Manuscripts

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2026

Mary G. Bowring, Jessica M. Ruck, Zeba Nauroz, Omar Saeed, Maryjane Farr, Shelley Hall, Zubair Hashmi, Saima Aslam, Marlena Habal, Aaron A. R. Tobian, Allan B. Massie, Vagish Hemmige, Dorry L. Segev, Christine M. Durand. Potential Pool of Cardiothoracic Organs from Donors with HIV. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2026;45(3):460–467. doi

Omar Saeed, Vagish Hemmige, Lorenzo D’ Angelo, Christiana Gjelaj, Yoram A. Puius, Shivank Madan, Yogita Rochlani, Julia Shin, Daniel B. Sims, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P. Jorde, Snehal R. Patel. Early Experience in Heart Transplantation Utilizing Donors with HIV. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2026;45(3):468–472. doi

2025

Giuseppe Fiorica, Miguel E. Cervera-Hernandez, Liise-Anne Pirofski, Vagish S. Hemmige, Hyunah Yoon. High Mortality and Associated Risk Factors in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Cryptococcosis-A Nationwide Cohort Study Over a Decade Using USRDS Data. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025;12(5):ofaf263. doi

Shivank Madan, Lorenzo D’Angelo, Jill Teitelbaum, Brandon Ferrell, Vagish Hemmige, Stephen J. Forest, Omar Saeed, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P. Jorde, Snehal R. Patel. Trends in Use and Early Outcomes of Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion in Heart Transplantation From Donation After Brain Death Donors. Journal of cardiac failure 2025:S1071-9164(25)00511-1. doi

Zeba Nauroz, Jessica M. Ruck, Pali Shah, Errol Bush, William Werbel, Sarath Raju, Vagish Hemmige, Ghady Haidar, Allan B. Massie, Dorry L. Segev, Christine M. Durand, Mary G. Bowring. Trends over Time in Practice and Outcomes of Lung Transplantation in Recipients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 2025:e70090. doi

Neeraja Swaminathan, Yoram A. Puius, Jonathan Czeresnia, Victoria A. Muggia, Yorg Azzi, Harith Raees, Enver Akalin, Vagish Hemmige. Proof of Concept That Implementation of a Multispecialty Educational Intervention May Improve Acceptance of Organs from Donors with HIV at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Single-Center Study. Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 2025:e70039. doi

Jill Teitelbaum, Shivank Madan, Snehal Patel, Christina Coyle, Charles Y. Chiu, Phyu M. Thwe, Mayuko Uehara, Rita Jermyn, Vagish Hemmige. Chagas Meningoencephalitis Diagnosed in Heart Transplant Patient Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing of Cerebrospinal Fluid. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2025;113(1):32–36. doi

2024

Alesa Campbell, Weirui Xiao, Enver Akalin, Yorg Azzi, Luz Liriano-Ward, Cindy Pynadath, Jay Graham, Vagish Hemmige, Zoe Verzani, Maria Ajaimy. Novel Potassium Binders for Early Postoperative Hyperkalemia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience. Transplantation Proceedings 2024;56(7):1569–1573. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Priya Deshpande, Keith C. Norris, Jenny I. Shen, Kevin F. Erickson, Kirsten L. Johansen, Ladan Golestaneh. Geographic Dialysis Facility Density and Early Dialysis Initiation. JAMA network open 2024;7(1):e2350009. doi

Athena L. V. Hobbs, Vagish S. Hemmige, Katie L. Reel, Theresa C. Jaso, Dusten T. Rose, Katherine M. Shea. Rise of the Beta-Lactams: A Retrospective, Comparative Cohort of Oral Beta-Lactam Antibiotics as Step-down Therapy for Hospitalized Adults with Acute Pyelonephritis. Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology: ASHE 2024;4(1):e102. doi

