Ricardo La Hoz, M.D. Titles and Appointments Director, Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases | Program Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program | Medical Director, Transplant Services Center Associate Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Ricardo M. La Hoz, M.D., FACP, FAST, FIDSA is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. He serves as Director of Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases, Program Director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship, and Medical Director of the Transplant Services Center. Originally from Lima, Peru, Dr. La Hoz earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), graduating at the top of his class. He completed his internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also spent a dedicated year focusing on the immunocompromised host. In 2017, Dr. La Hoz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) for his commitment to the field of transplantation and his outstanding service to the society. His achievements were further acknowledged in 2019 when he was named a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). From 2016 to 2022, he served as an At-Large Member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, including a term as Chair of the Committee from 2020 to 2022. Since 2024, he has served as Chair of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Dr. La Hoz’s research and clinical work focus on the prevention and treatment of infectious complications in solid organ transplant recipients. His expertise includes optimizing deceased organ donor utilization and testing, investigating donor-derived infections, and studying parasitic infections such as Strongyloides stercoralis and Trypanosoma cruzi. He has received research funding from the UT Southwestern Center for Translational Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, and his work has been published in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Transplantation, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and Clinical Infectious Diseases. In 2019, his expertise was further recognized with his appointment as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation. Personal Note Dr. La Hoz’s interests outside of medicine include his family and friends, cooking, traveling, sailing, and exploring the Dallas area. Education Medical School Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru (2005) Residency University of Alabama Medical Center at Birmingham (2010), Internal Medicine Fellowship University of Alabama at Birmingham (2013), Infectious Diseases Research Interest Donor-derived infections Infectious Complications in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Infectious Complications in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Invasive Fungal Infections: Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis, Blastomycosis, Coccidiodomycosis, and Histoplasmosis Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections Optimizing deceased organ donor utilization and testing Parasitic infections in solid organ transplant recipients Publications Featured Publications Epidemiology of Healthcare Facility-Associated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria From 2012 Through 2020 in a 10-Hospital Network in the United States. Baker AW, La Hoz RM, Anesi JA, Kwon JH, Wasylyshyn AI, Ford ES, Harrington SM, Miller MB, Weber DJ, Sickbert-Bennett EE, Talbot TR, Nguyen MH, Kramer KH, Nickel KB, Ziegler MJ, Arocha D, Henderson C, Lokhnygina Y, Maged A, Haridy S, Alexander BD, Stout JE, Anderson DJ, Clin Infect Dis 2025 May Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Risk and Disease in Kidney Donors and Transplant Recipients with HIV in the United States. Nambiar P, Liang T, Labo N, Hand J, Blumberg EA, Rana MM, Florman S, Haydel B, Morris MI, Schaenman J, Rodrigues MMS, Werbel WA, Bowring MG, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Stock P, Stosor V, Mehta S, Gilbert AJ, Elias N, Mehta SA, Small CB, Haidar G, Malinis M, Pereira MR, Aslam S, Wojciechowski D, La Hoz R, Santos CAQ, Apewokin S, Castillo-Lugo JA, Ranganna K, Morsheimer M, Massie A, Segev DL, Miley W, Marshall V, Whitby D, Tobian AAA, Durand CM, Clin Infect Dis 2025 May Maribavir for refractory cytomegalovirus infection (with or without resistance) in solid organ transplant recipients: subgroup analysis of the phase 3 randomized SOLSTICE study. Blumberg EA, Witzke O, Mbbs MH, Ison MG, Saliba F, Kamar N, Sundberg AK, Gu J, Kumar D, La Hoz RM, J Heart Lung Transplant 2024 Nov Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV. Durand CM, Massie A, Florman S, Liang T, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Gilbert A, Stock P, Mehta SA, Mehta S, Stosor V, Pereira MR, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Malinis M, Haidar G, Small CB, Santos CAQ, Schaenman J, Baddley J, Wojciechowski D, Blumberg EA, Ranganna K, Adebiyi O, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Brown D, Ostrander D, Eby Y, Desai N, Naqvi F, Bagnasco S, Watson N, Brittain E, Odim J, Redd AD, Tobian AAR, Segev DL, N Engl J Med 