Ghada Bourjeily, MD, is professor of medicine at Brown University and director of women's research at Lifespan, the women's medicine collaborative.
Dr. Bourjeily's clinical expertise is in pulmonary disease and pregnancy, and her research focuses on understanding sleep disordered breathing in pregnant women and the impact of the condition on cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes of pregnancy, and its fetal and neonatal implications.
Dr Bourjeily's research has advanced the field of pulmonary disease and sleep in pregnancy. She has served in leadership roles at numerous national and international societies, has received many national research and leadership awards, and has been invited speaker at national and international venues.
| Lanis, Aviya, Kerns, Eric, Hu, Susie L., Bublitz, Margaret H., Risica, Patricia, Martin, Susan, Parker, Jeffrey, Millman, Richard, Dworkin, Lance D., Bourjeily, Ghada. "Correction to: Residual Renal Function and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Pilot Study." Lung, vol. 196, no. 4, 2018, pp. 433. |
| Bublitz, Margaret H., Monteiro, Joao Filipe, Caraganis, Andrew, Martin, Susan, Parker, Jeffrey, Larson, Lucia, Miller, Margaret A., Bourjeily, Ghada. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Gestational Diabetes: A Pilot Study of the Role of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 14, no. 01, 2018, pp. 87-93. |
| Kerns, Eric S., Kim, Esther D., Meoni, Lucy A., Sozio, Stephen M., Jaar, Bernard G., Estrella, Michelle M., Parekh, Rulan S., Bourjeily, Ghada. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Sudden Cardiac Death in Incident Hemodialysis Patients." American Journal of Nephrology, vol. 48, no. 2, 2018, pp. 147-156. |
| Khan N, Lambert-Messerlian G, Monteiro JF, Hodosy J, Tóthová Ľ, Celec P, Eklund E, Curran P, Bourjeily G. "Oxidative and carbonyl stress in pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea." Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, vol. 22, no. 1, 2018, pp. 233-240. |
| Dado, Christopher Deeb, Levinson, Andrew Tobias, Bourjeily, Ghada. "Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism." Clinics in Chest Medicine, vol. 39, no. 3, 2018, pp. 525-537. |
| Dado CD, Levinson AT, Bourjeily G. "Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism." Clinics in Chest Medicine, vol. 39, no. 3, 2018, pp. 525-537. |
| Lanis, Aviya, Kerns, Eric, Hu, Susie L., Bublitz, Margaret H., Risica, Patricia, Martin, Susan, Parker, Jeffrey, Millman, Richard, Dworkin, Lance D., Bourjeily, Ghada. "Residual Renal Function Affects Severity of Sleep Apnea in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Pilot Study." Lung, vol. 196, no. 4, 2018, pp. 425-431. |
| Pengo, Martino F., Won, Christine H., Bourjeily, Ghada. "Sleep in Women Across the Life Span." Chest, vol. 154, no. 1, 2018, pp. 196-206. |
| Salameh M, Lee J, Palomaki G, Eklund E, Curran P, Suarez JAR, Lambert-Messerlian G, Bourjeily G. "Snoring and markers of fetal and placental wellbeing." Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, vol. 485, 2018, pp. 139-143. |
| Kerns, Eric, Lanis, Aviya, Onwugbenu, Nwamaka, Bourjeily, Ghada. "A case report: Urolithiasis, hydronephrosis, and acute kidney injury in pregnancy." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2017, pp. 1-2. |
| Bublitz M, De La Monte S, Martin S, Larson L, Bourjeily G. "Childhood maltreatment and inflammation among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A pilot study." Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy, vol. 10, no. 3, 2017, pp. 120-124. |
| Khan, Faizan, Vaillancourt, Christian, Bourjeily, Ghada. "Diagnosis and management of deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy." BMJ, 2017, pp. j2344. |
| Khan F, Vaillancourt C, Bourjeily G. "Diagnosis and management of deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy." BMJ, vol. 357, 2017, pp. j2344. |
| Bourjeily, Ghada, Danilack, Valery A., Bublitz, Margaret H., Lipkind, Heather, Muri, Janet, Caldwell, Donna, Tong, Iris, Rosene-Montella, Karen. "Obstructive sleep apnea in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal outcomes: a national cohort." Sleep Medicine, vol. 38, 2017, pp. 50-57. |
