Aaron Baugh, MD

Asst Professor In Residence

Dr. Aaron Baugh is a pulmonary and critical care physician at UCSF who focuses on improving the care of asthma and COPD for low-income and racial/ethnic minority individuals. His research program emphasizes understanding how social disparities inform differences in lung function and worse outcomes in lung disease. In his free time, he enjoys kayaking and reading history.

Education
01/2021 - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco
01/2018 - Internal Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine
MD, 06/2012 - Medicine, University of Toledo College of Medicine
BS, 06/2008 - Brain, Behavior, Cognitive Science, University of Michigan
Publications

  1. Spece LJ, Hee Wai T, Donovan LM, Duan KI, Plumley R, Crothers KA, Thakur N, Baugh A, Hayes S, Picazo F, Feemster LC, Au DH. The Impact of Changing Race-Specific Equations for Lung Function Tests among Veterans with COPD. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 38820262


  2. Baugh AD, Akgün KM, Rusk A, Adelson VA, Afolabi F, Crowder S, Ferreira JC, Gurubhagavatula I, Lovinsky-Desir S, Lawrence K, Myers LC, Niranjan SJ, Schotland H, Sheares BJ, Sullivan DR, Wisnivesky J, Sweet S. Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 39078251


  3. Hsu R, Al-Zubeidy B, Flores D, Nazarian A, Baugh A, Gonzalez E, Castanon S, Xiu J, Kang I, Spicer D, Lenz HJ, Dara L, Ademuyiwa FO, Korn WM, Irshad S, Chan IS, Roussos Torres ET. Evaluation of markers of immunity in different metastatic immune microenvironments suggests more suppression within breast to liver metastases in breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment 2024. PMID: 38643348


  4. Baugh AD, Chesley CF, Pew K. Poison from the Root: Sociohistorical Perspectives on Tobacco & the Black Community. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2024. PMID: 38598791


  5. Baugh A, Adegunsoye A, Connolly M, Croft D, Pew K, McCormack MC, Georas SN. Response. Chest 2024. PMID: 38336452


  6. Koch AL, Shing TL, Namen A, Couper D, Smith B, Barr RG, Bhatt S, Putcha N, Baugh A, Saha AK, Ziedler M, Comellas A, Cooper CB, Barjaktarevic I, Bowler RP, Han MK, Kim V, Paine R, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Woodruff PG, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Peters SP, Ortega VE, SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures in COPD Study (SPIROMICS) Investigators. Lung Structure and Risk of Sleep Apnea in SPIROMICS. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2023. PMID: 37931592


  7. Sheshadri A, Rajaram R, Baugh A, Castro M, Correa A, Soto F, Daniel-MacDougall CR, Li L, Evans SE, Dickey BF, Vaporciyan AA, Ost DE. Association of Pre-operative Lung Function with Complications after Lobectomy Using Race-Neutral and Race-Specific Normative Equations. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 37796618


  8. Baugh A, Buhr RG, Bush A, Foreman M, Mannino DM. Strategies to Classify Lung Function: It's Not Black and White. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37878872


  9. Baugh A, McIntosh J. Truth & Consequences: Choosing the Best Interpretative Framework for Spirometry. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37699143


  10. Krishnan JK, Mallya SG, Nahid M, Baugh AD, Han MK, Aronson KI, Goyal P, Pinheiro LC, Banerjee S, Martinez FJ, Safford MM. Disparities in Guideline Concordant Statin Treatment in Individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2023. PMID: 37410623


  11. Baugh AD, Acho M, Arhin A, Barjaktarevic I, Couper D, Criner G, Han M, Hansel N, Krishnan J, Malcolm K, Namen A, Peters S, Schotland H, Sowho M, Zeidler M, Woodruff P, Thakur N. African American race is associated with worse sleep quality in heavy smokers. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2023. PMID: 37128722


  12. Baugh AD, Woodruff P, Shiboski S, Glidden DV, Ortega VE, Thakur N. Spirometry in Mixed Race Civil War Veterans. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 37159952


  13. Baugh A, Adegunsoye A, Connolly M, Croft D, Pew K, McCormack MC, Georas SN. Towards a Race-Neutral System of Pulmonary Function Test Results Interpretation. Chest 2023. PMID: 37414097


  14. Seedahmed MI, Baugh AD, Albirair MT, Luo Y, Chen J, McCulloch CE, Whooley MA, Koth LL, Arjomandi M. Epidemiology of Sarcoidosis in U.S. Veterans from 2003 to 2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2023. PMID: 36724377


