Moustafa Younis, MD

Moustafa Younis, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: Moustafa.Younis@medicine.ufl.edu
TEL: 352-273-8737

Specialty:

• Lung Transplant
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Clinical Interests:

• Lung Transplant
• Advanced Lung Disease
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine
• Pulmonary Critical Care

Professional Societies:

• International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
• American College of Chest Physicians

Publications:

• Alawneh D, Younis M, Hamarshi MS. The Impact of a New Best Practice Advisory on the Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Curr Diabetes Rev.2021;17(5):e110320187540. doi: 10.2174/1573399816999201103141726. PMID: 33143629.
• Al-Shyoukh, A., Younis, M., Abughanimeh, O., Tahboub, M.,Hamarshi, M.S. An Unusual Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage as a Clinical Manifestation of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Case Report. Cureus. 2019, Jul; 11(7): e5059. ; PMID: 31516771.
• Al-Shyoukh, A., Younis, M., Warsame, M., Gohar, A.. A Rare Case of Multipathogenic Pneumonia in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Cureus. 2020, Jul; 12(7): e9307.
• Al-Zamer Y, Al-Horani S, Akhdar M, Majali G, Alzghoul H, Younis M, etal. Central Nervous System Sarcoidosis: A National-Based Registry Study. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis [Internet]. [cited 2024 Sep.1];41(3):e2024040. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/sarcoidosis/article/view/15103
• Bjornstad EC, Cutter G, Guru P, Menon S,Aldana I, House S, M Tofil N, St Hill CA, Tarabichi Y, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Christie AB, Mohan SK, Sanghavi D, Mosier JM, Vadgaonkar G, WalkeyAJ, Kashyap R, Kumar VK, Bansal V, Boman K, Sharma M, Bogojevic M, Deo N, Retford L, Gajic O, Gist KM; SCCM Discovery VIRUS InvestigatorsGroup. SARS-CoV-2 infection increases risk of acute kidney injury in a bimodal age distribution. BMC Nephrol. 2022 Feb 11;23(1):63. doi:10.1186/s12882-022-02681-2. PMID: 35144572; PMCID: PMC8831033.
• Choudhry A.J., Younis M, Ray-Zack M.D., Glasgow A.E., Haddad N.N.,Habermann E.B., Jenkins D.H., Heller S.F., Schiller H.J., Zielinski M.D.. Enhanced Readability of Discharge Summaries Decreases Provider Telephone Calls and Patient Readmissions in the Posthospital Setting. Surgery. 2019, Apr; 165(4): 789-794. ; PMID: 30467038.
• Choudhry, A.J.,Ray-Zack, M.D.,Younis, M., David, R., Hernandez, M.C., Aho, J.M., Zielinski, M.D.. A Chilling Reminder of Winter Recreational Injuries: Laceration of the Internal JugularVein at an Ice Hockey Game. ACS Case Reviews in Surgery. 2019, Mar; 2(3): 52-55.
• Derbas L.A., Samanta A, Potla S, Younis M, Schmidt L.M., SaeedI.M.. Separating Acute Rheumatic Fever from Nonrheumatic Streptococcal Myocarditis. Case Rep Med. 2019, Jan; 2019(4674875): 3. ; PMID:30800163.
• Domecq JP, Lal A, Sheldrick CR, Kumar VK, Boman K, Bolesta S, Bansal V, Harhay MO, Garcia MA, Kaufman M, Danesh V, Cheruku S,Banner-Goodspeed VM, Anderson HL 3rd, Milligan PS, Denson JL, St Hill CA, Dodd KW, Martin GS, Gajic O, Walkey AJ, Kashyap R; Society of CriticalCare Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group. Outcomes of PatientsWith Coronavirus Disease 2019 Receiving Organ Support Therapies: The International Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study Registry.Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar 1;49(3):437-448. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004879. Erratum in: Crit Care Med. 2021 May 1;49(5):e562. PMID: 33555777;PMCID: PMC9520995.
• Gupta N, Settle L, Brown BR, Armaignac DL, Baram M, Perkins NE, Kaufman M, Melamed RR, Christie AB, Danesh VC, DensonJL, Cheruku SR, Boman K, Bansal V, Kumar VK, Walkey AJ, Domecq JP, Kashyap R, Aston CE; Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery ViralInfection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group. Association of Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone SystemInhibitors and Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct 1;50(10):e744-e758. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005627.Epub 2022 Jul 27. PMID: 35894609; PMCID: PMC9469914.
