Aartik Sarma, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
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    UCSFFellowship2020Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine
    Massachusetts General HospitalResidency2017Internal Medicine
    UCSFMAS2023Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
    Harvard Medical SchoolMD2014
    Brown UniversityScB2008Public Policy, Biomedical Engineering
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    American Society for Clinical Investigation2023Emerging Generation Award

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    I am a physician-scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, where I am an attending intensivist in the medical and neurological ICUs at UCSF Parnassus. My research is focused on understanding heterogeneous pulmonary diseases defined by broad clinical criteria, such as pneumonia, the acute respiratory distress syndrome, and COPD exacerbations. I use computational methods to study clinical transcriptomic, metagenomic, and proteomic data with the goal of identifying disease subphenotypes and describing their biology, which is a key step for developing precision medical treatments for these conditions.
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    Transcriptomic signatures of airway inflammation in acute respiratory diseases
    NIH F32HL151117Mar 1, 2020 - Feb 28, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Aerosolized nicotine from e-cigarettes alters gene expression, increases lung protein permeability, and impairs viral clearance in murine influenza infection. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1076772. Maishan M, Sarma A, Chun LF, Caldera S, Fang X, Abbott J, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Calfee CS, Gotts JE, Matthay MA. PMID: 36999019; PMCID: PMC10043316.
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    2. NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes. JCI Insight. 2022 12 22; 7(24). Calabrese DR, Tsao T, Magnen M, Valet C, Gao Y, Mallavia B, Tian JJ, Aminian EA, Wang KM, Shemesh A, Punzalan EB, Sarma A, Calfee CS, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah R, Venado A, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Sayah DM, Ardehali A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Singer JP, Looney MR. PMID: 36346670; PMCID: PMC9869973.
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    3. Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults. Nat Microbiol. 2022 11; 7(11):1805-1816. Kalantar KL, Neyton L, Abdelghany M, Mick E, Jauregui A, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Ghale R, Albright J, Sarma A, Tsitsiklis A, Leligdowicz A, Christenson SA, Liu K, Kangelaris KN, Hendrickson C, Sinha P, Gomez A, Neff N, Pisco A, Doernberg SB, Derisi JL, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 36266337; PMCID: PMC9613463.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Impact of e-cigarette aerosol on primary human alveolar epithelial type 2 cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 08 01; 323(2):L152-L164. Wick KD, Fang X, Maishan M, Matsumoto S, Spottiswoode N, Sarma A, Simoneau C, Khakoo M, Langelier C, Calfee CS, Gotts JE, Matthay MA. PMID: 35670478; PMCID: PMC9559034.
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    5. Hyperinflammatory ARDS is characterized by interferon-stimulated gene expression, T-cell activation, and an altered metatranscriptome in tracheal aspirates. medRxiv. 2022. Aartik Sarma, Stephanie A. Christenson, Beth Shoshana Zha, Angela Oliveira Pisco, Lucile P.A. Neyton, Eran Mick, Pratik Sinha, Jennifer G. Wilson, Farzad Moazed, Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Manoj V. Maddali, Emily R. Siegel, Zoe Lyon, Hanjing Zhou, Alejandra Jauregui, Rajani Ghale, Saharai Caldera, Paula Hayakawa Serpa, Thomas Deiss, Christina Love, Ashley Byrne, Katrina L. Kalantar, Joseph L. DeRisi, David J. Erle, Matthew F. Krummel, Kirsten N. Kangelaris, Carolyn M. Hendrickson, Prescott G. Woodruff, Michael A. Matthay, COMET Consortium, Charles R. Langelier, Carolyn S. Calfee. View Publication.
    6. Validation and utility of ARDS subphenotypes identified by machine-learning models using clinical data: an observational, multicohort, retrospective analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2022 04; 10(4):367-377. Maddali MV, Churpek M, Pham T, Rezoagli E, Zhuo H, Zhao W, He J, Delucchi KL, Wang C, Wickersham N, McNeil JB, Jauregui A, Ke S, Vessel K, Gomez A, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Sarma A, Leligdowicz A, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Ware LB, Laffey JG, Bellani G, Calfee CS, Sinha P, LUNG SAFE Investigators and the ESICM Trials Group. PMID: 35026177; PMCID: PMC8976729.
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    7. Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. medRxiv. 2021 Nov 30. Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Rackaityte E, Levan S, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Love C, Tarashansky AJ, Pisco A, Albright J, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Detweiler A, Jones NG, Wu B, Darmanis S, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium, Matthay MA, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 33791731; PMCID: PMC8010763.