Shivank Madan, Jill Teitelbaum, Omar Saeed, Vagish Hemmige, Sasha Vukelic, Yogita Rochlani, Sandhya Murthy, Daniel B. Sims, Jooyoung Shin, Stephen J. Forest, Daniel J. Goldstein, Snehal R. Patel, Ulrich P. Jorde. Increasing Multiorgan Heart Transplantations From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in the United States. Clinical Transplantation 2024;38(8):e15423. doi

2023

Vagish Hemmige, Omar Saeed, Yoram A. Puius, Yorg Azzi, Adriana Colovai, Jamil Borgi, Daniel J. Goldstein, Marjan Rahmanian, Anthony Carlese, Ulrich P. Jorde, Snehal Patel. HIV D+/R+ Heart/Kidney Transplantation: First Case Report. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation: The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023;42(3):406–408. doi

Shivank Madan, Marvyn Allen G. Chan, Omar Saeed, Vagish Hemmige, Daniel B. Sims, Stephen J. Forest, Daniel J. Goldstein, Snehal R. Patel, Ulrich P. Jorde. Early Outcomes of Adult Heart Transplantation From COVID-19 Infected~Donors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2023;81(24):2344–2357. doi

Shivank Madan, Vagish Hemmige, Ulrich P. Jorde. Mechanical Circulatory Support in HIV+ Patients: Science Wins but Bias Remains. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation: The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023;42(9):1194–1196. doi

2022

Madeleine R. Heldman, Olivia S. Kates, Kassem Safa, Camille N. Kotton, Sarah J. Georgia, Julie M. Steinbrink, Barbara D. Alexander, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Emily A. Blumberg, Ashrit Multani, Brandy Haydel, Ricardo M. La Hoz, Lisset Moni, Yesabeli Condor, Sandra Flores, Carlos G. Munoz, Juan Guitierrez, Esther I. Diaz, Daniela Diaz, Rodrigo Vianna, Giselle Guerra, Matthias Loebe, Robert M. Rakita, Maricar Malinis, Marwan M. Azar, Vagish Hemmige, Margaret E. McCort, Zohra S. Chaudhry, Pooja P. Singh, Kailey Hughes Kramer, Arzu Velioglu, Julie M. Yabu, Jose A. Morillis, Sapna A. Mehta, Sajal D. Tanna, Michael G. Ison, Ariella C. Derenge, David van Duin, Adrienne Maximin, Carlene Gilbert, Jason D. Goldman, Erika D. Lease, Cynthia E. Fisher, Ajit P. Limaye, UW COVID-19 SOT Study Team. Changing Trends in Mortality among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19 during the Course of the Pandemic. American Journal of Transplantation: Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022;22(1):279–288. doi

Madeleine R. Heldman, Olivia S. Kates, Kassem Safa, Camille N. Kotton, Ashrit Multani, Sarah J. Georgia, Julie M. Steinbrink, Barbara D. Alexander, Emily A. Blumberg, Brandy Haydel, Vagish Hemmige, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Ricardo M. La Hoz, Lisset Moni, Yesabeli Condor, Sandra Flores, Carlos G. Munoz, Juan Guitierrez, Esther I. Diaz, Daniela Diaz, Rodrigo Vianna, Giselle Guerra, Matthias Loebe, Julie M. Yabu, Kailey Hughes Kramer, Sajal D. Tanna, Michael G. Ison, Robert M. Rakita, Maricar Malinis, Marwan M. Azar, Margaret E. McCort, Pooja P. Singh, Arzu Velioglu, Sapna A. Mehta, David van Duin, Jason D. Goldman, Erika D. Lease, Anna Wald, Ajit P. Limaye, Cynthia E. Fisher, UW Covid-19 SOT Study Team. Delayed Mortality among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022;78(3):711–718. doi

Hyunah Yoon, Vagish S. Hemmige, Audrey Lee, Liam S. Conway-Pearson, Liise-Anne Pirofski, Uriel R. Felsen. Cryptococcal Antigen Screening and Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis Among People With HIV and Poor Virologic Control in the Bronx, NY. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2022;91(4):390–396. doi

