Selected publications:

Peer-Reviewed Scholarship in print or other media:

Research Investigations

Kohorn BD, Kohorn SL, Todorova T, Baptiste G, Stansky K, McCullough M. A dominant allele of Arabidopsis pectin-binding wall-associated kinase induces a stress response suppressed by MPK6 but not MPK3 mutations. Mol Plant. 2012 Jul;5(4):841-851. PMID: 22155845. PMCID: PMC3399699. https://doi.org/10.1093/mp/ssr096. Epub 2011 Dec 07

Alagappan K, Silverman RA, Hancock K, Ward MF, Akerman M, Dawood FS, Branch A, De Cicco S, Steward-Clark E, McCullough M, Tenner K, Katz JM. Seropositivity for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among frontline health care personnel. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):140-143. PMID: 23260627. PMCID: PMC3557970. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1901.111640

Miller PE, Pawar S, Vaccaro B, McCullough M, Rao P, Ghosh R, Warier P, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Predictive Abilities of Machine Learning Techniques May Be Limited by Dataset Characteristics: Insights From the UNOS Database. J Card Fail. 2019 Jun;25(6):479-483. PMID: 30738152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.01.018. Epub 2019 Feb 06

Ahmad T, Miller PE, McCullough M, Desai NR, Riello R, Psotka M, B?hm M, Allen LA, Teerlink JR, Rosano GMC, Lindenfeld J. Why has positive inotropy failed in chronic heart failure? Lessons from prior inotrope trials. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Sep;21(9):1064-1078. PMID: 31407860. PMCID: PMC6774302. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1557. Epub 2019 Aug 13

Miller PE, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Mezzacappa C, McCullough M, Gruen J, Levin A, Reinhardt S, Ali A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical Implications of Respiratory Failure in Patients Receiving Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2019 Nov;12(11):e006369. PMID: 31707800. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006369. Epub 2019 Nov 11

Caraballo C, DeFilippis EM, Nakagawa S, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Mezzacappa C, McCullough M, Gruen J, Levin A, Reinhardt S, Mullan C, Ali A, Maurer MS, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Topkara VK. Clinical Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Older Adults: An INTERMACS Analysis. JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Dec;7(12):1069-1078. PMID: 31779930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2019.10.004

McCullough M, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Mezzacappa C, Levin A, Gruen J, Rodwin B, Reinhardt S, van Dijk D, Ali A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Neurohormonal Blockade and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure Supported by Left Ventricular Assist Devices. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Feb 1;5(2):175-182. PMID: 31738366. PMCID: PMC6865330. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2019.4965

Mullan C, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, McCullough M, Brown K, Aw TW, Gruen J, Clarke JD, Velazquez EJ, Geirsson A, Mori M, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Psychiatric Comorbidity and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for End-Stage Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Jul;8(7):569-577. PMID: 32535119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.03.011. Epub 2020 Jun 10

Mullan C, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Mori M, McCullough M, Clarke JD, Anwer M, Velazquez EJ, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Sep;39(9):926-933. PMID: 32593561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 May 19

Gruen J, Caraballo C, Miller PE, McCullough M, Mezzacappa C, Ravindra N, Mullan CW, Reinhardt SW, Mori M, Velazquez E, Geirsson A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Sex Differences in Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Sep;8(9):770-779. PMID: 32653446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2020.04.015. Epub 2020 Jul 08

Caraballo C, McCullough M, Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Keating C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Malinis M, Kashyap N, Hsiao A, Wilson FP, Curtis JP, Grant M, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T. COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system. PLoS One. 2020;15(9):e0238829. PMID: 32997657. PMCID: PMC7526909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238829. Epub 2020 Sep 30

Mezzacappa C, Ravindra NG, Caraballo C, Chouairi F, Miller PE, Clarke JD, Gruen J, Mori M, McCullough M, Mullan C, Geirsson A, Rogers JG, Anwer M, Desai N, Ahmad T. Clinical implications of differences between real world and clinical trial usage of left ventricular assist devices for end stage heart failure. PLoS One. 2020;15(12):e0242928. PMID: 33270648. PMCID: PMC7714148. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242928. Epub 2020 Dec 03

Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Januzzi JL, Moe GW, Caraballo C, McCullough M, Miller PE, Reinhardt SW, Clark K, Oseran A, Milner A, Pacor J, Kahn PA, Singh A, Ravindra N, Guha A, Vadlamani L, Kulkarni NS, Fiuzat M, Felker GM, O'Connor CM, Ahmad T, Ezekowitz J, Desai NR. Intercountry Differences in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy and Outcomes Among Patients With Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2021 Jul;9(7):497-505. PMID: 33992564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2021.02.011. Epub 2021 May 12

Abboud A, Nguonly A, Bean A, Brown KJ, Chen RF, Dudzinski D, Fiseha N, Joice M, Kimaiyo D, Martin M, Taylor C, Wei K, Welch M, Zlotoff DA, Januzzi JL, Gaggin HK. Rationale and design of the preserved versus reduced ejection fraction biomarker registry and precision medicine database for ambulatory patients with heart failure (PREFER-HF) study. Open Heart. 2021 Oct;8(2):e001704. PMID: 34663746. PMCID: PMC8524380. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001704

Byrne C, Pareek M, Vaduganathan M, Biering-S?rensen T, Krogager ML, Kragholm KH, Steensig K, Mortensen MB, Mishra SR, McCullough MJ, Desai NR, Torp-Pedersen C, Olsen MH, Bhatt DL. Serum Potassium and Mortality in High-Risk Patients: SPRINT. Hypertension. 2021 Nov;78(5):1586-1594. PMID: 34601970. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17736. Epub 2021 Oct 04

Chouairi F, Fuery MA, Mullan CW, Caraballo C, Sen S, Maulion C, Wilkinson ST, Surti T, McCullough M, Miller PE, Pacor J, Leifer ES, Felker GM, Velazquez EJ, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Januzzi JL, Desai NR, Ahmad T. The Impact of Depression on Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction Treated in the GUIDE-IT Trial. J Card Fail. 2021 Dec;27(12):1359-1366. PMID: 34166799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.06.008. Epub 2021 Jun 22

Other peer-reviewed scholarship

Wang M, Bilan VP, McCullough M, Banda B, Merchant NB, Rodwin BA. Room of Hazards: An Interprofessional Evaluation of Safety Risks in a Simulated Patient Room. J Patient Saf. 2022 Jan 1;18(1):e329-e337. PMID: 32890126. https://doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000774

Xiang J, Magier S, Gruen J, Welch M, Bilan V, Rodwin B, Norcott A, Merchant N. Building Resident Quality Improvement Knowledge and Engagement Through a Longitudinal, Mentored, and Experiential Learning-Based Quality Improvement Curriculum. MedEdPORTAL. 2023;19:11310. PMID: 37081972. PMCID: PMC10110773. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11310. Epub 2023 Apr 18

Non-peer reviewed scholarship in print or other media:

Reviews, chapters, and editorials

McCullough M, Kholdani C, Zamanian RT. Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in High-Risk Medical Patients. Clin Chest Med. 2018 Sep;39(3):483-492. PMID: 30122173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2018.04.002