CURRICULUM VITAE

Van K. Holden, MD, FCCP

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Date     September 23, 2020

Contact Information    

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

110 S. Paca Street, 2^nd Floor

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: (410)328-8141

Fax: (410)328-0177

vholden@som.umaryland.edu

Education

2002—2005                   B.A., Biology, Newman University, Wichita, KS (Magna Cum Laude)

2006—2010                   M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

2013—2014                   Clinical Research Certificate, NIH Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, Online Course

Post Graduate Education and Training

2010—2013                   Residency, Internal Medicine

                                    UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

2013—2014                   Chief Resident, Clinical Instructor

                                    Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

2014—2017                   Fellowship, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

                                    University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

2016—2017                  Chief Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

                                    University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

2017—2018                  Fellowship, Interventional Pulmonology

                                    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Certifications

2013                             American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

2016                             American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease)

2018                             American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (Diplomat of the AABIP)

2019                             American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine)

           

Medical Licensures

2013—2015                   Inactive, New Jersey

2017—2019                  Inactive, Massachusetts

2015—Present               Active, Maryland

Employment History

2005—2006                   Pharmacy Technician, Medical Consultants Cancer Center, Muncie, IN

2014                             Hospitalist, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, New Brunswick, NJ

2015—2017                   Night Intensivist, St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Academic Appointments

2013—2014                  Clinical Instructor, Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

2017—2018                  Clinical Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2018—Present              Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

2018—Present              Assistant Professor, Medicine, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Professional Society Memberships

2010—2020                   American College of Physicians

2013—Present               American Medical Association

2014—Present               American College of Chest Physicians

2014—Present               American Thoracic Society

2014—Present               Society of Critical Care Medicine

2016—Present              American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

2019—Present              Society of Advanced Bronchoscopy

2019—Present               World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Honors and Awards

2011                             Outstanding Intern Award, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, awarded for distinguished performance in medicine

2011                             Resident Research Award, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, awarded for distinguished poster presentation

2013                             Leadership Day Grant, American College of Physicians

2013                             Nilesh Tamakuwala, M.D. Award, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, awarded for compassionate care and excellence in teaching

2014                             Excellence in Teaching Award, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

2018                             American Thoracic Society Assembly on Thoracic Oncology Abstract Scholarship

2019                             Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Clinical Activities

2018—2019                   Clinical Expertise: Interventional Pulmonology, Advanced Diagnostic and

                                    Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Pleural Disease, Critical Care Medicine

                                    Scope of Clinical Practice:

                                                Interventional Pulmonology Consultation, UMMC: Attend 4 months/year

                                                Interventional Pulmonology Procedures, VA and Midtown: 4 months/year

                                                Medical Intensive Care Unit, UMMC: Attend 1 month/year

                                                Faculty Practice Clinic: 1 day every other week

                                                Fellows Clinic: 1 day every other week

                                                Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board: 1 day every week

                                                Multidisciplinary Mesothelioma Tumor Board: 1 day every week

2019—2020                  Clinical Expertise: Interventional Pulmonology, Advanced Diagnostic and

                                    Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Pleural Disease, Critical Care Medicine

                                    Scope of Clinical Practice:

                                                Interventional Pulmonology Consultation, UMMC: Attend 3 months/year

                                                Interventional Pulmonology Procedures, VA and Midtown: 4 months/year

                                                Medical Intensive Care Unit, VA: Attend 0.5 month/year

                                                Faculty Practice Clinic: 1 day every 3 weeks

                                                Fellows Clinic: 1 day every other week

                                                Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board: 1 day every week

                                                Multidisciplinary Mesothelioma Tumor Board: 1 day every week

Institutional Service

2012—2013                   Internal Medicine Representative, GME, Rutgers-RWJMS, New Brunswick, NJ

2016—2017                   Member, UMMC Performance Improvement Steering Committee, Baltimore, MD 