| Bourjeily G, Levinson A. "Pulmonary Disease and Critical Illness in Pregnancy." Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 38, no. 2, 2017, pp. 121-122. |
| Lee, Jennifer, Eklund, Elizabeth E., Lambert-Messerlian, Geralyn, Palomaki, Glenn E., Butterfield, Kristen, Curran, Patrizia, Bourjeily, Ghada. "Serum Progesterone Levels in Pregnant Women with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Case Control Study." Journal of Women's Health, 2017. |
| Lee J, Eklund EE, Lambert-Messerlian G, Palomaki GE, Butterfield K, Curran P, Bourjeily G. "Serum Progesterone Levels in Pregnant Women with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Case Control Study." Journal of Women's Health, vol. 26, no. 3, 2017, pp. 259-265. |
| Tan, Miranda, Bourjeily, Ghada. "Shaking Up Perspectives of Restless Legs Syndrome in Pregnancy." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 13, no. 07, 2017, pp. 857-858. |
| Tan M, Bourjeily G. "Shaking Up Perspectives of Restless Legs Syndrome in Pregnancy." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 13, no. 7, 2017, pp. 857-858. |
| Firoz T, Miller MA, Bourjeily G. "Choice of Imaging Studies in Acutely Ill Pregnant Women." Chest, vol. 149, no. 1, 2016, pp. 290-1. |
| Benson MD, Padovano A, Bourjeily G, Zhou Y. "Maternal collapse: Challenging the four-minute rule." EBioMedicine, vol. 6, 2016, pp. 253-7. |
| Bublitz MH, Bourjeily G, D'Angelo C, Stroud LR. "Maternal Sleep Quality and Diurnal Cortisol Regulation Over Pregnancy." Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2016, pp. 1-14. |
| Bublitz MH, Bourjeily G, Vergara-Lopez C, Stroud LR. "Momentary stress, cortisol, and gestational length among pregnant victims of childhood maltreatment: a pilot study." obstetric medicine, vol. 9, no. 2, 2016, pp. 73-7. |
| He, M., Curran, P., Raker, C., Martin, S., Larson, L., Bourjeily, G. "Placental findings associated with maternal obesity at early pregnancy." Pathology - Research and Practice, vol. 212, no. 4, 2016, pp. 282-287. |
| Pengo MF, Banerjee D, Kaur A, Bourjeily G. "Sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy: Food for thought." obstetric medicine, vol. 9, no. 4, 2016, pp. 153-155. |
| Bourjeily, Ghada, Sharkey, Katherine M., Mazer, Jeffrey, Moore, Robin, Martin, Susan, Millman, Richard. "Central sleep apnea in pregnant women with sleep disordered breathing." Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, vol. 19, no. 3, 2015, pp. 835-840. |
| Ravishankar, Sanjita, Bourjeily, Ghada, Lambert-Messerlian, Geralyn, He, Mai, De Paepe, Monique E., Gündoğan, Füsun. "Evidence of Placental Hypoxia in Maternal Sleep Disordered Breathing." Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, vol. 18, no. 5, 2015, pp. 380-386. |
| Lapinsky SE, Rojas-Suarez JA, Crozier TM, Vasquez DN, Barrett N, Austin K, Plotnikow GA, Orellano K, Bourjeily G. "Mechanical ventilation in critically-ill pregnant women: a case series." International journal of obstetric anesthesia, vol. 24, no. 4, 2015, pp. 323-8. |
| Bourjeily, Ghada, Butterfield, Kristen, Curran, Patrizia, Lambert-Messerlian, Geralyn. "Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with alterations in markers of fetoplacental wellbeing." The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, vol. 28, no. 3, 2015, pp. 262-266. |
| Bourjeily, Ghada, Curran, Patrizia, Butterfield, Kristen, Maredia, Hasina, Carpenter, Marshall, Lambert-Messerlian, Geralyn. "Placenta-secreted circulating markers in pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea." Journal of perinatal medicine, vol. 43, no. 1, 2015. |
| Oyieng'o DO, Kirwa K, Tong I, Martin S, Antonio Rojas-Suarez J, Bourjeily G. "Restless Legs Symptoms and Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes." Clinical Therapeutics, 2015. |
| Bourjeily G, Fung JY, Sharkey KM, Walia P, Kao M, Moore R, Martin S, Raker CA, Millman RP. "Airflow limitations in pregnant women suspected of sleep-disordered breathing." Sleep Medicine, vol. 15, no. 5, 2014, pp. 550-5. |
| Rojas-Suarez J, Paternina-Caicedo AJ, Miranda J, Mendoza R, Dueñas-Castel C, Bourjeily G. "Comparison of severity-of-illness scores in critically ill obstetric patients: a 6-year retrospective cohort." Critical care medicine, vol. 42, no. 5, 2014, pp. 1047-54. |
