ALFRED MAKSOUD, MD: CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERIENCE
Active private practice in southeast Houston since 1997. Extensive experience in pulmonary office and hospital consultations, bronchoscopies, interpretation of pulmonary function studies and sleep studies. Some classical cases evaluated and treated are: asthma and allergies, emphysema, COPD, lung cancer, abnormal chest x-rays, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, low oxygen levels, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, chemical inhalation, snoring and sleep apnea, daytime sleepiness and insomnia, narcolepsy. Extensive experience also in critical care and hospitalization work.

AMERICAN BOARD CERTIFICATION
Internal Medicine 1992 and 2002
Pulmonary Medicine 1996 and 2006
Critical Care 1997 and 2007
Sleep Medicine 2000

RESIDENCY
Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1989-1992

SPECIALTY TRAINING
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1994-1997

MEDICAL SCHOOL
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1984-1989

HONORS
Dean’s honor list in medical school.
Chief fellow at Baylor College of Medicine.

LANGUAGES
English, French, Arabic, Spanish. Fluent in all lanuages.

MEDICAL SOCIETY POSITIONS
1. President of Harris County Medical Society Southeast Branch for 2001.
2. Member of the Harris County Medical Society Executive Board for 2001.
3. Member of the American Thoracic Society 1997.

HOSPITAL COMMITTEE POSITIONS
1. Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Bayshore Columbia Hospital, 2000.
2. Member, Medicine Department Executive Committee, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, 2002.
3. Member, Medical Staff Executive Committee, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, 2005.
4. Member, Medical Staff Executive Committee, Christus St. John Hospital, 2007.
5. Member, ICU Committee, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, 2007.
6. Medical Director for Pulmonary Department at Triumph Clear Lake Hospital, 2006.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Baylor College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Instructor, 1996-1997.

PUBLICATIONS
1. Do Not Resuscitate Orders and the Cost of Death. Maksoud, Et.Al. Arch Intern Med 1993; 153: 1249-1253.
2. The effect of Melatonin Administration on Patients with Sleep Apnea (Abstract). Maksoud, Et.Al. Sleep Research 26:114.
3. Book Chapter. Clinical Diagnosis of Pulmonary Neoplasms, Chapter 26 of Diagnostic Pulmonary Pathology, Alfred Maksoud and Kathryn Hale, 1999.