Saman Nematollahi
- Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Contact
- (520) 626-2312
- Arizona Health Sciences Center, Rm. 1013
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- snematol@arizona.edu
Awards
- Commitment to Underserved People (CUP) Program Leadership Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2023
- D.G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award
- Behavioral Neuroscience journal, Spring 2023
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2023
- Golden Key International Honour Society
- University of Arizona Chapter, Spring 2023
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Alpha of Arizona, Spring 2023
- IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice Featured Educator
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, Spring 2021
- IDWeek Trainee Travel Grant
- International Diseases Society of America, Spring 2019
- IDWeek Mentorship Program Travel Grant
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, Spring 2017
- Advanced Clinician Educator Resident
- Columbia University Irving MedicalCenter, Spring 2016
- Bernard Revsin Memorial Scholarship Award
- University of Arizona College ofMedicine, Spring 2015
- Dr. Milan V. Novak and Dorothy F. Novak Pulmonary Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2015
- Humanism in Medicine Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2015
- Medical Award of Excellence Scholarship
- University of Arizona College ofMedicine, Spring 2015
- Merck Academic Excellence Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2015
- Junior Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
- University of Arizona College ofMedicine, Spring 2013
- Student Leadership Award
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2013
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- University of Arizona Chapter, Spring 2009
- Sigma Delta Pi
- University of Arizona Chapter Pi, Spring 2009
- summa cum laude
- University of Arizona Honors College, Spring 2009
- BRAVO! (Biomedical Research Abroad: Vistas Open!)
- University of Arizona, Spring 2007
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Nematollahi, S., Phongkhun, K., Pothikamjorn, T., Srisurapanont, K., Manothummetha, K., Sanguankeo, A., Thongkam, A., Chuleerarux, N., Leksuwankun, S., Meejun, T., Thanakitcharu, J., Walker, M., Gopinath, S., Torvorapanit, P., Langsiri, N., Worasilchai, N., Moonla, C., Plongla, R., Kates, O. S., & Permpalung, N. (2023). Prevalence of Ocular Candidiasis andCandidaEndophthalmitis in Patients With Candidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad064
- Nematollahi, S. (2010). Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with multiple myeloma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood Advances, 6, 6198-6207.
- Nematollahi, S. (2021). Morning report for all: a qualitative study of disseminating case conferences via podcasting. BMC Medical Education, 21.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Clinical infectious Diseases, 1, 83-91.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). Effectiveness of Casirivimab-Imdevimab Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Among High-Risk Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 B.1.617.2 (Delta Variant) Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). Immunogenicity and Risk Factors Associated With Poor Humoral Immune Response of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in Recipients of Solid Organ Transplant: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Jama Network Open, 5.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). Online Learning for Infectious Disease Fellows-A Needs Assessment. Open Forum Infect Dis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). The association of cytomegalovirus infection and cytomegalovirus serostatus with invasive fungal infections in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 28, 332-344.
- Tanriover, B., Al-Obaidi, M., Gungor, A. b., Anand, P. M., Nematollahi, S., Ayvaci, M., Murugapandian, S., Zangeneh, T. T., Qannus, A. A., Bedrick, E. J., Shetty, A., Johnson, K., ARIYAMUTHU, V. K., Nicole, A., Heise, C. W., Alam, R., Rangan, P., Rangan, P., Alam, R., , Heise, C. W., et al. (2022). Effectiveness of Casirivimab-Imdevimab Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Among High-Risk Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 B.1.617.2 (Delta Variant) Infection. Open forum infectious diseases.
- Tanriover, B., Anand, P. M., Ayvaci, M., Murugapandian, S., Qannus, A. A., Shetty, A., ARIYAMUTHU, V. K., Heise, C. W., Rangan, P., Alam, R., Nicole, A., Johnson, K., Bedrick, E. J., Zangeneh, T. T., Nematollahi, S., Gungor, A. b., & Al-Obaidi, M. (2022).
Effectiveness of Casirivimab-Imdevimab Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Among High-Risk Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 B.1.617.2 (Delta Variant) Infection
. Open forum infectious diseases. - Nematollahi, S. (2021). A Comprehensive Evaluation of Risk Factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Transplantation, 105, 2291-2306.
- Nematollahi, S. (2021). Does Post-Transplant Cytomegalovirus Increase the Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients? A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis. Journal of Fungi, 7.
