Senu Apewokin, MD

Bachelor's Degree: Univeristy of Ghana 1998 (Medical Sciences)

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB): University of Ghana Medical School 2002

Residency: Western Pennsylvania Hospital 2007 (Internal Medicine)

Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham 2009 (Infectious Diseases)

American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) (Certification Date: 10-06-2009 ) - (Recertification Date: to 05-31-2024 )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Certification Date: 08-15-2008 ) - (Recertification Date: to 05-31-2024 )

Infectious Disease

HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency virus)

Infectious Diseases

Internal Medicine

Infectious Diseases In Transplant Patients

09-30-3013 -09-20-2014 Assist Prof of Medicine, Director of Supportive Care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas

06-20-2012 -09-20-2013 Assist Prof of Medicine, Director, Supportive Care Clinical Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ,

07-20-2014 -BAD DATE Assist Prof of Medicine, Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, Ohio

Grant: #HOPE / U01AI134591 Investigators:Apewokin, Senu 08-01-2018 -07-31-2022 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HOPE in Action: A Clinical trial of HIV-to-HIV deceased donor kidnet transplantation Role:PI $3,540.95 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #Hope-Liver / U01AI138897 Investigators:Apewokin, Senu 01-01-2019 -07-31-2019 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HOPE in Action: A Clinical Trial of HIV-to-HIV Liver Transplantation Role:PI $5,082.19 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #P30 ES006096 Investigators:Apewokin, Senu 04-01-2019 -03-31-2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MCRADA - Associations between PFOA exposure and humoral responses to pneumococcal vaccine Role:PI $.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #K08CA237735 Investigators:Apewokin, Senu 06-01-2020 -05-31-2025 National Cancer Institute Harnessing Induced Human Intestinal Organoids (iHIOs) and Metagenomics to Unravel Host Immune-microbiota Interactions During Cancer Chemotherapy-associated Clostridium difficile Infections Role:PI $233,957.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Erickson, Stephen W; Raj, Vinay R; Stephens, Owen W; Dhakal, Ishwori; Chavan, Shweta S; Sanathkumar, Naveen; Coleman, Elizabeth Ann; Lee, Jeannette Y; Goodwin, Julia A; Apewokin, Senu; Zhou, Daohong; Epstein, Joshua; Heuck, Christoph J; Vangsted, Annette J  (2014). Genome-wide scan identifies variant in 2q12.3 associated with risk for multiple myeloma. Blood, 124 (12) , 2001-3More Information

Coleman, Elizabeth Ann; Lee, Jeannette Y; Erickson, Stephen W; Goodwin, Julia A; Sanathkumar, Naveen; Raj, Vinay R; Zhou, Daohong; McKelvey, Kent D; Apewokin, Senu; Stephens, Owen; Enderlin, Carol A; Vangsted, Annette Juul; Reed, Patty J; Anaissie, Elias J  (2014). GWAS of 972 autologous stem cell recipients with multiple myeloma identifies 11 genetic variants associated with chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in CancerMore Information

Abdallah, Al-ola; Atrash, Shebli; Shahid, Zainab; Jameel, Muzaffar; Grazziutti, Monica; Apewokin, Senu; Kumar, Naveen S; Restrepo, Alejandro; Waheed, Sarah; Van Rhee, Frits; Heuck, Christoph J; Johann, Donald; Barlogie, Bart; Usmani, Saad Z  (2014). Patterns of central nervous system involvement in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia, 14 (3) , 211-4More Information

Apewokin, Senu; Wontumi, Gold-Marie; Kumar, Naveen S; Matin, Aasiya; Grazziutti, Monica  (2014). Severe mucositis and Clostridium difficile infection in adult autologous stem cell recipients: another question of the chicken or the egg?. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 20 (2) , 288More Information

Krishna, S G; Zhao, W; Apewokin, S K; Krishna, K; Chepyala, P; Anaissie, E J  (2013). Risk factors, preemptive therapy, and antiperistaltic agents for Clostridium difficile infection in cancer patients. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 15 (5) , 493-501More Information

Steinbach, William J; Marr, Kieren A; Anaissie, Elias J; Azie, Nkechi; Quan, Shun-Ping; Meier-Kriesche, Herwig-Ulf; Apewokin, Senu; Horn, David L  (2012). Clinical epidemiology of 960 patients with invasive aspergillosis from the PATH Alliance registry. The Journal of infection, 65 (5) , 453-64More Information

Apewokin, S; Steciuk, M; Griffin, S; Jhala, D  (2010). Strongyloides hyperinfection diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage in an immunocompromized host. Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology, 21 (5) , 345-7More Information

Apewokin, Senu K; Geisler, William M; Bachmann, Laura H  (2010). Spontaneous resolution of extragenital chlamydial and gonococcal infections prior to therapy. Sexually transmitted diseases, 37 (5) , 343-4More Information

