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

In the clinic, he cares for patients with lung transplants, pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) and pulmonary emboli (blood clots in the blood vessels of the lungs). He also supervises fellows in pulmonary medicine as they provide care for patients with other conditions related to the lungs.

Kolaitis earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at UCLA Health, followed by fellowships in lung transplantation and pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSF.

Kolaitis' research focuses on ways to improve quality of life for patients with advanced lung disease. He holds a master’s degree in clinical research from UCSF. He is currently serving as the vice chair of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry, and as an editorial board member for the CHEST Journal and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Open.

Kolaitis is also a member of the executive board of the California Thoracic Society and as one of two representatives to the American Thoracic Society Council of Chapter Representatives. He is involved in health policy reform, currently serving as the vice chair for the American Thoracic Society Health Policy Committee and as a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Advocacy Committee. He also serves as a member of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute Lung Transplantation Task Force, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Standards and Guidelines Committee, and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Patient and Caregiver Education Committee.

Kolaitis’ clinical work has been recognized with various awards, including the Jeffrey Golden Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award, the Michael Stulbarg Outstanding Teaching Award, and the California Thoracic Society Outstanding Clinician Award.

In his spare time he enjoys restoring his 1965 Volvo 122 and sailing San Francisco Bay in his 1938 San Francisco Bear Boat.

• Group 5 Pulmonary Hypertension: Multiple Systemic Disease, Multiple Mechanisms of Pulmonary Hypertension, and Multiple Management Challenges.
  Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 2024 Christopher Barnett, Samuel Brusca, Nicholas Kolaitis, Teresa De Marco
• Macrophage and CD8 T cell discordance are associated with acute lung allograft dysfunction progression.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024 Calabrese DR, Ekstrand CA, Yellamilli S, Singer JP, Hays SR, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Perez A, Combes A, Greenland JR
• Investigating the "sex paradox" in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR).
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2024 DesJardin JT, Kime N, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal RA, Lammi MR, Mathai SC, Ventetuolo CE, De Marco T, PHAR Investigators
• Upcoming Clinical Trials in Critical Care, Diffuse Lung Disease, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, and Thoracic Oncology in 2024.
  Chest 2024 Lang AE, Kammer MN, Menon A, Sacha GL, Kolaitis NA
• Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease Without Hemodynamic Changes: A Case of Radiographic Findings Preceding Vascular Changes.
  Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 2023 Martin Y. Rofael, Travis Henry, Alyssa A. Perez, Lorriana E. Leard, Jasleen Kukreja, Kirk D. Jones, Teresa De Marco, Nicholas A. Kolaitis
• CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury.
  JCI insight 2023 Santos J, Wang P, Shemesh A, Liu F, Tsao T, Aguilar OA, Cleary SJ, Singer JP, Gao Y, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard L, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah R, Venado A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Lanier …
• Decreased Lymphocytic Bronchitis Severity in the Era of Azithromycin Prophylaxis.
  Transplantation direct 2023 Santos J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Calabrese DR, Kolaitis N, Kleinhenz ME, Shah R, Estrada AV, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Greenland JR
• Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
  Chest 2023 Kolaitis NA
• Female Sex is Associated with Worse Functional Impairment and Health-Related Quality of Life In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Baseline Results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR).
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2023 J.T. DesJardin, N. Kolaitis, N. Kime, R. Kronmal, M. Lammi, S. Mathai, J. Ryan, C. Ventetuolo, T. De Marco
• Development of the Lung Transplant Frailty Scale (LT-FS).
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023 Singer JP, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Calabrese D, Wang P, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J,…
• Subphenotypes of frailty in lung transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Singer JP, Calfee CS, Delucchi K, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Wang P, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, …
• Design and implementation of a digital health home spirometry intervention for remote monitoring of lung transplant function.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023 Odisho AY, Liu AW, Maiorano AR, Bigazzi MOA, Medina E, Leard LE, Shah R, Venado A, Perez A, Golden J, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Maheshwari J, Trinh BN, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Calabrese D, Neinstein …
• The Lung Allocation Score Remains Inequitable for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Even after the 2015 Revision.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023 Kolaitis NA, Chen H, Calabrese DR, Kumar K, Obata J, Bach C, Golden JA, Simon MA, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Leard LE, Singer JP, De Marco T
• Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in advanced lung disease.
