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Bassam Yaghmour

Bassam Yaghmour

•Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
•Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Biography

Bassam Yaghmour, M.D., FCCP, is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from the University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine in Syria and completed his pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Yaghmour's clinical and research work focuses on pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure, with additional expertise in critical care echocardiography and pulmonary embolism management.

Yaghmour serves as Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at UC Irvine, where he oversees clinical care and research initiatives. He also directs the Pulmonary Ambulatory Service and serves on the Ventricular Assist Device Selection Committee for the Center for Advanced Heart Failure. He has established a clinical research program with multiple active Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials as site principal investigator, including studies evaluating sotatercept, ralinepag, seralutinib, and inhaled treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension and related conditions. His research portfolio includes over $5 million in industry-sponsored clinical trial funding.

Yaghmour has received the Steven B. Leven Award for Excellence in Teaching from UC Irvine's Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Off-Service Faculty Teaching Award from the UCI Emergency Medicine Residency. He has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star Physician by Super Doctor Magazine multiple times and named Physician of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association for three consecutive years. He serves on editorial boards for multiple pulmonary medicine journals and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. Yaghmour is board certified in pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and critical care echocardiography.

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Education

  • M.D., University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine, 2008
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Distinctions

  • Physician of Excellence Honoree by the Orange County Medical Association, 2024-2026
  • Off-Service Faculty Teaching Award, 2023
  • Physician of Excellence Honoree, 2022-2024
  • Steven B. Leven Award in recognition of Excellence in Teaching, 2022
  • Southern California Rising Star Physician/Super doctor Recognition, 2019-2022, 2024
  • WAW Award and Recognition for Exceptional Patient Care in ICU, 2018
  • Fellow of American College of Chest Physician (FCCP), 2018
  • Fellow Symposium Award, 2013-2014, 2014-2015
  • WAW Award/In recognition of Outstanding Resident, 2010
  • Top 10 Graduate Award, Aleppo Medical School, 2008
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Areas of Expertise

  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
  • Right Ventricular Failure Management
  • Venous Thromboembolism Treatment
  • Critical Care Echocardiography
  • Sotatercept Clinical Trials
  • Seralutinib Therapeutic Efficacy
  • Pericardial Decompression Syndrome

