Aaron Baugh, MD

Education
01/2021 - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco
01/2018 - Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine
MD, 06/2012 - Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine
BS, 06/2008 - Brain, Behavior, Cognitive Science, University of Michigan
Publications

  1. Bade B, Faiz SA, Tan M, Baugh AD, Lavercombe M, Sheshadri A. The Impact of Healthcare Disparities on Lung Cancer Screening and Treatment. Chest 2025. PMID: 40350147


  2. M.I. Seedahmed, A.D. Baugh, M.O. Al-Qadi. Characterizing the Discrepancy Between FVC and FEV6 and Its Association With Expiratory Time in Sarcoidosis Patients. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2025. PMID:


  3. A.D. Baugh, M.A. Aronica, M. Castro, L.C. Denlinger, A.T. Hastie, N.N. Jarjour, B.D. Levy, D. Mauger, B. Phillips, K. Sumino, P. Woodruff, N. Thakur, A. Sheshadri. Race-neutral Lung Function Interpretation Does Not Alter Correlation to Symptom Burden in Asthma. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2025. PMID:


  4. A.D. Baugh, M. Albirair, M.I. Seedahmed, A. Sheshadri, R. Rajaram, D.E. Ost, S. Bonner, N. Thakur, P. Woodruff, M. Arjomandi. The Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in the Pre-operative Evaluation of Lobectomy Patients Within the Veterans Health Administration. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2025. PMID:


  5. Rajaram R, Sheshadri A, Baugh A, Bonnell LN, Li L, Vaporciyan AA, Block M, David EA, Habib RH, Ost DE. Race-Specific vs Race-Neutral Pulmonary Function Predicted Values in Operable Lung Cancer Patients. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2025. PMID: 40153590


  6. Wang RJ, Kunisaki KM, Morris A, Drummond MB, Nouraie M, Huang L, Tien PC, Baugh AD, Barjaktarevic I, Bhandari N, Bhatt SP, D'Souza G, Fischl MA, Foronjy RF, Jensen RL, Lazarous DG, Ofotokun I, Reddy D, Stosor V, McCormack MC, Raju S. Brief Report: The Implications of Removing Race From Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Among Persons With or Without HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2025. PMID: 39970895


  7. Wang RJ, Kunisaki KM, Morris A, Drummond MB, Nouraie M, Huang L, Tien PC, Baugh AD, Barjaktarevic I, Bhandari N, Bhatt SP, D'Souza G, Fischl MA, Foronjy RF, Jensen RL, Lazarous DG, Ofotokun I, Reddy D, Stosor V, McCormack MC, Raju S. The implications of removing race from interpretation of pulmonary function among persons with or without HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024. PMID: 39623526


  8. Belz DC, Putcha N, Alupo P, Siddharthan T, Baugh A, Hopkinson N, Castaldi P, Papi A, Mannino D, Miravitlles M, Han MK, Fabbri LM, Montes de Oca M, Krishnan JA, Singh D, Martinez FJ, Hansel NN, Calverley PMA. Call to Action: How Can We Promote the Development of New Pharmacologic Treatments in COPD? American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 39405496


  9. Seedahmed MI, Albirair MT, Baugh AD, Gellad WF, Nouraie SM, Gibson KF, Whooley MA, McCulloch CE, Koth LL, Arjomandi M. Trends in All-cause Mortality among U.S. Veterans with Sarcoidosis, 2004-2022. Chest 2024. PMID: 39521376


  10. Kevin Hachey, Sande Okelo, Francesca Duncan, Aaron Baugh, Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, Joseph P. Smith. A National Survey of Spirometry Interpretation Practices. CHEST Pulmonary 2024. PMID:


  11. Baugh AD, Akgün KM, Rusk A, Adelson VA, Afolabi F, Crowder S, Ferreira JC, Gurubhagavatula I, Lovinsky-Desir S, Lawrence K, Myers LC, Niranjan SJ, Schotland H, Sheares BJ, Sullivan DR, Wisnivesky J, Sweet S. Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 39078251


  12. Hayes SA, Bhatia-Lin AL, Campbell J, Baugh A. A Syndemic Model: COPD, Multimorbidity, and Poverty. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2024. PMID: 39326401


  13. Baugh AD, Chesley CF, Pew K. Poison from the Root: Sociohistorical Perspectives on Tobacco & the Black Community. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 38598791


  14. Spece LJ, Hee Wai T, Donovan LM, Duan KI, Plumley R, Crothers KA, Thakur N, Baugh A, Hayes S, Picazo F, Feemster LC, Au DH. The Impact of Changing Race-Specific Equations for Lung Function Tests among Veterans with COPD. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 38820262


  15. Hsu R, Al-Zubeidy B, Flores D, Nazarian A, Baugh A, Gonzalez E, Castanon S, Xiu J, Kang I, Spicer D, Lenz HJ, Dara L, Ademuyiwa FO, Korn WM, Irshad S, Chan IS, Roussos Torres ET. Evaluation of markers of immunity in different metastatic immune microenvironments suggests more suppression within breast to liver metastases in breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment 2024. PMID: 38643348


