Ehab Billatos, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Billatos is the Principal Investigator for the DECAMP consortium (Detection of Early Cancer Among Military Personnel) which aims to improve the early diagnosis of lung cancer via biomarker validation and development from minimally invasive specimens. This is a multi-center trial sponsored by the Department of Defense, the National Cancer Institute, Johnson and Johnson, and Novartis pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Billatos also serves in several clinical roles including the Director of Inpatient Pulmonary Clinical Services, the Director of the Pleural Disease Service, and the Assistant Director of Bronchoscopy at Boston University Medical Center.
Other Positions
- Member, Pulmonary Center, Boston University
Education
- University of Texas at Austin, MD
- University of Texas at Austin, BS
Publications
- Published on 11/27/2024
Smyth R, Billatos E. Novel Strategies for Lung Cancer Interventional Diagnostics. J Clin Med. 2024 Nov 27; 13(23). PMID: 39685665.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/26/2024
Xiao D, Kammer MN, Chen H, Woodhouse P, Sandler KL, Baron AE, Wilson DO, Billatos E, Pu J, Maldonado F, Deppen SA, Grogan EL. Assessing the transportability of radiomic models for lung cancer diagnosis: commercial vs. open-source feature extractors. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2024 Aug 31; 13(8):1907-1917. PMID: 39263016.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/25/2023
Mettler SK, Nath HP, Grumley S, Orejas JL, Dolliver WR, Nardelli P, Yen AC, Kligerman SJ, Jacobs K, Manapragada PP, Abozeed M, Aziz MU, Zahid M, Ahmed AN, Terry NL, Elalami R, Estépar RSJ, Sonavane S, Billatos E, Wang W, Estépar RSJ, Richards JB, Cho MH, Diaz AA. Silent Airway Mucus Plugs in COPD and Clinical Implications. Chest. 2024 Nov; 166(5):1010-1019. PMID: 38013161.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/10/2023
Menon AA, Lee M, Ke X, Putman RK, Hino T, Rose JA, Duan F, Ash SY, Cho MH, O'Connor GT, Dupuis J, Hatabu H, Lenburg ME, Billatos ES, Hunninghake GM. Bronchial epithelial gene expression and interstitial lung abnormalities. Respir Res. 2023 Oct 10; 24(1):245. PMID: 37817229.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/4/2023
Vazirani A, Rodriguez A, Pavesi F, McDermott S, Cabral H, Billatos E, Suzuki K. Black race and lower age at surgery are associated with smoking relapse in a safety-net setting after surgery for stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Sep 28; 15(9):4757-4764. PMID: 37868906.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/27/2023
Bruhm DC, Mathios D, Foda ZH, Annapragada AV, Medina JE, Adleff V, Chiao EJ, Ferreira L, Cristiano S, White JR, Mazzilli SA, Billatos E, Spira A, Zaidi AH, Mueller J, Kim AK, Anagnostou V, Phallen J, Scharpf RB, Velculescu VE. Single-molecule genome-wide mutation profiles of cell-free DNA for non-invasive detection of cancer. Nat Genet. 2023 Aug; 55(8):1301-1310. PMID: 37500728.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/6/2023
Marmor HN, Deppen SA, Welty V, Kammer MN, Godfrey CM, Patel K, Maldonado F, Chen H, Starnes SL, Wilson DO, Billatos E, Grogan EL. Improving Lung Cancer Diagnosis with CT Radiomics and Serum Histoplasmosis Testing. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Mar 06; 32(3):329-336. PMID: 36535650.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/27/2023
Xu K, Diaz AA, Duan F, Lee M, Xiao X, Liu H, Liu G, Cho MH, Gower AC, Alekseyev YO, Spira A, Aberle DR, Washko GR, Billatos E, Lenburg ME. Bronchial gene expression alterations associated with radiological bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J. 2023 Jan; 61(1). PMID: 36229050.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/27/2023
Van Lewen D, Janke T, Austin R, Lee H, Billatos E, Russo S. A Millimeter-Scale Soft Robot for Tissue Biopsy Procedures. Adv Intell Syst. 2023 May; 5(5). PMID: 37637939.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/23/2022
Marmor HN, Kammer MN, Deppen SA, Shipe M, Welty VF, Patel K, Godfrey C, Billatos E, Herman JG, Wilson DO, Kussrow AK, Bornhop DJ, Maldonado F, Chen H, Grogan EL. Improving lung cancer diagnosis with cancer, fungal, and imaging biomarkers. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep; 166(3):669-678.e4. PMID: 36792410.
Read at: PubMed
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