Hyunah Yoon, Antonio Nakouzi, Peter G. Pappas, Vagish S. Hemmige, Liise Anne Pirofski. Cryptococcus Neoformans-Specific and Non-Cryptococcus Neoformans-Specific Antibody Profiles in Organ Transplant Recipients With and Without Cryptococcosis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022;9(7):ofac211. doi

2021

Mayar Al Mohajer, Kristen M. Panthagani, Todd Lasco, Bradley Lembcke, Vagish Hemmige. Association between Universal Face Shield in a Quaternary Care Center and Reduction of SARS-COV2 Infections among Healthcare Personnel and Hospitalized Patients. International journal of infectious diseases: IJID: official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2021;105:252–255. doi

Shitij Arora, Vagish S. Hemmige, Charuta Mandke, Mayank Chansoria, Sumit Kumar Rawat, Ameet Dravid, Yatin Sethi, Gaurav Medikeri, Sunit P. Jariwala, Yoram A. Puius, Mycotic Infections in COVID-19 (MUNCO) Network. Online Registry of COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis Cases, India, 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021;27(11):2963–2965. doi

Madeleine R. Heldman, Olivia S. Kates, Kassem Safa, Camille N. Kotton, Sarah J. Georgia, Julie M. Steinbrink, Barbara D. Alexander, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Emily A. Blumberg, Maria M. Crespo, Ashrit Multani, Angelica V. Lewis, Omer Eugene Beaird, Brandy Haydel, Ricardo M. La Hoz, Lisset Moni, Yesabeli Condor, Sandra Flores, Carlos G. Munoz, Juan Guitierrez, Esther I. Diaz, Daniela Diaz, Rodrigo Vianna, Giselle Guerra, Matthias Loebe, Robert M. Rakita, Maricar Malinis, Marwan M. Azar, Vagish Hemmige, Margaret E. McCort, Zohra S. Chaudhry, Pooja Singh, Kailey Hughes, Arzu Velioglu, Julie M. Yabu, Jose A. Morillis, Sapna A. Mehta, Sajal D. Tanna, Michael G. Ison, Rade Tomic, Ariella Candace Derenge, David van Duin, Adrienne Maximin, Carlene Gilbert, Jason D. Goldman, Sameep Sehgal, Dana Weisshaar, Reda E. Girgis, Joanna Nelson, Erika D. Lease, Ajit P. Limaye, Cynthia E. Fisher, UW COVID-19 SOT Study Team. COVID-19 in Hospitalized Lung and Non-Lung Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Comparative Analysis from a Multicenter Study. American Journal of Transplantation: Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021;21(8):2774–2784. doi

Madeleine R. Heldman, Olivia S. Kates, Brandy M. Haydel, Sander S. Florman, Meenakshi M. Rana, Zohra S. Chaudhry, Mayur S. Ramesh, Kassem Safa, Camille N. Kotton, Emily A. Blumberg, Behdad D. Besharatian, Sajal D. Tanna, Michael G. Ison, Maricar Malinis, Marwan M. Azar, Robert M. Rakita, Jose A. Morillas, Aneela Majeed, Afrah S. Sait, Mario Spaggiari, Vagish Hemmige, Sapna A. Mehta, Henry Neumann, Abbasali Badami, Amy Jeng, Jason D. Goldman, Anuradha Lala, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Margaret E. McCort, Valida Bajrovic, Carlos Ortiz-Bautista, Rachel Friedman-Moraco, Sameep Sehgal, Erika D. Lease, Ajit P. Limaye, Cynthia E. Fisher. Healthcare Resource Use among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized with COVID-19. Clinical Transplantation 2021;35(2):e14174. doi

