Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH

Title(s)Associate Professor, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Avenue, #213
San Francisco CA 94110
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    University of California, San FranciscoM.D.2008 Medicine

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    1. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 4(10):e0003347. Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR. PMID: 39446746; PMCID: PMC11500930.
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    2. Medical students in distress: a mixed methods approach to understanding the impact of debt on well-being. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug 30; 24(1):947. Yang A, Langness S, Chehab L, Rajapuram N, Zhang L, Sammann A. PMID: 39215314; PMCID: PMC11363506.
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    3. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial. medRxiv. 2024 Aug 22. Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR. PMID: 39314926; PMCID: PMC11419250.
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    4. The Reality of Living with Gun Violence: The Impact of Second-Hand Gun Smoke on Sleep and Health. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul 19. Fahimi J, Sammann A. PMID: 39028400.
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    5. Comparison of 3 optimized delivery strategies for completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A single-center randomized trial. PLoS Med. 2024 Feb; 21(2):e1004356. Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakimuli J, Ritar Kasidi J, Bishop O, Nakasendwa S, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 38377166; PMCID: PMC10914279.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of 99DOTS-based supervision of treatment for drug-susceptible TB in Uganda. PLOS Digit Health. 2023 Jun; 2(6):e0000138. Kiwanuka N, Kityamuwesi A, Crowder R, Guzman K, Berger CA, Lamunu M, Namale C, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Patel D, Sammann A, Turyahabwe S, Dowdy DW, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 37390077; PMCID: PMC10313004.
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    7. Using a human-centered, mixed methods approach to understand the patient waiting experience and its impact on medically underserved Populations. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Nov 22; 22(1):1388. Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Neville K, Liao J, Patel D, Sammann A. PMID: 36419056; PMCID: PMC9682738.
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    8. Using Architectural Mapping to Understand Behavior and Space Utilization in a Surgical Waiting Room of a Safety Net Hospital. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 10 25; 19(21). Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Ossmann M, Alpers B, Patel D, Sammann A. PMID: 36360748; PMCID: PMC9656663.
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    9. Facilitating Integrated Perinatal Care for Families Affected by Substance Use. J Addict Med. 2023 Jan-Feb 01; 17(1):1-3. Schmidt CN, Patel D, Alpers BS, Spaulding M, Ocegueda L, Thomas M, Sammann A, Briscoe H. PMID: 35796411.
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    10. Risk factors associated with student distress in medical school: Associations with faculty support and availability of wellbeing resources. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0265869. Langness S, Rajapuram N, Marshall M, Rahman AS, Sammann A. PMID: 35395007; PMCID: PMC8992977.
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    11. Completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV: Interim analysis of a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized trial. PLoS Med. 2021 12; 18(12):e1003875. Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Bishop O, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 34914696; PMCID: PMC8726462.
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    12. Use of Telehealth for Routine Postoperative Care in a Safety-Net Population. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021 Nov 1; 233(5):s101-s102. Lee LC, Rogine RC, Kim KW, Chehab CL, Sammann SA, Kumar KS. .
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    13. Using human centered design to identify opportunities for reducing inequities in perinatal care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jul 20; 21(1):714. Nijagal MA, Patel D, Lyles C, Liao J, Chehab L, Williams S, Sammann A. PMID: 34284758; PMCID: PMC8293556.
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    14. Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda. PLoS Med. 2021 05; 18(5):e1003628. Cattamanchi A, Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger C, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Turyahabwe S, Dowdy D, Katamba A. PMID: 33956802; PMCID: PMC8136841.
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    15. The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 04 01; 90(4):700-707. Matthay ZA, Kornblith AE, Matthay EC, Sedaghati M, Peterson S, Boeck M, Bongiovanni T, Campbell A, Chalwell L, Colwell C, Farrell MS, Kim WC, Knudson MM, Mackersie R, Li L, Nunez-Garcia B, Langness S, Plevin RE, Sammann A, Tesoriero R, Stein DM, Kornblith LZ. PMID: 33252457; PMCID: PMC7979514.
