Claude Bassil, MD, FACP, FASN

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine

Program Director, Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship

Renal Coordinator, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Contact Info

• Academic Email: cbassil1@usf.edu
• Academic Phone: (813) 974-2201
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Education

Awards/Honors

• Top Doctors: Nephrology and Hypertension (Tampa Magazine - 2021)
• Top Doctors: Nephrology and Hypertension (Tampa Magazine - 2020)
• Faculty of the year Mentor Award (USF Nephrology - 2018)
• Outstanding Patient Care Award (USF Internal Medicine - 2017)
• Faculty of the Year Mentor Award (USF Nephrology - 2017)
• Faculty Mentor of the Year (USF Nephrology - 2016)
• 2015 Summer Medical Student Research Fellowship Award (American Heart Association - 2015)
• Excellent Service as Chief Fellow (University of South Florida - 2014)

Memberships

• Member (Moffitt VHL Clinical Care Center Team, 2017 - Present)
• Member (International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy, 2015 - Present)
• Member (International Society of Nephrology, 2014 - Present)
• Member (American Society of Nephrology, 2012 - Present)
• Member (National Kidney Foundational, 2012 - Present)
• Member (American College of Physicians, 2009 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Wood AC, Perez AP, Arciola B, Patel K, Johnson G, DiMaggio E, Bachmeier CA, Reid K, Carallo S, Vargas MH, Faramand R, Chavez JC, Shah B, Gaballa S, Khimani F, Elmariah H, Nishihori T, Lazaryan A, Freeman C, Davila ML, Locke FL, Mhaskar R, Bassil C, Jain MD. Outcomes of CD19 targeted CAR T-cell Therapy for Patients with Reduced Renal Function Including Dialysis. Transplantation and cellular therapy. , 2022.
• Firaas Khan Lachlan Shiver Chen Wang Katsiaryna Khatskevich Claude Bassil Brandon J, Manley Wade J, Sexton Michael A, Poch Heather L, Huelster Philippe E, Spies. The Use of Hemostatic Agents in Partial Nephrectomy of Localized Renal Lesions: Trends and Outcomes Society of Urologic Oncology. , 2022.
• Anthony Wood Brian Arciola Kedar Patel Grace Johnson Ariel Perez Christina Bachmeier Elizabeth DiMaggio Julio Chavez Bijal Shah Samah Gaballa Farhad Khimani Taiga Nishihori Aleksandr Lazaryan Ciara Freeman Marco Davila Frederick Locke Rahul Mhaskar Claude Bassil Michael Jain. Outcomes of CAR T-cell Therapy for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in Patients with Reduced Renal Function Including Dialysis Transplant and Cellular Therapy Meeting, ASTCT. , 2022.
• Murakami N, Mulvaney P, Danesh M, Abudayyeh A, Diab A, Abdel-Wahab N, Abdelrahim M, Khairallah P, Shirazian S, Kukla A, Owoyemi IO, Alhamad T, Husami S, Menon M, Santeusanio A, Blosser CD, Zuniga SC, Soler MJ, Moreso F, Mithani Z, Ortiz-Melo D, Jaimes EA, Gutgarts V, Lum E, Danovitch GM, Cardarelli F, Drews RE, Bassil C, Swank JL, Westphal S, Mannon RB, Shirai K, Kitchlu A, Ong S, Machado SM, Mothi SS, Ott PA, Rahma O, Hodi FS, Sise ME, Gupta S, Leaf DE, Devoe CE, Wanchoo R, Nair VV, Schmults CD, Hanna GJ, Sprangers B, Riella LV, Jhaveri KD. A multi-center study on safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients with kidney transplant. Kidney international. 100(1) : 196-205, 2021.
• Shuchi Anand Claude Bassil Meghan E Sise An extra year of onco-nephrology fellowship training is not required for the subspecialty: Journal of Onco-Nephrology. , 2020.
• Claude Bassil Farhad Khiman. Immunotherapy use in kidney transplant recipients: immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cell therapy Journal of Onco-Nephrology. , 2020.
• Lee DH, Kumar A, Radoianu N, Ehren L, Bassil C. A Case of Diffuse and Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in Waldenstrom''s Macroglobulinemia. Cureus. 12(9) : e10694, 2020.
• Alqassimi S Chavez O Bassil C Pranjal J Durr J Anion gap and negative osmotic Gap due to Remdesivir’s Excipient American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week. , 2020.
• Kerr Daniel A Mushtaq S Mirza S Shah S Hassanein H Shirley K Lee J-H Lopez R Shah B Bassil . A Single-Institution Study of Renal Outcomes in Patients Receiving Checkpoint Inhibitors Journal of Cancer Research. 2(3) : 298 - 303, 2019.