  Pulmonary circulation 2023 DesJardin JT, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Schiller NB, Zier LS, Singer JP, De Marco T
• NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes.
  JCI insight 2022 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, …
• Palliative care referrals in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
  Respiratory medicine 2022 Rohlfing AB, Bischoff KE, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal RA, Kime NA, Gray MP, Bartolome S, Chakinala MM, Frantz RP, Ventetuolo CE, Mathai SC, De Marco T, PHAR investigators
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
  Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 2022 Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Christopher F. Barnett
• Anticoagulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension - association with mortality, healthcare utilization, and quality of life: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR).
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2022 Garry JD, Kolaitis NA, Kronmal R, Thenappan T, Hemnes A, Grinnan D, Bull T, Chakinala MM, Horn E, Simon MA, De Marco T, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry Investigators
• Methamphetamine-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2022 Kolaitis NA, Saggar R, De Marco T
• ISHLT consensus statement: Perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure undergoing surgery.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2022 McGlothlin DP, Granton J, Klepetko W, Beghetti M, Rosenzweig EB, Corris PA, Horn E, Kanwar MK, McRae K, Roman A, Tedford R, Badagliacca R, Bartolome S, Benza R, Caccamo M, Cogswell R, Dewachter C, …
• HIV-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Report from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022 Kolaitis NA, Lammi M, Mazimba S, Feldman J, McConnell W, Sager JS, Raval AA, Simon MA, De Marco T
• Short-Term Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for COVID-19 ARDS: A Single Center Experience.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 A. Nguyen, B. Trinh, T. Deuse, J. Singer, S. Hays, A. Venado, L. Leard, R. Shah, M.E. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, J. Greenland, J. Golden, M. Brzezinski, J. Kukreja
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage MICB is Associated with Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction, Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation, and Low Post-Transplant FEV1 in Lung Transplant Recipients.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 D.R. Calabrese, J.P. Singer, S.R. Hays, L.E. Leard, J.A. Golden, N.A. Kolaitis, M. Kleinhenz, R. Shah, A. Venado, J. Kukreja, J.A. Belperio, S.S. Weigt, J.R. Greenland, M.R. Looney
• Decreased Lymphocytic Bronchitis Severity in the Era of Azithromycin Prophylaxis.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 J. Santos, S. Hays, J.A. Golden, D. Calabrese, N.A. Kolaitis, M. Kleinhenz, S. Rupal, A. Venado, L.E. Leard, J. Kukreja, J.P. Singer, J.R. Greenland
• Diagnosis of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease in the Absence of Hemodynamic Abnormalities.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 M.Y. Rofael, T. Henry, A.A. Perez, L. Leard, T. De Marco, K.D. Jones, J. Kukreja, N. Kolaitis
• Immunosuppression-Induced Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Following Bilateral Lung Transplantation.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 J. Maheshwari, A. Perez, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, A. Venado Estrada, J. Golden, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, M. Kleinhenz, K. Jones, A. Urisman, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, Y. Gesthalter, J. Singer, S. Hays
• Oral Selexipag versus Inhaled Treprostinil Effect on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 J.Q. Nguyen, Y. Teklu, S. Wu, N.A. Kolaitis, T. De Marco, S.M. Fanous
• The Lung Allocation Score Remains Inequitable for Patients with PAH, Even After the 2015 Revision.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 N.A. Kolaitis, H. Chen, D.R. Calabrese, K. Kumar, J. Obata, C. Bach, J. Golden, M. Simon, J. Kukreja, S.R. Hays, L.E. Leard, J.P. Singer, T. De Marco
• Worsening in the Lung Transplant-Valued Life Activities Scale is Associated with Mortality in Lung Transplant Recipients.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2022 L.L. Seijo, P. Smith, J.R. Greenland, Y. Gao, N.A. Kolaitis, A. Venado, S.R. Hays, N. Thakur, J. Kukreja, L.E. Leard, J.A. Golden, R. Shah, M. Kleinhenz, A. Perez, B. Trinh, L. Betancourt, N. …
• Depressive symptoms in lung transplant recipients: trajectory and association with mortality and allograft dysfunction.