  15. Baugh A, Thakur N. Race, Racism, and Respiratory Health. Clinics in chest medicine 2023. PMID: 37517827


  16. Bhakta NR, Bime C, Kaminsky DA, McCormack MC, Thakur N, Stanojevic S, Baugh AD, Braun L, Lovinsky-Desir S, Adamson R, Witonsky J, Wise RA, Levy SD, Brown R, Forno E, Cohen RT, Johnson M, Balmes J, Mageto Y, Lee CT, Masekela R, Weiner DJ, Irvin CG, Swenson ER, Rosenfeld M, Schwartzstein RM, Agrawal A, Neptune E, Wisnivesky JP, Ortega VE, Burney P. Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 36973004


  17. Baugh AD, Santhosh L. Discourage Paint-by-Numbers Presentations. ATS Scholar 2023. PMID: 37089686


  18. Elmaleh-Sachs A, Balte P, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Baugh A, Bertoni AG, Hankinson JL, Pankow J, Post WS, Schwartz JE, Smith BM, Watson K, Barr RG. Reply by Elmaleh-Sachs, et al. to: Townsend and Cowl, and Miller et al. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 35503649


  19. Baugh AD, Thakur N, Woodruff PG. Reply to: US Occupational Historical Perspective on Race and Lung Function. 2022. PMID: 35503237


  20. Moffett AT, Baugh AD. Against Essentialism in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation. Chest 2022. PMID: 36088090


  21. Baugh A, Buhr RG, Quibrera P, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Han MK, Kaufman JD, Koch AL, Krishnan J, Labaki W, Martinez FJ, Mkorombindo T, Namen A, Ortega V, Paine R, Peters SP, Schotland H, Sundar K, Zeidler MR, Hansel NN, Woodruff PG, Thakur N. Risk of COPD exacerbation is increased by poor sleep quality and modified by social adversity. 2022. PMID: 35665826


  22. Baugh AD, Shiboski S, Hansel NN, Ortega V, Barjakteravic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper D, Criner G, Curtis JL, Dransfield M, Ejike C, Han M, Hoffman E, Krishnan J, Krishnan JA, Mannino D, Paine Iii R, Parekh T, Peters S, Putcha N, Rennard S, Thakur N, Woodruff PG. Reconsidering the Utility of Race-Specific Lung Function Prediction Equations. 2021. PMID: 34913855


  23. Elmaleh-Sachs A, Balte P, Oelsner EC, Allen NB, Baugh A, Bertoni AG, Hankinson JL, Pankow J, Post WS, Schwartz JE, Smith BM, Watson K, Barr RG. Race/Ethnicity, Spirometry Reference Equations, and Prediction of Incident Clinical Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study. Volume 205 of Issue 6. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 34913853


  24. Baugh A, Frank J. Account for Identity in URM Mentorship. 2022. PMID: 35013930


  25. Baugh AD, Seedahmed M. Separate Experiences Should Be Recognized Separately. Volume 97 of Issue 1. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022. PMID: 35316238


  26. Ruzieh M, Baugh AD, Al Jebbawi L, Edwards ES, Jia KQ, Dransfield MT, Foy AJ. Beta-blocker use in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review: A systematic review of βB in COPD. Trends in cardiovascular medicine 2021. PMID: 34856338


  27. Baugh AD, Baugh RF. How Financial Aid Policy Shortchanges American Healthcare. Volume 34 of Issue 3. Teaching and learning in medicine 2021. PMID: 34672908


  28. Baugh A. The Role of the Chief Resident in Promoting Health Equity. Volume 2 of Issue 3. ATS Scholar 2021. PMID: 34667985


  29. Ejike CO, Woo H, Galiatsatos P, Paulin LM, Krishnan JA, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Kanner RE, Bowler RP, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Barr RG, Martinez FJ, Han MK, Martinez CH, Ortega VE, Parekh TM, Christenson SA, Thakur N, Baugh A, Belz DC, Raju S, Gassett AJ, Kaufman JD, Putcha N, Hansel NN. Contribution of Individual and Neighborhood Factors to Racial Disparities in Respiratory Outcomes. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 33007162


  30. Baugh RF, Baugh AD. Cultural influences and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Volume 12. International journal of medical education 2021. PMID: 33507878


  31. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. Communication training is inadequate: the role of deception, non-verbal communication, and cultural proficiency. Volume 25 of Issue 1. Medical education online 2020. PMID: 32938330


