PCCM, Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Ocshner LSU, 2012
IM, Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate, 2005
MD, Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, 2000
MHCM, Master in Health Care Management (MHCM), Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, 2026
MBA, MBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020
Awards/Honors
Physician of the month (Houston Methodist WB - 2017)
Superdocs Texas (Superdocs - 2016)
Young investigator award (ISCD - 2008)
Top Doctor (Castle Connolly - 2025)
Memberships
Member (ELSO, 2013 - Present)
Member (Society of Sleep Medicine, 2011 - Present)
Member (American Association of Physician Leadership, 2011 - Present)
FCCP (American college of chest physicians, 2008 - Present)
Member (Society of Critical care medicine, 2008 - Present)
FACP (American college of physicians, 2005 - Present)
Recent Publications
Jenks CL, Uysal A, Papacostas MF. Drug hypersensitivity causing organizing eosinophilic pneumonia in a pediatric patient.Heart & lung : the journal of critical care. 44(3) : 566-567
Alrajab S, Uysal A. Concierge Pulmonary Medicine: Protest Against the Current Health-care System.Chest. 153(2) : 566-567, 2018.
Uysal A, Liendo C, McCarty DE, Kim PY, Paxson C, Chesson AL, Marino AA. Nocturnal hypoxemia biomarker predicts sleepiness in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 18(1) : 77-84, 2014.
Alrajab S, Uysal A. What is the value of midregional proatrial natriuretic peptide in COPD research or clinical practice?Chest. 140(2) : 555, 2011.
Jenks C, Uysal A. Pulmonary graft dysfunction and elevated pulmonary pressures.Chest. 140(3) : 826-827, 2011.
Alrajab S, Uysal A, Jenks C. Cysteine as a biomarker for obstructive sleep apnea.Chest. 140(1) : 268, 2011.
Tapolyai M, Uysal A, Dossabhoy NR, Zsom L, Szarvas T, Lengvárszky Z, Fülöp T. High prevalence of liddle syndrome phenotype among hypertensive US Veterans in Northwest Louisiana.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.). 12(11) : 856-60, 2010.
Tapolyai M, Fülöp T, Uysal A, Lengvárszky Z, Szarvas T, Ballard K, Dossabhoy NR. Regional differences in nonadherence to dialysis among southern dialysis patients: a comparative cross-sectional study to the dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study.The American journal of the medical sciences. 339(6) : 516-8, 2010.
Uysal A, Minocha A. Success of antireflux surgery and postoperative use of antireflux medications.The American journal of gastroenterology. 103(8) : 2144-5; author reply 2145, 2008.
Dumitru I, Uysal A, Shoemaker J, Sevillano M, Schnell L, Vasaiwala S, Ali SO. Impella 5.5 as a bridge-to-surgery in acute ischemic mitral regurgitation post-percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report.Journal of Cardiothorac Surg.. 19(1):626, 2024.
Arslan A, Smith J, Qureshi MR, Uysal A, Patel KK, Herazo-Maya JD, Bandyopadhyay D. Evolution of pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease: a journey through past, present, and future.Front Med (Lausanne).. , 2024.
Tapolyai M, Uysal A, Maeweathers G, Bahta E, Dossabhoy NR. B-type natriuretic peptide-directed ultrafiltration improves care in acutely hospitalized dialysis patients.Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.). 15(3) : 516-8