2024 Oct 391 15 1390-1401 Consensus position statement on advancing the standardised reporting of infection events in immunocompromised patients. Teh BW, Mikulska M, Averbuch D, de la Camara R, Hirsch HH, Akova M, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Baddley JW, Tan BH, Mularoni A, Subramanian AK, La Hoz RM, Marinelli T, Boan P, Aguado JM, Grossi PA, Maertens J, Mueller NJ, Slavin MA, Lancet Infect Dis 2023 Sep Refractory Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections treated with phage PASA16: A compassionate use case series. Onallah H, Hazan R, Nir-Paz R, Brownstein MJ, Fackler JR, Horne B, Hopkins R, Basu S, Yerushalmy O, Alkalay-Oren S, Braunstein R, Rimon A, Gelman D, Khalifa L, Adler K, Abdalrhman M, Gelman S, Katvan E, Coppenhagen-Glazer S, Moses A, Oster Y, Dekel M, Ben-Ami R, Khoury A, Kedar DJ, Meijer SE, Ashkenazi I, Bishouty N, Yahav D, Shostak E, Livni G, Paul M, Gross M, Ormianer M, Aslam S, Ritter M, Urish KL, La Hoz RM, Khatami A, Britton PN, Lin RCY, Iredell JR, Petrovic-Fabijan A, Lynch S, Tamma PD, Yamshchikov A, Lesho E, Morales M, Werzen A, Saharia K, Med 2023 Aug Minimizing the Risk of Donor-Derived Events and Maximizing Organ Utilization Through Education and Policy Development. La Hoz RM, Infect Dis Clin North Am 2023 Jun Transplant of organs from donors with positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing: A report from the organ procurement and transplantation network ad hoc disease transmission advisory committee. Goldman JD, Pouch SM, Woolley AE, Booker SE, Jett CT, Fox C, Berry GJ, Dunn KE, Ho CS, Kittleson M, Lee DH, Levine DJ, Marboe CC, Marklin G, Razonable RR, Taimur S, Te HS, Anesi JA, Fisher CE, Sellers MT, Trindade AJ, Wood RP, Zaffiri L, Levi ME, Klassen D, Michaels MG, La Hoz RM, Danziger-Isakov L, Transpl Infect Dis 2023 Feb 25 1 e14013 Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Through Solid Organ Transplantation and Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Recent Transplant Recipients. Free RJ, Annambhotla P, La Hoz RM, Danziger-Isakov L, Jones JM, Wang L, Sankthivel S, Levi ME, Michaels MG, Kuhnert W, Klassen D, Basavaraju SV, Kracalik IT, Open Forum Infect Dis 2022 Jul 9 7 ofac221 Short-term kidney transplant outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 lower respiratory tract positive donors. Sanchez-Vivaldi JA, Patel MS, Shah JA, Wang BK, Salcedo-Betancourt JD, Hwang CS, Wojciechowski D, La Hoz RM, Vagefi PA, Transpl Infect Dis 2022 Jun Results 1-10 of 77 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Helminthic Diseases of the Lung. In Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders La Hoz RM, Cutrell JB (2022). McGraw Hill Management and Prevention of Skin Infections. In Infectious Diseases in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients Barros N, La Hoz RM (2019). Berlin, Germany, Springer Strongyloides: Emerging Challenges and Prevention. In Emerging Transplant Infections La Hoz RM, Puing AG (2020). Springer Honors & Awards D Magazine Top Doctor, Voted as one of top doctors in Infectious Diseases for the DFW area (2023) Judge of the 2023 ISHLT Professional Community Awards for Excellent, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual, 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions (2023) D Magazine Top Doctor, Voted as one of top doctors in Infectious Diseases for the DFW area (2022) Peoples Choice Award Abstract Finalist, American Transplant Congress 2022 (2022) Innovation Award, Awarded to the OPTN/UNOS Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, Cutting Edge of Transplantation, American Society of Transplantation (2021) Associate Editor, American Journal of Transplantation (2019) Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2019) Poster of Distinction, American Transplant Congress (2019) Fellow, American Society of Transplantation (2017) Division of Infectious Diseases Teaching Award, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016) Finalist Junior Faculty and Trainees Council Clinical Case Dilemmas in Thoracic Transplantation Best Presentation Award, The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2016) Master Teacher Award, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (2014) Fellow, American College of Physicians (2012) Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2011) Core Clinical Faculty, International Antiviral Society USA (2011) Best Teaching Fellow Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2010-2011) Ben Friedman Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2008-2009) "CONTENTA" Award, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2011) American College of Physicians (2008) American Society of Transplantation (2011) Dallas County Medical Society (2016) HIV Medicine Association (2010) Infectious Diseases Society of America (2010) International Antiviral Society USA (2011) Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (2016) Texas Medical Association (2016) Texas Transplantation Society (2016) The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2015) The Transplantation Society - Transplant Infectious Diseases Section (2018)
