Rhea Varughese, MD MSc FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

Contact

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
Email
rhea.varughese@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-8909
Address
3-114 Clinical Sciences Building
11304 83 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2G3

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Lung Transplant Frailty Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes Quality of Life Rehabilitation


About

Dr. Rhea Varughese is an assistant professor and respirologist with a focus on lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension. She received her medical degree from the University of Calgary. She completed her internal medicine residency and respirology training at the University of Calgary. Dr. Varughese then completed her clinical lung transplant fellowship at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary followed by a research fellowship in transplantation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Varughese received her Master of Science in Epidemiology at the University of London/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She was recruited to the University of Alberta in 2020.


Research

Dr. Varughese is interested in advanced lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and lung transplantation. She works to understand the effects of multi-morbidity and frailty in patients with lung disease and transplants. She also is working to improve pulmonary rehabilitation for pulmonary hypertension patients. Her contributions have been published in peer reviewed journals.


Teaching

Dr. Varughese supervises all levels of clinical and research trainees. She provides clinical instruction and classroom teaching to medical students, residents, and pulmonary fellows. She also contributes to continuing medical education in lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension.

Featured Publications

Beaudry R.I., Brotto A.R., Varughese R.A., de Waal S., Fuhr D.P., Damant R.W., Ferrara G., Lam G.Y., Smith M.P., Stickland M.K.

Frontiers in Physiology. 2022 July; 13 10.3389/fphys.2022.917886


Li D, Abele J, Sunner P, Varughese R, Hirji A, Weinkauf J, Nagendran J, Lien D, Halloran K

Clinical Transplantation. 2022 June; 36 (6):e14650 10.1111/ctr.14650.


Zelt J.G.E., Sugarman J., Weatherald J., Partridge A.C.R., Liang J., Swiston J., Brunner N., Chandy G., Stewart D.J., Contreras-Dominguez V., Thakrar M., Helmersen D., Varughese R., Hirani N., Umar F., Dunne R., Doyle-Cox C., Foxall J., Mielniczuk L.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2022 June; 59 (6) 10.1183/13993003.01552-2021


Sekowski V., Jackson K., Halloran K., Varughese R., Nagendran J., Weinkauf J., Lien D., Hirji A.

Respiratory Medicine. 2022 June; 197 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106855


Change in Lung Function and Health Related Quality of Life in Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Provincial, 3-Month Follow-Up Study in Canada

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 May;


Understanding the Impact of Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction on Exercise Tolerance and Dyspnea Across the Continuum of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 May;


Weatherald J., Thakrar M.V., Varughese R.A., Kularatne M., Liu J., Harper L., Kiamanesh O., Fine N., Orlikow E., Nwaroh C., Thornton C., Swiston J., Kolkman L., Brunner N.W., Helmersen D., Hirani N.

JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 May; 41 (5):563-567 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.002


Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1358


Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1621


Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.720


Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 April; 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.1341


Lam G.Y., Befus D., Damant R.W., Ferrara G., Fuhr D.P., Laratta C.R., Lau A., Stickland M.K., Varughese R.A., Wong E.Y., Smith M.P.

JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2021 December; 291 (5):694-697 10.1111/joim.13427


Pre-transplant medications and primary graft dysfunction risk in lung transplant recipients

Alberta Respiratory Centre Research Day 2021. 2021 November;


Prognostic value of first post-transplant lung function

Alberta Respiratory Centre Research Day 2021. 2021 November;


Persistent dyspnea after COVID-19 infection is not related to impaired exercise capacity, gas exchange or lung mechanics

Alberta Respiratory Centre Research Day 2021. 2021 November;


Lupus Anticoagulant in the Long COVID Population: A Potential Link to Poor Exertional Tolerance After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Alberta Respiratory Centre Research Day 2021. 2021 November;


Lung Transplantation from Donors with Prior Substance Use

Alberta Respiratory Centre Research Day 2021. 2021 November;


Li D., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Hirji A., Varughese R., Lien D., Nagendran J., Halloran K.

Respiratory Medicine. 2021 November; 188 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106617


Thornton C.S., Puttagunta L., Helmersen D., Thakrar M.V., Nagendran J., Lien D., Varughese R.A.

Respirology Case Reports. 2021 November; 9 (12):e0872 10.1002/rcr2.872


CHEST. 2021 October; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.1986


Moolji J., Gill I., Varughese R., Adam B., Halloran K., Weinkauf J., Lien D., Mullen J., Hirji A.

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 2021 October; 114 (1):e25-e28 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.09.045


Congly S.E., Varughese R.A., Brown C.E., Clement F.M., Saxinger L.

Scientific Reports. 2021 September; 11 (1) 10.1038/s41598-021-97259-7


Lam G.Y., Befus A.D., Damant R.W., Ferrara G., Fuhr D.P., Stickland M.K., Varughese R.A., Wong E.Y., Smith M.P.

RESPIRATORY RESEARCH. 2021 August; 22 (1) 10.1186/s12931-021-01814-9


Li D., Abele J., Weinkauf J., Kapasi A., Hirji A., Varughese R., Nagendran J., Lien D., Doucette K., Halloran K.

Clinical Transplantation. 2021 July; 35 (7) 10.1111/ctr.14315


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