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Sami Alasfar, M.D., M.P.H.

  1. Nephrologist
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Departments

Location

  1. Phoenix, Arizona

Languages

EnglishArabic

Existing patients

Sami Alasfar, M.D., is a board-certified nephrologist with expertise in transplant nephrology. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine.

Dr. Alasfar joined the transplant group at Mayo Clinic Arizona in 2022. After completing residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he completed Nephrology and Transplant Nephrology fellowships at Johns Hopkins University in 2016, where he stayed as faculty and director of the transplant nephrology fellowship.

Dr. Alasfar is involved in global humanitarian projects to improve care of kidney disease patients in armed conflict settings. In addition, he is passionate about studying cardiovascular disease and kidney transplantation, noninfectious complications of transplantation, and impact of COVID-19 on solid organ transplant.

  1. Kidney failure
  2. Kidney injury
  3. Transplant disorder
  4. Transplant rejection
  5. Transplant-associated infection
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Kidney Transplant Rejection 
  • Complications of Kidney Transplantation
  1. 2023
    MPH - Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  2. 2016
    Fellow - Transplant NephrologyJohns Hopkins Hospital
  3. 2015
    Fellow - NephrologyJohns Hopkins Hospital
  4. 2013
    Chief Resident - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
  5. 2012
    Resident - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
  6. 2010
    Intern - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
  7. 2008
    MD - MedicineSchool of Medicine, University of Damascus

Certifications

  1. 2015
    NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    The Delta Omega Public Health Honorary SocietyAlpha Chapter, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
  2. 2021
    FellowAmerican Society of Nephrology
  3. 2016
    Distinguished Poster AwardAmerican Transplant Congress
  4. 2012
    Selected a Chief ResidentInternal Medicine Residency Program, Temple University Hospital
  5. 2010
    Night Float of the YearInternal Medicine Residency Program, Temple University Hospital

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    MemberAdverse Effects Committee, Kidney Transplant, Transplant Specialty Council
  2. 2023 - present
    MemberMorbidity and Mortality Committee, Kidney Transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Specialty Council
  3. 2023 - present
    MemberQuality Assurance and Performance Improvement, Kidney Transplant, Transplant Specialty Council
  4. 2023 - present
    Medical DirectorDeceased Donor Kidney Transplant Program, Kidney Transplant Leadership, Kidney Transplant
  5. 2023 - present
    MemberKidney and Pancreas Transplant Convergence Workgroup, Transplant Specialty Council Practice Committee, Kidney Transplant
  6. 2023 - present
    MemberClinical Competency Committee, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  7. 2023 - present
    MemberProgram Evaluation Committee, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  8. 2023 - present
    MemberCore Faculty, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  9. 2023 - present
    MemberArizona Branch, National Kidney Foundation
  10. 2023 - present
    MemberAlpha Chapter, The Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
  11. 2022 - present
    DirectorJournal Club, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
  12. 2021 - present
    FellowAmerican Society of Nephrology
  13. 2020 - present
    Abstract ReviewerAmerican Transplant Congress
  14. 2017 - present
    MemberKidney and Pancreas Transplant Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation
  15. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Transplantation
  16. 2013 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology

Publications