Dr. Eyad Almasri, MD, is the Assistant Dean for Research at University of California San Francisco, Fresno campus. He is also a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine – pulmonary and critical care and sleep medicine, Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Fresno Community Regional Medical Center, and member of the Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation or ECMO team.
Dr. Almasri has expertise in treating sleep apnea, pneumonia, asthma, among other conditions. His research includes studies on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19, and lead UCSF Fresno in building COVID-19 research during the pandemic. As Assistant Dean, he hopes to increase the involvement of residents and fellows in research projects at UCSF Fresno, make research opportunities available to more students (i.e. medical, high school and undergraduates), researchers at other institutions and possibly community members and ensure that UCSF Fresno tackles issues that local people care about like air quality and valley fever.
Dr. Almasri earned his medical degree at Damascus Medical School at Damascus University in Syria and completed residencies in Internal Medicine at Damascus University Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh, Shadyside Hospital. He also completed his fellowship in Critical Care at University of Pittsburgh and his fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, and has a Diplomate in Sleep Medicine from American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).