Professor of Meidicne
(2017)
School of Medicine,
Medicine
Interventional Pulmonology
Publications
Lachkar S, Crombag LMM, Musani AI. How Interventional Pulmonologists Can Address Climate Change. Respiration. 2023 Jan 18;:1-4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36652937
Doran J, Hanna R, Nyagura-Mangori T, Mahotra N, Das SK, Borok M, Musani A, Maw AM. Stakeholder perspectives on current determinants of ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in resources limited settings: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 12;12(12):e064638. PubMed PMID: 36523247
Kalchiem-Dekel O, Schwalk AJ, Patel NM, Lin IH, Beattie JA, Husta BC, Chawla M, Sachdeva A, Akulian JA, Musani AI, Argento AC, Lee HJ, Mullon JJ, Desai NR, Hsia DW, Lee RP. COVID-19 Impact on Interventional Pulmonology Training. ATS Sch. 2021 Jun;2(2):236-248. PubMed PMID: 34409418
Kniese CM, Musani AI. Bronchoscopic treatment of inoperable nonsmall cell lung cancer. Eur Respir Rev. 2020 Dec 31;29(158). PubMed PMID: 33153988
Musani AI. Certificate of Added Qualification in Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy. Chest. 2020 Nov;158(5):1839-1840. PubMed PMID: 32622818
Iftikhar IH, Schimmel M, Sardi A, Mehta I, Gonzalez E, Musani AI. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with Valves and Coils. A Network Meta-analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Nov;17(11):1468-1475. PubMed PMID: 32574516
Lamb CR, Desai NR, Angel L, Chaddha U, Sachdeva A, Sethi S, Bencheqroun H, Mehta H, Akulian J, Argento AC, Diaz-Mendoza J, Musani A, Murgu S. Use of Tracheostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: American College of Chest Physicians/American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology/Association of Interventional Pulmonology Program Directors Expert Panel Report. Chest. 2020 Oct;158(4):1499-1514. PubMed PMID: 32512006
Guinde J, Roy P, Dutau H, Musani A, Quadrelli S, Stratakos G, Vergnon JM, Tremblay A, Fortin M. An International Survey of Mediastinal Staging Practices amongst Interventional Bronchoscopists. Respiration. 2020;99(6):508-515. PubMed PMID: 32485718
Wahidi MM, Lamb C, Murgu S, Musani A, Shojaee S, Sachdeva A, Maldonado F, Mahmood K, Kinsey M, Sethi S, Mahajan A, Majid A, Keyes C, Alraiyes AH, Sung A, Hsia D, Eapen G. American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) Statement on the Use of Bronchoscopy and Respiratory Specimen Collection in Patients With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Infection. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Oct;27(4):e52-e54. PubMed PMID: 32195687
Sethi J, Ali MS, Mohananey D, Nanchal R, Maldonado F, Musani A. Are Transbronchial Cryobiopsies Ready for Prime Time?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Jan;26(1):22-32. PubMed PMID: 29901533
Mahajan AK, Folch E, Musani A. Should Interventional Pulmonologists Take Ownership for Ordering Next-Generation Sequencing and Immunohistochemistries for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?. Chest. 2019 Dec;156(6):1281-1282. PubMed PMID: 31812206
Musani AI. The American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Announces the Certificate of Added Qualification in Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy. Chest. 2019 Oct;156(4):813. PubMed PMID: 31590717
Musani AI. The American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Announces the First Certificate of Added Qualification in Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Jul;26(3):153-154. PubMed PMID: 31233470
Musani AI. Pulmonary Disease. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May;103(3):xix-xx. PubMed PMID: 30955525
Ali MS, Ghori UK, Musani AI. Orphan Lung Diseases. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May;103(3):503-515. PubMed PMID: 30955517
Lanks CW, Musani AI, Hsia DW. Community-acquired Pneumonia and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May;103(3):487-501. PubMed PMID: 30955516
Kniese CM, Musani AI. Interventional Pulmonology: A Focused Review for Primary Care Physicians. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May;103(3):399-412. PubMed PMID: 30955509
Sethi J, Ali MS, Mohananey D, Nanchal R, Maldonado F, Musani A. Are Transbronchial Cryobiopsies Ready for Prime Time?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Jan;26(1):22-32. PubMed PMID: 29901533
Ali MS, Sethi J, Taneja A, Musani A, Maldonado F. Computed Tomography Bronchus Sign and the Diagnostic Yield of Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Aug;15(8):978-987. PubMed PMID: 29877715
Musani AI, Veir JK, Huang Z, Lei T, Groshong S, Worley D. Photodynamic therapy via navigational bronchoscopy for peripheral lung cancer in dogs. Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Jul;50(5):483-490. PubMed PMID: 29399826
Ali MS, Musani AI, Gaurav K. Pulmonary Foreign Body: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Pneumonia. Arch Bronconeumol. 2018 Jan;54(1):39. PubMed PMID: 28666600
Clinical Interests
Dr. Musani has special interests in interventional pulmonology; early diagnosis of lung cancer; staging of lung cancer; treatment of airway obstruction due to cancers and benign disorders; malignant pleural effusion.
He received extensive training, both locally and internationally, in complicated lung diseases requiring bronchoscopic procedures and pleural procedures.
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, Dow Medical College, Karachi Pakistan
(1990)
Internships:
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program
(1994)
Residency Programs:
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program, Internal Medicine (1996)
Fellowships:
Thomas Jefferson University Program, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
(2001)
University of Pennsylvania Health System Program, Pulmonary Disease
(2002)