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Marie Budev
Elite in Lung Transplant

Dr. Marie Budev

Transplant Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
2049 East 100th Street, 
Cleveland, OH 
On Staff At
36 Years of Experience

Elite in Lung Transplant
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
2049 East 100th Street, 
Cleveland, OH 
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Overview

Marie Budev is a Transplant Surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Budev has been practicing medicine for over 36 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Lung Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 112 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 100 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Lung Transplant.

Graduate Institution
Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine, 1990.0
Residency
Cleveland Clinic
Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Licenses
Internal Medicine in OH
Fellowships
Cleveland Clinic
Hospital Affiliations
Cleveland Clinic
Akron General Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gujarati 
Gender
Female

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Locations

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
2049 East 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 44106
Call: 216-444-2200

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


3 Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation Extension Study (CTOT-ES)
Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation Extension Study (CTOT-ES)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 21, 2025
Prospective Multicenter Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Specific Immune Monitoring to Predict Patient Risk After Lung Transplantation (CTOT-22)
Prospective Multicenter Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Specific Immune Monitoring to Predict Patient Risk After Lung Transplantation (CTOT-22)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: August 06, 2020
Intervention Type: Other
A Prospective Multicenter Observational Cohort Study to Define the Risks Factors, Mechanisms, and Manifestations of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) Phenotypes (CTOT-20)
A Prospective Multicenter Observational Cohort Study to Define the Risks Factors, Mechanisms, and Manifestations of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) Phenotypes (CTOT-20)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: December 17, 2019
Intervention Type: Procedure
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112 Total Publications

A Comparison Study of the Roles and Responsibilities, Compensation, and Job Satisfaction of the Medical Directors of Kidney/Kidney-Pancreas, Liver, Lung, and Heart Transplant in the United States.
A Comparison Study of the Roles and Responsibilities, Compensation, and Job Satisfaction of the Medical Directors of Kidney/Kidney-Pancreas, Liver, Lung, and Heart Transplant in the United States.
Journal: Clinical transplantation
Published: July 18, 2025
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Cleveland, OH 
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Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

2049 East 100th Street, 
Cleveland, OH 
 (0.2 miles away)
216-444-2200
Experience:
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  • Lung Transplant
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  • Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
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  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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  • Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
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  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)
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  • Lung Metastases
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  • Pulmonary Hypertension
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  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
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  • Aspergillosis
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  • Bronchiectasis
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  • Bullae
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  • Cerebral Hypoxia
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  • Cholesterol Pneumonia
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