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Profile

Alejandro Sardi-Freitez

  • Department of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • ahsardi@emory.edu
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital
    5673 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd. Suite 502
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Overview

Dr. Sardi graduated with honors from medical school in 1998 at the Los Andes University School of Medicine in Merida, Venezuela. He completed Internal Medicine training in the Central University of Venezuela in 2003 and at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 2007. His fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine was completed at Albert Einstein Medical Center in 2010 and in Interventional Pulmonology at The Ohio State University in 2016. He joined Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in 2016 and directs the Interventional Pulmonary program there.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Universidad de Los Andes

Research

Publications

  • Successful Sampling of a Subcentimeter Subpleural Perivascular Lung Nodule Using Robotic Bronchoscopy
    Volume: 205
    05/01/2022 Authors: Lamothe P; Smirnova N; Sardi A
  • Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with Valves and Coils. A Network Meta-analysis.
    Ann Am Thorac Soc Volume: 17 Page(s): 1468 - 1475
    11/01/2020 Authors: Iftikhar IH; Schimmel M; Sardi A; Mehta I; Gonzalez E; Musani AI
  • Percutaneous Tracheostomy With Apnea During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era: A Protocol and Brief Report of Cases.
    Crit Care Explor Volume: 2 Page(s): e0134
    05/01/2020 Authors: Niroula A; Van Nostrand KM; Khullar OV; Force S; Jaber WS; Sardi AH; Berkowitz DM
  • A Network Comparative Meta-analysis of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomies Using Anatomic Landmarks, Bronchoscopic, and Ultrasound Guidance Versus Open Surgical Tracheostomy.
    Lung Volume: 197 Page(s): 267 - 275
    06/01/2019 Authors: Iftikhar IH; Teng S; Schimmel M; Duran C; Sardi A; Islam S
  • Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy and Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease. A Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy.
    Ann Am Thorac Soc Volume: 14 Page(s): 1197 - 1211
    07/01/2017 Authors: Iftikhar IH; Alghothani L; Sardi A; Berkowitz D; Musani AI
  • Early lung cancer detection, mucosal, and alveolar imaging.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med Volume: 22 Page(s): 271 - 280
    05/01/2016 Authors: Sardi AH; Islam S
  • Saddle pulmonary embolism: is it as bad as it looks? A community hospital experience.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 39 Page(s): 2413 - 2418
    11/01/2011 Authors: Sardi A; Gluskin J; Guttentag A; Kotler MN; Braitman LE; Lippmann M
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