Recent Publications

  • Timothy A Morris , Khadizhat Dakaeva , Mona Alotaibi , W Cameron McGuire , William Stringer , Jina Chung , Ramiz Fargo , Bassam Yagmour , Dinora Chinchilla , Janine R E Vintch , Savannah Aries , Janet Ma , James Jurica , Timothy M Fernandes, , “Chronic Thromboembolism Phenotypes after Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Identification with the SEARCH Algorithm.” (opens in new tab), Chronic Thromboembolism Phenotypes after Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Identification with the SEARCH Algorithm., Eur Respir J., vol. 68, no. 2, 2026.
  • W. W. Valesky, M. Rofael, B. Yaghmour, H. L. Paz Y. Mar., “Successful Delivery of a Pregnant Patient With Pulmonary Hypertension From Rheumatic Heart Disease.” (opens in new tab), Am J Respir Crit Care Med , vol. 212, no. s1, 2026. Presented at ATS.
  • Ahn J.S., Dineen E.H., Haugaa K.H., Yaghmour B., Xu J., “Running the risk: extreme right ventricular remodelling in an endurance athlete—a case report” (opens in new tab), European Heart Journal Case Reports, vol. 9, 2025.
  • Reema Patel, Astrid I. Carrion Rodriguez, Bassma Yaghmour., “A CASE OF LARGE PELVIC AVM LEADING TO HIGH-OUTPUT HEART FAILURE AND SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IMPROVED WITH AVM EMBOLIZATION.”, CHEST Journal, vol. 168, no. 4, 2025.
  • Reema Patel, Astrid I. Carrion Rodriguez, Bassma Yaghmour., “PULMONARY COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT.”, American College of Chest Physicians, vol. 168, no. 4, 2025. Presented at CHEST.
  • Chakinala M.M., Aranda A.U., Mandras S., McConnell J.W., Miller C.E., Papamatheakis D.G., Sulica R., White R.J., Yaghmour B., Carvajal V., Poon V., Hegab S., Kim N.H., “Real-World Safety and Efficacy of Riociguat in Adults with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: 6-Month Data from the RiOciguAt UseRs (ROAR) Registry”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2024.
  • J. Grinceri, S. Murag, B. Yaghmour, “A Case of Bad Connections: Sinus Venous Atrial Septal defect with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return Causing Pulmonary Hypertension”, CHEST journal, vol. 164, no. 4, pp. A6159, 2023.
  • Salie Lee, Bassam Yaghmour, Soshin Kye, “Relationship between Obesity Indices measured with Body Composition Analyzer and Carotid Artery Plaques in Korean Middle-Aged Men”, 2023. Presented at 21st WCIRDC.
  • T. Vu, B. Yaghmour, A. Kalansky, “Bilateral Pneumothoraces Secondary to Metastatic Proximal Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Perineum”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 205, pp. A4179, 2022.
  • M. Yabumoto, D. Chan, B. Yaghmour, “Acute Right Heart Failure with Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with mediastinal Mass”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 205, pp. A2831, 2022.
  • E. Tannouz, B. Theodory, B. Yaghmour, “Correlations of Depression, Anxiety and Global Distress with Pulmonary Hypertension Patients' Perceived Symptoms and Impact during COVID-19 Pandemic”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 205, pp. A2680, 2022.
  • E. Tannouz, B. Theodory, B. Yaghmour, “Coping of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients during COVID-19: Giving up and Venting May Worsen Illness Perception”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 205, pp. A2681, 2022.
  • Edward Chau, Shiqian Li, Peter Z. Xu, Grace X.Li, Wesley Ghasem, Ilene C.Weitz, Brittney K. DeClerck, Eugene C. DePasquale, Bassam Yaghmour, “Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Initial Presentation of Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome” (opens in new tab), Am Coll Cardiol Case Rep, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 561–565, 2021.
  • Roshan Mahoney, Alexander Sweidan, Bassam Yaghmour, “Transition of IV Treprostinil to oral Selexipag in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, Chest Journal, vol. 160, no. 4, pp. A2229, 2021.
  • Timothy Vu, Sanford Church, Bassam Yaghmour, “Urinothorax following the formation of a nephropleurocutaneous fistula after percutaneous nephrolithotomy to remove staghorn calculi”, Chest Journal, vol. 160, no. 4, pp. A1339, 2021.
  • Reza Ronaghi, Karem Wassil, Bassam Yaghmour, Ramyar Mahdavi, “Moderate Sedation versus General Anesthesia for Endobronchial-Guided Transbronchial Biopsy in a Training Academic center” (opens in new tab), Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 39–42, 2020.
  • Chung P, Wheeler S, Fong A, Hurth K, Yaghmour B, “Fatal refractory cardiac arrest as presentation of systemic amyloidosis” (opens in new tab), Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, vol. 30, pp. 101042, 2020.
  • Wang L, Bargout M, Hon JD, Yaghmour B, Mohrbacher A, Yaghmour G, “The Emergence of Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Mogamulizumab” (opens in new tab), World Journal of Oncology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 41-43, 2020.
  • Tarek Khedro, George Yaghmour, Giridharan Ramsingh, Bassam Yaghmour, “Current challenges of the 2019-COVID pandemic: Where we started, where we are, and where do we go?”, American Journal of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 48-56, 2020.