| Casas, Rachel, Bourjeily, Ghada, Vithiananthan, Sivamainthan, Tong, Iris. "Contraceptive use in women undergoing bariatric surgery." Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, vol. 8, no. 6, 2014, pp. e608-e613. |
| Bourjeily, G. "D-dimer use in venous thromboembolic disease in pregnancy." BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, vol. 122, no. 3, 2014, pp. 401-401. |
| Rojas-Suarez, José, Bello-Muñoz, Camilo, Paternina-Caicedo, Angel, Bourjeily, Ghada, Carino, Gerardo, Dueñas, Carmelo. "Maternal Mortality Secondary to Acute Respiratory Failure in Colombia: A Population-Based Analysis." Lung, vol. 193, no. 2, 2014, pp. 231-237. |
| Oyiengo D, Louis M, Hott B, Bourjeily G. "Sleep disorders in pregnancy." Clinics in Chest Medicine, vol. 35, no. 3, 2014, pp. 571-87. |
| Sharkey KM, Waters K, Millman RP, Moore R, Martin SM, Bourjeily G. "Validation of the Apnea Risk Evaluation System (ARES) device against laboratory polysomnography in pregnant women at risk for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol. 10, no. 5, 2014, pp. 497-502. |
| Bourjeily G, El Sabbagh R, Sawan P, Raker C, Wang C, Hott B, Louis M. "Epworth sleepiness scale scores and adverse pregnancy outcomes." Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, vol. 17, no. 4, 2013, pp. 1179-86. |
| Bourjeily G, Raker C, Chalhoub M, Miller M. "Excessive daytime sleepiness in late pregnancy may not always be normal: results from a cross-sectional study." Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, vol. 17, no. 2, 2013, pp. 735-40. |
| Paternina-Caicedo, A. J., Rojas-Suarez, J. A., Duenas-Castel, C., Miranda-Quintero, J. E., Bourjeily, G. "Mortality Risk Prediction With an Updated Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II Score in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients: A Cohort Study." Journal of intensive care medicine, vol. 30, no. 2, 2013, pp. 97-102. |
| Habr F, Raker C, Lin CL, Zouein E, Bourjeily G. "Predictors of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in pregnant women screened for sleep disordered breathing: a secondary analysis." Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology, vol. 37, no. 1, 2013, pp. 93-9. |
| Ramsay G, Paglia M, Bourjeily G. "When the heart stops: a review of cardiac arrest in pregnancy." Journal of intensive care medicine, vol. 28, no. 4, 2013, pp. 204-14. |
| Bourjeily G, Barbara N, Larson L, He M. "Clinical manifestations of obstructive sleep apnoea in pregnancy: more than snoring and witnessed apnoeas." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 32, no. 5, 2012, pp. 434-8. |
| Bourjeily G, Khalil H, Raker C, Martin S, Auger P, Chalhoub M, Larson L, Miller M. "Outcomes of negative multidetector computed tomography with pulmonary angiography in pregnant women suspected of pulmonary embolism." Lung, vol. 190, no. 1, 2012, pp. 105-11. |
| Bourjeily G, Raker C, Paglia MJ, Ankner G, O'Connor K. "Patient and provider perceptions of sleep disordered breathing assessment during prenatal care: a survey-based observational study." Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease, vol. 6, no. 4, 2012, pp. 211-9. |
| Zouein E, Bourjeily G. "Sleep patterns in pregnancy and fetal growth." Epidemiology, vol. 23, no. 2, 2012, pp. 356; author reply 356-7. |
| Miller MA, Chalhoub M, Bourjeily G. "Peripartum pulmonary embolism." Clinics in Chest Medicine, vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, pp. 147-64, ix-x. |
| Bourjeily G, Ankner G, Mohsenin V. "Sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy." Clinics in Chest Medicine, vol. 32, no. 1, 2011, pp. 175-89, x. |
| Bourjeily G, Chalhoub M, Phornphutkul C, Alleyne TC, Woodfield CA, Chen KK. "Neonatal thyroid function: effect of a single exposure to iodinated contrast medium in utero." Radiology, vol. 256, no. 3, 2010, pp. 744-50. |
| Bourjeily G, Raker CA, Chalhoub M, Miller MA. "Pregnancy and fetal outcomes of symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing." European Respiratory Journal, vol. 36, no. 4, 2010, pp. 849-55. |
| Bourjeily G, Paidas M, Khalil H, Rosene-Montella K, Rodger M. "Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy." The Lancet, vol. 375, no. 9713, 2010, pp. 500-12. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | MD | Universitite Libanaise, Faculte des Sciences Medicales |
