Monica Fung, MD

HS Asst CLin Prof-HCOMP
Medicine

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Monica Fung specializes in infectious diseases with a focus on patients with compromised immune systems, including those with solid organ or stem cell transplants. She attends on the Immunocompromised and General Infectious Diseases Consult Services, and has clinics in the 360 Wellness Center and Infectious Diseases Faculty Practice at UCSF-Parnassus.

RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS
Monica serves as Co-Director of the Transplant/Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program. Her research focuses the application of novel diagnostics to improve diagnosis of infections among transplant recipients. She directs the Transplant/Immunocompromised Host track within the UCSF Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, and serves as a small group leader for the Pathogen Host Defense course in the School of Medicine.

Publications: 

Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Immunocompromised Patients with Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Bergin SP, Chemaly RF, Dadwal SS, Hill JA, Lee YJ, Haidar G, Luk A, Drelick A, Chin-Hong PV, Benamu E, Khawaja F, Nanayakkara D, Papanicolaou GA, Small CB, Fung M, Barron MA, Davis T, McClain MT, Maziarz EK, Madut DB, Bedoya AD, Gilstrap DL, Todd JL, Barkauskas CE, Bigelow R, Leimberger JD, Tsalik EL, Wolf O, Mughar M, Hollemon D, Duttagupta R, Lupu DS, Bercovici S, Perkins BA, Blauwkamp TA, Fowler VG, Holland TL

Challenging Boundaries: Organ Transplants from Donors with Listeria Central Nervous System Infections.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Lueking R, Fung M, Ramos-Salazar E, Katari S, Funk GA, Wolfe CR, La Hoz RM

Host-Microbe Multi-omic Profiling Identifies a Unique Program of COVID-19 Inflammatory Dysregulation in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Research square

Langelier C, Pickering H, Schaenman J, Phan H, Maguire C, Tsitsiklis A, Rouphael N, Higuita N, Atkinson M, Breckenridge S, Fung M, Messer W, Network I, Salehi-Rad R, Altman M, Becker P, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Hoch A, Jayavelu N, Kim-Schulze S, Jenkins M, Kleinstein S, Krammer F, Maecker H, Ozonoff A, Diray-Arce J, Shaw A, Baden L, Levy O, Reed E

Risk of systemic fungal infections after exposure to wildfires: a population-based, retrospective study in California.

The Lancet. Planetary health

Mulliken JS, Hampshire KN, Rappold AG, Fung M, Babik JM, Doernberg SB

Baricitinib Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Associated With a Reduction in Secondary Infections.

Open forum infectious diseases

Sweeney DA, Tuyishimire B, Ahuja N, Beigel JH, Beresnev T, Cantos VD, Castro JG, Cohen SH, Cross K, Dodd LE, Erdmann N, Fung M, Ghazaryan V, George SL, Grimes KA, Hynes NA, Julian KG, Kandiah S, Kim HJ, Levine CB, Lindholm DA, Lye DC, Maves RC, Oh MD, Paules C, Rapaka RR, Short WR, Tomashek KM, Wolfe CR, Kalil AC

Diagnosis, prognosticators, and management of acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: multidisciplinary consensus statement and Evidence-Based review with recommendations.

International forum of allergy & rhinology

Roland LT, Humphreys IM, Le CH, Babik JM, Bailey CE, Ediriwickrema LS, Fung M, Lieberman JA, Magliocca KR, Nam HH, Teo NW, Thomas PC, Winegar BA, Birkenbeuel JL, David AP, Goshtasbi K, Johnson PG, Martin EC, Nguyen TV, Patel NN, Qureshi HA, Tay K, Vasudev M, Abuzeid WM, Hwang PH, Jafari A, Russell MS, Turner JH, Wise SK, Kuan EC

Solid organ transplant recipients with tuberculosis disease in California, 2010 to 2020.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Katrak S, Han E, Readhead A, Fung M, Keh C, Flood J, Barry P

Maribavir for Cytomegalovirus Treatment in the Real World-Not a Silver Bullet.

Open forum infectious diseases

Fung M, DeVoe C, Spottiswoode N, Doernberg SB

Metagenomic prediction of antimicrobial resistance in critically ill patients with lower respiratory tract infections.

Genome medicine

Serpa PH, Deng X, Abdelghany M, Crawford E, Malcolm K, Caldera S, Fung M, McGeever A, Kalantar KL, Lyden A, Ghale R, Deiss T, Neff N, Miller SA, Doernberg SB, Chiu CY, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS, Langelier CR

COVID-19 in Vaccinated Versus Unvaccinated Hematologic Malignancy Patients.

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society

DeVoe C, Pandey S, Shariff D, Arora S, Henrich TJ, Yokoe DS, Langelier CR, Servellita V, Chiu C, Miller S, Babik JM, Chin-Hong P, Fung M

Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms among hospitalized solid organ transplant recipients, five U.S. hospitals, 2019-2020.

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society

Chan JL, Nazarian E, Musser KA, Snavely EA, Fung M, Doernberg SB, Pouch SM, Leekha S, Anesi JA, Kodiyanplakkal RP, Turbett SE, Walters MS, Epstein L

Brain Abscess Caused by Bordetella hinzii.

