wildfires: a population-based, retrospective study in California. Lancet Planet Health. 2023 05; 7(5):e381-e386. Mulliken JS, Hampshire KN, Rappold AG, Fung M, Babik JM, Doernberg SB. PMID: 37164514.
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    5. Baricitinib Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Associated With a Reduction in Secondary Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 May; 10(5):ofad205. Sweeney DA, Tuyishimire B, Ahuja N, Beigel JH, Beresnev T, Cantos VD, Castro JG, Cohen SH, Cross K, Dodd LE, Erdmann N, Fung M, Ghazaryan V, George SL, Grimes KA, Hynes NA, Julian KG, Kandiah S, Kim HJ, Levine CB, Lindholm DA, Lye DC, Maves RC, Oh MD, Paules C, Rapaka RR, Short WR, Tomashek KM, Wolfe CR, Kalil AC. PMID: 37206623; PMCID: PMC10191442.
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    6. Diagnosis, Prognosticators, and Management of Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: Multidisciplinary Consensus Statement and Evidence-Based Review with Recommendations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 09; 13(9):1615-1714. Roland LT, Humphreys IM, Le CH, Babik JM, Bailey CE, Ediriwickrema LS, Fung M, Lieberman JA, Magliocca KR, Nam HH, Teo NW, Thomas PC, Winegar BA, Birkenbeuel JL, David AP, Goshtasbi K, Johnson PG, Martin EC, Nguyen TV, Patel NN, Qureshi HA, Tay K, Vasudev M, Abuzeid WM, Hwang PH, Jafari A, Russell MS, Turner JH, Wise SK, Kuan EC. PMID: 36680469.
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    7. Solid organ transplant recipients with tuberculosis disease in California, 2010 to 2020. Am J Transplant. 2023 03; 23(3):401-407. Katrak S, Han E, Readhead A, Fung M, Keh C, Flood J, Barry P. PMID: 36695700.
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    8. Maribavir for Cytomegalovirus Treatment in the Real World-Not a Silver Bullet. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jan; 10(1):ofac686. Fung M, DeVoe C, Spottiswoode N, Doernberg SB. PMID: 36632422; PMCID: PMC9830537.
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    9. Metagenomic prediction of antimicrobial resistance in critically ill patients with lower respiratory tract infections. Genome Med. 2022 07 12; 14(1):74. Serpa PH, Deng X, Abdelghany M, Crawford E, Malcolm K, Caldera S, Fung M, McGeever A, Kalantar KL, Lyden A, Ghale R, Deiss T, Neff N, Miller SA, Doernberg SB, Chiu CY, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 35818068; PMCID: PMC9275031.
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    10. COVID-19 in vaccinated versus unvaccinated hematologic malignancy patients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 15; e13835. DeVoe C, Pandey S, Shariff D, Arora S, Henrich TJ, Yokoe DS, Langelier CR, Servellita V, Chiu C, Miller S, Babik JM, Chin-Hong P, Fung M. PMID: 35426225; PMCID: PMC9115335.
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    11. Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms among hospitalized solid organ transplant recipients, five US hospitals, 2019-2020. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Apr; 24(2):e13785. Chan JL, Nazarian E, Musser KA, Snavely EA, Fung M, Doernberg SB, Pouch SM, Leekha S, Anesi JA, Kodiyanplakkal RPL, Turbett SE, Spalding Walters M, Epstein L. PMID: 34989092.
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    12. Delayed diagnosis and treatment of secondary syphilis in pancreas-kidney transplant recipient: Need for increased awareness of sexually transmitted infections in solid organ transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 02; 24(1):e13762. Crossman H, Guterman E, Fung M. PMID: 34797024.
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    13. Brain Abscess Caused by Bordetella hinzii. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Oct; 11(5):e787-e789. Mehta N, Gerdts J, Fung M, Guterman EL. PMID: 34840911; PMCID: PMC8610513.
