Waqas Aslam, MD
Associate Professor
Pulmonology - Fresno
School of Medicine

Dr. Aslam completed internal medicine residency and chief residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Aslam joined Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Texas A&M Health Science Center in Temple, TX, as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. He then completed a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Texas A&M Health Science Center. Dr. Aslam then furthered his training by completing additional fellowship training in interventional pulmonology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, MA.

Dr. Aslam is an active member of the medical community and well published. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on topics relating to pulmonology, medical education and technology, patient care improvement, and quality improvement.

If you asked Dr. Aslam why he went into pulmonary and critical care medicine, he would say it is because he wanted to help patients with complicated lung disease and critical illness. He completed additional fellowship training in interventional pulmonology to learn advanced bronchoscopic interventions and minimally invasive techniques required to manage complex thoracic diseases, including lung cancer and pleural disease.

When Dr. Aslam is not conducting research, teaching residents, or caring for patients, he enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with family and friends.

Dr. Aslam is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi.

• Organizing Pneumonia Due to Nivolumab.
  American journal of therapeutics 2020 Aslam W, Acash G, Shadchehr S, Lamb CR
• Application of structural equation modelling to develop a conceptual model for smallholder's credit access: The mediation of agility and innovativeness in organic food value chain finance.
  PloS one 2020 Abid A, Jie S, Aslam W, Batool S, Lili Y
• Nanostructured NiMoS₂/Carbon Catalysts for Syngas Conversion to Higher Alcohols.
  Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 2020 Aslam W, Ma Q, Tang F, Chen J, Beltramini J, Rudolph V, Wang G, Konarova M
• Conversion of agricultural waste into stable biocrude using spinel oxide catalysts.
  Journal of hazardous materials 2020 Atanda L, Fraga GLL, Ahmed MHM, Alothman ZA, Na J, Batalha N, Aslam W, Konarova M
• Standardizing education in interventional pulmonology in the midst of technological change.
  Journal of thoracic disease 2020 Aslam W, Lee HJ, Lamb CR
• Acute fibrinous organising pneumonia presenting as a cavitary lung lesion and treatment response to azithromycin.
  BMJ case reports 2019 Aslam W, Perez-Guerra F, Jebakumar D, Culver DA, Ghamande S
• Massive hemoptysis: an unusual presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma due to tracheal invasion.
  BMJ case reports 2019 Aslam W, Shakespeare A, Jones S, Ghamande S
• Case of impressive megaesophagus in medical intensive care unit.
  BMJ case reports 2019 Aslam W, Velazco JF, Ghamande S