Neurology. Clinical practice

Mehta N, Gerdts J, Fung M, Guterman EL

Characteristics of High-Titer Convalescent Plasma and Antibody Dynamics After Administration in Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Open forum infectious diseases

Bainbridge ED, Hsue PY, Esensten JH, Lynch KL, Hendrickson CM, Doernberg SB, Fung M, Chin-Hong P, Di Germanio C, Norris PJ, Simmons G, Glidden DV, Luetkemeyer AF

Disseminated Legionella micdadei Infection in a Liver Transplant Patient Presenting as Pulmonary Nodules and a Laryngeal Lesion.

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society

Bond AR, Bainbridge E, Doernberg SB, Babik JM, Miller S, Khanafshar E, Henry T, David A, Russell M, Brandman D, Sherman CB, Yao F, Fung M

COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Hosts: What We Know So Far.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Fung M, Babik JM

918. Pilot Surveillance for Carbapenemase Gene-positive Organisms Among Hospitalized Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Open forum infectious diseases

June L Chan, Elizabeth Nazarian, Kimberlee A Musser, Monica Fung, Sarah B Doernberg, Stephanie M Pouch, Stephanie M Pouch, Surbhi Leekha, Judith A Anesi, Rosy Priya Kodiyanplakkal, Sarah Turbett, Maroya Spalding Walters, Lauren Epstein, Lauren Epstein

Zoonotic coronavirus epidemics: SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

Fung M, Otani I, Pham M, Babik J

Treatment of Immunocompromised COVID-19 patients with Convalescent Plasma.

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society

Fung M, Nambiar A, Pandey S, Aldrich JM, Teraoka J, Freise C, Roberts J, Chandran S, Hays SR, Bainbridge E, DeVoe C, Gardner AR, Yokoe D, Henrich TJ, Babik JM, Chin-Hong P

Type-1 Immunity and Endogenous Immune Regulators Predominate in the Airway Transcriptome during Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Iasella CJ, Hoji A, Popescu I, Wei J, Snyder M, Zhang Y, Xu W, Iouchmanov V, Koshy R, Brown M, Fung M, Langelier C, Lendermon EA, Dugger D, Shah R, Lee J, Johnson B, Golden J, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kilaru S, Hays SR, Singer JP, Sanchez PG, Morrell MR, Pilewski JM, Greenland JR, Chen K, McDyer JF

Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Small Airways Reveal A Lymphocytic Inflammation Gene Signature.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Dugger DT, Fung M, Hays SR, Singer JP, Ellen Kleinhenz M, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Lee JS, Deiter F, Greenland NY, Jones KD, Langelier CR, Greenland JR

Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients Have Suppressed Airway Interferon Responses during Pseudomonas Infection.

Cell reports. Medicine

Dugger DT, Fung M, Zlock L, Caldera S, Sharp L, Hays SR, Singer JP, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Kukreja J, Gordon E, Finkbeiner W, Kleinhenz ME, Langelier C, Greenland JR

Clinical Outcomes and Serologic Response in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19: A Case Series from the United States.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM

Decreased Immune Activation in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelium Following Lung Transplant.

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

D.T. Dugger, M. Fung, L. Zlock, S. Caldera, S.R. Hays, J.P. Singer, L.E. Leard, J.A. Golden, R. Shah, J. Kukreja, W. Finkbeiner, M. Kleinhenz, C. Langelier, J.R. Greenland

Detection of Pneumonia Pathogens from Plasma Cell-Free DNA.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Langelier C, Fung M, Caldera S, Deiss T, Lyden A, Prince BC, Serpa PH, Moazed F, Chin-Hong P, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS

Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in Cancer and Transplant Patients.

Current infectious disease reports

Fung M, Babik J, Humphreys IM, Davis GE

Increased Risk of Infectious Complications in Older Patients With Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Exposed to Bendamustine.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Fung M, Jacobsen E, Freedman A, Prestes D, Farmakiotis D, Gu X, Nguyen PL, Koo S

Integrating host response and unbiased microbe detection for lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill adults.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Langelier C, Kalantar KL, Moazed F, Wilson MR, Crawford ED, Deiss T, Belzer A, Bolourchi S, Caldera S, Fung M, Jauregui A, Malcolm K, Lyden A, Khan L, Vessel K, Quan J, Zinter M, Chiu CY, Chow ED, Wilson J, Miller S, Matthay MA, Pollard KS, Christenson S, Calfee CS, DeRisi JL

Plasma Cell-Free DNA Next-Generation Sequencing to Diagnose and Monitor Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients.

Open forum infectious diseases

Fung M, Zompi S, Seng H, Hollemon D, Parham A, Hong DK, Bercovici S, Dolan E, Lien K, Teraoka J, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P

Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections on Isavuconazole Prophylaxis and Treatment: What Is Happening in the Real-World Setting?

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Fung M, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Langelier C, Lo M, Graff L, Tan M, Logan AC, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM

Epidemiology and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in children.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Sandora TJ, Fung M, Flaherty K, Helsing L, Scanlon P, Potter-Bynoe G, Gidengil CA, Lee GM

Recent trends in the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric surgery.

Journal of pediatric surgery

Rangel SJ, Fung M, Graham DA, Ma L, Nelson CP, Sandora TJ