Sean M. Masi, DO, MBA
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Specialist
Robotic Bronchoscopy Service Lines | Mechanical Circulatory Support | Medical Education
Target Location: Florida
Professional Profile
Fellowship-trained Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine physician offering a proven track record in end-to-end clinical service line creation and medical operations management (DO/MBA). Highly proficient in establishing comprehensive Pulmonary Nodule Clinics that feed advanced robotic navigational bronchoscopy pipelines, while actively completing my AABIP Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ). Dedicated to coupling evidence-based, data-driven medical protocols with a strong commitment to resident and medical student education within forward-thinking health systems or progressive private practices.
Qualifications & Core Competencies
- Clinical Training: Fellowship Trained in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Board Profile & Certifications: Board Certified in Internal Medicine | Board Eligible in Pulmonary & Critical Care | AABIP Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) In-Progress
- Medical Licensure: Active, unrestricted medical licensure held in: Florida, Illinois, and Ohio
Advanced Interventional Pulmonology & Nodule Care
- Service Line Development: Specialized focus on designing nodule-to-procedure diagnostic funnels to capture downstream oncology service metrics.
- Advanced Diagnostics: Full clinical independence in Robotic & Navigational Bronchoscopy, Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Radial Probe localization, and Cryobiopsies.
- Pleural & Airway Management: High-volume mastery of Indwelling Pleural Catheters, Chemical Pleurodesis, and complex Percutaneous Tracheostomies.
High-Acuity ICU & Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Advanced Hemodynamics: Mastery of Advanced Echocardiography for real-time hemodynamic profiling, Swan-Ganz Catheter placement, and Transvenous Pacemaker deployment.
- Mechanical Support Frameworks: Extensive ICU command over advanced circulatory lifelines, including ECMO, Impella, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP), and LVAD management.
Clinical Operations & Quality Improvement
- End-to-End Clinic Assembly: Hand-built a successful Pulmonary Nodule Clinic featuring robotic navigational bronchoscopy from inception. Managed entire care continuum including screening policies, tissue acquisition, ancillary lab staff protocol drafting, and direct integration into weekly multi-disciplinary Tumor Boards.
- Downstream Efficiency Metric: Achieved an elite average timeline of **30 calendar days** from initial nodule identification to formal Tumor Board review, paving the path for practice scaling and programmatic hardware expansion.
- Interdisciplinary ICU Workflows: Pioneered a nurse-driven ventilator weaning and extubation readiness protocol, empowering nursing staff during multidisciplinary rounds and optimizing cross-functional coordination with Respiratory Therapists.
- Cost-Containment Optimization: Directed a systemic Quality Improvement (QI) process change that removed routine Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) orders from admission sets and restricted at-will testing, successfully eliminating unnecessary costs and reducing non-actionable diagnostic data.
- Medical Pedagogy: Designed, launched, and instructed a comprehensive Medical ICU lecture curriculum tailored specifically to rotating residents and medical students.