  • Khedro T, Kadi W, Yaghmour B, Yaghmour G, “A Case of Lambda AL Type Skeletal Amyloidosis with Vascular Myopathy Achieved Clinical Response after Autologous Stem Cell Transplant”, Journal of Hematology and Blood Disorders, vol. 6, no. 1, 2020.
  • Mindy Hsiao, Sergei Tatishchev, Tarek Khedro, Bassam Yaghmour, Casey O'Connell, George Yaghmour, “First Report of Severe Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treated with Atezolizumab: Literature Review” (opens in new tab), World Journal of Oncology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 112-115, 2020.
  • Dong S, Khedro T, Ward P, Dubeau L, Yaghmour B, Siddiqi I, Yaghmour G, “First reported case of BRAF V600E mutation in T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia” (opens in new tab), British Journal of Haematology, vol. 191, pp. e52-e55, 2020.
  • Shiqian Li, Edward Chau, Wesley Ghasem, Jina Sohn, Bassasm Yaghmour, “Air Should Not be There: A Case of Pneumomediastinum and Pneumopericardium in COVID-19”, Cureus, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. e11696, 2020.
  • J. Tang, B. Yaghmour, “Radiation-Induced Lung Leiomyosarcoma Fifty Years Later”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 201, pp. A5847, 2020. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2020 meeting, Philadelphia, PN, 2020.
  • J. Tang, B. Yaghmour, “Primary Mediastinal Liposarcoma Presenting with Neck pain And Upper Extremity Numbness”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 201, pp. A5873, 2020. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2020 meeting, Philadelphia, PN, 2020.
  • J. Geibi, B. Yaghmour, “Cardiac Tamponade Following Catheter Directed Thrombolysis”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 201, pp. A7066, 2020. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2020 meeting, Philadelphia, PN, 2020.
  • Ashil Panchal, Jared Geibig, Moses Koo, Tiffany Chang, Lucas Cruz, Bassam Yaghmour, “Predictive Factors for the Development of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Among Patinets with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, Chest Journal, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. A2270, 2020. Presented at American College of Chest Physicians 2020 meeting, 2020.
  • Ashil Panchal, Jared Geibig, Moses Koo, Tiffany Chang, Lucas Cruz, Bassam Yaghmour, “Prevalence and Clinical Implications of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension”, Chest Journal, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. A2269, 2020. Presented at American College of Chest Physicians 2020 meeting, 2020.
  • Tiffany Chang, Lucas Cruz, Ashil Panchal, Jared Geibig, Moses Koo, Bassam Yaghmour, “Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adults living in Los Angeles. A Single Center Large Retrospective Study in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension”, CHEST journal, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. A2268, 2020. Presented at American College of Chest Physicians 2020 meeting, 2020.
  • Jared Geibig, Ashil Panchal, Moses Koo, Tiffany Chang, Lucas Cruz, Bassam Yaghmour, “Prevalence and Outcome of inhaled, Oral and Parenteral prostacyclin therapy in Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Patients: Retrospective Cohort Study”, Chest Journal, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. A2237, 2020.
  • Jared Geibig, Ashil Panchal, Moses Koo, Tiffany Chang, Lucas Cruz, Bassam Yaghmour, “Initial Multi-Vasodilator therapy outperforms no therapy and Monotherapy among patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Retrospective Cohort Study”, Chest Journal, vol. 158, no. 4, pp. A2237, 2020.
  • Martynova A, Nael A, O Neill C, Ramsingh G, Merchant A, Yaghmour B, Yaghmour G, “Aggressive systemic mastocytosis: midostaurin is safe, feasible and associated with durable response post-haploidentical allogeneic stem cell transplant” (opens in new tab), British Journal of Haematology, vol. 186, no. 5, pp. e139-e141, 2019.
  • Poorva Vaidya, Tarek Khedro, Bassam Yaghmour, George Yaghmour, “Midostaurin-Related Interstitial Lung Injury in FLT3+ Acute Myeloid Leukemia Post-Allogeneic Transplant”, World J Oncol, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 237–239, 2019.
  • Ashley Hagiya, Poorva Vaidya, Tarek Khedro, Bassam Yaghmour, Imran Siddiqi, George Yaghmour, “Bone Marrow Features in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Novel Targeted Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1/2 Inhibitors”, World J Oncol, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 226–230, 2019.
  • Shiqian Li, Alfredo Lee Chang, Bassam Yaghmour, Roozehra Khan, Janice Liebler, May M Lee, “Feasibility of a Critical Care Ultrasound Curriculum Delivered Through a Facebook”, Cureus, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. e6349, 2019.
  • Reza Ronaghi, Karem Wassil, Ramyar Mahdavi, Bassam Yaghmour, “The Safety and Efficacy of General Anesthesia Bronchoscopy in Patients with Metastatic Brain Lesions” (opens in new tab), Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 178-180, 2019.