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    8. Tracheal aspirate RNA sequencing identifies distinct immunological features of COVID-19 ARDS. Nat Commun. 2021 08 26; 12(1):5152. Sarma A, Christenson SA, Byrne A, Mick E, Pisco AO, DeVoe C, Deiss T, Ghale R, Zha BS, Tsitsiklis A, Jauregui A, Moazed F, Detweiler AM, Spottiswoode N, Sinha P, Neff N, Tan M, Serpa PH, Willmore A, Ansel KM, Wilson JG, Leligdowicz A, Siegel ER, Sirota M, DeRisi JL, Matthay MA, COMET Consortium, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 34446707; PMCID: PMC8390461.
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    9. Latent class analysis-derived subphenotypes are generalisable to observational cohorts of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective study. Thorax. 2022 01; 77(1):13-21. Sinha P, Delucchi KL, Chen Y, Zhuo H, Abbott J, Wang C, Wickersham N, McNeil JB, Jauregui A, Ke S, Vessel K, Gomez A, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Sarma A, Leligdowicz A, Liu KD, Matthay MA, Ware LB, Calfee CS. PMID: 34253679; PMCID: PMC8688287.
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    10. The sputum transcriptome better predicts COPD exacerbations after the withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids than sputum eosinophils. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Jul; 7(3). Ditz B, Sarma A, Kerstjens HAM, Liesker JJW, Bathoorn E, Vonk JM, Bernal V, Horvatovich P, Guryev V, Caldera S, Langelier C, Faiz A, Christenson SA, van den Berge M. PMID: 34235210; PMCID: PMC8255541.
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    11. Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. Res Sq. 2021 Apr 23. Tsitsiklis A, Zha B, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Neff N, Sarma A, Serpa P, Deiss T, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay M, Lynch S, DeRisi J, Consortium C, Hendrickson C, Kangelaris K, Krummel M, Woodruff P, Erle D, Rosenberg O, Calfee C, Langelier C. PMID: 34013247; PMCID: PMC8132240.
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    12. Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19: Necessity Is the Mother of Invention. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 11 01; 180(11):1539-1540. Sarma A, Calfee CS. PMID: 32584940.
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    13. Biomarkers and Precision Medicine: State of the Art. Crit Care Clin. 2020 Jan; 36(1):155-165. Sarma A, Calfee CS, Ware LB. PMID: 31733677.
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    14. A Systems Approach to Healthcare Innovation Using the MIT Hacking Medicine Model. Cell Syst. 2017 07 26; 5(1):6-10. Gubin TA, Iyer HP, Liew SN, Sarma A, Revelos A, Ribas J, Movassaghi B, Chu ZM, Khalid AN, Majmudar MD, Lee CX. PMID: 28750199.
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    15. A novel subtyping assay for detection of Clostridium difficile virulence genes. J Mol Diagn. 2014 Mar; 16(2):244-52. Angione SL, Sarma AA, Novikov A, Seward L, Fieber JH, Mermel LA, Tripathi A. PMID: 24434086; PMCID: PMC3937534.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    16. Abstract 344: Interoperator Variability and Physician Learning with Medical Devices: Experience with Three New Vascular Closure Devices. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2013 May 1; 6(suppl_1). Sarma SA, Normand NS, Hatfield HL, Matheny MM, Resnic RF. .
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    17. THE LEARNING CURVE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES: EXPERIENCE WITH VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICES IN MASSACHUSETTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 Mar 1; 61(10):e1502. Sarma SA, Normand NS, Hatfield HL, Matheny MM, Resnic RF. .
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    18. A systematic review of reported cost for smear and culture tests during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e56074. Lu C, Liu Q, Sarma A, Fitzpatrick C, Falzon D, Mitnick CD. PMID: 23457502; PMCID: PMC3574085.
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    19. A simple method for amplifying RNA targets (SMART). J Mol Diagn. 2012 Jul; 14(4):328-35. McCalla SE, Ong C, Sarma A, Opal SM, Artenstein AW, Tripathi A. PMID: 22691910; PMCID: PMC3391418.
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    20. Ligation with nucleic acid sequence-based amplification. J Mol Diagn. 2012 May-Jun; 14(3):206-13. Ong C, Tai W, Sarma A, Opal SM, Artenstein AW, Tripathi A. PMID: 22449695; PMCID: PMC3349837.
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    21. The state of health policy education in U.S. medical schools. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 10; 364(10):e19. Mou D, Sarma A, Sethi R, Merryman R. PMID: 21345091.
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    22. Early in vitro transcription termination in human H5 influenza viral RNA synthesis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2011 Jun; 164(4):497-513. Kerby MB, Sarma AA, Patel MS, Artenstein AW, Opal SM, Tripathi A. PMID: 21207185.
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