Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, M.D.
Dr. Muhanned Abu-Hijleh is a pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas, TX. He has over three decades of experience in treating patients with pleural and lung diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma.[1]
Dr. Abu-Hijleh’s clinical focus includes interventional pulmonology; therapeutic and diagnostic procedures for lung disease; cancer screening; lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies; airway diseases, including advanced COPD and advanced emphysema; pleural diseases, and other lung disorders. He is particularly interested in the development of new technologies and interventional pulmonary procedures and treatments.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Abu-Hijleh earned his medical degree at the University of Jordan and then completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. While there, he also completed a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and participated in numerous mini-sabbaticals in Interventional Pulmonology.
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine, Dr. Abu-Hijleh holds numerous roles, including Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy at Clements University Hospital, and Director of the COPD Clinic and Program for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is also a member of UT Southwestern’s Robotics Committee and Critical Care Committee.[1]
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow)
- American Thoracic Society
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Jordanian Medical Association
- Texas Medical Board
Research
Dr. Abu-Hijleh is an active researcher. He is a current and past principal investigator and co-investigator whose work has resulted in the publication of numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and other published works. He is frequently invited to present his research at national and international conferences.
His most recent publications include:[1]
BOOKS
- Upper Airway Obstruction in Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders. Braman SS, Abu-Hijleh M (2008), New York, NY, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Pulmonary Procedures during Pregnancy in Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy: Clinical and Research Aspects. Abu-Hijleh M (2009), Totowa, NJ, Humana Press Inc
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in The 5-Minute Clinical Consult (17th ed.) Sarah Tapyrik, Abu-Hijleh M (2009), Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Asthma and COPD in Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (7th ed.) Braman SS, Abu-Hijleh M (2010), Philadelphia, PA, Saunders-Elsevier
PUBLICATIONS
- Intrabronchial Valves for Air Leaks After Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, and Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Abu-Hijleh M, Styrvoky K, Anand V, Woll F, Yarmus L, Machuzak MS, Nader DA, Mullett TW, Hogarth DK, Toth JW, Acash G, Casal RF, Hazelrigg S, Wood DE, Lung 2019 Oct 197 5 627-633
- Improving Lung Function in Severe Heterogeneous Emphysema with the Spiration® Valve System (EMPROVE): A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Criner GJ, Delage A, Voelker K, Hogarth DK, Majid A, Zgoda M, Lazarus DR, Casal R, Benzaquen SB, Holladay RC, Wellikoff A, Calero K, Rumbak MJ, Branca PR, Abu-Hijleh M, Mallea JM, Kalhan R, Sachdeva A, Kinsey CM, Lamb CR, Reed MF, Abouzgheib WB, Kaplan PV, Marrujo GX, Johnstone DW, Gasparri MG, Meade AA, Hergott CA, Reddy C, Mularski RA, Case AH, Makani SS, Shepherd RW, Chen B, Holt GE, Martel S,
- American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2019 Jul. Successful Use of Pulmonary Cryotherapy for Tracheobronchial Thrombus Extraction and Recanalization of the Tracheobronchial Tree During a Pediatric Venovenous
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Run. Engelhardt K, Pirolli T, Raman L, Abu-Hijleh M, Hupp S, Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology 2019 Mar 32 1 28-30
- Homozygous Rare PARN Missense Mutation in Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis. Zhang D, Zhou Z, Abu-Hijleh M, Batra K, Xing C, Garcia CK, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2019 Mar 199 6 797-799
