Aida Venado Estrada

Aida Venado Estrada is Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine, specializing in pulmonary/critical care with expertise in lung transplantation and interstitial lung disease. She founded the Quality in Lung Transplant Care (QUILT) initiative and serves as Director for Quality and Safety.

Her research examines frailty trajectories in transplant patients and develops biomarkers for graft dysfunction. Key focus areas include:

• Frailty assessment models in advanced lung disease
• Immune mechanisms of allograft injury
• Digital health monitoring systems

Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on transplantation outcomes and rejection mechanisms, with emerging work on patient-reported outcomes and molecular diagnostics.

Awards include:

• American Thoracic Society Abstract Award (2015)
• Distinction in Social Medicine (2012)