  • W. Kareem, H.H. Gordon, B. Yaghmour, “Pulmonary Pathology in Abernethy Malformation”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A3616, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • P. Chung, A. Fong, B. Yaghmour, “Asymptomatic but Lethal Systemic Amyloidosis”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A1737, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • W. Singh, L.S.H. Cruz, B. Yaghmour, “Chagas Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A3611, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • W. Kareem, W.T. Singh, R. Mahdavi, B. Yaghmour, “Malignant Mycobacterium: MAI Complex Masquerading as an Endobronchial Mass”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A7489, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • J.C. Tang, A. Chao, B. Yaghmour, “Right Ventricular Diverticulum in Scimitar Syndrome”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A1959, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • Chao, P. Chan, D. Shavelle, S. Ganesh, B. Yaghmour, “Embolic Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adult with Congenital Heart Disease and Eisenmenger Syndrome”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A1925, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • J. Rees, J. Tang, T. Konecny, K. Fan, B. Yaghmour, “A Novel Case of Sinus Arrest Resulting from Stage IV Nasal Type Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 199, pp. A6526, 2019. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2019 meeting, Dallas, TX, 2019.
  • J. Tang, B. Yaghmour, “Livedo Reticularis: A warning sign in Septic Shock”, CCM, vol. 48, pp. 789, 2019. Presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 48th Critical Care Congress, Orlando, Florida, 02/2020.
  • J. Tang, B. Yaghmour, “Anti-MA5 as a Harbinger of Diffuse Alveolar Damage in Dermatomyositis”, CCM, vol. 48, pp. 524, 2019. Presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 48th Critical Care Congress, Orlando, Florida, 02/2020.
  • Grace Xiuqing Li, Lan Wang, Bassam Yaghmour, Giridharan Ramsingh, George Yaghmour, “The role of FLT3 inhibitors as maintenance therapy following hematopoietic stem cell transplant” (opens in new tab), Leukemia Research Reports, vol. 10, pp. 26–36, 2018.
  • Lan Y. Wang, John Hu, Giridharan Ramsingh, Bassam Theodory, Bassam Yaghmour, Maria Vergara-Lluri, George Yaghmour, “A Case of Recurrent Pregnancy-Induced Adult Onset Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis”, World J Oncol, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 123–127, 2018.
  • S. Pirrotta, U. Chaddha, N. Damaghi, B. Yaghmour, “Living with One Lung”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 197, pp. A3726, 2018. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2018 meeting, San Diego, CA, 2018.
  • Shiqian Li, Alfredo Lee Chang, Bassam Yaghmour, Roozehra Khan, Janice Liebler, May M Lee, “Feasibility of a Critical Care Ultrasound Curriculum Delivered Through a Social Media Platform (Facebook)”, Chest, vol. 154, no. 4, pp. 550A, 2018. Presented at American College of Chest Physicians 2018 meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2018.
  • G. Yaghmour, E. Wiedower, B. Yaghmour, S. Nunnery, E. Duncavage, M. G. Martin, “Sweet's syndrome associated with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential responsive to 5-azacitidine”, Ther Adv Hematol, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 91-95, 2017.
  • Udit Chaddha, Bassam Yaghmour, Ramyar Mahdavi, “A 55-Year-Old Man with a Trachea Undressed” (opens in new tab), Annals of the American Thoracic Society, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1212-1215, 2017.
  • Udit Chaddha, Jeffrey Hagen, Bassam Yaghmour, “Pulmonary Rhabdomyosarcoma Associated with Check-Valve Mechanism” (opens in new tab), American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 196, no. 3, pp. e7-e9, 2017.
  • Chaddha Udit, Puscas Ioan, Prosper Ashley, Ganesh Sivagini, Yaghmour Bassam, “A 63-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type-1 and pulmonary hypertension with worsening hypoxemia” (opens in new tab), CHEST journal, vol. 152, no. 4, pp. e89-e93, 2017.
  • Kavitha Bagavathy, Bassam Yaghmour, “ST-T Wave Changes in Hypocalcemia- Change Beyound a Prolonged QTc”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 194, pp. A57, 2017. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017 meeting, Washington, DC, 2017.
  • Udit Chaddha, Darren Maehara, Bassam Yaghmour, “Do not miss the bus, it may not come around”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 194, pp. A6667, 2017. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017 meeting, Washington, DC, 2017.
  • Udit Chaddha, Bassam Yaghmour, Ramyar Mahdavi, “Stripped Naked by a Hostile Adversary”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 194, pp. A83, 2017. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2017 meeting, Washington, DC, 2017.