  16. Baugh A, Adegunsoye A, Connolly M, Croft D, Pew K, McCormack MC, Georas SN. Response. Chest 2024. PMID: 38336452


  17. Koch AL, Shing TL, Namen A, Couper D, Smith B, Barr RG, Bhatt S, Putcha N, Baugh A, Saha AK, Ziedler M, Comellas A, Cooper CB, Barjaktarevic I, Bowler RP, Han MK, Kim V, Paine R, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Woodruff PG, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Peters SP, Ortega VE, SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures in COPD Study (SPIROMICS) Investigators. Lung Structure and Risk of Sleep Apnea in SPIROMICS. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2023. PMID: 37931592


  18. Sheshadri A, Rajaram R, Baugh A, Castro M, Correa A, Soto F, Daniel-MacDougall CR, Li L, Evans SE, Dickey BF, Vaporciyan AA, Ost DE. Association of Pre-operative Lung Function with Complications after Lobectomy Using Race-Neutral and Race-Specific Normative Equations. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 37796618


  19. Baugh A, Buhr RG, Bush A, Foreman M, Mannino DM. Strategies to Classify Lung Function: It's Not Black and White. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37878872


  20. Baugh A, McIntosh J. Truth & Consequences: Choosing the Best Interpretative Framework for Spirometry. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37699143


  21. Krishnan JK, Mallya SG, Nahid M, Baugh AD, Han MK, Aronson KI, Goyal P, Pinheiro LC, Banerjee S, Martinez FJ, Safford MM. Disparities in Guideline Concordant Statin Treatment in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2023. PMID: 37410623


  22. Baugh AD, Acho M, Arhin A, Barjaktarevic I, Couper D, Criner G, Han M, Hansel N, Krishnan J, Malcolm K, Namen A, Peters S, Schotland H, Sowho M, Zeidler M, Woodruff P, Thakur N. African American race is associated with worse sleep quality in heavy smokers. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2023. PMID: 37128722


  23. Baugh AD, Woodruff P, Shiboski S, Glidden DV, Ortega VE, Thakur N. Spirometry in Mixed Race Civil War Veterans. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 37159952


  24. Baugh A, Adegunsoye A, Connolly M, Croft D, Pew K, McCormack MC, Georas SN. Towards a Race-Neutral System of Pulmonary Function Test Results Interpretation. Chest 2023. PMID: 37414097


  25. Seedahmed MI, Baugh AD, Albirair MT, Luo Y, Chen J, McCulloch CE, Whooley MA, Koth LL, Arjomandi M. Epidemiology of Sarcoidosis in U.S. Veterans from 2003 to 2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 36724377


  26. Baugh A, Thakur N. Race, Racism, and Respiratory Health. Clinics in chest medicine 2023. PMID: 37517827


  27. Bhakta NR, Bime C, Kaminsky DA, McCormack MC, Thakur N, Stanojevic S, Baugh AD, Braun L, Lovinsky-Desir S, Adamson R, Witonsky J, Wise RA, Levy SD, Brown R, Forno E, Cohen RT, Johnson M, Balmes J, Mageto Y, Lee CT, Masekela R, Weiner DJ, Irvin CG, Swenson ER, Rosenfeld M, Schwartzstein RM, Agrawal A, Neptune E, Wisnivesky JP, Ortega VE, Burney P. Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 36973004


  28. Baugh AD, Santhosh L. Discourage Paint-by-Numbers Presentations. ATS Scholar 2023. PMID: 37089686


  29. Elmaleh-Sachs A, Balte P, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Baugh A, Bertoni AG, Hankinson JL, Pankow J, Post WS, Schwartz JE, Smith BM, Watson K, Barr RG. Reply by Elmaleh-Sachs, et al. to: Townsend and Cowl, and Miller et al. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 35503649


  30. Baugh AD, Thakur N, Woodruff PG. Reply to: US Occupational Historical Perspective on Race and Lung Function. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35503237


  31. Moffett AT, Baugh AD. Against Essentialism in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation. Chest 2022. PMID: 36088090


  32. Baugh A, Buhr RG, Quibrera P, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Han MK, Kaufman JD, Koch AL, Krishnan J, Labaki W, Martinez FJ, Mkorombindo T, Namen A, Ortega V, Paine R, Peters SP, Schotland H, Sundar K, Zeidler MR, Hansel NN, Woodruff PG, Thakur N. Risk of COPD exacerbation is increased by poor sleep quality and modified by social adversity. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35665826


  33. Baugh AD, Shiboski S, Hansel NN, Ortega V, Barjakteravic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper D, Criner G, Curtis JL, Dransfield M, Ejike C, Han M, Hoffman E, Krishnan J, Krishnan JA, Mannino D, Paine Iii R, Parekh T, Peters S, Putcha N, Rennard S, Thakur N, Woodruff PG. Reconsidering the Utility of Race-Specific Lung Function Prediction Equations. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34913855