- Nematollahi, S. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Lung Allograft and Clinical Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Case-control Study. . Transplantation, 105, 2072-2079.
- Nematollahi, S. (2021). Morning report goes virtual: learner experiences in a virtual, case-based diagnostic reasoning conference. PubMed, 9, 89.95.
- Nematollahi, S. (2021). New Strategies in Clinical Guideline Delivery: Randomized Trial of Online, Interactive Decision Support Versus Guidelines for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment Selection by Trainees. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72, 1608-1614.
- Nematollahi, S., Ganeshan, S., Patel, A., & Minter, D. J. (2021). Medical Communities Go Virtual. Journal of Hospital Medicine. doi:10.12788/jhm.3532
- Nematollahi, S. (2020). Comparing Students' Clinical Grades to Scores on a Standardized Patient Note-Writing Task. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 11, 3243-3247.
- Nematollahi, S. (2020). Development and Evaluation of a Fully Automated Molecular Assay Targeting the Mitochondrial Small Subunit rRNA Gene for the Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Specimens. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 22, 1482-1493.
- Nematollahi, S. (2020). Reduced Mortality of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in a Retrospective Cohort Study of 2139 Patients: 2007-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70, 1666-1674.
- Nematollahi, S., Minter, D. J., Geha, R. M., Manesh, R., & Chan, H. (2020). More Is Less. Journal of Hospital Medicine. doi:10.12788/jhm.3488
- Nematollahi, S. (2016). A novel fresh cadaver model for education and assessment of joint aspiration. Journal of Orthopaedics, 13, 419-424.
- Nematollahi, S. (2016). Pre-matriculation clinical experience correlates with higher USMLE Step 1 scores. American Medical Student Research Journal, 3, 20-5. doi:DOI: 10.15422/amsrj.2016.05.002
- Nematollahi, S. (2015). Introduction of a fresh cadaver lab during the surgery clerkship improved emergency technical skills. The American Journal of Surgery, 210, 401-403.
- Nematollahi, S. (2014). Advanced age dissociates dual functions of the perirhinal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 467-480.
- Nematollahi, S. (2013). Assessment of alcohol withdrawal in native american patients utilizing the clinical institute withdrawal assessment of alcohol revised scale. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 7, 196-9.
- Nematollahi, S. (2013). Utilization of a Non-preserved Cadaver to Address Deficiencies in Technical Skills During the Third Year of Medical School: A Cadaver Model for Teaching Technical Skills. World Journal of Surgery, 37, 953-5.
- Nematollahi, S. (2012). Reduced gamma frequency in the medial frontal cortex of aged rats during behavior and rest: implications for age-related behavioral slowing. Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 16331-16344. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1577-12.2012
- Nematollahi, S. (2012). Representation of three-dimensional objects by the rat perirhinal cortex. Hippocampus, 22, 2032-2044. doi:10.1002/hipo.22060
- Nematollahi, S. (2011). AgeAssociated Deficits in Pattern Separation Functions of the Perirhinal Cortex: a CrossSpecies Consensus. Behavioral Neuroscience - American Psychological Association, 125, 836-847. doi:10.1037/a0026238
- Nematollahi, S. (2011). The Influence of Objects on Place Field Expression and Size in Distal Hippocampal CA1. Hippocampus, 124, 559-573. doi:10.1002/hipo.20929
- Nematollahi, S. (2010). Pattern Separation Deficits May Contribute to Age Associated Recognition Impairments. Behavioral Neuroscience - American Psychological Association, 124, 559-573. doi:10.1037/a0020893
Presentations
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). “Coccidioidomycosis in Solid Organ Transplantation”. Research presentation. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Abdominal Transplantation Division.
- Nematollahi, S. (2022). “Leveraging social media to improve fungal diagnostic practice”. Fisher Center. Baltimore, MD.
- Nematollahi, S. (2020). “Leveraging social media to improve fungal diagnostic practice”. University of Arizona Infectious Diseases Division. Tucson, AZ.
- Nematollahi, S. (2019). “50-year-old woman with worsening hoarseness”. Baltimore “Pus Club” MeetingUniversity of Maryland Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- Nematollahi, S. (2018). Emphysematous Pyelonephritis. Senior Medical Resident lecturer, house-staff and faculty, Medicine-Radiology Conference. New York, NY.