Olivia S. Kates, Brandy M. Haydel, Sander S. Florman, Meenakshi M. Rana, Zohra S. Chaudhry, Mayur S. Ramesh, Kassem Safa, Camille Nelson Kotton, Emily A. Blumberg, Behdad D. Besharatian, Sajal D. Tanna, Michael G. Ison, Maricar Malinis, Marwan M. Azar, Robert M. Rakita, Jose A. Morilla, Aneela Majeed, Afrah S. Sait, Mario Spaggiari, Vagish Hemmige, Sapna A. Mehta, Henry Neumann, Abbasali Badami, Jason D. Goldman, Anuradha Lala, Marion Hemmersbach-Miller, Margaret E. McCort, Valida Bajrovic, Carlos Ortiz-Bautista, Rachel Friedman-Moraco, Sameep Sehgal, Erika D. Lease, Cynthia E. Fisher, Ajit P. Limaye, UW COVID-19 SOT Study Team. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021;73(11):e4090-e4099. doi

Shivank Madan, Snehal R. Patel, Peter Vlismas, Vagish Hemmige, Omar Saeed, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P. Jorde. Increasing Multiorgan Heart Transplantation with Hepatitis C Virus Donors in the Current-Era. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation: The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2021;40(11):1382–1386. doi

Polina Trachuk, Vagish Hemmige, Ruth Eisenberg, Kelsie Cowman, Victor Chen, Gregory Weston, Inessa Gendlina, Nadia Ferguson, Peter Dicpinigaitis, Jay Berger, Liise-Anne Pirofski, Uzma N. Sarwar. Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes After Introduction of a Dedicated Infectious Diseases-Critical Care Medicine Service in Critical Care Units. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021;8(7):ofab182. doi

2020

Ume L. Abbas, Camden J. Hallmark, Marlene McNeese, Vagish Hemmige, Joseph Gathe, Victoria Williams, Brandon Wolf, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas. Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the State of Texas of the United States: Past Reflections, Present Shortcomings, and Future Needs of the Public Health Response. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020;7(10):ofaa348. doi

Enver Akalin, Yorg Azzi, Rachel Bartash, Harish Seethamraju, Michael Parides, Vagish Hemmige, Michael Ross, Stefanie Forest, Yitz D. Goldstein, Maria Ajaimy, Luz Liriano-Ward, Cindy Pynadath, Pablo Loarte-Campos, Purna B. Nandigam, Jay Graham, Marie Le, Juan Rocca, Milan Kinkhabwala. Covid-19 and Kidney Transplantation. The New England Journal of Medicine 2020;382(25):2475–2477. doi

Monisha Arya, Rachel Eileen Marren, Haley Gilbertson Marek, Siavash Pasalar, Vagish Hemmige, Thomas P. Giordano. Success of Supplementing National HIV Testing Recommendations With a Local Initiative in a Large Health Care System in the U.S. South. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2020;83(2):e6-e9. doi

Eva Clark, Haley Pritchard, Vagish Hemmige, Alejandro Restrepo, Karla Bautista, Ashish Damania, Alessandra Ricciardi, Thomas B. Nutman, Rojelio Mejia. Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Is Associated With Eosinophil Activation and Intestinal Inflammation: A Cross-sectional Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020;71(10):e580-e586. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Cesar A. Arias, Siavash Pasalar, Thomas P. Giordano. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Large, Urban, Public Healthcare System in Houston, Texas, 2009-2014. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020;70(9):1985–1992. doi

Orlando Quintero Cardona, Vagish S. Hemmige, Yoram A. Puius. Methenamine Hippurate May Have Particular Benefit in Preventing Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Diabetic Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 2020;22(2):e13247. doi

Chirayu Shah, Khaled Sanber, Rachael Jacobson, Bhavika Kaul, Sarah Tuthill, Vagish Hemmige, Elizabeth Guy, Stephen Greenberg. I-PASS Illness Severity Identifies Patients at Risk for Overnight Clinical Deterioration. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 2020;12(5):578–582. doi

2019

Monisha Arya, Haley G. Marek, Rachel E. Marren, Vagish Hemmige, Richard L. Street, Thomas P. Giordano. Development and Evaluation of a Physician-Targeted Video to Promote HIV Screening. Health Promotion Practice 2019;20(6):922–931. doi