  Thorax 2022 Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Venado A, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Smith PJ, Singer JP
• Inflammation on bronchoalveolar lavage cytology is associated with decreased chronic lung allograft dysfunction-free survival.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Greenland NY, Deiter F, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Leard LE, Kolaitis NA, Golden JA, Singer JP, Greenland JR
• Screening Strategies for Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Multidisciplinary Delphi Study.
  Chest 2022 Rahaghi FF, Kolaitis NA, Adegunsoye A, de Andrade JA, Flaherty KR, Lancaster LH, Lee JS, Levine DJ, Preston IR, Safdar Z, Saggar R, Sahay S, Scholand MB, Shlobin OA, Zisman DA, Nathan SD
• SCREENING FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A DELPHI CONSENSUS PANEL.
  CHEST Journal 2021 Franck Rahaghi, Nicholas Kolaitis, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Joao Alberto de Andrade, Kevin Flaherty, Lisa Lancaster, Joyce Lee, Deborah Levine, Ioana Preston, Zeenat Safdar, Rajan Saggar, Sandeep Sahay, …
• Construct and Predictive Validity of Sarcopenia in Lung Transplant Candidates.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021 Maheshwari JA, Kolaitis NA, Anderson MR, Benvenuto L, Gao Y, Katz PP, Greenland J, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Venado A, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Trinh B, Huang CY, Glidden D, …
• Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: An update from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2021 Leard LE, Holm AM, Valapour M, Glanville AR, Attawar S, Aversa M, Campos SV, Christon LM, Cypel M, Dellgren G, Hartwig MG, Kapnadak SG, Kolaitis NA, Kotloff RM, Patterson CM, Shlobin OA, Smith PJ, …
• Clinical Differences and Outcomes between Methamphetamine-associated and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021 Kolaitis NA, Zamanian RT, de Jesus Perez VA, Badesch DB, Benza RL, Burger CD, Chakinala MM, Elwing JM, Feldman J, Lammi MR, Mathai SC, McConnell JW, Presberg KW, Robinson JC, Sager J, Shlobin OA, …
• Frailty is Associated with Subsequent Development of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 J. Maheshwari, J. Greenland, Y. Gao, S. Hays, P. Katz, P. Blanc, N. Kolaitis, J. Golden, J. Kukreja, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, B. Trinh, K. Covinsky, D. Calabrese, A. Venado, C. Huang, M. Kleinhenz, N. …
• Implementation of a Chatbot Mobile Health Intervention with Home Spirometry to Monitor Lung Transplant Recipients Remotely.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 A. Odisho, J.P. Singer, A. Perez, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, J.A. Golden, M. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, J. Maheshwari, A. Liu, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, J. Greenland, D. Calabrese, S.R. Hays
• Measuring Quality in Lung Transplant Care: The QUILT Initiative.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 A. Venado, J.P. Singer, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, M.E. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, A. Perez, N. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, J. Maheshwari, B. Trinh, J. Kukreja, S. Hays
• Pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial lung disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a patient experience study of symptoms and their impact on quality of life.
  Pulmonary circulation 2021 DuBrock HM, Nathan SD, Reeve BB, Kolaitis NA, Mathai SC, Classi PM, Nelsen AC, Olayinka-Amao B, Norcross LN, Martin SA
• Risk Factors and Rates of Fungal Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients Who Receive Posaconazole and Inhaled Amphotericin Combination Prophylaxis Therapy.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 A.A. Perez, J.P. Singer, D. Calabrese, A. Venado, J. Greenland, L.E. Leard, R.J. Shah, N.A. Kolaitis, J.A. Golden, M. Kleinhenz, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, S.R. Hays
• The Relationship between Anticoagulation and Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR).
