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Office
Mount Sinai Hospital
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029Phone+1 212-241-0824Fax+1 212-534-3240- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- My clinical focus is infections in the immunosuppressed host. Following completion of training in adult general infectious diseases, I pursued fellowship training in transplant infectious diseases. I have been involved in practice of transplant infectious diseases since 2012. My work involves clinical care of organ transplant, stem-cell transplant, & hematologic malignancy patients.
Education & Training
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2011 - 2012
- Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2009 - 2011
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2004 - 2008
- Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of PunjabMBBS, Bachelors in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery, 1996 - 2002
- Allama Iqbal Medical CollegeClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 2008 - 2017
- OH State Medical License 2011 - 2012
- IL State Medical License 2004 - 2008
- ECFMGECFMG
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Maxwell Finland Research Award Boston University School of Medicine, 2011
- Gold Medal in Community Medicine Allama Iqbal Medical College, 1999
- Gold Medal in Pharmacology and Therapeutics Allama Iqbal Medical College, 1998
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- F-FDG PET/CT in left ventricular assist device infections: In-depth characterization and clinical implications.Ana Devesa, Eman Rashed, Noah Moss, Philip M Robson, Renata Pyzik, Julie Roldan, Sarah Taimur, Meenakshi M Rana, Kimberly Ashley, Anna Young, Gopi Patel, Kiran Mahmood...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024 Apr 1
- Reactivation After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy.Alahmdi, B., Kaur, A., Jacobs, S., Sullivan, T., Barghash, M., Taimur, S.> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024 Jan 1
- 1 citationsEradicating Pulmonary: The Promise of Dual β-Lactam Therapy.Bayan Alahmdi, Khalid M Dousa, Sebastian G Kurz, Andrew Kaufman, Robert A Bonomo, Sarah Taimur> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2023 Jun 1
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Journal Articles
- Clinical and pathological evaluation of Mycobacterium marinum group skin infections associated with fish markets in New York CityTiffany Sia BA, Sarah Taimur MD, Dianna Blau DVM PhD. et al, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2015
- Sporotrichoid Lesions: An Age-Old ConundrumNayyar E, Taimur S, American Journal of Medicine, 1/1/2015
- Post-Renal transplant HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: A case report and review of the literatureTorres Julian, Taimur S, Younger D, Transplantation Direct, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Successful Heart Transplantation in Patients with Total Artificial Heart InfectionsS. Taimur, T. Sullivan, M. Rana, G. Patel, K. Ashley, J. Roldan, B. Griffin, S. Pinney, A. Anyanwu, S. Huprikar, Annual Meeting of ISHLT, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016
- Changing trends in clinical fungal isolates at a comprehensive university hospital in New York City during the past 12 yearsSafdar S, Tulliano F, Taimur S, Press R, Annual Meeting of ICAAC, Denver, CO, 1/1/2013
- Evaluation of humoral & cell-mediated immune responses to trivalent influenza vaccine administered early after solid-organ transplantationTaimur S, Danziger L, Avery R, Poggio E, Koval C, . Annual Meeting of American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2013
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Lectures
- Fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients1/1/2017
- Transplant infectious diseases 1011/1/2016
- Emerging infections in solid organ transplantation1/1/2016
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Professional Memberships
- American Society of TransplantationMember
- Member
- Syrian American Medical SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, New York
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