Khan, R; Apewokin, S; Grazziutti, M; Yaccoby, S; Epstein, J; van Rhee, F; Rosenthal, A; Waheed, S; Usmani, S; Atrash, S; Kumar, S; Hoering, A; Crowley, J; Shaughnessy, J D; Barlogie, B  (2015). Renal insufficiency retains adverse prognostic implications despite renal function improvement following Total Therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. LeukemiaMore Information

Apewokin, Senu; Vyas, Keyur; Lester, Laura K; Grazzuitti, Monica; Haselow, Dirk T; Wolfe, Frankie; Roberts, Michelle; Bellamy, William; Kumar, Naveen Sanath; Hunter, Dolris; Lee, Jeannette; Laudadio, Jennifer; Wheeler, J Gary; Bradsher, Robert  (2014). Influenza a outbreak in an ambulatory stem cell transplant center. Open forum infectious diseases, 1 (2) , ofu050More Information

Apewokin, Senu; Lee, Jeannette Y; Goodwin, Julia A; McKelvey, Kent D; Stephens, Owen W; Zhou, Daohong; Coleman, Elizabeth Ann  (2018). Host genetic susceptibility to Clostridium difficile infections in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation: a genome-wide association study. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 26 (9) , 3127-3134More Information

Clancy, Cornelius J; Pappas, Peter G; Vazquez, Jose; Judson, Marc A; Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P; Thompson, George R; Garey, Kevin W; Reboli, Annette; Greenberg, Richard N; Apewokin, Senu; Lyon, G Marshall; Ostrosky-Zeichner, Luis; Wu, Alan H B; Tobin, Ellis; Nguyen, M Hong; Caliendo, Angela M  (2018). Detecting Infections Rapidly and Easily for Candidemia Trial, Part 2 (DIRECT2): A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the T2Candida Panel. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 66 (11) , 1678-1686More Information

Bari, Khurram; Luckett, Keith; Kaiser, Tiffany; Diwan, Tayyab; Cuffy, Madison; Schoech, Michael R; Safdar, Kamran; Blackard, Jason T; Apewokin, Senu; Paterno, Flavio; Sherman, Kenneth E; Zucker, Stephen D; Anwar, Nadeem; Shah, Shimul A  (2018). Hepatitis C transmission from seropositive, nonviremic donors to non-hepatitis C liver transplant recipients. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 67 (5) , 1673-1682More Information

Kamal, M; Apewokin, S; Anand, M; Abu Jawdeh, B G; Govil, A; Sheikh, M M; Shah, S  (2017). Late-Onset Allograft Aspergillosis in an HIV-Positive Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report. Transplantation proceedings, 49 (7) , 1570-1573More Information

Vargas, Edwin; Apewokin, Senu; Madan, Rajat  (2017). Role of the leukocyte response in normal and immunocompromised host after Clostridium difficile infection. Anaerobe, 45, 101-105More Information

Matin, Aasiya; Sharma, Smriti; Mathur, Pankaj; Apewokin, Senu K  (2017). Myelosuppression-sparing treatment of central nervous system nocardiosis in a multiple myeloma patient utilizing a tedizolid-based regimen: a case report. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 49 (4) , 488-492More Information

Apewokin, S; Goodwin, J A; Lee, J Y; Erickson, S W; Sanathkumar, N; Raj, V R; Zhou, D; McKelvey, K D; Stephens, O; Coleman, E A  (2015). Contribution of Clostridium difficile infection to the development of lower gastrointestinal adverse events during autologous stem cell transplantation. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 17 (4) , 566-73More Information

Baddley, John W; Apewokin, Senu  (2008). Prevention of Invasive Aspergillosis in High-Risk Patients: Universal Versus Preemptive, Targeted Treatment. Current fungal infection reports, 2, 61-68More Information

Mendy, Angelico; Wu, Xiao; Keller, Jason L; Fassler, Cecily S; Apewokin, Senu; Mersha, Tesfaye B; Xie, Changchun; Pinney, Susan M  (2021). Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Respiratory medicine, 178, 106313More Information

Mendy, Angelico; Keller, Jason L; Apewokin, Senu; Morrow, Ardythe L  (2020). Is Blood Type Associated with COVID-19 Severity?. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciencesMore Information

Mendy, Angelico; Apewokin, Senu; Wells, Anjanette A; Morrow, Ardythe L  (2020). Factors Associated with Hospitalization and Disease Severity in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population of COVID-19 Patients. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciencesMore Information

Apewokin, Senu; Onyishi, Ngozi  (2020). Influenza-like Illness Definition Pertaining to Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 70 (12) , 2749More Information

Pavia, Andrew T; Ison, Michael G; Wolfe, Cameron R; Uyeki, Timothy M  (2020). Response to Apewokin and Onyishi. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 70 (12) , 2749-2750More Information