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 J. Garry, N. Kolaitis, N. Kime, R. Kronmal, M. Chikinala, T. Thenappan, D. Grinnan, E. Horn, A. Hemnes, M. Simon, T. Bull, T. De Marco
• COVID-19 Disease in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Case Series.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2021 L.L. Seijo, A. Perez, N. Thakur, A. Venado, L.E. Leard, R. Shah, J. Singer, M.E. Kleinhenz, N. Kolaitis, J.A. Golden, J. Kukreja, B. Trinh, S. Hays
• The association of post-operative delirium with patient-reported outcomes and mortality after lung transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2021 DeBolt CL, Gao Y, Sutter N, Soong A, Leard L, Jeffrey G, Kleinhenz ME, Calabrese D, Greenland J, Venado A, Hays SR, Shah R, Kukreja J, Trinh B, Kolaitis NA, Douglas V, Diamond JM, Smith P, Singer J
• LUNG FUNCTION TRAJECTORY IN THE PIRFENIDONE FOR RESTRICTIVE CHRONIC LUNG ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION (PIRCLAD) TRIAL: INTERIM ANALYSIS.
  CHEST Journal 2020 Aida Venado, Genevieve Montas, Katherine Dewey, Jonathan Singer, Daniel Calabrese, Nicholas Kolaitis, Lorriana Leard, Rupal Shah, Mary Kleinhenz, Jasleen Kukreja, Paul Wolters, Jeffrey Golden, Steven …
• SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF PIRFENIDONE FOR RESTRICTIVE CHRONIC LUNG ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION (PIRCLAD): INTERIM RESULTS.
  CHEST Journal 2020 Aida Venado, Katherine Dewey, Genevieve Montas, John Greenland, Lorriana Leard, Rupal Shah, Nicholas Kolaitis, Daniel Calabrese, Mary Kleinhenz, Jasleen Kukreja, Paul Wolters, Jonathan Singer, Jeffrey…
• Primary graft dysfunction attenuates improvements in health-related quality of life after lung transplantation, but not disability or depression.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Venado A, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Singer JP
• Age-related differences in hemodynamics and functional status in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Baseline results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2020 DesJardin JT, Kolaitis NA, Kime N, Kronmal RA, Benza RL, Elwing JM, Lammi MR, McConnell JW, Presberg KW, Sager JS, Shlobin OA, De Marco T, PHAR Investigators
• Frailty after lung transplantation is associated with impaired health-related quality of life and mortality.
  Thorax 2020 Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Huang CY, Gao Y, Glidden DV, Soong A, Sutter N, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Deuse T, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Blanc PD,…
• Depressive Symptoms in Lung Transplant Recipients: Trajectory and Association with Mortality.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 N.A. Kolaitis, Y. Gao, N. Sutter, A. Soong, R.J. Shah, A. Venado, S.R. Hays, J. Kukreja, J. Golden, L.E. Leard, J.R. Greenland, M. Kleinhenz, P.P. Katz, P.D. Blanc, P.J. Smith, J.P. Singer
• Patients with Methamphetamine-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Have Less Favorable Hemodynamics Than Other Patients with Group 1 PAH.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 E. Vasti, A. Papolos, N.A. Kolaitis, J. Mayfield, G.H. Tison, T. De Marco
• Reducing Length of Stay after Lung Transplant through Implementation of Multi-Disciplinary Care Coordination Rounds.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 D.M. Gordon, S.R. Hays, J.P. Singer, A.A. Perez, A. Venado, G. Iyer, B.M. Zuckerman, C.E. Daulton, J. Pascual, K. Dewey, R. Florez, R.J. Shah, N.A. Kolaitis, L.E. Leard, M.E. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, B. …
• Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Doppler Envelope Notching Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension and Outcomes in Lung Transplant Candidates.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2020 J.T. DesJardin, Y. Svetlichnaya, N.A. Kolaitis, J.P. Singer, S.R. Hayes, J. Kukreja, T. De Marco
• Heart-lung transplantation: A viable option for connective tissue diseases.
