Mena Botros completed his M.D. at The University of Toledo College of Medicine and moved to
Columbus in 2015 to complete his Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at The Ohio State
University. He served as MedPeds Chief Resident during his final year of residency, where he
focused on resident education and curriculum development, before starting Pulmonary and
Critical Care fellowship in 2019. During his fellowship, Dr. Botros completed a sub-fellowship
in pulmonary transplant medicine. His clinical and research interests include adult congenital
lung diseases, lung transplantation, graduate medical education, and health equity. His research
includes work on the use of donor-derived cell free DNA in lung transplant, gene expression
profiling of acute allograft dysfunction, COVID-19 vaccine efficacy in immunosuppressed
patients, and clinical outcomes in adult bronchopulmonary dysplasia. He remains passionate
about graduate medical education, volunteering in the community, and global health outreach. He currently practices at Houston Methodist Hospital, where he continues to focus his efforts on graduate medical education, DEI, and early postoperative outcomes.