Matthew Aboudara, MD
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
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Locations
Saint Luke's Pulmonary Specialists
Saint Luke's Frank and Evangeline Thompson Thoracic Center
Saint Luke's Pulmonary Specialists
About Matthew Aboudara, MD
Dr. Aboudara completed his medical degree at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, New York, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.
Upon graduation, he entered the US Army and completed an Internal Medicine Residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center/National Capital Consortium in Washington, DC. Prior to completing his military obligation, he was stationed at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Dr. Aboudara recently completed a one-year subspecialty fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Publications
Aboudara M and Maldonado F. Update in the management of pleural effusions. Medical Clinics. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May;103(3):475-485. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.12.007. Review.
Aboudara M and Maldonado F. Indwelling pleural catheters in benign pleural effusions: what is the evidence? Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2019 Mar 6. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000574. [Epub ahead of print]
Boyce D, Lee J, Freeman J, Aboudara, M and Hostler D. Combined modality therapy for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a remote setting: a case report. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. BMC Pulm Med. 2019 Mar 12;19(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0822-x.
Aboudara M, Hicks M, Cuadrado D, and Mahoney P. Primary Blast Lung Injury at a NATO Role 3 Hospital. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corp. 2014 Jan 24. Doi:10.1136/jramc-2013-000216. [Epub head of print] PMID 24464466.
Peterson M and Aboudara M. Hepatic cystopleural fistula. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2014; 189(2):e4-e5 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201303-0480IM
Pratt A, Aboudara M, and Lung L. Case Report: Polyuria related to dexmedetomidine. Anesth Analg. 2013 Jul;117(1):15-2. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182917c86. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
Aboudara M, Harley D, and Krimsky W. Teflon Hemoptysis. BMJ Case Reports 2012;10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5279
Perkins RM, Aboudara MC, Uy AL, et. al. Effect of pentoxifylline on GFR decline in CKD: a pilot, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Apr;53(4):606-16. Epub 2009 Feb 12
Aboudara MC, Hurst FP, Abbott KC, Perkins RM. Hyperkalemia after packed red blood cell transfusion in trauma patients. J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S86-91; discussion S91
Perkins R, Aboudara M, Abbott K. Resuscitative Hyperkalemia in Non Crush Trauma: A prospective, observational study. CJASN 2007;2:313-319
Aboudara M, Yun J. A case of fire-eater's pneumonia in an active-duty soldier. MedGenMed. 2006 Jun 6;8(2):67.
Education & Credentials
Training & Education
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Bachelor Degree
State University of New York at Fredonia
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Fellowship
National Capital Consortium ProgramVanderbilt University Medical Center
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Medical School
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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Residency
National Capital Consortium Program
Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine
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- United Healthcare - AARP Medicare Advantage Choice Plans
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- UnitedHealthcare - Dual Complete SNP PPO (MO and KS)
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- UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Silver SNP
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