  Clinical transplantation 2020 Stern LK, Selby VN, Kolaitis NA, Boin F, Aras M, Klein L, De Marco T
• A Comprehensive Guide to Lung Transplantation for the Recipient With Pulmonary Fibrosis.
  2020 Nicholas A. Kolaitis, Rupal J. Shah
• Tacrolimus trough monitoring guided by mass spectrometry without accounting for assay differences is associated with acute kidney injury in lung transplant recipients.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2019 Kolaitis NA, Calabrese DR, Ahearn P, Venado A, Florez R, Lei HL, Isaak K, Henricksen E, Martinez E, Chong T, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, De Marco T, Greenland JR, Kukreja J, Hays SR, …
• Transplantation in the Face of Donor-Specific Antibodies: A Pathway to Become Better.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2019 Kolaitis NA, Singer JP
• A nonlinear relationship between visceral adipose tissue and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Anderson MR, Kolaitis NA, 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
• Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance improves portopulmonary hypertension screening in liver transplant candidates.
  Clinical transplantation 2019 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
• Demographic, Hemodynamic, and HRQL Differences between Methamphetamine-Associated and Idiopathic PAH: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2019 N.A. Kolaitis, R.T. Zamanian, V.A. de Jesus Perez, D.B. Badesch, R.L. Benza, C.D. Burger, M.M. Chakinala, J. Feldman, M.R. Lammi, S.C. Mathai, K.W. Presberg, J.C. Robinson, J.S. Sager, O.A. Shlobin, M…
• Frailty is Associated with Greater Impairments in Health-Related Quality of Life after Lung Transplantation Than Before.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2019 N.A. Kolaitis, A. Soong, Y. Gao, R.J. Shah, A. Venado, S.R. Hays, J. Kukreja, J. Golden, L.E. Leard, J.R. Greenland, M. Kleinhenz, P.P. Katz, P.D. Blanc, J.P. Singer
• Pirfenidone-Induced Sarcoid-Like Reaction: A Novel Complication.
  Chest 2018 Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Jones KD, Hays SR, Leard LE
• (781) Tacrolimus Trough Monitoring by Mass Spectroscopy is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplant Recipients.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2018 N.A. Kolaitis, D. Calabrese, P. Ahern, A. Venado-Estrada, R. Florez, H. Lei, K. Isaak, R.J. Shah, L. Leard, M. Kleinhenz, J. Golden, T. De Marco, J.R. Greenland, J. Kukreja, S.R. Hays, P.D. Blanc, J.P…
• Defining Success in Lung Transplantation: From Survival to Quality of Life.
  Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 2018 Kolaitis NA, 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.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2018 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
• (168) ECMO Prior to Lung Transplantation Does Not Impact Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) After Transplant.
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2017 N.A. Kolaitis, D. Huang, A. Soong, P. Shrestha, J. Golden, L.E. Leard, R.J. Shah, M.E. Kleinhenz, J.R. Greenland, P.P. Katz, P.D. Blanc, S.R. Hays, J. Kukreja, J.P. Singer
• Voriconazole increases the risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma after lung transplantation.
  Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2016 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, …
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization as an ancillary tool in the diagnosis of ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms: a review of 804 cases.
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2014 North JP, Garrido MC, Kolaitis NA, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC
• Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in hemophilia.
  Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2013 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
• 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 research 2011 Bauer J, Büttner P, Murali R, Okamoto I, Kolaitis NA, Landi MT, Scolyer RA, Bastian BC
• Use of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to distinguish intranodal nevus from metastatic melanoma.
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2010 Dalton SR, Gerami P, Kolaitis NA, Charzan S, Werling R, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC
• Upstream transcription factor 1 influences plasma lipid and metabolic traits in mice.
  Human molecular genetics 2009 Wu S, Mar-Heyming R, Dugum EZ, Kolaitis NA, Qi H, Pajukanta P, Castellani LW, Lusis AJ, Drake TA
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma.
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2009 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
• Association of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 activity with familial combined hyperlipidemia.
  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2008 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