Sarwat Khalil

Assistant Professor of Medicine @BCMHouston. Associate Program Director ID Fellowship. Co-Director- Transplant ID @StLukesHealthTX
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[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

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[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

Relationship status between mcfDNA diagnostic testing and clinical outcomes ? It’s complicated !! 🤓🧬🔬
#ichs #stewardship #mcfdna #clinicalimpact @RizwanSohailMD @BCMDeptMedicine @BCMIDFellowship

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

mcfDNA diagnostic stewardship strategies, as currently implemented, were not associated with higher PCI, possibly due to variable and suboptimal restriction policies across institutions, underscoring the need to optimize mcfDNA ordering practices.

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

An amazing session with a great discussion on shifting diagnostic paradigms and stewardship!
@IchsGlobal @bcmhouston @RizwanSohailMD

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Excellent session at @IchsGlobal with @SarwatKMD and Rodrigo Hasbun on the growing role of #mNGS testing in #ICH. Dr. Khalil reviewed plasma mcfDNA for pulmonary infections, and I spoke on integrating these technologies into clinical practice with focus on #stewardship.

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

Looking forward to an amazing session by the expert himself!! 🫀
#bcmidfellowship
#CIEDInfection #Diagnosis #Management #Preventions

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Register for live streaming here: https://t.co/6G2z2WAd7a

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

@IDWeekmtg @BCMIDFellowship
@bcmhouston
@RizwanSohailMD

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Seen @IDWeekmtg 2025.
@SarwatKMD @BCMIDFellowship
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[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

Complex cases often teach the most!! Great Insights on managing aortic endograft infections! Proud of our BCM ID fellow, Dr. Haitham Alaithan, for an inspiring presentation. @IDWeekmtg @BCMIDFellowship @RizwanSohailMD

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Managing aortic endograft infections is no small feat - they’re complex, rare, and often humbling. Our BCM ID fellow, Dr. Haitham Alaithan, delivered an excellent presentation @IDWeekmtg on our #BSLMC experience with these challenging cases. @SarwatKMD @BCMIDFellowship

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

An amazing presentation and achievement! Super proud!
@RizwanSohailMD @bcmhouston @BCMIDFellowship

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Our brilliant PGY-3 Dr. Emily Xiao gave one of the best oral presentations I’ve heard—on antibiotic duration for CIED systemic infections @ IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta. Insightful, evidence-based, and flawlessly delivered. #ProudMentors @SarwatKMD @bcmhouston

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Excited to co-host this dinner with my partner-in-crime, @SarwatKMD — gathering site investigators from Duke, @MayoClinic , Harvard, UCLA, Yale, Northwestern, UCSF, U of MI, and more. Together, we are defining the future of ID diagnostics in SOT and CV infections. @bcmhouston

[Joanna Schaenman MD PhD @jschaenman]

This is such a wonderful reference for anyone interested in transplant ID! #TID #IDSky @IDWeekmtg @TxID_Fellows #MedEd

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

Our proposed algorithm for deciding when echo is necessary

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

🫀Echo Smarter, Not Harder!

Not all S. aureus bacteremia needs echo. Timing of blood culture positivity + PREDICT helps us strike the balance: catching endocarditis, sparing low-risk patients @RizwanSohailMD @bcmhouston @BCMIDFellowship

🔥just out in CID https://t.co/X8Mh6KZYl5

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

@bcmhouston @BCMIDFellowship @RizwanSohailMD

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

From Guidelines to Bedside: CIED Infection Management for the Primary Teams!

Internists, hospitalists & ED clinicians are often first to evaluate patients with CIED + bacteremia

We propose a simplified approach to guide care & improve outcomes, prior to ID and EP consultation

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

Bridging the Gap 🧠🩺❤️‍🩹

CIED infection guidelines: written by experts, understood by ... well, mostly other experts!

But guess who sees the patient first? ED docs, hospitalists, internists.

This paper is for them — less Latin, more guidance!

@bcmhouston @SarwatKMD @amjmed

[Clinical Infectious Diseases @CIDJournal]

The Next Step: Role of Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing for Microbial Detection in Culture-negative Cardiovascular infections

✅ Just Accepted
✍️ @SarwatKMD @BCMHouston @RizwanSohailMD
🔗 https://t.co/VnsaG9As5P

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

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[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

When echoes echo doubt, and PET scans blink—mcfDNA might just whisper the truth!
Our take on ruling out CIED infections with serial plasma sequencing.@RizwanSohailMD @bcmhouston @BCMIDFellowship

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

@BCMIDFellowship @bcmhouston Read the full article here: https://t.co/nCrDy2t3oq

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

We are teaming up with some of the sharpest minds to shake up ID diagnostics! 🚀 Time to turn 🧬 data into practice-changing evidence and make sure patients get the best care possible. Stay tuned—this could get contagious! 😉🦠 #Transplant #mNGS @bcmhouston @BCMIDFellowship

[M. Rizwan Sohail, MD @RizwanSohailMD]

#mNGS is set to transform ID diagnostics, esp. in transplant patients & CV infections. Proud of our #Transplant ID faculty @SarwatKMD for leading a major multi-center effort (BCM, Harvard, Duke, Mayo, etc.) to understand its optimal use. Stay tuned! @BCMIDFellowship @bcmhouston

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

mcfDNA sequencing is particularly high yield and high impact in late onset infections in SOTR with detection of opportunitistic pathogens. #IDTwiiter #MedTwitter @TAInfDis

[Sarwat Khalil @SarwatKMD]

Plasma cfDNA sequencing shows promise in securing microbiologic diagnosis in infections in solid organ #transplant recipients, with positive clinical impact in 1 in 4 cases, identifying pathogens missed by traditional methods. @BCMIDFellowship @bcmhouston
https://t.co/tqqo6j6b1N