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Albert J. Eid, MD, MSc

Albert Eid portrait
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
aeid@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Dr Albert Eid received his medical degree from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at East Tennessee State University and Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. His clinical and research focus has been infectious diseases in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients. He joined the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Kansas Medical Center in July 2007 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2011. He is serving as a Director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases section since October 2022.

Education and Training
  • MD, St. Joseph's Univ.
  • MSC, Biological and Medical Sciences, St. Joseph's Univ.
  • Residency, Endocrinology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital , Beirut, Lebanon
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
  • Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Licensure, Accreditations & Certifications
  • Infectious Diseases , American Board of Internal Medicine

Research

Overview

Dr Albert Eid has a special interest in clinical and translational research focused on infectious diseases in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients. He has been involved in numerous studies evaluating viral infections in transplant recipients, with special focus on cytomegalovirus, herpes viruses in general, Parvovirus B19, and COVID-19.

Current Research and Grants
  • CMV-specific immunity at the end of primary prophylaxis as a predictor of CMV viremia or disease in kidney transplant recipients. , Research grant from the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology, Molecular genetics, and Immunology. GR17355, PI
Publications
  • Eid, Albert., Jamil, Brown, Robert, Hart, Gregory, Razonable, Raymund. 2006. Assessment of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNAemia and toll-like receptor polymorphisms in patients with acute myocardial infarction.. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, 119, S189-S189
  • Eid, Albert., Jamil, Brown, R., A, Patel, R, Razonable, R., R. 2006. Parvovirus B19 infection after transplantation: a review of 98 cases.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 43 (1), 40-8
  • Eid, Albert., Jamil, Berbari, Elie., F., Sia, Irene., G., Wengenack, Nancy., L., Osmon, Douglas., R., Razonable, Raymund., R.. 2007. Prosthetic joint infection due to rapidly growing mycobacteria: Report of 8 cases and review of the literature. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 45 (6), 687-694
  • Eid, Albert., Jamil, Posfay-Barbe, K., M. 2009. Parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplant recipients.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 9 Suppl 4, S147-50
  • Eid, Albert., Jamil, Chen, S., F. 2013. Human parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplantation.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 13 Suppl 4, 201-5
  • Singh, Nina, Sifri, Costi., D., Silveira, Fernanda., P., Miller, Rachel, Gregg, Kevin., S., Huprikar, Shirish, Lease, Erika., D., Zimmer, Andrea, Dummer, J.., Stephen, Spak, Cedric., W., Koval, Christine, Banach, David., B., Shroff, Miloni, Le, Jade, Ostrander, Darin, Avery, Robin, Eid, Albert., Jamil, Razonable, Raymund., R., Montero, Jose, Blumberg, Emily, Alynbiawi, Ahlaam, Morris, Michele., I., Randall, Henry., B., Alangaden, George, Tessier, Jeffrey, Wagener, Marilyn., M., Sun, Hsin., Yun. 2015. Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes. TRANSPLANTATION, 99 (10), 2132-2141
  • Singh, Nina, Sifri, Costi., D., Silveira, Fernanda., P., Miller, Rachel, Gregg, Kevin., S., Huprikar, Shirish, Lease, Erika., D., Zimmer, Andrea, Dummer, J.., Stephen, Spak, Cedric., W., Koval, Christine, Banach, David., B., Shroff, Miloni, Le, Jade, Ostrander, Darin, Avery, Robin, Eid, Albert., Jamil, Razonable, Raymund., R., Montero, Jose, Blumberg, Emily, Alynbiawi, Ahlaam, Morris, Michele., I., Randall, Henry., B., Alangaden, George, Tessier, Jeffrey, Cacciarelli, Thomas., V., Wagener, Marilyn., M., Sun, Hsin., Yun. 2017. Unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis: comparison with concurrent cohort diagnosed antemortem. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY, 55 (3), 278-284
  • Eid, Albert., J., Ardura, Monica., I.. 2019. Human parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplantation: Guidelines from the American society of transplantation infectious diseases community of practice. CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 33 (9)
  • Saha, A, Browning, C, Dandamudi, R, Barton, K, Graepel, K, Cullity, M, Abusalah, W, Christine, D, Rossi, C, Drexler, N, Basavaraju, S, Annambhotia, P, Guillamet, R., V, Eid, A., J, Maliakkal, J, Miller, A, Hugge, C, Dharnidharka, V., R, Kandula, P, Moritz, M., J. 2021. Donor-derived ehrlichiosis: two clusters following solid organ transplantation.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Mason, M, Gregory, E, Foster, K, Klatt, M, Zoubek, S, Eid, A., J. 2022. Pharmacologic Management of Mycobacterium chimaera Infections: A Primer for Clinicians.. Open forum infectious diseases, 9 (7), ofac287