Sam Abbassi MD MS

Retinal Disease

President, Prime Eye Care Specialists

7345 Medical Center DrSte 320West Hills, CA 91307
Phone+1 818-953-0093
Fax+1 877-883-9992

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Education & Training

University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 2017 - 2019
University of California Davis HealthResidency, Ophthalmology, 2014 - 2017
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 2013, MD, MS
Rush UniversityMS, Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 2009 - 2010
UCLABS, Biochemistry, College Honors, 2004 - 2007

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2014 - 2028
SD State Medical License Active through 2025
IA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
NE State Medical License 2023 - 2024
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Posterior Uveitis Associated with Cemiplimab.
Eliot R Dow, Kirk Hou, Susan S. Ransome, Sam Abbassi, Edmund Tsui
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2021-04-01
91 citations
Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Acute Lung Injury: Evidence for Activation and Inhibition of a Neural-Respiratory-Inflammasome Axis.
Nadine Kerr, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Sam Abbassi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Ronald Zambrano
Journal of Neurotrauma. 2018-09-01
55 citations
Subthreshold micropulse laser reduces anti-VEGF injection burden in patients with diabetic macular edema.
Elad Moisseiev, Sam Abbassi, Sumeer Thinda, Joseph Yoon, Glenn Yiu
European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2018-01-01