Nate Permpalung, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Director of Mycology Research
• Associate Director of Transplant Research Center

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Background

Clinical Trial Keywords

Pythium insidiosum; Vascular pythiosis; Human pythiosis

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• ‘New entity’ of COVID-19-associated aspergillosis linked to poor outcomes, Healio (March 22, 2021)

  Rise of the fungi: Pandemic tried to increasing fungal infections, Chest Physician, MDedge (December 9, 2022)

Research Interests

Human pythiosis, Invasive fungal infections, Respiratory viral infections in transplant recipients

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qxSxrakAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=permpalung&sort=date

Selected Publications

• Permpalung N, Bazemore K, Chiang TP, Mathew J, Barker L, Nematollahi S, Cochran W, Sait AS, Avery RK, Shah PD. Impact of COVID-19 on Lung Allograft and Clinical Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Case-Control Study. Transplantation. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003839. PMID: 34075005

• Permpalung N, Chiang TP, Massie AB, Zhang SX, Avery RK, Nematollahi S, Ostrander D, Segev DL, Marr KA. COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 9:ciab223. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab223. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33693551; PMCID: PMC7989534

• Permpalung N, Sait AS, Bazemore K, Avery RK, Mathew J, Shah PD. Human Metapneumovirus and Parainfluenza Virus Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients: the Effects on Lung Allograft and Clinical Outcomes. Transplantation. 2021 Jan 25. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003645. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33496558

• Permpalung N, Thaniyavarn T, Saullo JL, Arif S, Miller RA, Reynolds JM, Alexander BD. Oral and Inhaled Ribavirin Treatment for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 2020 Jun;104(6):1280-1286. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002985. PMID: 31568275

• Chuleerarux N, Thongkam A, Manothummetha K, Nematollahi S, Dioverti-Prono V, Torvorapanit P, Langsiri N, Worasilchai N, Plongla R, Chindamporn A, Sanguankeo A, Permpalung N. Does Post-Transplant Cytomegalovirus Increase the Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Fungi (Basel). 2021 Apr 23;7(5):327. doi: 10.3390/jof7050327. PMID: 33922773; PMCID: PMC8145336

Honors

• Highest Distinction (Academic Merit), Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
• Maxwell Finland Young Investigator Award, Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Travel Grant Award, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• IDWeek Trainee Travel Award, The Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Mentorship Award, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) in 2023
• The Honorary Hospitalist Award, Division of Hospital Medicine, Johns Hopkins University in 2024
• Thomas J. Walsh Young Investigator Award by the Medical Mycology Society of the Americas in 2024

Memberships

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
  • Dr.Permpalung served on the Publications Committee for the IDSA
• American Society of Transplantation (AST)
• International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
• The Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)
  • Dr. Permpalung has served as the Co-Chair of MSGERC Membership Committee