Rodrigo Cavallazzi, M.D.

• Professor of Medicine
• Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, UofL Health - UofL Hospital

UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 690
Louisville, KY 40202
502-852-5841 - Academic Office
502-588-4710 - Patient Appointments

Featured Publications

• Khurana S, Shipley M, Chandler T, Furmanek S, Ramirez J, Cavallazzi R. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients. Respir Med. 2024 Aug-Sep;230:107698. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107698. Epub 2024 Jun 5. PMID: 38848822.
• Bradley J, Xu Q, Touloumes N, Lusciks E, Ali T, Huang EC, Chen J, Ghafghazi S, Arnold FW, Kong M, Huang J, Cavallazzi R; Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases (CERID) Post-COVID-19 Research Clinic Study Group. Association of pulmonary function test abnormalities and quality-of-life measures after COVID-19 infection. Am J Med Sci. 2024 Apr 16:S0002-9629(24)01170-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2024.04.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38636655.
• Cavallazzi R, Ramirez JA. Definition, Epidemiology, and Pathogenesis of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr;45(2):143-157. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1779016. Epub 2024 Feb 8. PMID: 38330995.
• Cavallazzi R, Ramirez JA. Influenza and Viral Pneumonia. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2024 Mar;38(1):183-212. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.12.010. PMID: 38280763.
• Ramirez JA, Chandler TR, Furmanek SP, Carrico R, Wilde AM, Sheikh D, Ambadapoodi R, Salunkhe V, Tahboub M, Arnold FW, Bordon J, Cavallazzi R; Louisville CAP in the Immunocompromised Study Group. Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host: Epidemiology and Outcomes. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 22;10(11):ofad565. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad565. PMID: 38023559; PMCID: PMC10676121.
• Ramirez J, Furmanek S, Chandler TR, Wiemken T, Peyrani P, Arnold F, Mattingly W, Wilde A, Bordon J, Fernandez-Botran R, Carrico R, Cavallazzi R, The University Of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group. Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, and Its Estimated Burden of Disease in the United States. Microorganisms. 2023 Nov 20;11(11):2813. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11112813. PMID: 38004825; PMCID: PMC10673027.
• Bradley J, Khurana S, Cavallazzi R. Adjunctive immunomodulation in severe community-acquired pneumonia. J Bras Pneumol. 2023 Sep 15;49(4):e20230248. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20230248. PMID: 37729338; PMCID: PMC10578938.
• Salmon C, Khurana S, Cavallazzi R. A 79-Year-Old Woman With Shock. Chest. 2023 Jul;164(1):e15-e17. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.042. PMID: 37423701.
• Ali AS, Sheikh D, Chandler TR, Furmanek S, Huang J, Ramirez JA, Arnold F, Cavallazzi R. Cardiovascular Complications Are the Primary Drivers of Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Chest. 2023 May;163(5):1051-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.11.013. Epub 2022 Nov 19. PMID: 36410493; PMCID: PMC9674393.
• Spindel J, Furmanek S, Chandler T, Ramirez JA, Cavallazzi R. In Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2 Is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes When Compared to Influenza. Pathogens. 2023 Apr 7;12(4):571. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12040571. PMID: 37111457; PMCID: PMC10142714.