2018—2019                   Associate Director, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2018—2019                   Faculty, Fellow Selection Committee, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2018—2019                   Faculty, ACGME Self-Study, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

                                                Participated in meetings, reviewing documents, and revising responses

2018—Present               Member, UMMC – Midtown Campus Endo Workgroup Committee

2018—Present              Faculty, Program Evaluation Committee, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

                                                Participated in meetings, reviewing documents, and revising responses

2018—Present              Faculty, Clinical Competency Committee, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2018—Present              Director, Interventional Pulmonology Journal Club Conference, UMMC

2019—Present               Director, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Chair, Education Committee, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Chair, Fellow Selection Committee, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Director, Simulation Curriculum, PCCM Fellowship Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Associate Director, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Faculty, Program Evaluation Committee, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship

                                    Program, UMMC

2019—Present              Faculty Interviewer, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UMMC

2020—Present              Director, University of Maryland Innovation in Bronchoscopy Education Series,

                                    UMMC

2020—Present               Member, Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Subcommittee, 

                                    Graduate Medical Education, UMMC

2020—Present               Member, Learning Environment Diversity, Inclusion, and Healthcare Disparities 

                                    Subcommittee, Graduate Medical Education, UMMC

Local and National Service

National Service

2007                             Medical Student Volunteer, Medical Missions Foundation, Antigua, Guatemala

2011                             Participant, American College of Physicians Leadership Day, Washington, DC

2013                             Participant, American College of Physicians Leadership Day, Washington, DC

2014                             Lead Physician, Medical Mission Trip, Handfuls of Hope, Dominican Republic

2014                             Participant, American College of Physicians Leadership Day, Washington, DC

2015—2017                   National Committee Member, American College of Chest Physicians Trainee Work Group

2016                             Ad Hoc Reviewer under Preceptorship, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, American Journal of Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine (1x/yr each)

2016                             Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety: Telluride Experience Maryland/DC Joint Session

2016—Present              Abstract Reviewer, Chest Annual Meeting

2016                             Moderator, Student/Resident Case Report Poster Session: Disorders of the

                                    Pleura, Chest Annual Meeting

2017                             Mentor, American Medical Student Association

2018                             Ad Hoc Review under Preceptorship, Journal of Thoracic Disease, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease (2x/yr)

2018                             In-Training Exam Question Writer, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

2019                             Moderator, Fellow Case Report Poster Session: Disorders of the Pleura 2, Chest Annual Meeting

2019                             Participant, Chest Leadership Development Course, Chest Annual Meeting

2019—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, Respiratory Care (2x/yr)

2019—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (3x/yr)

2019—Present              Member, Membership Survey Committee, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors

2019—Present              Member, Education Committee, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors

2019—Present              Member, Journal Club Education Committee, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology      

2019—Present               Member, Public Relations Subcommittee, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

2019—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (1x/yr)

2020—Present              Ad Hoc Member, Membership Committee, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

2020—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Respiratory Review (2x/yr)

2020—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of the American Thoracic Society (1x/yr)

2020—Present              Ad Hoc Reviewer, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease (2x/yr)

2020—Present               Ad Hoc Reviewer, Shanghai Chest (1x/yr)

2020—Present               Ad Hoc Reviewer, ATS Scholar (1x/yr)

2020—Present              Associate Editor, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors Voices in #MedEd Blog

Local Service

2006—2007                   Student-Physician, JayDoc Community Clinic, Kansas City, KS

2006—2007                   Representative, Asian-American Medical Students Association, Kansas City, KS

2007—2008                   Secretary, Student National Medical Association, Kansas City, KS

2007—2008                   President, Asian-American Medical Students Association, Kansas City, KS

2008—2009                   Student-Physician, JayDoc Community Clinic, Wichita, KS

2009—2010                   Executive Board Member, Internal Medicine Interest Group, Wichita, KS

2010—2013                   Volunteer, Breast Cancer Screening Clinic, Princeton, NJ