• Hammad, W., Younis , M., Almajali , H., Alfreahat , Z., Alsalman , S., & Alabdallat , Y. (2024).Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pregnancy: A Literature Review. JAP Academy Journal, 2(1).https://doi.org/10.58877/japaj.v2i1.118
• Kumar, P., Ishaq, A., Younis, M., Kaza, V., Murala, J., Lawrence, A., Bollineni, S., Ladikos, N., Mohanka, M.,Weston, J., Wait, M., Mahan, L., Peltz, M., Heid, C., Huffman, L., Keshavmurthy, S., Torres, F., Emtiazjoo, A., Timofte, I. Belatacept-Based Immunosuppression Regimen Can Stabilize Allograft Function in Patients with Antibody-Mediated Rejection. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 43, Issue 4, S303
• Ramakrishnan, M., Siva Sagar Taduru, S.S., Patel, P., Younis, M., Hamarshi, M.. External Intensivists versus In-house Intensivists: Analysis of Outcomes of Nighttime Coverage of ICUs by External On-call and In-house On-call Intensivists. Mo Med. 2019 Jul-Aug;116(4): 331–335. ; PMID: 31527984.
• Ray-Zack M.D., Hernandez M.C., Younis M, Hoch W.B., Soukup D.S., Haddad N.N., Zielinski M.D.. Validation of theAmerican Association for the Surgery of Trauma Emergency General Surgery Grade for Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018,Jun; 84(6): 939-945. ; PMID: 29794690.
• Vahdatpour C, Saha B, Younis M, Montuoro C, Timofte I, Rackauskas M, Emtiazjoo A. A case report of a lungtransplant recipient receiving belatacept in combination with low dose tacrolimus complicated by progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Volume 49, 2024, 102028, ISSN 2213-0071, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2024.102028.
• Younis M, Abu Kar A,Abdel Jawad M, Al-Zamer Y, Alawneh D, Patel D, Mehrad B, Alzghoul B. Diagnostic and therapeutic practices of cardiac sarcoidosis in the United States:a nationwide questionnaire based study. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2023 Sep 13;40(3):e2023032. doi: 10.36141/svdld.v40i3.14218. PMID:37712372; PMCID: PMC10540
• Younis M, Al-Antary N, Dalbah R, Qarajeh A, Khanfar AN, Kar AA, Reddy R, Alzghoul BN. Echocardiography andpulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing lung transplantation evaluation. Am J Med Sci. 2024Feb;367(2):95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2023.11.006. Epub 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37967751. 711.
• Younis M., Al- Rubaye D., Haddad H., Hesham A.,Hijazi M.. Knowledge and Awareness of Breast Cancer among Young Females in the United Arab Emirates. Advances in Breast Cancer Research. 2016,Oct; 5(4): 163-176.
• Younis M, Derbas L, Eikermann S.M., Hamarshi M.S.. Not the Typical Pneumonia: An Unusual Case of Rasburicase-inducedMethemoglobinemia. Cureus. 2018, Aug; 10(8): e3084. ; PMID: 30324040.
• Younis M, Elkaryoni A, Williams GW 2nd, Jakhar I, Suman S, Simon S,Salzman G. The Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Obesity. Cureus. 2020 Aug25;12(8):e10006. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10006. PMID: 32983703; PMCID: PMC7515216.
• Younis M, Hernandez M, Ray-Zack M, Haddad N.N., ChoudhryA, Reddy P, Zielinski M.D.. Validation of AAST EGS Grade for Acute Pancreatitis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018, Mar; 22(3): 430-437. ; PMID: 29340918.
• Younis, M., Pham, S., Asad, H., Hamarshi, M.S.. Computer-Based versus Paper-Based Insulin Infusion Algorithms in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Current Diabetes Review. 2019, Jul. ; PMID: 31538900. Pub Status: Published.
• Younis M, Ray-Zack M, Haddad N.N., Choudhry A, Hernandez M.C., Wise K,Zielinski M.D.. Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Reversal of Coagulopathy in Emergency General Surgery Patients. World J Surg. 2018, Aug; 42(8):2383-2391. ; PMID: 29392436.
• Younis, M., Sohail, A., Choudhry, A.J., Choudhry, A.J., Abd-rabu, R., Wallen, J.M.. Medical Malpractice andBronchoscopy: Why Do Physicians Face Litigation? Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 2019, Nov; 26 (6): 184-190.
• Younis, M., Ya’qoub, L., Ali, Z., Grover, P.,Ya’acoub, R., Hamarshi, M.S.. Comparison of Clinical-Laboratory Algorithm, 4T and Heparin induced Thrombocytopenia Expert Probability scores in the Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in the Critical Care Setting. Am J Blood Res. 2019 Aug 15;9(3):25-33. ; PMID: 31516759.