Albert J. Eid, MD, MSc

Professional Background

Dr Albert Eid received his medical degree from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at East Tennessee State University and Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. His clinical and research focus has been infectious diseases in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients. He joined the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Kansas Medical Center in July 2007 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2011 and to Professor in July 2025. He is serving as a Director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases section since October 2022.

• MD, Medicine, St. Joseph's University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
• MSC, Biological and Medical Sciences, St. Joseph's University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon
• Residency, Endocrinology, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon , Beirut, Lebanon
• Internship, Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, Johnson City, TN
• Residency, Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, Johnson City, TN
• Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN

• Infectious Diseases , American Board of Internal Medicine

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Research

Overview

Dr Albert Eid has a special interest in clinical and translational research focused on infectious diseases in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients. He has been involved in numerous studies evaluating viral infections in transplant recipients, with special focus on cytomegalovirus, herpes viruses in general, Parvovirus B19, and COVID-19.

• CMV-specific immunity at the end of primary prophylaxis as a predictor of CMV viremia or disease in kidney transplant recipients. , Research grant from the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology, Molecular genetics, and Immunology. GR17355, PI

• Eid Albert Jamil, Brown Robert, Hart Gregory, Razonable Raymund. 2006. Assessment of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNAemia and toll-like receptor polymorphisms in patients with acute myocardial infarction.. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, 119, S189-S189
• Eid Albert Jamil, Brown RA, Patel R, Razonable RR. 2006. Parvovirus B19 infection after transplantation: a review of 98 cases.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 43 (1), 40-8
• Eid Albert Jamil, Berbari Elie F, Sia Irene G, Wengenack Nancy L, Osmon Douglas R, Razonable Raymund R. 2007. Prosthetic joint infection due to rapidly growing mycobacteria: Report of 8 cases and review of the literature. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 45 (6), 687-694
• Eid Albert Jamil, Posfay-Barbe KM. 2009. Parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplant recipients.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 9 Suppl 4, S147-50
• Eid Albert Jamil, Chen SF. 2013. Human parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplantation.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 13 Suppl 4, 201-5
• Singh Nina, Sifri Costi D, Silveira Fernanda P, Miller Rachel, Gregg Kevin S, Huprikar Shirish, Lease Erika D, Zimmer Andrea, Dummer J. Stephen, Spak Cedric W, Koval Christine, Banach David B, Shroff Miloni, Le Jade, Ostrander Darin, Avery Robin, Eid Albert Jamil, Razonable Raymund R, Montero Jose, Blumberg Emily, Alynbiawi Ahlaam, Morris Michele I, Randall Henry B, Alangaden George, Tessier Jeffrey, Wagener Marilyn M, Sun Hsin Yun. 2015. Cryptococcosis in Patients With Cirrhosis of the Liver and Posttransplant Outcomes. TRANSPLANTATION, 99 (10), 2132-2141
• Singh Nina, Sifri Costi D, Silveira Fernanda P, Miller Rachel, Gregg Kevin S, Huprikar Shirish, Lease Erika D, Zimmer Andrea, Dummer J. Stephen, Spak Cedric W, Koval Christine, Banach David B, Shroff Miloni, Le Jade, Ostrander Darin, Avery Robin, Eid Albert Jamil, Razonable Raymund R, Montero Jose, Blumberg Emily, Alynbiawi Ahlaam, Morris Michele I, Randall Henry B, Alangaden George, Tessier Jeffrey, Cacciarelli Thomas V, Wagener Marilyn M, Sun Hsin Yun. 2017. Unique characteristics of cryptococcosis identified after death in patients with liver cirrhosis: comparison with concurrent cohort diagnosed antemortem. MEDICAL MYCOLOGY, 55 (3), 278-284
• Eid Albert J, Ardura Monica I. 2019. Human parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplantation: Guidelines from the American society of transplantation infectious diseases community of practice. CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 33 (9)
• Saha A, Browning C, Dandamudi R, Barton K, Graepel K, Cullity M, Abusalah W, Christine D, Rossi C, Drexler N, Basavaraju S, Annambhotia P, Guillamet RV, Eid AJ, Maliakkal J, Miller A, Hugge C, Dharnidharka VR, Kandula P, Moritz MJ. 2021. Donor-derived ehrlichiosis: two clusters following solid organ transplantation.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Mason M, Gregory E, Foster K, Klatt M, Zoubek S, Eid AJ. 2022. Pharmacologic Management of Mycobacterium chimaera Infections: A Primer for Clinicians.. Open forum infectious diseases, 9 (7), ofac287