Melina Awar, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Internal Medicine Residency Program


Biography

Dr. Awar earned her medical degree with AOA honors from the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.  She continued on to complete her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California where she also served an additional year as Chief Resident for the Department of Medicine.  Dr. Awar is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine.  She is currently Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Houston Methodist Hospital.  She is board certified in internal medicine, and is a member of the American College of Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine.  Along with her duties as Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and academic hospitalist for the University Teaching Service, Dr. Awar is active in graduate medical education and provides bedside and classroom instruction to internal medicine residents and medical students.  She is a member of several hospital committees focused on quality management and organizational performance.

Areas Of Expertise

Hospital Medicine Resident Education Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Education & Training

Residency, University of California at Los Angeles
Internship, University of California at Los Angeles
MD, University of Hawaii School of Medicine
Publications

In older adults, an Ad26.RSV.preF-RSV preF protein vaccine reduced RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease
Awar, M & Mylonakis, E 2023, , Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 176, no. 6. https://doi.org/10.7326/J23-0039

In older adults, an AS01E-adjuvanted RSVPreF3 OA vaccine reduced RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease
Awar, M & Mylonakis, E 2023, , Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 176, no. 6, pp. JC62-JC63. https://doi.org/10.7326/J23-0038

Design and Integration of a Texting Tool to Keep Patients’ Family Members Updated During Hospitalization: Family Members’ Perspectives
Bruce, CR, Kamencik-Wright, A, Zuniga-Georgy, N, Vinh, TM, Shah, H, Shallcross, J, Giammattei, C, O’Rourke, C, Smith, M, Bruchhaus, L, Bowens, Y, Goode, K, Arabie, LA, Sauceda, K, Pacha, M, Martinez, S, Chisum, J, Saldaña DO, RB, Desai, SN, Awar, M & R. Vernon, T 2023, , Journal of Patient Experience, vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231154963

Design and Integration of a Texting Tool to Keep Patients’ Family Members Updated During Hospitalization: Clinicians’ Perspectives
Bruce, CR, Kamencik-Wright, A, Zuniga-Georgy, N, Vinh, TM, Shah, H, Shallcross, J, Giammattei, C, O’Rourke, C, Smith, M, Bruchhaus, L, Bowens, Y, Goode, K, Arabie, LA, Sauceda, K, Pacha, M, Martinez, S, Chisum, J, Benjamin Saldaña, R, Nicholas Desai, S, Awar, M & Vernon, TR 2023, , Journal of Patient Experience, vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231160423

Recurrent small bowel obstruction caused by Burkitt lymphoma in an elderly man: A case report and review of the literature
Kasparian, S, Burns, E, Shehabeldin, A, Awar, M & Pingali, SR 2020, , Journal of Medical Case Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 127. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-02449-y

Academic Hospitalists and Health Care Costs
Robbins, RJ, Perez, JA, Awar, M & Clewing, JM 2019, , American Journal of Medicine, vol. 132, no. 7, pp. e628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.03.007

Comparison of Direct Patient Care Costs and Quality Outcomes of the Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitalist Services at a Large Academic Medical Center
Perez Perez, JA, Awar, M, Nezamabadi, A, Ogunti, R, Puppala, M, Colton, L, Clewing, JM, Ketkar, S, Wong, STC & Robbins, RJ 2018, , Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 491-497. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002026

Case Report: Acute Cerebellar Thrombosis in an Adult Patient with IgM Nephropathy
Adike, A, Cherry, M & Awar, M 2016, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 247-9. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-11-4-247

Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B reinfection in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients after liver transplantation
Saab, S, Yeganeh, M, Nguyen, K, Durazo, F, Han, S, Yersiz, H, Farmer, DG, Goldstein, LI, Tong, MJ & Busuttil, RW 2009, , Liver Transplantation, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 1525-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.21882

Hepatitis C and lymphoproliferative disorders: from mixed cryoglobulinemia to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Martyak, LA, Yeganeh, M & Saab, S 2009, , Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 900-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2009.03.035