2012—2014                   Chair, American College of Physicians New Jersey Associates Council

2019—Present              Member, Women in Medicine and Science Wellness and Work Life Balance

                                    Committee, University of Maryland SOM, Baltimore, MD

Teaching Service

Medical Student Teaching

2016                             Instructor, Pulmonary Function Tests Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 20 students x 2 hours

2016                             Instructor, Interstitial Lung Disease Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 20 students x 2 hours

2017                             Instructor, Journal Club, University of Maryland SOM: 14 students x 1 hour

2019                             Lecturer, Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Airways Disease: Asthma and Bronchiolitis, University of Maryland SOM: 75 students x 1 hour (35.2% average, 41.5% above average, 18.9% excellent; 159 responses)

2019 – 2020                  Preceptor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine II, University of Maryland SOM: 4 students x 4 hours x 5 sessions

2019                             Panelist, 6^th Annual Careers in Medicine Interviewing Workshop, University of Maryland SOM: 40 students x 1 hour

2020                             Lecturer, Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Airways Disease: Asthma and Bronchiolitis, University of Maryland SOM: 75 students x 1 hour

2020                             Instructor, Pulmonary Function Tests Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 19 students x 2 hours

2020                             Lecturer, Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Disease, University of Maryland SOM: 75 students x 1 hour

2020                             Instructor, Pulmonary Disease Case Studies III Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 19 students x 2 hours

2020                             Instructor, Thoracic Tumor Board Panel, University of Maryland SOM: 75 students x 2 hours

2020                             Instructor, Respiratory Function and Mechanics of Breathing Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 20 students x 2 hours

2020                             Instructor, COVID-19: Bench to Bedside (MSPR 524) NEJM Treatment Simulations Small Group, University of Maryland SOM: 11 students x 2 hours

2020                             Preceptor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine II, University of Maryland SOM: 4 students x 4 hours x 1 sessions

Resident and Fellow Teaching

2013—2014                  Instructor, Noon Case Conference, Rutgers-RWJMS, Internal Medicine Residency: 20 residents x 1 hour, 5 days per week

2015                             Instructor, Critical Care Ultrasound, UMMC, Internal Medicine Residency: 12 residents x 1 hour

2015                             Instructor, Pulmonary Board Review, UMMC, Internal Medicine Residency: 25 residents x 1 hour

2016                             Course Director and Instructor, Pulmonary Board Review, UMMC, PCCM fellows: 5 fellows x 1 hour x 20 weeks

2017                             Instructor, Foreign Body Extraction Station, Introduction to Bronchoscopy and Pulmonary Procedures Course, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PCCM fellows: 25 fellows x 4 hours

2018                             Instructor, Percutaneous Chest Tubes Station, Introduction to Bronchoscopy and Pulmonary Procedures Course, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PCCM fellows: 21 fellows x 4 hours

2019                             Instructor, Massive Upper GI Bleed Simulation, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 6 fellows x 2 hours

2019                             Instructor, Massive Hemoptysis Simulation, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 35 fellows x 4 hours

2019                             Instructor, Low-Fidelity Endobronchial Blocker Placement, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 35 fellows x 1 hour

2019                             Instructor, Rigid Bronchoscopy, Stent Placement, and Ablation Techniques Station, Updates in Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PCCM fellows: 25 fellows x 4 hours

2019                             Instructor, Bronchoscopy Tools Skills Session: Needles, Brushes, and Forceps, UMMC, PCCM fellows: 6 fellows x 1.5 hours 

2019                             Instructor, Interventional Pulmonology Hands-On Skills Development, Cadaver Lab Training, UMMC, IP fellows: 4 fellows x 3 hours

2019                             Instructor, Cardiac Arrest with Pneumothorax Simulation, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 7 fellows x 1 hour

2019                             Director, Airway and Pleural Disease Course, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 40 fellows x 9 hours (9.5% very helpful and no major change needed, 85.7% outstanding; 21 responses)