  • A.Elahi, B.Yaghmour, D.Kadaria, A. Sodhi, “A Case of Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Metastatic Cancer Complicated with Cavitation”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2016 meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • N.E. Wilds, B. Yaghmour, G. Yaghmour, I. Romero-Legro, “A Delay in Diagnosis of Lung Nodule Leading to Pericardial Tamponade”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2016 meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • B.Yaghmour, G. Yaghmour, A.Elahi, I.R. Legro, “A Case of Bronchorrhea as a Significant Clinical Presentation of An Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Lung”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2016 meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • B.Yaghmour, G. Yaghmour, I.R. Legro, A.X. Freire, “Not every Wheezing is An Asthma. A low-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Lung Presenting as a Refractory Asthma”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2016. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2016 meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • B. Yaghmour, S. Giri, N. Tashtish, M. Zaman, “Diagnostic Utility of Conventional Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for Evaluation of Lung Cancer Staging and Diagnosis. Retrospective cohort study from single institution”, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, vol. 193, pp. A3394/B103, 2016. Presented at American Thoracic Society 2016 meeting, San Francisco, California, 2016.
  • R. Reddy, B. Yaghmour, “Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to All-trans Retinoic Acid Lung Toxicity”, Chest, vol. 150, pp. 494A, 2016. Presented at American College of Chest Physicians 2016 meeting, Los Angeles, California, 2016.
  • Romero-Legro I, Yaghmour B, Murillo L, Freire AX, “Epinephrine Induced ST Elevation During Bronchoscopy”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 189, pp. A-4444, 2014.
  • Yaghmour B, Romero-Legro I, Muthiah MP, Freire AX, “Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Complicating Imatinib Treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 189, pp. A1768, 2014.
  • Yaghmour B, Romero-Legro I, Hayden B, Muthiah MP, Freire AX, “Haff Disease in A 21-Year-Old Female After A Cruise To The Caribbean”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 189, pp. A6475, 2014.
  • Yaghmour B, Romero-Legro I, Muthiah PM, M.Zaman, “A small Cell Lung Cancer Presenting as an intestinal Intussusception And severe Gastroparesis”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 189, pp. A6046, 2014.
  • Yaghmour B, Muthiah M, Romero-Legro I, Yaghmour G, Freire A, “Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Septic Shock in HIV. Sepsis Dysregulated Inflammation in Extreme. A Case Series from single institution and literature review”, Chest, vol. 146, pp. 228A, 2014.
  • Yaghmour B, Romero-Legro I, Muthiah PM, Freire A, “A 24-year-old African American Man with Acute Paralysis Recovered within 24 hours: A Case of Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis”, Chest, vol. 146, pp. 249A-249A, 2014.
  • Romero-Legro I, Yaghmour B, Friere AX, Murillo L, “Conservative Management of a Major Post intubation Tracheal Rupture”, Chest, vol. 144, pp. 6A, 2013.
  • Yaghmour B, Romero-Legro I, Bryant B, Murillo L, Freire AX, “A Very Rare Case of Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an AIDS Patient with Refractory Septic Shock and Overwhelming Disseminated Histoplasmosis”, Chest, vol. 144, pp. 287A, 2013.
  • Yaghmour B, Yaghmour G, Abas M, Eichenhorn M, “Diffuse Pulmonary Cavitary Lesions as a Rare Presentation of Acute Sarcoidosis”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 27, no. suppl 2, pp. S422-423, 2012.
  • Waqas T Qureshi, Mohammad Zaidan, Mohammad Alqarqaz, David Lanfear, Fatima Khalid, Mohamad Shamieh, Bassam Yaghmour, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, “Prognostic Value of Exercise Capacity in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus”, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, vol. 4, no. Suppl 1, pp. AP348, 2011.
  • M. Zaidan, M.Alqarqaz, T. Swadia, W.Qureshi, D. Lanfear, F.Khalid, M. Shamieh, B.Yaghmour, M. H Al-Mallah, “Incremental Prognostic Value of Exercise Capacity in Patients with Advanced Renal Insufficiency”, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, vol. 4, no. Suppl 1, pp. AP363, 2011.
  • Fardous Y, Flores E, Yaghmour B, Bassant S, Mendez M, “Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the lung Presenting with Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 26, no. suppl 1, 2011.
  • Yaghmour B, Potts G, Yaghmour G, Drake S, “Case of foreign body granulomatous panniculitis after unlicensed cosmetic silicone filler injection”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 26, no. suppl 1, pp. S549-550, 2011.
  • Yaghmour B, Yaghmour G, Fardous Y, Faber M, “Bighead lion-like face disease: Leontiasis ossea as a rare case presentation of severe renal osteodystrophy”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 26, no. suppl 1, pp. S549-550, 2011.
  • Ashish Zalawadia, Ravish Parekh, Bassam Yaghmour, George Yaghmour, Gregory Buran, “Validate Glasgow Blatchford Scoring System for Detecting High Risk Patients with Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed”, Gastroenterology, vol. 140, no. 5, 2011.
  • Diaz W, Yaghmour B, Shah V, “Escherichia Coli Infective Endocarditis”, Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 25, no. suppl 3, pp. S510-511, 2010.
  • A.Nguyen, Z.J.Tom, Bassam Yaghmour., “A BLOODY MYSTERY: DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE LINKED TO CHORIOCARCINOMA.” (opens in new tab), Am J Respir Crit Care Med , vol. 212, .
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Contact Information

Email: byaghmou@uci.edu

Phone: 714-456-6870

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Last updated on 10/18/2026.