• Kerr Daniel AMushtaq Sarah Mirza Abu-Sayeef Shah Savan Hassanein HatemShirley KaylaLee Jung-hoon Bassil Claud. A Single-Institution Study of Renal Outcomes in Patients Receiving Checkpoint Inhibitors, American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week. , 2019.
• Chandrasekhar Sanjay A, Gupta SumitChavez Octavio Doumit Elias Bassil Claud. Syphilis-Associated Idiopathic Nodular Glomerulosclerosis . American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week. , 2019.
• Diaz-Cabrera Natalie Chow Timothy M Gupta Sumit Doumit Elias Bassil Claude, . Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Minimal Change Disease in a Patient with Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Complicated by Chronic Graft vs. Host Disease American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week. , 2019.
• Chow Timothy MDiaz-Cabrera NatalieChavez Octavio Rosales John Paul Bassil Claud. Successful Maintenance Treatment of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits with Low-Dose Steroids American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week. , 2019.
• Wanchoo R, Bayer RL, Bassil C, Jhaveri KD. Emerging Concepts in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Prospects for New Treatments. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 72(6) : 857-865, 2018.
• C Williams DH Lee Y Zhang O Obi F, Abed J Durr C, Bassi. Spectrum of renal manifestions of cardiac valve vegetation Scientific Abstracts, Journal of General Internal Medicine. 33(618) , 2018.
• Mushtaq S, Kerr D, Mirza A-S, Shah BD, Bassil C A Single-Institution Study of Renal Outcomes in Patients Receiving Checkpoint Inhibitors J Clin Oncol. 36: abstr e15079, 2018.
• Journal of General Internal Medicine 2018;33(S2):S618, . SC Williams, DH Lee, Y Zhang, O Obi, F. Abed, J Durr, C. Bassil. Spectrum of renal manifestions of cardiac valve vegetation- Scientific Abstracts. SGIM. , 2018.
• Katherine Robinson Onyekachi Obi Gautam-Krishna Kopallil Claude Bassil. Role of Steroids in Relapsing Light Chain Myeloma Patient with Dialysis Dependent Acute Renal Failure and Interstitial Nephritis" . American Society of Nephrology. , 2018.
• ShirleyKayla; RobinsonKatherine; Abu-Al-Rub Fadee; BassilClaude. Role of Eculizumab in Dialysis Dependent Acute Kidney Injury Secondary to Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome” American Society of Nephrology. , 2018.
• Alvarado Francisco; Shirley Kayla; Abu-Al-Rub Fadee; Bassil Claude. Who Did It? An Unusual Case of an AKI MM and CLL in a patient with Multiple Myeloma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia American Society of Nephrology. , 2018.
• Lindsey Ehren Dae Hyun Lee Kayla Shirley Abu-Sayeef Mirza Onyekachi Obi Donald Wheeler Rachid Baz Claude Bassil. Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy with Multiple Myeloma: Resolution with Chemotherapy”. Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy with Multiple Myeloma: Resolution with Chemotherapy American Society of Nephrology. , 2018.
• Lindsey Ehren Dae Hyun Lee Abhishek Kumar Nicoleta Radoianu Claude Bassil. A Case of Diffuse and Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. Lindsey American Society of Nephrology. , 2018.
• Verma S, Shirley K, Bassil C Using Steroids in Acute Interstitial Nephritis Secondary to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors American Society of Nephrology 2017 , Annual Meeting , New Orleans October 2017. , 2017.
• Kayla Shirley Sean Verma Claude Bassil, . The Great Masquerader: Persistent Hypercalcemia in a Multiple Myeloma Patient American Society of Nephrology 2017 , Annual Meeting , New Orleans October 2017. , 2017.
• Verma S, Shirley K, Bassil C AKI Secondary to Sunitinib in a Renal Allograft Patient American Society of Nephrology 2017 , Annual Meeting , New Orleans October 2017. , 2017.
• Mirza AS, Verma S, Fu L, Bassil C. Thrombotic Microangiopathy With Granulomatosis Interstitial Nephritis in an Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of hematology. 6(2-3) : 52-58, 2017.
• Abu-Sayeef Mirza MD Sean Verma MD Liying Fu MD Claude Bassil MD . Thrombotic Microangiopathy with Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis in Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Journal of Hematology. 6(2) : pages 52-58, 2017.
