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research and publications
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Khalid Monzer

San Antonio,TX

Summary

  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine(2008), recertified (2028).
  • Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine(2025) and Critical Care Medicine(2025).
  • Expertise in Primary Care Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, including procedure skills.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

VItuity Health
09.2022 - Current
  • Busy pulmonary hospital consulting service
  • Perform most critical care and pulmonary procedures in regular bases
  • Cover Medical/Surgical ICU/Cardiac ICU
  • Manage patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound
  • Consult on pulmonary medical problems like asthma, COPD and lung cancer

Critical Care Consultant /Independent Contractor

All Star Recruiting
01.2020 - 08.2022
  • Busy Medical Coronary and Surgical ICU in Jackson, TN (Jackson Madison County General Hospital) as independent contractor. Ongoing work
  • Manage critical ill and complex patients most of them in respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy

Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens
12.2021 - 07.2022
  • Work in Medical ICU as independent contractor. Ongoing work
  • Manage critically ill and complex patients most of them in respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

The Delta Companies
11.2021 - 07.2022
  • Busy pulmonary clinic and hospital consulting service
  • Perform most critical care and pulmonary procedures in regular bases
  • Cover Medical/Surgical ICU/Cardiac ICU
  • Manage patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound
  • Consult on pulmonary medical problems like asthma, COPD and lung cancer

Critical Care Physician

American Physician Partners
04.2021 - 01.2022
  • Busy medical and surgical ICU
  • Perform all critical care procedures in regular bases including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management and bronchoscopy
  • Manage patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Consult on pulmonary medical problems like asthma, COPD and lung cancer

Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens.com
04.2020 - 01.2022
  • Working in Medical and Surgical ICU in Appleton , WI (ThedaCare Health System) as an independent contractor. Ongoing work
  • Manage critically ill and complex patients most of them in respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens.com
06.2020 - 08.2020
  • Busy pulmonary clinic and hospital consulting service
  • Perform most critical care and pulmonary procedures in regular bases
  • Cover Medical/Surgical ICU/Cardiac ICU on regular bases
  • Manage patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Perform all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

Renown Health
09.2016 - 01.2020

Pulmonary/Critical Care consultant

  • Worked in a busy pulmonary clinic and hospital consulting service
  • Perform most critical care and pulmonary procedures in regular bases
  • Covered Medical/Surgical ICU/Cardiac ICU on regular bases
  • Managed patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Performed all pulmonary and critical care procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement and management, bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound
  • Consulted on pulmonary medical problems like asthma, COPD and lung cancer

Critical Care Consultant

Locumtenenas.com
07.2016 - 01.2017

Critical Care Consultant at St. Joseph Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, from July 2016 to January 2017

  • Covered Medical, Surgical ICUs from 7 am to 7 pm 0n daily bases
  • Admitted critically ill patient from ER and hospital floors
  • Performed most critical care procedures on daily bases

Neurocritical Care Consultant

Locumtenens.com
05.2015 - 06.2016

Critical Care consultant in Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, TX, from June 2015 to July 2015

  • Covered Medical, Surgical and Neuro ICUs from 4 pm to 7 am in daily bases
  • Admitted critically ill patient from the ER and the hospital floors
  • Performed most critical care procedures in daily bases

Neuro Critical Care Consultant at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, from August 2015, to June 2016

  • Covered Neuro Critical Care unit, with patients with complicated neurological problems and surgeries
  • Performed critical care procedures in routine bases
  • Admitted ischemic stroke patients to the unit after having TPA or cerebral angiogram with endovascular intervention with post-procedure care

Critical Care Consultant

Healthcare Connections
12.2015 - 01.2016

Critical Care Consultant in Memorial Hermann South West Hospital, Houston, TX

  • Covered very busy inner city, 32 beds ICU
  • Performed daily multidisciplinary rounds
  • Performed Critical Care procedures on daily bases

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

Weatherby Health Care
09.2014 - 07.2015

Pulmonary/Critical Consultant in Valley View Medical Center, Fort Mohave, AZ. From 11/2014 to 03/2015

  • Covered 10 beds Medical/Surgical ICU
  • Treated mostly elderly patients with acute cardiopulmonary problems, sepsis, and septic shock
  • Managed patients with respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation
  • Performed most pulmonary and critical care procedures in daily bases
  • Consulted on pulmonary medical problems like asthma, COPD and lung cancer

Pulmonary/Critical Care consultant in Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Clair, WI. From July 6, 2015, to July 31, 2015

  • Worked mostly in a busy pulmonary clinic and hospital consulting service
  • Covered a busy Medical/Surgical ICU on the weekends
  • Performed most critical care and pulmonary procedure

Hospitalist

Staff Care/Baylor Regional Medical Center
03.2015 - 06.2015
  • Appropriately diagnosed and treated a variety of diseases and injuries in a general practice setting
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment, including pharmaceutical medications
  • Advised and educated patients regarding diet, hygiene, and effective disease prevention methods

Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow

Texas Tech University Health Science Center
07.2011 - 07.2014
  • Three years of Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, with a balanced concentration in both education and practice
  • University-based program, supported by the county hospital and clinics, with excellent exposure to procedures and avast variety of diseases and patient population
  • The largest referral center in Northwest Texas and Eastern New Mexico
  • Very good and dedicated attendings

Hospitalist

Essentia Health
06.2008 - 06.2011
  • Worked as a hospitalist for three years in top-rated tertiary hospital in Duluth, Minnesota
  • Appropriately diagnosed and treated variety of diseases including CAD, pneumonia, CHF, COPD and Critically ill patients in both t surgical and medical ICU units
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment
  • Advised and educated patients regarding diet, hygiene, and effective disease prevention methods