2019                             Facilitator, Goals of Care Communication Simulation, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 18 fellows x 3 hours

2019                             Instructor, Bronchoscopy Skills Station, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 8 fellows x 3 hours

2019                             Panelist, Subspecialty Mentoring and Research Meet and Greet, UMMC, Internal Medicine Residency: 5 residents x 1 hour

2020                             Instructor, Massive Hemoptysis Simulation, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 35 fellows x 6 hours

2020                             Instructor, Cardiac Arrest with Pneumothorax Simulation, UMMC, PCCM and CC fellows: 3 fellows x 1 hour x 6 sessions

2020                             Instructor, Interventional Pulmonology Hands-On Skills Development, Cadaver Lab Training, UMMC, IP and PCCM fellows: 6 fellows x 3 hours

2020                             Instructor, American Thoracic Society Virtual Boot Camp Workshop: ICU Emergencies, virtual, Internal Medicine Residents: 76 residents x 2 hours

2020                             Director, Airway and Pleural Disease Course, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 40 fellows x 5 hours

2020                             Instructor, Pleural Procedures Hands-On Skills Development, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 12 fellows x 3 hours

2020                             Instructor, Bronchoscopy Skills Station, Mid-Atlantic Pulmonary & Critical Care Education Collaborative Summer Education Block, Critical Care Fellows: 11 fellows x 3 hours

2020                             Instructor, Foundations in Bronchoscopy, PCCM fellows: 8 fellows x 2 hours, monthly

Post-Graduate Teaching

2017                             Instructor, Cryotherapy Station, Advanced Lung Diseases Symposium and Hands-On Workshop, University of Maryland SOM: 15 physicians x 2 hours

2017                             Instructor, Chest Tube Station, Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: 30 physicians x 4 hours

2017                             Instructor, Live Cases of Rigid Bronchoscopy, Stent Placement, and Linear EBUS, Boston Scientific Preceptorship Course, Boston/Latin America: live transmission to 3 hospitals in Mexico and Latin America

2018                             Instructor, Live Case of Rigid Bronchoscopy and T-tube Placement, Boston Scientific Preceptorship Course, Boston/Latin America: live transmission to 3 hospitals in Mexico and Latin America

2018                             Instructor, Rigid Bronchoscopy and Stent Simulation, Boston Scientific Preceptorship Course, Boston/Latin America: 7 physicians x 3 hours

2018                             Instructor, Navigational Bronchoscopy Station, 26^th Annual Assembly of the American Association for Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, Chest Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX: 24 physicians x 3 hours

2019                             Instructor, Intrabronchial Valve Placement, Bronch Day 2019: A Comprehensive, Hands-On Guide to Basic Bronchoscopy, EBUS, and Navigational Bronchoscopy, American Thoracic Society International Meeting, Dallas, TX: 50 physicians x 4 hours 

Mentorship

2017—2018                  Adviser for 2 research fellows; both fellows presented abstracts at ATS and are

                                    working on manuscripts; 2 hours/month per fellow over 1 year

2018—Present               Adviser for PCCM fellows; responsible for providing feedback and evaluation on

                                    clinical performance, ITE, and career counseling; total 8 hours/month over 1 year

2018—Present               Adviser for one interventional pulmonology fellow; the fellow has published a

                                    book chapter, presented monthly educational conferences, has an abstract

                                    accepted at ATS and is currently working on a review article; 4 hours/month over

                                    1 year

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1.     Kajese TM, Nguyen LT, Pham GQ, Pham VK, Melhorn K, Kallail KJ. “Characteristics of child abuse homicides in the state of Kansas from 1994 to 2007.” Child Abuse Negl. 2011 Feb; 35(2):147-154.

2.     Holden VK, Shah NG, Verceles AC. “Implications of an incidental pulmonary arteriovenous malformation.” J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2016 Mar; 4(1):1-4.

