Texas Medical Center
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Joud Hajjar, MD, MS
Clinic Chief, Adult Allergy and Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
| School | Education | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | Masters | Masters of Science in Clinical Investigations | 2017 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Fellowship | Allergy and Immunology | 2013 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Fellowship | Hospice/Palliative Care | 2011 |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | Residency | Internal Medicine | 2010 |
| American University of Beirut | Residency | Internal Medicine | 2007 |
| University of Aleppo | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2004 |
About
Dr. Hajjar’s research is focused on the interplay of the microbiome and immune dysregulation in the antibody deficient host.
Funding
The Jeffrey Modell Foundation
The Chao physician-scientist Award
The Immune deficiency foundation
The US immunodeficiency network
Selected Publications
Jiang Y, Firan M, Nandiwada SL, Reyes A, Marsh RA, Vogel TP, Hajjar J. The Natural History of X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease (XLP1): Lessons from a Long-Term Survivor. Case Reports Immunol 2020 Aug 26;2020:8841571. doi: 10.1155/2020/8841571. PMID: 32908732; PMCID: PMC7474360.
Noroski L, Das S, Hajjar J. Case 40-2018: A Woman with Recurrent Sinusitis, Cough, and Bronchiectasis. N Engl J Med 2019 Apr 4;380(14):1383. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1901268. PMID: 30943358.
Joud Hajjar, Nguyen AL, Constantine G, Kutac C, Syed MN, Orange JS, Sullivan KE. Prophylactic Antibiotics Versus Immunoglobulin Replacement in Specific Antibody Deficiency. J Clin Immunol 2020 Jan;40(1):158-164. doi: 10.1007/s10875-019-00716-2. Epub 2019 Nov 22. PMID: 31758281.
Hajjar J, Al-Kaabi A, Kutac C, Dunn J, Shearer WT, Orange JS. Questioning the accuracy of currently available pneumococcal antibody testing. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2018 Oct;142(4):1358-1360. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.06.013. Epub 2018 Jun 21. PMID: 29936105.
Chinn IK, Chan AY, Chen K, Chou J, Dorsey MJ, Hajjar J, Jongco AM 3rd, Keller MD, Kobrynski LJ, Kumanovics A, Lawrence MG, Leiding JW, Lugar PL, Orange JS, Patel K, Platt CD, Puck JM, Raje N, Romberg N, Slack MA, Sullivan KE, Tarrant TK, Torgerson TR, Walter JE. Diagnostic interpretation of genetic studies in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases: A working group report of the Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020 Jan;145(1):46-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.09.009. Epub 2019 Sep 27. PMID: 31568798.
Heimall JR, Hagin D, Hajjar J, Henrickson SE, Hernandez-Trujillo HS, Tan Y, Kobrynski L, Paris K, Torgerson TR, Verbsky JW, Wasserman RL, Hsieh EWY, Blessing JJ, Chou JS, Lawrence MG, Marsh RA, Rosenzweig SD, Orange JS, Abraham RS. Use of Genetic Testing for Primary Immunodeficiency Patients. J Clin Immunol 2018 Apr;38(3):320-329. doi: 10.1007/s10875-018-0489-8. Epub 2018 Apr 19. Erratum in: J Clin Immunol. 2018 May 21;: PMID: 29675737.
Awards
Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award, 2020
Texas Top Docs, 2020
Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2020
Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine, 2019
Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2019
Texas Top Docs, 2019
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