• Verma S, Bassily E, Leighton S, Mhaskar R, Sunjic I, Martin A, Rihana N, Jarmi T, Bassil C. Renal Function and Outcomes With Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Inotropes in End-Stage Heart Failure: A Retrospective Single Center Study. Journal of clinical medicine research. 9(7) : 596-604, 2017.
• Abu-Sayeef Mirza Sarah Mushtaq Revati Reddy Min Mousa Chandrashekar Bohra Kullatham Kongpakpaisarn Rahul Suresh Mhaskar Michael Vishal Jaglal Claude Bassil . A single-center study of cancer and chemotherapy-induced kidney disease American Journal of Clinical Oncology. , 2017.
• Chandrashekar Bohra MD Sean Verma Claude Bassil . Anti-Thympcyte Globulin Induced Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient with Aplastic Anemia. National Kidney Foundation 2017. , 2017.
• Sean Verma MD Abu-Sayeef Mirza MD MPH Claude Bassil . Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant Patient National Kidney Foundation 2017 Spring Clinical Meetings. , 2017.
• Sean Verma , Emmanuel Bassily ,Donald Wheeler , Claude Bassil. Using Steroids for Nephrotic Syndrome in Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal IgG Deposits. ASN Kidney Week , Chicago 2016 ASN Kidney Week. , 2016.
• Sean Verma ,Emmanuel Bassily, Shane Leighton ,Igor Sunjic, Angel Martin,Rahul Mhaskar, Tambi Jarmi, Claude Bassil, . Comparing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Continuous Inotrope Infusion for Renal Function and Outcomes in End Stage Heart Failure . ASN Kidney Week , Chicago 2016 ASN Kidney Week. , 2016.
• Angel Martin, Igor Sunjic ,Elizabeth Haynes , Leah Clark , Claude Bassil. Development of Nephrogenic Systemic Sclerosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease. British Journal of Renal Medicine. 21(3) , 2016.
• Igor Sunjic, Anthony Nguyen, Jacques Durr, Claude Bassil . Dual Paraneoplastic Syndromes in metastatic small cell carcinoma . British Journal of Renal Medicine. 21(4) , 2016.
• Amit N, Shah, Adam G, Winkler, Claude Bassil Donald E, Wheeler Jacques A, Durr, Div of Nephrology. Acute HIVAN in a HIV-Naïve Patient During Primary HIV Infection and High Viral Load JASN supplement. , 2015.
• Rayane NassarM, TahaC, Bassil J, LamarcheC, Courville A, Peguer. Light Chain Proximal Tubulpathy National Kidney Foundation 2012. , 2013.
• Claude Bassil, MD;Jorge Lamarche,MD;Craig Courville,MD;Alfredo Peguero,MD;Rayane Nassar,MD (2012). Role of steroids in NSAIDs Induced MCD, with severe AKI Dialysis dependent National Kidney Foundation Meeting.. , 2013.
• Geara AS, Azzi N, Bassil C, El-Sayegh S. Aspirin resistance in hemodialysis patients International Urology and Nephrology. 44(1) : 323-325, 2012.
• Geara AS, Azzi N, Bassil C, El-Sayegh S. Aspirin resistance in hemodialysis patients. International urology and nephrology. 44(1) : 323-5, 2012.
• Geara AS, Azzi N, Ghimire P, Abdallah M, Siddiqui A, Bassil C, El-Sayegh S. The impact of reporting estimated glomerular filtration rate. Renal failure. 33(5) : 486-8, 2011.
• Abdallah S Geara, Nadine Azzi, Pratima Ghimire, Marie Abdallah, Ayesha Siddiqui, Claude Bassil, Suzanne El-­‐‑Sayegh. The impact of reporting estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ASN meeting 2011. , 2011.
• R Chahine, J Hanna, C Bassil, N Rihana, A Mounayar, H Greige. Beneficial effect of taurine in spontaneous hypertensive rats: Implication of its antioxidant activity African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. , 2010.
• Geara AS, Castellanos MR, Bassil C, Schuller-Levis G, Park E, Smith M, Goldman M, Elsayegh S. Effects of parathyroid hormone on immune function. Clinical & developmental immunology. 2010, 2010.
• R Chahine ;J Hanna ; C Bassil ; N Rihana ; S Abboud ; H Greige. (2008). Implication of the antioxidant activity of taurine in decreasing blood pressure of spontaneous hypertensive rats Troisième congrès commun de Physiologie, Pharmacologie et Thérapeutique.. , 2008.
• Hanna. J, Bassil. C, Rihana. N, Aboud. S, Greige. H, Chahine. R. Implication of the antioxidant activity of taurine in decreasing blood pressure of spontaneous hypertensive rats Printemps de la Cardiologie. , 2008.
• Goodman S, ; Kigonya C, ; Chow T, ; Bassil C. Patient with COVID-19 related collapsing glomerulopathy ; Nephrology Kidney Week, 2021 American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 77(4) : 598-599

Positions Held

• Program Director (Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship, University of South Florida 2017 - 2020)