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    14. Characteristics of High-Titer Convalescent Plasma and Antibody Dynamics After Administration in Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Aug; 8(8):ofab385. Bainbridge ED, Hsue PY, Esensten JH, Lynch KL, Hendrickson CM, Doernberg SB, Fung M, Chin-Hong P, Di Germanio C, Norris PJ, Simmons G, Glidden DV, Luetkemeyer AF. PMID: 34405093; PMCID: PMC8344822.
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    15. Parapharyngeal tuberculoid mass: A rare complication of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for urothelial carcinoma in situ. Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jun; 9(6):e04172. Plonowska-Hirschfeld KA, Fung M, Glastonbury C, Ha PK. PMID: 34194767; PMCID: PMC8222752.
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    16. Disseminated Legionella micdadei infection in a liver transplant patient presenting as pulmonary nodules and a laryngeal lesion. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Jun; 23(3):e13563. Bond AR, Bainbridge E, Doernberg SB, Babik JM, Miller S, Khanafshar E, Henry T, David A, Russell M, Brandman D, Sherman CB, Yao F, Fung M. PMID: 33434394.
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    17. COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Hosts: What We Know So Far. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 01 27; 72(2):340-350. Fung M, Babik JM. PMID: 33501974; PMCID: PMC7337668.
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    18. 918. Pilot Surveillance for Carbapenemase Gene-positive Organisms Among Hospitalized Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 31; 7(Suppl 1):s493-s494. Chan CJ, Nazarian NE, Musser MK, Fung FM, Doernberg DS, Pouch PS, Pouch PS, Leekha LS, Anesi AJ, Kodiyanplakkal KR, Turbett TS, Walters WM, Epstein EL, Epstein EL. .
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    19. Zoonotic coronavirus epidemics: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and coronavirus disease 2019. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Apr; 126(4):321-337. Fung M, Otani I, Pham M, Babik J. PMID: 33310180; PMCID: PMC7834857.
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    20. Treatment of immunocompromised COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Apr; 23(2):e13477. Fung M, Nambiar A, Pandey S, Aldrich JM, Teraoka J, Freise C, Roberts J, Chandran S, Hays SR, Bainbridge E, DeVoe C, Roque Gardner A, Yokoe D, Henrich TJ, Babik JM, Chin-Hong P. PMID: 32989856; PMCID: PMC7537112.
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    21. Type-1 immunity and endogenous immune regulators predominate in the airway transcriptome during chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Am J Transplant. 2021 06; 21(6):2145-2160. Iasella CJ, Hoji A, Popescu I, Wei J, Snyder ME, Zhang Y, Xu W, Iouchmanov V, Koshy R, Brown M, Fung M, Langelier C, Lendermon EA, Dugger D, Shah R, Lee J, Johnson B, Golden J, Leard LE, Ellen Kleinhenz M, Kilaru S, Hays SR, Singer JP, Sanchez PG, Morrell MR, Pilewski JM, Greenland JR, Chen K, McDyer JF. PMID: 33078555; PMCID: PMC8607839.
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    22. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction small airways reveal a lymphocytic inflammation gene signature. Am J Transplant. 2021 01; 21(1):362-371. Dugger DT, Fung M, Hays SR, Singer JP, Kleinhenz ME, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Lee JS, Deiter F, Greenland NY, Jones KD, Langelier CR, Greenland JR. PMID: 32885581; PMCID: PMC8009189.
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    23. Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients Have Suppressed Airway Interferon Responses during Pseudomonas Infection. Cell Rep Med. 2020 07 21; 1(4). Dugger DT, Fung M, Zlock L, Caldera S, Sharp L, Hays SR, Singer JP, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Kukreja J, Gordon E, Finkbeiner W, Kleinhenz ME, Langelier C, Greenland JR. PMID: 32754722; PMCID: PMC7402593.
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    24. Clinical outcomes and serologic response in solid organ transplant recipients with COVID-19: A case series from the United States. Am J Transplant. 2020 11; 20(11):3225-3233. Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM. PMID: 32476258; PMCID: PMC7300859.
