Saman Nematollahi, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases FellowshipCollege of Medicine PhoenixAssistant Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship, Department of Medicine

Dr. Saman Nematollahi is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the associate program director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. He graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson in 2015. He completed internal medicine residency training at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, in 2018, then finished his infectious diseeases fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, with an emphasis on transplant infectious diseases in 2021. He also completed a master of education in the health professions degree through Johns Hopkins University School of Education in 2022. Dr. Nematollahi is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He was previously chair of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Fellows Subcommittee and a liaison to the executive committee of the IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice. He is the co-chair of the American Society of Transplantation ID Community of Practice Education Workgroup. In addition, he is on the Infectious Disease Fellows Network Executive Committee and serves as director of research for The Clinical Problem Solvers and CardioNerds podcasts.

Degree(s)

  • MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine ? Tucson, 2015
  • MEHP: Master of Education in the Health Professions, Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Baltimore, 2022
Residency
Internal Medicine: New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 2016-2018
Internship
Internal Medicine: New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 2015-2016
Fellowship
Infectious Diseases: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2018-2021
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2018
American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2020
Specialties
Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease
Transplant Infectious Disease