 Nicholas Kolaitis, MD
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| Title(s) | Assistant Professor, Medicine |
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| School | School of Medicine |
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 Biography | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA | BS | 06/2007 | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | | UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA | MD | 06/2012 | Doctor of Medicine | | UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA | | 06/2015 | Internal Medicine Residency | | UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA | | 06/2018 | Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship | | UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA | | 06/2017 | Advanced Fellowship in Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation |
| UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care | 2018 | | The Jeffrey Golden Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award | | American Federation for Medical Research | 2018 | | Western AMFR Scholar Award | | California Thoracic Society | 2017 | | California Thoracic Society Scholar Award | | UCLA Medical Center | 2014 | | Commendation of Excellence in Medical Student Teaching | | UCSD School of Medicine | 2012 | | School of Medicine Leadership Award | | UCSD School of Medicine | 2011 | | Gold Humanism Honors Society | | UCSD School of Medicine | 2012 | | School of Medicine Primary Care Award | | UCLA | 2007 | | Highest Departmental Honors | | UCLA | 2007 | | College Honors | | UCLA | 2007 | | Magna Cum Laude |
Overview CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Nicholas Kolaitis specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine with a focus on lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension. His outpatient clinic is focused on the care of patients after lung transplantation and with pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease.
RESEARCH PURSUITS
Nicholas Kolaitis' research focuses on ways to improve health-related quality of life for patients with advanced lung disease.
ORNG Applications Bibliographic
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Anderson MR, Kolaitis N, Gao Y, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Hays S, Wolters P, Golden J, Diamond J, Palmer S, Arcasoy S, Udupa J, Christie JD, Lederer DJ, Singer JP. A non-linear relationship between visceral adipose tissue and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates. Am J Transplant. 2019 Jul 06. PMID: 31278829.
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DesJardin JT, Manicardi M, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Papolos AI, Selby VN, Zier LS, Klein L, Aras MA, Yao FY, Roberts JP, De Marco T. Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance improves portopulmonary hypertension screening in liver transplant candidates. Clin Transplant. 2019 May 10; e13585. PMID: 31074522.
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Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Jones KD, Hays SR, Leard LE. Pirfenidone-Induced Sarcoid-Like Reaction: A Novel Complication. Chest. 2018 Oct; 154(4):e89-e92. PMID: 30290953.
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Kolaitis NA, Singer JP. Defining Success in Lung Transplantation: From Survival to Quality of Life. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 04; 39(2):255-268. PMID: 29579775.
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Kolaitis NA, Soong A, Shrestha P, Zhuo H, Neuhaus J, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Kleinhenz ME, Blanc PD, Singer JP. Improvement in patient-reported outcomes after lung transplantation is not impacted by the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul; 156(1):440-448.e2. PMID: 29550072.
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Kolaitis NA, Duffy E, Zhang A, Lo M, Barba DT, Chen M, Soriano T, Hu J, Nabili V, Saggar R, Sayah DM, DerHovanessian A, Shino MY, Lynch JP, Kubak BM, Ardehali A, Ross DJ, Belperio JA, Elashoff D, Saggar R, Weigt SS. Voriconazole increases the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma after lung transplantation. Transpl Int. 2017 Jan; 30(1):41-48. PMID: 27678492.
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North JP, Garrido MC, Kolaitis NA, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC. Fluorescence in situ hybridization as an ancillary tool in the diagnosis of ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms: a review of 804 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Jun; 38(6):824-31. PMID: 24618603.
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von Drygalski A, Kolaitis NA, Bettencourt R, Bergstrom J, Kruse-Jarres R, Quon DV, Wassel C, Li MC, Waalen J, Elias DJ, Mosnier LO, Allison M. Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in hemophilia. Hypertension. 2013 Jul; 62(1):209-15. PMID: 23630949; PMCID: PMC3850775.
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Bauer J, Büttner P, Murali R, Okamoto I, Kolaitis NA, Landi MT, Scolyer RA, Bastian BC. BRAF mutations in cutaneous melanoma are independently associated with age, anatomic site of the primary tumor, and the degree of solar elastosis at the primary tumor site. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2011 Apr; 24(2):345-51. PMID: 21324100.
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Dalton SR, Gerami P, Kolaitis NA, Charzan S, Werling R, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC. Use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to distinguish intranodal nevus from metastatic melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Feb; 34(2):231-7. PMID: 20087158; PMCID: PMC2831773.
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Wu S, Mar-Heyming R, Dugum EZ, Kolaitis NA, Qi H, Pajukanta P, Castellani LW, Lusis AJ, Drake TA. Upstream transcription factor 1 influences plasma lipid and metabolic traits in mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Feb 15; 19(4):597-608. PMID: 19995791; PMCID: PMC2807368.
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Gerami P, Jewell SS, Morrison LE, Blondin B, Schulz J, Ruffalo T, Matushek P, Legator M, Jacobson K, Dalton SR, Charzan S, Kolaitis NA, Guitart J, Lertsbarapa T, Boone S, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Aug; 33(8):1146-56. PMID: 19561450.
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Mar-Heyming R, Miyazaki M, Weissglas-Volkov D, Kolaitis NA, Sadaat N, Plaisier C, Pajukanta P, Cantor RM, de Bruin TW, Ntambi JM, Lusis AJ. Association of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 activity with familial combined hyperlipidemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Jun; 28(6):1193-9. PMID: 18340007; PMCID: PMC2758768.
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