Research Funding

  • May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2022 - Cigarette smoke and the acute respiratory distress syndrome: mechanisms and the role of alveolar macrophages in priming , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K23HL136844
  • February 1, 2015 - January 31, 2017 - Cigarette Smoke and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: The Role of Alveolar Epithelial Injury and Inflammation , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: F32HL126345

Education

Duke University, Durham, NC, B.S, 06/03, Biology, Minor in Philosophy
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, M.D, 06/08, Medicine
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, Certificate, 2010 - 2012, Clinical Investigation

Honors & Awards

  • 1999
    Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
  • 2007
    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
  • 2008
    Northwestern Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Award (multiple recipient), Chicago, IL
  • 2012
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Quality Improvement Award, Chicago, IL
  • 2015
    Critical Care Assembly Abstract Scholarship, American Thoracic Society, Denver, CO

Selected Publications

  1. Sindhu Chadalawada, Simon Sabir, Thanh Ngoc. Nguyen, Kala Mehta, Farzad Moazed, Christina Chou. S940 Barriers to Endoscopy Completion in a Safety Net Hospital. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2024 Oct 1; 119(10S):s656-s656.  View on PubMed
  2. Moazed F, Hendrickson C, Jauregui A, Gotts J, Conroy A, Delucchi K, Zhuo H, Arambulo M, Vessel K, Ke S, Deiss T, Ni A, Leligdowicz A, Abbott J, Cohen MJ, Sinha P, Gomez A, Kangelaris K, Kornblith L, Matthay M, Benowitz N, Liu K, Calfee CS. Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Sepsis: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Biologic Markers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 04 15; 205(8):927-935.  View on PubMed
  3. Eakin MN, Bauer SE, Carr T, Dagli E, Ewart G, Garfield JL, Jaspers I, Kher S, Leone FT, Melzer AC, Moazed F, Moraes TJ, Reddy KP, Upson D, Kathuria H. Policy Recommendations to Eliminate Tobacco Use and Improve Health from the American Thoracic Society Tobacco Action Committee. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 02; 19(2):157-160.  View on PubMed
  4. 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. Tracheal aspirate RNA sequencing identifies distinct immunological features of COVID-19 ARDS. Nat Commun. 2021 08 26; 12(1):5152.  View on PubMed
  5. Gesthalter Y, Kathuria H, Moazed F, Tobacco Action Committee of the American Thoracic Society. Smoking Cessation and Cancer. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 05 15; 203(10):P24-P25.  View on PubMed
  6. Sarma A, Christenson SA, Mick E, DeVoe C, Deiss T, Pisco AO, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Byrne A, Moazed F, Spottiswoode N, Sinha P, Zha BS, Neff N, Tan M, Serpa PH, 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. COVID-19 ARDS is characterized by a dysregulated host response that differs from cytokine storm and is modified by dexamethasone. Res Sq. 2021 Jan 14.  View on PubMed
  7. Moazed F, Hendrickson C, Conroy A, Kornblith LZ, Benowitz NL, Delucchi K, Cohen MJ, Calfee CS. Cigarette Smoking and ARDS After Blunt Trauma: The Influence of Changing Smoking Patterns and Resuscitation Practices. Chest. 2020 10; 158(4):1490-1498.  View on PubMed
  8. Langelier C, Fung M, Caldera S, Deiss T, Lyden A, Prince BC, Serpa PH, Moazed F, Chin-Hong P, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS. Detection of Pneumonia Pathogens from Plasma Cell-Free DNA. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 02 15; 201(4):491-495.  View on PubMed
  9. Kornblith LZ, Robles AJ, Conroy AS, Redick BJ, Howard BM, Hendrickson CM, Moore S, Nelson MF, Moazed F, Callcut RA, Calfee CS, Cohen MJ. Predictors of postinjury acute respiratory distress syndrome: Lung injury persists in the era of hemostatic resuscitation. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 08; 87(2):371-378.  View on PubMed
  10. Kalantar KL, Moazed F, Christenson SC, Wilson J, Deiss T, Belzer A, Vessel K, Caldera S, Jauregui A, Bolourchi S, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS, Langelier C. Metagenomic comparison of tracheal aspirate and mini-bronchial alveolar lavage for assessment of respiratory microbiota. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 03 01; 316(3):L578-L584.  View on PubMed
  11. 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. 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.  View on PubMed
  12. Leone FT, Carlsen KH, Chooljian D, Crotty Alexander LE, Detterbeck FC, Eakin MN, Evers-Casey S, Farber HJ, Folan P, Kathuria H, Latzka K, McDermott S, McGrath-Morrow S, Moazed F, Munzer A, Neptune E, Pakhale S, Sachs DPL, Samet J, Sufian B, Upson D. Recommendations for the Appropriate Structure, Communication, and Investigation of Tobacco Harm Reduction Claims. An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 10 15; 198(8):e90-e105.  View on PubMed
  13. Moazed F, Chun L, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Gotts J. Assessment of industry data on pulmonary and immunosuppressive effects of IQOS. Tob Control. 2018 11; 27(Suppl 1):s20-s25.  View on PubMed
  14. Chun L, Moazed F, Matthay M, Calfee C, Gotts J. Possible hepatotoxicity of IQOS. Tob Control. 2018 11; 27(Suppl 1):s39-s40.  View on PubMed
  15. Robles AJ, Kornblith LZ, Hendrickson CM, Howard BM, Conroy AS, Moazed F, Calfee CS, Cohen MJ, Callcut RA. Health care utilization and the cost of posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome care. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 07; 85(1):148-154.  View on PubMed
  16. Moazed F, Hendrickson C, Nelson M, Conroy A, Cohen MJ, Calfee CS. Platelet aggregation after blunt trauma is associated with the acute respiratory distress syndrome and altered by cigarette smoke exposure. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 02; 84(2):365-371.  View on PubMed
  17. Chun LF, Moazed F, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Gotts JE. Reply to "Letter to the Editor: Pulmonary toxicity of electronic cigarettes: more doubts than certainties". Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 11 01; 313(5):L966-L967.  View on PubMed
  18. Chun LF, Moazed F, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Gotts JE. Pulmonary toxicity of e-cigarettes. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 08 01; 313(2):L193-L206.  View on PubMed
  19. Moazed F, Calfee CS. The Canary in the Coal Mine Is Coughing: Electronic Cigarettes and Respiratory Symptoms in Adolescents. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 04 15; 195(8):974-976.  View on PubMed
  20. Moazed F, Burnham EL, Vandivier RW, O'Kane CM, Shyamsundar M, Hamid U, Abbott J, Thickett DR, Matthay MA, McAuley DF, Calfee CS. Cigarette smokers have exaggerated alveolar barrier disruption in response to lipopolysaccharide inhalation. Thorax. 2016 12; 71(12):1130-1136.  View on PubMed

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