Ehab Billatos, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of 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.

Publications

  • Published 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 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 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 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 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.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Pulmonary Center
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • University of Texas at Austin, MD
  • University of Texas at Austin, BS

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