Internal Medicine Resident

Saint Barnabas Hospital
06.2006 - 06.2008
  • Completed my Internal Medicine residency in a very busy inner-city hospital, in the heart of New York City
  • Admitted and treated patients as part of their hospital's 24-hour on-call services
  • Appropriately diagnosed and treated a variety of diseases and injuries
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment
  • Advised and educated patients regarding diet, hygiene and effective disease prevention methods
  • Participated in the daily educational activities as part of the Internal Medicine residency

Internal Medicine Intern

Saint Barnabas Hospital
06.2005 - 06.2006
  • Completed my Internal Medicine internship in a very busy inner-city hospital, in the heart of New York City
  • Admitted and treated patients as part of the hospital's 24-hour on-call services
  • Appropriately diagnosed and treated a variety of diseases and injuries
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment
  • Advised and educated patients regarding diet, hygiene and effective disease prevention methods
  • Participated in the daily educational activities as part of the Internal Medicine residency

English Student

Inlingua
03.2003 - 06.2005
  • During the period of 3/2003 to 5/2005, I moved to the USA, took and passed the USMLEs, Steps 2 and 3
  • Attended an English language school called Inlingua in Washington, DC ( 4/2004 to 6/2005)

Surgical Resident and General Practitioner

Damascus Ministry of Health
05.1999 - 03.2003
  • Internship year in general surgery in busy hospital in the city of Duma, the center of Damascus Countryside Province
  • Covered surgical floors, participated in general surgical procedures, and post surgery care
  • After internship year, and for three years, worked in multiple rural areas in Damascus countryside, general practice setting diagnosed and treated variety of diseases and injuries, including minor surgical procedures, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics and orthopedics

Education

Consultant physician from ACGME accredited program - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Lubbock, TX
07.2014

Consultant Physician From ACGME Accredited Program - Internal Medicine

St. Baranabas Hospital/ Cornell School Of Medicine
New York, NY
07.2008

English Courses - English Language

Inlingua
05.2005

General Surgery - Medicine

Syrian Ministry Of Health
Damascus, Syria
05.2000

M.D. - Medicine School

Damascus University- Faculty Of Medicine
Damascus, Syria
12.1998

Skills

  • Internal Medicine specialist
  • Pulmonary diseases specialist
  • Critical Care specialist
  • Competent in performing Critical Care procedures
  • Competent in performing Pulmonary diseases procedures
  • Fluent in English and Arabic
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Compassionate
  • Open-minded and communicative
  • Value and enjoys teamwork, and system-based practice

Certification

  • Active physician's licenses in Texas , Nevada, Tennessee and Wisconsin
  • American Board certified in Internal Medicine 2008, re certified in 2018
  • American Board certified in Pulmonary Medicine 2013
  • American Board certified in Critical Care Medicine 2014
  • Active certificates in ACLS, BLS

Professional Memberships

  • American Medical association(AMA),member since 2005.
  • American Collage of Chest Physicians(ACCP), member since 2011.
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine.(SCCM), member since 2011.
  • American Thoracic Society(ATS), member since to 2011.

research and publications

1. Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

Khalid Monzer MDSWRCCC2014;2(7):15-20 doi:10.12746/swrccc2014.0207.084

2.The Impact of Anxiety on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Psycholog.

Amiri H. , Monzer, K. & Nugent, K. (2012). , 3, 878-882. doi: 10.4236/psych.2012.310132..

3. Acute Ischemic Colitis: An Overview of Awareness among Health Care Providers in an Inner City Hospital

Abstracts Author:Michel Bidros, MD, Khalid Monzer, MD, Lokesh Jha, MD, Abhinav Singh, MD, Carl Guillaume, MDEvent:2008 ACG Abstracts

4. Inferior vena cava dimensions in patients with acute kidney injury

Andres Yepes-Hurtado MD, Sabry Omar MD, Khalid Monzer MD,Raed Alalawi MD, Kenneth Nugent MD. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2016;4(15)

Timeline

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

VItuity Health
09.2022 - Current

Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens
12.2021 - 07.2022

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

The Delta Companies
11.2021 - 07.2022

Critical Care Physician

American Physician Partners
04.2021 - 01.2022

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens.com
06.2020 - 08.2020

Critical Care Consultant/Independent Contractor

LocumTenens.com
04.2020 - 01.2022

Critical Care Consultant /Independent Contractor

All Star Recruiting
01.2020 - 08.2022

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

Renown Health
09.2016 - 01.2020

Critical Care Consultant

Locumtenenas.com
07.2016 - 01.2017

Critical Care Consultant

Healthcare Connections
12.2015 - 01.2016

Neurocritical Care Consultant

Locumtenens.com
05.2015 - 06.2016

Hospitalist

Staff Care/Baylor Regional Medical Center
03.2015 - 06.2015

Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant

Weatherby Health Care
09.2014 - 07.2015

Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow

Texas Tech University Health Science Center
07.2011 - 07.2014

Hospitalist

Essentia Health
06.2008 - 06.2011

Internal Medicine Resident

Saint Barnabas Hospital
06.2006 - 06.2008

Internal Medicine Intern

Saint Barnabas Hospital
06.2005 - 06.2006

English Student

Inlingua
03.2003 - 06.2005

Surgical Resident and General Practitioner

Damascus Ministry of Health
05.1999 - 03.2003

Consultant physician from ACGME accredited program - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Consultant Physician From ACGME Accredited Program - Internal Medicine

St. Baranabas Hospital/ Cornell School Of Medicine

English Courses - English Language

Inlingua

General Surgery - Medicine

Syrian Ministry Of Health

M.D. - Medicine School

Damascus University- Faculty Of Medicine
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