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Education
- University of Virginia School of Medicine, M.D.
- Aug 2024-May 2028 (expected)
- College of William and Mary, B.S. in Neuroscience and Minor in Computational & Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Aug 2020-Dec 2023
- GPA: 4.0
- North Cross School, High School Diploma
Clinical Research
- Sep 2023-Present: Student Researcher
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Mentor: Zubair A. Hashmi, MD
- March 2025-Present: Student Researcher
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Mentors: Ariana G. Greenwell, MD ; Jeremy P. Middleton, MD
- July 2025-Present: Student Researcher
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- Mentor: Jonathan J. Carmouche, MD
Wet Lab
- May 2023-Aug 2023: Student Researcher
- Dec 2020-Dec 2023: Research Assistant
- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary
- Mentor: Margaret Saha, PhD
- Summer 2018 & Summer 2019: Research Assistant
- Novozymes Biologicals (now Novonesis)
- Mentor: Uri Levine, PhD
Leadership
- Sep 2022-Dec 2023: Executive Board Member, Team Lead, Recruitment Director, Griffin School Partnerships
- Jan 2022-Dec 2023: Teaching Assistant, College of William and Mary Organic Chemistry Lab
- Dec 2021-Dec 2023: Founder & President, Spikeball Club, College of William and Mary
- Sep 2021-Dec 2023: Team Lead, Saha Lab, College of William and Mary
Employment
- Jan 2024-Jun 2024: Virginia All-in Tutor, Roanoke City Public Schools
- May 2023-Aug 2023: Research Fellow, Pauley Heart Center
- May 2022-Aug 2022: Medical Assistant, Blue Ridge Pain Management
Honors and Awards
- 2024: Albert & Phyllis Cornell Pre-Medical Award ($2650)
- Distinction awarded to two graduating senior premedical students who show great promise to become outstanding physicians. The recipients are chosen based on a superlative undergraduate academic record and for having shown a significant commitment to serving others.
- 2023: Invited to join Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Virginia
- 2023: Dean’s List, all semesters, College of William and Mary
- 2020: William & Mary Monroe Scholar
- Distinction awarded to less than 10% of incoming William and Mary freshmen each year
- 2019: Rensselaer Medal Scholarship ($160,000 scholarship - unclaimed)
- Awarded to students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science, this scholarship is granted for each Medalist who enrolls at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Publications / Published Abstracts
- Bao BJ, Kwon YIC, …, Hashmi ZA. National Trends and Outcomes of Combined Lung–Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Registry. Lung. doi:10.1007/s00408-025-00811-9
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi Z. The Impact of Preoperative Amiodarone on Heart Transplant Survival and Graft Dysfunction. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025; doi:10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.180
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi Z. Long-Term Utilization and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Donors for Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025; doi:10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.1023
- Kwon YIC, Wright K, Keller M, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi Z. An Update on the Utilization and Outcomes of Hypoxemic Donors in Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025; doi:10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.1115
- Bao BJ, Dunbar E, …, Hashmi Z. Combined Lung-Liver Transplant: Recipient Risk Factors. J Heart Lung Transplant. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2024.02.1384
Posters / Presentations
- Kwon YIC, Son A, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Long-Term Utilization and Outcomes of Asphyxiated Donor Lungs in Lung Transplantation. Accepted as a poster presentation to 2026 STS Annual Meeting.
- Semelsberger SD, Chaundry K, Bao B, Menon TP, Goheer HE, Carmouche JJ. Preoperative Benzodiazepine Use and Clinical Outcomes in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Propensity-Matched Study. Poster at Virginia Society of Addiction Medicine; 2025 November 8; Roanoke, VA. (Poster presented by Kishu Chaundry)
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Optimization of Preoperative Amiodarone Therapy for Survival and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Patients undergoing Heart Transplantation. Oral Presentation at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 45th Annual Meeting; 2025; Boston, MA.
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Long-Term Utilization, Experience, and Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Donors for Heart Transplantation. Poster at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 45th Annual Meeting; 2025; Boston, MA.
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. The Utilization and Outcomes of Hypoxemic Donors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation. Poster at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 45th Annual Meeting; 2025; Boston, MA.
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Impact of Functional Warm Ischemia Time on Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplant. Poster at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 45th Annual Meeting; 2025; Boston, MA.
- Bao BJ, Dunbar EG, Rollins Z, Patel J, Ambrosio M, Bruno DA, Julliard W, Kasirajan V, Hashmi ZA. Combined Lung-Liver Transplant: Recipient Risk Factors. Poster at International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 44th Annual Meeting; 2024; Prague, Czech Republic.
- Bao BJ, Mauro AG, Carter N, Salloum F. NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor attenuates cisplatin-induced macrophage foam cell death in an in vitro model of atherosclerosis. Poster at Pauley Heart Center Symposium; 2023; Richmond, VA.
- Singh P, Bao B, Mauro AG, Salloum F. Hydrogen Sulfide Attenuates Doxorubicin-induced Exacerbation of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice. Poster at Pauley Heart Center Symposium; 2023; Richmond, VA.
Projects Under Review / In Progress
- Kwon YIC, Keller M, Lai A, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Optimization of Pretransplant Amiodarone Therapy for Primary Graft Dysfunction following Heart Transplantation. Manuscript accepted at Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, awaiting publication
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Heart transplantation using COVID-19–positive donors is not associated with increased mortality at 3 years: A propensity-matched national cohort study. Manuscript in review at Artificial Organs
- Kwon YIC, Keller M, Lai A, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Reintubation following Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation. Manuscript in review at Clinical Transplantation
- Semelsberger S, Chaudry K, Bao BJ, … Carmouche J. Preoperative [redacted] and Clinical Outcomes in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Propensity-Matched Study. Manuscript in review at Clinical Spine Surgery
- Goheer H, …, Bao BJ, …, Carmouche J. Predictors of [redacted] in Elderly Patients Undergoing Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Manuscript in review at Clinical Spine Surgery
- Kwon YIC, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. The Impact of Functional Warm Ischemia Time on Long-Term Outcomes of Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplant. Manuscript draft complete, awaiting co-author and attending feedback.
- Bao BJ, Middleton JP, Greenwell AG. Multidisciplinary Serial Endoscopic Cauterization of a Large Pediatric Button Battery-Induced Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Case Report. Case report draft complete, awaiting attending feedback.
- Goheer H, …, Bao BJ, …, Carmouche J. Impact of [redacted] in Posterior Cervical Fusion. Data analysis in progress.
- Kwon YIC, Son A, Bao BJ, …, Hashmi ZA. Long-Term Utilization and Outcomes of Asphyxiated Donor Lungs in Lung Transplantation. Manuscript in progress.
- Contributing to 2 additional manuscripts that have been previously accepted as posters at ISHLT
- The Utilization and Outcomes of Hypoxemic Donors in Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Outcomes and Utilization of Extended Criteria Donors in Lung Transplant after Modification of the LAS