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    25. Decreased Immune Activation in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelium Following Lung Transplant. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020 Apr 1; 39(4):s65-s66. Dugger DD, Fung FM, Zlock ZL, Caldera CS, Hays HS, Singer SJ, Leard LL, Golden GJ, Shah SR, Kukreja KJ, Finkbeiner FW, Kleinhenz KM, Langelier LC, Greenland GJ. .
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    26. Detection of Pneumonia Pathogens from Plasma Cell-Free DNA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 02 15; 201(4):491-495. Langelier C, Fung M, Caldera S, Deiss T, Lyden A, Prince BC, Serpa PH, Moazed F, Chin-Hong P, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS. PMID: 31647702; PMCID: PMC7049928.
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    27. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in Cancer and Transplant Patients. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Nov 26; 21(12):53. Fung M, Babik J, Humphreys IM, Davis GE. PMID: 31773398.
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    28. Increased Risk of Infectious Complications in Older Patients With Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Exposed to Bendamustine. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 01 07; 68(2):247-255. Fung M, Jacobsen E, Freedman A, Prestes D, Farmakiotis D, Gu X, Nguyen PL, Koo S. PMID: 29800121; PMCID: PMC6321852.
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    29. Integrating host response and unbiased microbe detection for lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill adults. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 12 26; 115(52):E12353-E12362. Langelier C, Kalantar KL, Moazed F, Wilson MR, Crawford ED, Deiss T, Belzer A, Bolourchi S, Caldera S, Fung M, Jauregui A, Malcolm K, Lyden A, Khan L, Vessel K, Quan J, Zinter M, Chiu CY, Chow ED, Wilson J, Miller S, Matthay MA, Pollard KS, Christenson S, Calfee CS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 30482864; PMCID: PMC6310811.
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    30. Plasma Cell-Free DNA Next-Generation Sequencing to Diagnose and Monitor Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Dec; 5(12):ofy301. Fung M, Zompi S, Seng H, Hollemon D, Parham A, Hong DK, Bercovici S, Dolan E, Lien K, Teraoka J, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P. PMID: 30581881; PMCID: PMC6297859.
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    31. Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections on Isavuconazole Prophylaxis and Treatment: What Is Happening in the Real-World Setting? Clin Infect Dis. 2018 09 14; 67(7):1142-1143. Fung M, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Langelier C, Lo M, Graff L, Tan M, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM. PMID: 29617983; PMCID: PMC6692592.
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    32. A Furry Friend's Dirty Mouth: Brain Abscess Due to Aggregatibacter (Haemophilus) aphrophilus. Am J Med. 2017 Oct; 130(10):e447-e448. Miller DC, Fung M, Carbo A. PMID: 28528922.
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    33. National Variability and Appropriateness of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in US Children's Hospitals. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 06 01; 170(6):570-6. Sandora TJ, Fung M, Melvin P, Graham DA, Rangel SJ. PMID: 27088649.
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    34. Meta-Analysis and Cost Comparison of Empirical versus Pre-Emptive Antifungal Strategies in Hematologic Malignancy Patients with High-Risk Febrile Neutropenia. PLoS One. 2015; 10(11):e0140930. Fung M, Kim J, Marty FM, Schwarzinger M, Koo S. PMID: 26554923; PMCID: PMC4640557.
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    35. Epidemiology and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul; 30(7):580-4. Sandora TJ, Fung M, Flaherty K, Helsing L, Scanlon P, Potter-Bynoe G, Gidengil CA, Lee GM. PMID: 21233782.
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    36. Recent trends in the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Feb; 46(2):366-71. Rangel SJ, Fung M, Graham DA, Ma L, Nelson CP, Sandora TJ. PMID: 21292089.
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    37. Chlamydial and gonococcal reinfection among men: a systematic review of data to evaluate the need for retesting. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Jul; 83(4):304-9. Fung M, Scott KC, Kent CK, Klausner JD. PMID: 17166889; PMCID: PMC2598678.
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