Nicholas Kolaitis, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

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Nicholas Kolaitis specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine, with a focus on lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension. He is one of the attending physicians on the inpatient lung transplantation service, where he cares for patients with advanced lung disease before and after lung transplantation. His outpatient clinical time is split between three clinics (1) the lung transplantation clinic, where he sees patients with advanced lung disease before and after transplantation, (2) the pulmonary hypertension clinic, where he sees patients with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary emboli, and (3) the general pulmonary clinic, where he supervises the excellent care provided by fellows in the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program.

ADMINISTRATIVE/SERVICE ROLES Nicholas Kolaitis is the Director of Bronchoscopy at UCSF. He is a member of the executive board of the California Thoracic Society, where he also serves as the chair of the Career Development Committee, and as one of two California representatives to the American Thoracic Society, as part of the Council of Chapter Representatives. Additionally, he is active in the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation as part of the Advocacy Committee, and in the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, where he serves on the steering committee for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.

RESEARCH PURSUITS Nicholas Kolaitis' research focuses on ways to improve health-related quality of life for patients with advanced lung disease.

Awards

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  • California Thoracic Society Outstanding Clinician Award, California Thoracic Society, 2023
  • Michael S. Stulbarg Outstanding Teaching Award, UCSF Pulmonary And Critical Care, 2022
  • Western AMFR Scholar Award, American Federation for Medical Research, 2018
  • The Jeffrey Golden Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award, UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care, 2018
  • California Thoracic Society Scholar Award, California Thoracic Society, 2017
  • Commendation of Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, UCLA Medical Center, 2014
  • School of Medicine Leadership Award, UCSD School of Medicine, 2012
  • School of Medicine Primary Care Award, UCSD School of Medicine, 2012
  • Gold Humanism Honors Society, UCSD School of Medicine, 2011
  • College Honors, UCLA, 2007
  • Highest Departmental Honors, UCLA, 2007
  • Magna Cum Laude, UCLA, 2007

Education & Training

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  • MAS Masters in Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 06/2020
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 02/2020
  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2018
  • Advanced Fellowship in Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation University of California, San Francisco 06/2017
  • Internal Medicine Residency University of California, Los Angeles 06/2015
  • MD Doctor of Medicine University of California, San Diego 06/2012
  • BS Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology University of California, Los Angeles 06/2007

Interests

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  • Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTED)
  • Post Pulmonary Embolism Syndrome
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
  • Critical Care
  • Pulmonary
  • Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL)
  • Pulmonary Hypertension

Websites

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Publications (78)

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Cystic FibrosisHypertension, PulmonaryLung TransplantationVoriconazoleTacrolimusSarcoidosis, PulmonaryVascular DiseasesLung DiseasesMethamphetamineTransplant RecipientsFrailtyPrimary Graft DysfunctionTissue and Organ ProcurementFamilial Primary Pulmonary HypertensionAmphetamine-Related Disorders

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