Ricardo La Hoz, M.D.
Director, Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor

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A native of Lima, Peru, Dr. La Hoz received his undergraduate degree in biology and his medical doctor degree at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), graduating at the top of his medical school class. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UA). He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of Solid Organ Transplant Infectious diseases in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. 

His dedication to patient care and medical education resulted in his induction to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and Fellowship of the American College of Physicians (FACP). His research and clinical endeavors are focused on the prevention and treatment of infectious complications in solid organ transplant recipients. He also has expertise in minizing the risk of donor-derived disease and organ discard in solid organ transplant candidates as well as parasitic infections like Strongyloides stercoralis and Trypanosoma cruzi.

In 2017 he became a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST) due to his commitment to the field of transplantation and outstanding service to the society and in 2019 a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). Additionally, he has been an At Large Member of the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network/United Network of Organ Sharing Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee since 2016 and currently serves as the Past-Chair.

His activities in the American Society of Transplantation (AST) led to his election as the Co-Chair of the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice (IDCOP) and will serve his term from 2022 to 2024. Furthermore, in 2019 he joined the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) as an Associate Editor. 

Dr. La Hoz’s interests outside of medicine include his family and friends, cooking, traveling, sailing, and exploring the Dallas area.

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

• Infectious Complications in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
• Infectious Complications in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
• Invasive Fungal Infections: Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis, Blastomycosis and Histoplasmosis

Featured Publications

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

Delayed mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID-19.

Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Clin Infect Dis 2022 Feb

Short-Term liver transplant outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 lower respiratory tract NAT positive donors.

La Hoz RM, Mufti AR, Vagefi PA, Transpl Infect Dis 2021 Nov

SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Recent Organ Recipients, March-May 2020, United States.

Jones JM, Kracalik I, Rana MM, Nguyen A, Keller BC, Mishkin A, Hoopes C, Kaleekal T, Humar A, Vilaro J, Im G, Smith L, Justice A, Leaumont C, Lindstrom S, Whitaker B, La Hoz RM, Michaels MG, Klassen D, Kuhnert W, Basavaraju SV, Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Feb 27 2 552-555

The use of automated data extraction tools to develop a solid organ transplant registry: Proof of concept study of bloodstream infections.

La Hoz RM, Liu T, Xie D, Adams-Huet B, Willett DL, Haley RW, Greenberg DE, J Infect 2020 Oct

C4 article: Implications of COVID-19 in transplantation.

Am J Transplant 2020 Oct

COVID-19 in solid organ transplant: A multi-center cohort study.

Kates OS, Haydel BM, Florman SS, Rana MM, Chaudhry ZS, Ramesh MS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Blumberg EA, Besharatian BD, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Malinis M, Azar MM, Rakita RM, Morillas JA, Majeed A, Sait AS, Spaggiari M, Hemmige V, Mehta SA, Neumann H, Badami A, Goldman JD, Lala A, Hemmersbach-Miller M, McCort ME, Bajrovic V, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Moraco R, Sehgal S, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Clin Infect Dis 2020 Aug

Ten years of donor derived disease: a report of the disease transmission advisory committee.

Kaul DR, Vece G, Blumberg E, La Hoz RM, Ison MG, Green M, Pruett T, Nalesnik MA, Tlusty SM, Wilk AR, Wolfe CR, Michaels MG, Am. J. Transplant. 2020 Jul

Coronavirus disease 2019: Implications of emerging infections for transplantation.

Michaels MG, La Hoz RM, Danziger-Isakov L, Blumberg EA, Kumar D, Green M, Pruett TL, Wolfe CR, Am. J. Transplant. 2020 Feb

 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

• Associate Editor, American Journal of Transplantation
  (2019)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
  Fellow (2019)
• American Society of Transplantation
  Fellow (2017)
• Division of Infectious Diseases Teaching Award
  UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (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)
• American College of Physicians
  Fellow (2012)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (2011)
• International Antiviral Society USA
  Core Clinical Faculty (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)

• The Transplantation Society - Transplant Infectious Diseases Section (2018)
• Dallas County Medical Society (2016)
• 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)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2011)
• American Society of Transplantation (2011)
• International Antiviral Society USA (2011)
• HIV Medicine Association (2010)
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (2010)
• American College of Physicians (2008)