Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, M.D.

Medical School	University of Jordan (1995)
Internship	Alpert Medical School of Brown University (1997), Internal Medicine
Residency	Alpert Medical School of Brown University (1999), Internal Medicine
Fellowship	Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2002), Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine

• Cancer
• Cancer Screening
• CT Screening for Lung Cancer
• Lung (Pulmonology)
• Sleep & Breathing

• Primary Interests
• Airway Stenosis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Interventional Pulmonology
• Lung Cancer Screening
• Lung Cancer, Masses & Tumors
• Pleural Disease
• Pulmonary Nodules
• Sarcoidosis
• Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
• Tracheomalacia

• Airway Disease
• COPD/Emphysema
• Interventional Pulmonology
• Lung Cancer
• Pleural Disease

Featured Publications

Linear Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy with Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the Evaluation of Mediastinal and Hilar Pathology: Introducing the Procedure to a Teaching Institution.

Abu-Hijleh M, El-Sameed Y, Eldridge K, Vadia E, Chiu H, Dreyfuss Z, Al Rabadi LS Lung 2013 Feb 191 1 109-15

Pulmonary puzzle. An unusual cause of chest pain. Diagnosis: Cor triatriatum sinistrum with secondary unilateral pulmonary venous hypertension and right lung hypoplasia.

Casserly B, Atalay MK, Poppas A, Klinger JR, Abu-Hijleh M Thorax 2011 Apr 66 4 285-6, 313-4

Cryptogenic and secondary organizing pneumonia: clinical presentation, radiographic findings, treatment response, and prognosis.

Drakopanagiotakis F, Paschalaki K, Abu-Hijleh M, Aswad B, Karagianidis N, Kastanakis E, Braman SS, Polychronopoulos V Chest 2011 Apr 139 4 893-900

Pleuropericarditis in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease: a case presentation and review of the literature.

Abu-Hijleh M, Evans S, Aswad B Lung 2010 Dec 188 6 505-10

Emergency use of an endobronchial one-way valve in the management of severe air leak and massive subcutaneous emphysema.

Abu-Hijleh M, Blundin M Lung 2010 Jun 188 3 253-7

The spectrum of nonasthmatic inflammatory airway diseases in adults.

Braman SS, Abu-Hijleh M Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. 2010 Feb 43 1 131-46, x-xi

Featured Books

Asthma and COPD. In Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Braman SS and Abu-Hijleh M (2010). Saunders-Elsevier

Pulmonary Procedures During Pregnancy. In Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy: Clinical and Research Aspects

Abu-Hijleh M (2009). Humana Press Inc.

Upper Airway Obstruction in Adults. In Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders

Braman SS and Abu-Hijleh M (2008). The McGraw-Hill Companies

• Abu-Hijleh, M.D.
  Best Doctors in America (2012)
• The Patient's Choice Award
  (2011)
• Compassionate Doctor Recognition
  (2010)
• The Dean's Teaching Excellence Award
  The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pulmonary Medicine (2010)
• The Patient's Recognition Award
  (2009)
• The Veterans Administration Recognition Award
  (2002)

• The American College of Chest Medicine (ACCP) (1996-2013)
• The American Thoracic Society (ATS) (1996-2013)