Kathryn Bolles, Laila Woc-Colburn, Richard J. Hamill, Vagish Hemmige. Ordering Patterns and Costs of Specialized Laboratory Testing by Hospitalists and House Staff in Hospitalized Patients With HIV at a County Hospital: An Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019;6(6):ofz158. doi

Hanine E. El Haddad, Vagish S. Hemmige, Rojelio Mejia, Amelia K. Sofjan, Alejandro Restrepo. Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case-Cohort Report at a Single-Center Experience. Current Tropical Medicine Reports 2019;6(3):120–125. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Michael Z. David. Effects of Including Variables Such as Length of Stay in a Propensity Score Analysis With Costs as Outcome. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019;69(11):2039–2040. doi

Disha Kumar, Vagish Hemmige, Michael A. Kallen, Thomas P. Giordano, Monisha Arya. Mobile Phones May Not Bridge the Digital Divide: A Look at Mobile Phone Literacy in an Underserved Patient Population. Cureus 2019;11(2):e4104. doi

Yang Zhou, Vagish Hemmige, Sudeb C. Dalai, David K. Hong, Kenneth Muldrew, Mayar Al Mohajer. Utility of Whole-Genome Next-Generation Sequencing of Plasma in Identifying Opportunistic Infections in HIV/AIDS. The Open AIDS Journal 2019;13(1). doi

2018

Senu Apewokin, Rebecca Madan, Alejandro Restrepo, Vagish S. Hemmige, S. Arora. Clinical and Health Care Utilization Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in HIV-Positive Recipients: A Nationwide Analysis From 2008-2013. Transplantation Proceedings 2018;50(10):3361–3366. doi

Monisha Arya, Anna Huang, Disha Kumar, Vagish Hemmige, Richard L. Street, Thomas P. Giordano. The Promise of Patient-Centered Text Messages for Encouraging HIV Testing in an Underserved Population. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: JANAC 2018;29(1):101–106. doi

Katherine Ellen Baumann, Vagish Hemmige, Michael Anthony Kallen, Richard Lewis Street, Thomas Peter Giordano, Monisha Arya. Whether Patients Want It or Not, Physician Recommendations Will Convince Them to Accept HIV Testing. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2018;17:2325957417752258. doi

McKenna E. Boyd, Harry Dao, Jerry D. Estep, Yve T. Huttenbach, Vagish Hemmige. Utilization of Voriconazole Drug Monitoring in the Treatment of Cutaneous Scedosporium Apiospermum Infection. Medical Mycology Case Reports 2018;22:52–54. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Charlene A. Flash, Josephinel Carter, Thomas P. Giordano, Teddy Zerai. Single Tablet HIV Regimens Facilitate Virologic Suppression and Retention in Care among Treatment Na"ive Patients. AIDS care 2018;30(8):1017–1024. doi

Rahul S. Kamath, Deepthi Sudhakar, Julianna G. Gardner, Vagish Hemmige, Hossam Safar, Daniel M. Musher. Guidelines vs Actual Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018;5(1):ofx188. doi

Disha Kumar, Vagish Hemmige, Michael A. Kallen, Richard L. Street, Thomas P. Giordano, Monisha Arya. The Role of Text Messages in Patient-Physician Communication about the Influenza Vaccine. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine 2018;7(2):55–59. doi

Sarah Lumsden, Vagish Hemmige, Laila Woc-Colburn. 3 Cases of Systemic Strongyloides in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Patients. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2018;26(3):150. doi

2017

Zeeshan Afzal, Sunand Kallumadanda, Feng Wang, Vagish Hemmige, Daniel Musher. Acute Febrile Illness and Complications Due to Murine Typhus, Texas, USA1,2. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2017;23(8):1268–1273. doi

Sajani Patel, Vagish Hemmige, Richard L. Street, Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Monisha Arya. Activating Racial and Ethnic Minorities to Engage in Preventive Health: Patient Preferences for Health Reminders. Journal of Participatory Medicine 2017;9:e8.

