Rasha A (Al Kuran) Kuran MD

Physician

1700 Mount Vernon AveDepartment of MedicineBakersfield, CA 93306
Phone+1 661-326-2200
Fax+1 661-326-2950

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Education & Training

University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 2003 - 2005
Kern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
David Griffen school of medicineresidency affiliation, medicine, David Moser Award of excellenc, 2000 - 2003
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 1997

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2002 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Robert Moser Award of excellence Ronald Reagan medical center, 2003

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Genetic and transcriptomic determinants of disseminated coccidioidomycosis identify a founder variant inand ancestry-specific rare variants in immune response genes.
Samantha L Jensen, Sarah J Spendlove, Alexis V Stephens, Zhenjie Jin, Varada Abhyankar
Medrxiv. 2026-07-02
1 citations
Catastrophic Case of West Nile Virus Rhombencephalitis in AIDS.
Rupam Sharma, Elika Salimi, Carlos D'Assumpcao, Michael Valdez, Akriti Chaudhry
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2024-07-30
8 citations
A Clinicopathological Categorization System for Clinical Research in Coccidioidomycosis.
Paul Krogstad, George R Thompson 3rd, Arash Heidari, Rasha Kuran, Alexis V Stephens
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2023-12-01