Durand, Christine M; Werbel, William; Doby, Brianna; Brown, Diane; Desai, Niraj M; Malinis, Maricar; Price, Jennifer; Chin-Hong, Peter; Mehta, Shikha; Friedman-Moraco, Rachel; Turgeon, Nicole A; Gilbert, Alexander; Morris, Michele I; Stosor, Valentina; Elias, Nahel; Aslam, Saima; Santos, Carlos A Q; Hand, Jonathan M; Husson, Jennifer; Pruett, Timothy L; Agarwal, Avinash; Adebiyi, Oluwafisayo; Pereira, Marcus; Small, Catherine B; Apewokin, Senu; Heun Lee, Dong; Haidar, Ghady; Blumberg, Emily; Mehta, Sapna A; Huprikar, Shirish; Florman, Sander S; Redd, Andrew D; Tobian, Aaron A R; Segev, Dorry L  (2020). Clarifying the HOPE Act landscape: The challenge of donors with false-positive HIV results. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 20 (2) , 617-619More Information

Luckett, Keith; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Bari, Khurram; Safdar, Kamran; Schoech, Michael R; Apewokin, Senu; Diwan, Tayyab S; Cuffy, Madison C; Anwar, Nadeem; Shah, Shimul A  (2019). Use of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Donor Livers in Hepatitis C Nonviremic Liver Transplant Recipients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 228 (4) , 560-567More Information

Apewokin, S; Madan, R; Restrepo, A; Hemmige, V S; Arora, S  (2018). Clinical and Health Care Utilization Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in HIV-Positive Recipients: A Nationwide Analysis From 2008-2013. Transplantation proceedings, 50 (10) , 3361-3366More Information

Kharofa, Jordan; Apewokin, Senu; Alenghat, Theresa; Ollberding, Nicholas J  (2022). Metagenomic analysis of the fecal microbiome in colorectal cancer patients compared to healthy controls as a function of age. Cancer medicineMore Information

Hillenbrand, Molly; Mendy, Angelico; Patel, Kavya; Wilkinson, Racheal; Liao, Siyun; Robertson, Jamie; Apewokin, Senu  (2022). The Incidence of Ocular Complications in Candidemic Patients and Implications for the Practice of Routine ?Eye Exams. Open forum infectious diseases, 9 (4) , ofac045More Information

Durand, Christine M; Florman, Sander; Motter, Jennifer D; Brown, Diane; Ostrander, Darin; Yu, Sile; Liang, Tao; Werbel, William A; Cameron, Andrew; Ottmann, Shane; Hamilton, James P; Redd, Andrew D; Bowring, Mary G; Eby, Yolanda; Fernandez, Reinaldo E; Doby, Brianna; Labo, Nazzarena; Whitby, Denise; Miley, Wendell; Friedman-Moraco, Rachel; Turgeon, Nicole; Price, Jennifer C; Chin-Hong, Peter; Stock, Peter; Stosor, Valentina; Kirchner, Varvara A; Pruett, Timothy; Wojciechowski, David; Elias, Nahel; Wolfe, Cameron; Quinn, Thomas C; Odim, Jonah; Morsheimer, Megan; Mehta, Sapna A; Rana, Meenakshi M; Huprikar, Shirish; Massie, Allan; Tobian, Aaron A R; Segev, Dorry L  (2022). HOPE in action: A prospective multicenter pilot study of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 22 (3) , 853-864More Information

Jose, Arun; Apewokin, Senu; Hussein, Walaa E; Ollberding, Nicholas J; Elwing, Jean M; Haslam, David B  (2022). A unique gut microbiota signature in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A pilot study. Pulmonary circulation, 12 (1) , e12051More Information

Mendy, Angelico; Wu, Xiao; Keller, Jason L; Fassler, Cecily S; Apewokin, Senu; Mersha, Tesfaye B; Xie, Changchun; Pinney, Susan M  (2021). Air pollution and the pandemic: Long-term PM2.5 exposure and disease severity in COVID-19 patients. Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 26 (12) , 1181-1187More Information

Invited Presentations

Senu Apewokin (03-20-2013. ) (In Press. ) Infection Prevention in Multiple Myeloma patients . Level:International

Infection Prevention in Multiple Myeloma patients

Senu Apewokin,S. Susanibaradaniya MD, A. Pande, S. Parajuli MD, MD, Monica Grazzuitti MD (09-20-2015. ) (In Progress. ) Procalcitonin Guided Antimicrobial Stewardship During Engraftment in Autologous Stemcell Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Cohort Study of 100 pts .ICAAC 2015 ASM’s Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Diego, USA, San Diego. Conference. . Level:International

Department of Defense (Healthcare-Associated Infection Reduction (HCAIR) ) Reviewer Type:Grant Panel Level:National 05-19-2015 -To Present

Visual Dx : WWW.VISUALDX.COM (Infectious Disease editorial board ) Editorial Board Member Type:Editorial Service Level:International 07-01-2009 -To Present

T1 Grant reviews CTSA (T1 study section ) Member Type:Grant Panel Level:Local 01-15-2015

World Journal of Gastroenterology Reviewer Type:Editorial Service Level:International 04-01-2014

The American Journal of Medical Sciences Reviewer Type:Editorial Service Level:National 10-01-2014

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