Elizabeth M. Vaughan, Craig A. Johnston, David J. Hyman, Daphne C. Hernandez, Vagish Hemmige, John P. Foreyt. Dual Therapy Appears Superior to Monotherapy for Low-Income Individuals With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 2017;8(4):305–311. doi

2016

Firas El Chaer, Nadine Harris, Hana El Sahly, Vagish Hemmige, Elvia Martinez Blanco, Laila Woc-Colburn. Mycobacterium Avium Complex-Associated Cholecystitis in AIDS Patient: A Case Description and Review of Literature. International journal of STD & AIDS 2016;27(13):1218–1222. doi

Joud Hajjar, Sana Hasan, Lisa R. Forbes, Vagish Hemmige, Jordan S. Orange. Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia and HIV: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Frontiers in Pediatrics 2016;4:100. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Diane S. Lauderdale, Michael Z. David. The Complex Relationship between CD4 Count, HIV Viral Load, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis, and Skin-and-Soft-Tissue Infection Risk in Patients with HIV: Insights from a Causal Diagram and Simulation Study. Epidemiology and Infection 2016;144(13):2889–2898. doi

Athena L. V. Hobbs, Katherine M. Shea, Mitchell J. Daley, R. Gordon Huth, Theresa C. Jaso, Jack Bissett, Vagish Hemmige. Are First-Generation Cephalosporins Obsolete? A Retrospective, Non-Inferiority, Cohort Study Comparing Empirical Therapy with Cefazolin versus Ceftriaxone for Acute Pyelonephritis in Hospitalized Patients. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2016;71(6):1665–1671. doi

Meaghan J. Pate, Vagish Hemmige, Laila Woc-Colburn, Alejandro Restrepo. Successful Eradication of Invasive Scopulariopsis Brumptii in a Liver Transplant Recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society 2016;18(2):275–279. doi

Nirav S. Shah, Jared A. Greenberg, Moira C. McNulty, Kevin S. Gregg, James Riddell, Julie E. Mangino, Devin M. Weber, Courtney L. Hebert, Natalie S. Marzec, Michelle A. Barron, Fredy Chaparro-Rojas, Alejandro Restrepo, Vagish Hemmige, Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, Sandra Cobb, Loreen Herwaldt, Vanessa Raabe, Christopher R. Cannavino, Andrea Green Hines, Sara H. Bares, Philip B. Antiporta, Tonya Scardina, Ursula Patel, Gail Reid, Parvin Mohazabnia, Suresh Kachhdiya, Binh-Minh Le, Connie J. Park, Belinda Ostrowsky, Ari Robicsek, Becky A. Smith, Jeanmarie Schied, Micah M. Bhatti, Stockton Mayer, Monica Sikka, Ivette Murphy-Aguilu, Priti Patwari, Shira R. Abeles, Francesca J. Torriani, Zainab Abbas, Sophie Toya, Katherine Doktor, Anindita Chakrabarti, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, David J. Looney, Michael Z. David. Bacterial and Viral Co-Infections Complicating Severe Influenza: Incidence and Impact among 507 U.S. Patients, 2013-14. Journal of Clinical Virology: The Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2016;80:12–19. doi

2015

Samuel L. Aitken, Vagish S. Hemmige, Hoonmo L. Koo, Nancy N. Vuong, Todd M. Lasco, Kevin W. Garey. Real-World Performance of a Microarray-Based Rapid Diagnostic for Gram-positive Bloodstream Infections and Potential Utility for Antimicrobial Stewardship. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2015;81(1):4–8. doi

Charlene A. Flash, Siavash Pasalar, Vagish Hemmige, Jessica A. Davila, Camden J. Hallmark, Marlene McNeese, Nancy Miertschin, Michael C. Ruggerio, Thomas P. Giordano. Benefits of a Routine Opt-out HIV Testing and Linkage to Care Program for Previously Diagnosed Patients in Publicly Funded Emergency Departments in Houston, TX. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 2015;69 Suppl 1(0 1):S8-15. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Moira McNulty, Ethan Silverman, Michael Z. David. Predictors of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in HIV-infected Outpatients in the Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Era. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2015;34(2):339–347. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Moira McNulty, Ethan Silverman, Michael Z. David. Recurrent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in HIV-infected Patients during a 5-Year Period: Incidence and Risk Factors in a Retrospective Cohort Study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015;15:455. doi

