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Guy El Helou

Guy El Helou, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department: MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Business Phone: (352) 294-5481
Business Email: guy.elhelou@medicine.ufl.edu

About Guy El Helou

Dr. Guy El Helou is a clinical infectious disease physician with a special focus on infections in the transplant population.

Dr. El Helou graduated from Saint Joseph University School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon with his medical degree and Masters in Basic Sciences. Following that, he completed an internal medicine residency at Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital in Beirutand and began an infectious disease fellowship He completed his fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During this time, he conducted research projects on vectored immunoprophylaxis through the salivary glands and developed clinical interest in infections in the immunocompromised host, which led him to pursue a subspecialty in transplant infectious diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. El Helou is currently a clinical assistant professor with the University of Florida College of Medicine. Here, he takes care of patients who present with infectious complications mainly following solid organ transplantation. He has a special interest in cytomegalovirus, or CMV, fungal infections and nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Accomplishments

Silver Award for Basic Science Research
2018 · Wake Forest University

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2024
BMS6300 Fund Micro and Immuno

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Infectious Disease
Areas of Interest
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • transplant infectious disease

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Bridging Echinocandin With Azole Antifungal Therapy on Prevention of Invasive Candidiasis Post-Lung Transplantation.
Open forum infectious diseases. 11(9) [DOI] 10.1093/ofid/ofae525. [PMID] 39329111.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2023
First Report of Clivus Osteomyelitis Caused by Nocardia veterana in a Lung Transplant Recipient.
Cureus. 15(3) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.36487. [PMID] 37090387.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Hepatitis C virus and kidney transplantation: Recent trends and paradigm shifts.
Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.). 36(1) [DOI] 10.1016/j.trre.2021.100677. [PMID] 35063799.
3 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Infectious diseases compensation in the USA: the relative value.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases. 22(8):1106-1108 [DOI] 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00360-7. [PMID] 35716701.
6 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2021
Absolute lymphocyte count as marker of cytomegalovirus and allograft rejection: Is there a “Safe Corridor” after kidney transplantation?
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. 23(2) [DOI] 10.1111/tid.13489.
Publisher’s Site
2021
Retrograde Parotid Gland Infusion through Stensen’s Duct in a Non-Human Primate for Vectored Gene Delivery.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. (174) [DOI] 10.3791/62645. [PMID] 34459821.
1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2021
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Bacteremia in a Lung Transplant Recipient Exposed to Domestic Pets.
Cureus. 13(5) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.14895. [PMID] 34109083.
7 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2020
Tetravalent dengue DNA vaccine is not immunogenic when delivered by retrograde infusion into salivary glands.
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines. 6(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s40794-020-00111-5. [PMID] 32518668.
2 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2019

Letermovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in transplant recipients: an evidence-based review

Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 12:1481-1491 [DOI] 10.2147/idr.s180908.
Publisher’s Site
2019
Cryptococcus neoformans pericarditis in a lung transplant recipient: Case report, literature review and pearls.
Transplant Infectious Disease. 21(5) [DOI] 10.1111/tid.13137.
Publisher’s Site
2019
Letermovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in transplant recipients: an evidence-based review.
Infection and drug resistance. 12:1481-1491 [DOI] 10.2147/IDR.S180908. [PMID] 31239725.
79 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2019
Safety considerations with current and emerging antiviral therapies for cytomegalovirus infection in transplantation.
Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. 18(11):1017-1030 [DOI] 10.1080/14740338.2019.1662787.
Publisher’s Site
2018
Double invasive fungal infection due to dematiaceous moulds in a renal transplant patient
BMJ Case Reports. bcr-2017 [DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2017-222527. [PMID] 29437770.
2 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2017
Candida pararugosa: First Reported Bloodstream Infection in an Adult.
Cureus. 9(5) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.1283. [PMID] 28680771.
9 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

Education

Fellowship in Transplant Infectious Disease
2018-2019 · Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Fellowship in Infectious Disease
2016-2018 · Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center
Fellowship in Infectious Disease
2014-2016 · Hotel Dieu de France, University Hospital
Internship in Internal Medicine
2012-2014 · Hotel Dieu de France, University Hospital
Master of Science in Basic Science
2011-2014 · Saint Joseph University
Medical Degree
2005-2012 · Saint Joseph University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5481
Emails:
Business:
guy.elhelou@medicine.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100289
PO Box 100289
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
PO Box 100289
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610