  32. Seedahmed MI, Baugh AD, Kempker JA. Higher serum vitamin D levels are associated with decreased odds of obstructive lung disease in the general population: an NHANES analysis (2007-2008 to 2009-2010). Volume 7 of Issue 1. BMJ open respiratory research 2020. PMID: 33384287


  33. Baugh RF, Hoogland MA, Baugh AD. The Long-Term Effectiveness of Empathic Interventions in Medical Education: A Systematic Review. Volume 11. Advances in medical education and practice 2020. PMID: 33244286


  34. Mohammed Ruzieh, Aaron Baugh, lama jebbawi, Andrew J Foy. Abstract 14099: Beta-blockers Reduce Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure or Ischemic Heart Disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Circulation 2020. PMID:


  35. Aaron Baugh, Reginald F. Baugh. Assessment of Diversity Outcomes in American Medical School Admissions: Applying the Grutter Legitimacy Principles. Sustainability 2020. PMID:


  36. Baugh AD, Baugh RF. Diversity Concerns in Advance Care Planning. Volume 1 of Issue 3. ATS Scholar 2020. PMID: 33870300


  37. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. The Dynamics Of Poverty, Educational Attainment, And The Children Of The Disadvantaged Entering Medical School [Response To Letter]. Volume 10. Advances in medical education and practice 2019. PMID: 31686945


  38. Baugh AD, Vanderbilt AA, Baugh RF. The dynamics of poverty, educational attainment, and the children of the disadvantaged entering medical school. Volume 10. Advances in medical education and practice 2019. PMID: 31686941


  39. Aaron Baugh, Hermann Simo, Hadeel Altayib, Michael Ellis, Claudiu Georgescu. Paenibacillus polymyxa and Bacillus cereus Concomitant Bacteremia. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2019. PMID:


  40. HERMANN SIMO, AARON BAUGH, MOHAMMAD SAUD KHAN, DIVYA SACHDEV, CHINONSO AGUBOSIM, MOMEN BANIFADEL, WILLIAM BARNETT, ARJAN FLORA. SMOKING STATUS DETERMINATION USING CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVEL, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRE AND POST ACTUAL VALUES AND PRE AND POST PERCENT PREDICTED VALUES OF FEV1. CHEST Journal 2018. PMID:


  41. Vick AD, Baugh A, Lambert J, Vanderbilt AA, Ingram E, Garcia R, Baugh RF. Levers of change: a review of contemporary interventions to enhance diversity in medical schools in the USA. Volume 9. Advances in medical education and practice 2018. PMID: 29403326


  42. Ruzieh M, Baugh A, Dasa O, Parker RL, Perrault JT, Renno A, Karabin BL, Grubb B. Effects of intermittent intravenous saline infusions in patients with medication-refractory postural tachycardia syndrome. Volume 48 of Issue 3. Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing 2017. PMID: 28185102


  43. Baugh AD, Youssef E, Hasan SS, Siddiqui NS, Elsamoloty H, Shahrour K, Javaid T. Nephropleural Fistula Effectively Managed with Serial Thoracentesis: A Case Report. Volume 2 of Issue 1. Journal of endourology case reports 2016. PMID: 27868100


  44. Crawford EL, Levin A, Safi F, Lu M, Baugh A, Zhang X, Yeo J, Khuder SA, Boulos AM, Nana-Sinkam P, Massion PP, Arenberg DA, Midthun D, Mazzone PJ, Nathan SD, Wainz R, Silvestri G, Tita J, Willey JC. Lung cancer risk test trial: study design, participant baseline characteristics, bronchoscopy safety, and establishment of a biospecimen repository. BMC pulmonary medicine 2016. PMID: 26801409


  45. Woo EJ, Baugh AD, Ching K. Synchronous presentation of invasive ductal carcinoma and mantle cell lymphoma: a diagnostic challenge in menopausal patients. Volume 2016 of Issue 1. Journal of surgical case reports 2016. PMID: 26801778


  46. Osman MF, Baugh RF, Baugh AD, Welch MC, Sferra JJ, Williams M. Relative value units and payer mix analysis of facial trauma coverage at a level 1 trauma center: is the current model sustainable? Volume 156 of Issue 4. Surgery 2014. PMID: 25178994


  47. Baugh AD, Baugh RF, Atallah JN, Gaudin D, Williams M. Craniofacial trauma and double epidural hematomas from horse training. Volume 4 of Issue 12. International journal of surgery case reports 2013. PMID: 24291680


  48. Baugh RF, Baugh A, Bunge F. Superior laryngeal nerve syndrome and the evaluation of anterior neck pain. Volume 33 of Issue 4. American journal of otolaryngology 2011. PMID: 22154020