3.     Holden VK, Varonin D, Robinett KS. “Severe, refractory thrombocytopenia in a critically ill patient caused by vancomycin induced antibodies.” J Clin Med Ther. 2017; 2:1.

4.     Holden VK, Kligerman SJ, Hastings TG, Hines SE. “Unabated occupational risk in a patient with rheumatoid pulmonary fibrosis.” Occup Med (Lond). 2017; 67(4):311-313.

5.     de Lima A, Holden V, Gesthalter Y, Kent MS, Parikh M, Majid A, Chee A. “Treatment of persistent bronchopleural fistula with a manually modified endobronchial stent: a case-report and brief literature review.” J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct; 10(10):5960-5963.

6.     Holden VK, Wappel S, Verceles AC, Deepak J. “Impact of an onsite endobronchial ultrasound program on the time to treatment of cancer in veterans.” Ann Lung Cancer. 2019; 3(1):66-74.

7.     Pickering EM, Holden VK, Heath JE, Verceles AC, Kalchiem-Dekel O, Sachdeva A. “Tissue acquisition during EBUS-TBNA: comparison of cell blocks obtained from a 19G versus 21G needle.” J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Oct; 26(4):237-244. 

8.     Amariei DE, Tran BC, Yao R, Britt EM, Holden VK, Sachdeva A, Pickering EM. “Intrapleural alteplase and dornase in a pregnant woman with complicated parapneumonic effusion.” Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Nov; 108(5):e293-e294.

9.     Grier W, Kalchiem-Dekel O, Jeudy J, Holden V, Sachdeva A, Pickering E. “Bronchial artery laceration and haemothorax complicating transbronchial needle aspiration.” Respirology Case Reports. 2019 Nov; 8(1):e00497.

10.  Majid A, Rivera E, Sisniega C, Husta B, Chee A, Parikh M, Holden V, Kheir F. “Fluid infusion through chest tube to facilitate pleural procedures: a feasibility study.” J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2019 Dec 23.

11.  Holden VK, Ospina-Delgado D, Chee A, Parikh MS, Carreiro MM, Alape Moya D, Fernandez-Bussy S, Herth FJF, Majid A. “Safety and Efficacy of the Tracheobronchial Bonastent: A Single-Center Case Series.” Respiration. 2020 Apr; 99(4):353-359.

12.  Lin Y, Holden V, Dhilipkannah P, Deepak J, Todd NW, Jiang F. “A Non-Coding RNA Landscape of Bronchial Epitheliums of Lung Cancer Patients.” Biomedicines. 2020 Apr; 8(4):88.

Invited Reviews

1.     Holden VK, Hines SE. “Update on flavoring-induced lung disease.” Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2016 Mar; 22(2):158-64.

2.     Holden V, Slack III D, McCurdy MT, Shah NG. “Diagnosis and management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.” Emerg Med Pract. 2017 Oct; 19(10):1-24.

3.     Holden VK, Channick CL. “Management of benign central airway obstruction.” AME Med J. 2018 July; 3:76.

4.     Oberg CL, Holden VK, Channick CL. “Benign central airway obstruction.” Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Dec; 39(6):731-46. 

5.     Kanth S, Pickering EM, Sachdeva A, Holden VK. “Endobronchial ultrasound needles: does size matter?” Shanghai Chest. 2020 July; 4:24.

6.     Pannu J, Holden V, Ghattas C. “Transbronchial cryobiopsy: how to do it safely?” Shanghai Chest. 2020

7.     Charya AV, Holden VK, Pickering EM. “Management of life-threatening hemoptysis in the ICU.” J Thorac Dis. 2020

8.     Alsunaid, S, Holden VK, Kohli A, Diaz J, O’Meara LB. “Wound care management: tracheostomy and gastrostomy.” J Thorac Dis. 2020

9.     Ghattas C, Alsunaid A, Pickering EM, Holden VK. “State of the art: percutaneous tracheostomy in the intensive care unit.” J Thorac Dis. 2020

Book Chapters

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