  34. Elmaleh-Sachs A, Balte P, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Baugh A, Bertoni AG, Hankinson JL, Pankow J, Post WS, Schwartz JE, Smith BM, Watson K, Barr RG. Race/Ethnicity, Spirometry Reference Equations, and Prediction of Incident Clinical Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 34913853


  35. Baugh A, Frank J. Account for Identity in URM Mentorship. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35013930


  36. Baugh AD, Seedahmed M. Separate Experiences Should Be Recognized Separately. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35316238


  37. Ruzieh M, Baugh AD, Al Jebbawi L, Edwards ES, Jia KQ, Dransfield MT, Foy AJ. Beta-blocker use in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review: A systematic review of βB in COPD. Trends in cardiovascular medicine 2021. PMID: 34856338


  38. Baugh AD, Baugh RF. How Financial Aid Policy Shortchanges American Healthcare. Teaching and learning in medicine 2021. PMID: 34672908


  39. Baugh A. The Role of the Chief Resident in Promoting Health Equity. ATS Scholar 2021. PMID: 34667985


  40. Ejike CO, Woo H, Galiatsatos P, Paulin LM, Krishnan JA, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Kanner RE, Bowler RP, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Barr RG, Martinez FJ, Han MK, Martinez CH, Ortega VE, Parekh TM, Christenson SA, Thakur N, Baugh A, Belz DC, Raju S, Gassett AJ, Kaufman JD, Putcha N, Hansel NN. Contribution of Individual and Neighborhood Factors to Racial Disparities in Respiratory Outcomes. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 33007162


  41. Baugh RF, Baugh AD. Cultural influences and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination. International journal of medical education 2021. PMID: 33507878


  42. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. Communication training is inadequate: the role of deception, non-verbal communication, and cultural proficiency. Medical education online 2020. PMID: 32938330


  44. Baugh RF, Hoogland MA, Baugh AD. The Long-Term Effectiveness of Empathic Interventions in Medical Education: A Systematic Review. Advances in medical education and practice 2020. PMID: 33244286


  47. Baugh AD, Baugh RF. Diversity Concerns in Advance Care Planning. ATS Scholar 2020. PMID: 33870300


  48. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. The Dynamics Of Poverty, Educational Attainment, And The Children Of The Disadvantaged Entering Medical School [Response To Letter]. Advances in medical education and practice 2019. PMID: 31686945


  49. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. The dynamics of poverty, educational attainment, and the children of the disadvantaged entering medical school. Advances in medical education and practice 2019. PMID: 31686941


  50. Aaron Baugh, Hermann Simo, Hadeel Altayib, Michael Ellis, Claudiu Georgescu. Paenibacillus polymyxa and Bacillus cereus Concomitant Bacteremia. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2019. PMID:


  51. HERMANN SIMO, AARON BAUGH, MOHAMMAD SAUD KHAN, DIVYA SACHDEV, CHINONSO AGUBOSIM, MOMEN BANIFADEL, WILLIAM BARNETT, ARJAN FLORA. SMOKING STATUS DETERMINATION USING CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVEL, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRE AND POST ACTUAL VALUES AND PRE AND POST PERCENT PREDICTED VALUES OF FEV1. CHEST Journal 2018. PMID:


  52. Vick AD, Baugh A, Lambert J, Vanderbilt AA, Ingram E, Garcia R, Baugh RF. Levers of change: a review of contemporary interventions to enhance diversity in medical schools in the USA. Advances in medical education and practice 2018. PMID: 29403326


  53. Ruzieh M, Baugh A, Dasa O, Parker RL, Perrault JT, Renno A, Karabin BL, Grubb B. Effects of intermittent intravenous saline infusions in patients with medication-refractory postural tachycardia syndrome. Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing 2017. PMID: 28185102


  54. Baugh AD, Youssef E, Hasan SS, Siddiqui NS, Elsamoloty H, Shahrour K, Javaid T. Nephropleural Fistula Effectively Managed with Serial Thoracentesis: A Case Report. Journal of endourology case reports 2016. PMID: 27868100


  55. Crawford EL, Levin A, Safi F, Lu M, Baugh A, Zhang X, Yeo J, Khuder SA, Boulos AM, Nana-Sinkam P, Massion PP, Arenberg DA, Midthun D, Mazzone PJ, Nathan SD, Wainz R, Silvestri G, Tita J, Willey JC. Lung cancer risk test trial: study design, participant baseline characteristics, bronchoscopy safety, and establishment of a biospecimen repository. BMC pulmonary medicine 2016. PMID: 26801409


  57. Osman MF, Baugh RF, Baugh AD, Welch MC, Sferra JJ, Williams M. Relative value units and payer mix analysis of facial trauma coverage at a level 1 trauma center: is the current model sustainable? Surgery 2014. PMID: 25178994


  58. Baugh AD, Baugh RF, Atallah JN, Gaudin D, Williams M. Craniofacial trauma and double epidural hematomas from horse training. International journal of surgery case reports 2013. PMID: 24291680


  59. Baugh RF, Baugh A, Bunge F. Superior laryngeal nerve syndrome and the evaluation of anterior neck pain. American journal of otolaryngology 2011. PMID: 22154020