Nirav S. Shah, Jared A. Greenberg, Moira C. McNulty, Kevin S. Gregg, James Riddell, Julie E. Mangino, Devin M. Weber, Courtney L. Hebert, Natalie S. Marzec, Michelle A. Barron, Fredy Chaparro-Rojas, Alejandro Restrepo, Vagish Hemmige, Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, Sandra Cobb, Loreen Herwaldt, Vanessa Raabe, Christopher R. Cannavino, Andrea Green Hines, Sara H. Bares, Philip B. Antiporta, Tonya Scardina, Ursula Patel, Gail Reid, Parvin Mohazabnia, Suresh Kachhdiya, Binh-Minh Le, Connie J. Park, Belinda Ostrowsky, Ari Robicsek, Becky A. Smith, Jeanmarie Schied, Micah M. Bhatti, Stockton Mayer, Monica Sikka, Ivette Murphy-Aguilu, Priti Patwari, Shira R. Abeles, Francesca J. Torriani, Zainab Abbas, Sophie Toya, Katherine Doktor, Anindita Chakrabarti, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, David J. Looney, Michael Z. David. Severe Influenza in 33 US Hospitals, 2013-2014: Complications and Risk Factors for Death in 507 Patients. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2015;36(11):1251–1260. doi

2012

Vagish Hemmige, Rachel McFadden, Scott Cook, Hui Tang, John A. Schneider. HIV Prevention Interventions to Reduce Racial Disparities in the United States: A Systematic Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2012;27(8):1047–1067. doi

Vagish Hemmige, Herbert Tanowitz, Aisha Sethi. Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection: A Review with Emphasis on Cutaneous Manifestations. International Journal of Dermatology 2012;51(5):501–508. doi

2011

Vagish Hemmige, Hannah Snyder, Chuanhong Liao, Kenneth Mayer, Vemu Lakshmi, Sabitha R. Gandham, Ganesh Orunganti, John Schneider. Sex Position, Marital Status, and HIV Risk among Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men: Clues to Optimizing Prevention Approaches. AIDS patient care and STDs 2011;25(12):725–734. doi

2010

Vagish Hemmige, Erin Jenkins, Jhee Un Lee, Vineet M. Arora. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) Associated with Herbal Medication Use in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010;5(8):491–493. doi

Elaine Lin, Adrienne Boire, Vagish Hemmige, Aliya N. Husain, Matthew Sorrentino, Sandeep Nathan, Shahab A. Akhter, Jerome Dickstein, Stephen L. Archer. Cardiac Tamponade Mimicking Tuberculous Pericarditis as the Initial Presentation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a 58-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010;4:246. doi

2001

Vagish Hemmige, Elizabeth H Simmons. Current Bounds on Technicolor with Scalars. Physics Letters B 2001;518(1):72–78. doi

Book Chapters

2018

Dima Dandachi, Vagish Hemmige. Malaise, Fever, and Nausea in a Man with Marfan Syndrome. In: The Infectious Disease Diagnosis: A Case Approach, Springer International Publishing (2018), pp. 167–171. doi

Dima Dandachi, Vagish Hemmige. Pulmonary Infection in a Patient After Stem Cell Transplantation. In: The Infectious Disease Diagnosis: A Case Approach, Springer International Publishing (2018), pp. 141–145. doi

2012

Vagish Hemmige, W. Conrad Liles, David L. Pitrak. Use of Filgrastim (r-metHuG-CSF) in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. In: Twenty Years of G-CSF: Clinical and Nonclinical Discoveries, Springer (2012), pp. 335–363. doi