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    16. Developing Virtual Reality Trauma Training Experiences Using 360-Degree Video: Tutorial. J Med Internet Res. 2020 12 16; 22(12):e22420. Patel D, Hawkins J, Chehab LZ, Martin-Tuite P, Feler J, Tan A, Alpers BS, Pink S, Wang J, Freise J, Kim P, Peabody C, Bowditch J, Williams ER, Sammann A. PMID: 33325836; PMCID: PMC7773512.
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    17. Iterative Adaptation of a Tuberculosis Digital Medication Adherence Technology to Meet User Needs: Qualitative Study of Patients and Health Care Providers Using Human-Centered Design Methods. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Dec 08; 4(12):e19270. Patel D, Berger CA, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Kunihira Tinka L, Turimumahoro P, Feler J, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A. PMID: 33289494; PMCID: PMC7755538.
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    18. Medical students in distress: The impact of gender, race, debt, and disability. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243250. Rajapuram N, Langness S, Marshall MR, Sammann A. PMID: 33270759; PMCID: PMC7714351.
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    19. Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion. BMJ Open. 2020 11 27; 10(11):e039895. Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger CA, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Dowdy D, Stavia T, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A. PMID: 33247012; PMCID: PMC7703448.
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    20. Opportunities to improve digital adherence technologies and TB care using human-centered design. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 10 01; 24(10):1112-1115. Berger C, Patel D, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Tinka LK, Turimumahoro P, Neville K, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A. PMID: 33126949; PMCID: PMC9094398.
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    21. Impact Evaluation of a Training and Capacity Building Program for Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh in Ghana. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Oct 1; 231(4):e27-e28. Beard BJ, Sowah SS, amoako aJ, Dally DC, Lofgren LJ, Sims SC, Sammann SA, Ohene-Yeboah OM. .
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    22. The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: Perioperative Deterioration-Early Recognition, Rapid Intervention, and the End of Failure-to-Rescue. Anesth Analg. 2020 09; 131(3):e155-e159. Lin DM, Peden CJ, Langness SM, Sammann A, Greenberg SB, Lane-Fall MB, Cooper JB. PMID: 33035027.
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    23. Designing an Information and Communications Technology Tool With and for Victims of Violence and Their Case Managers in San Francisco: Human-Centered Design Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 08 24; 8(8):e15866. Patel D, Sarlati S, Martin-Tuite P, Feler J, Chehab L, Texada M, Marquez R, Orellana FJ, Henderson TL, Nwabuo A, Plevin R, Dicker RA, Juillard C, Sammann A. PMID: 32831179; PMCID: PMC7477672.
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    24. Protocol for the 3HP Options Trial: a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness randomized trial of delivery strategies for short-course tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Uganda. Implement Sci. 2020 08 12; 15(1):65. Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Ssemata JL, Bishop O, Berger CA, Patel D, Sammann A, Katahoire A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Phillips PPJ, Namusobya J, Kamya M, Handley MA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy D, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A. PMID: 32787925; PMCID: PMC7425004.
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    25. Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 06; 230(6):1064-1073. Lancaster EM, Sosa JA, Sammann A, Pierce L, Shen W, Conte MC, Wick EC. PMID: 32278726; PMCID: PMC7194622.
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    26. Improving Efficiency and Meeting Expectations Without Compromising Care on Trauma Surgical Rounds. J Surg Res. 2020 03; 247:163-171. Sammann A, Chehab LZ, Patel D, Liao J, Callcut R, Knudson MM. PMID: 31776023.
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    27. Decision Making Among Patients with Unruptured Aneurysms: A Qualitative Analysis of Online Patient Forum Discussions. World Neurosurg. 2019 Nov; 131:e371-e378. Feler J, Tan A, Sammann A, Matouk C, Hwang DY. PMID: 31362103.
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    28. Why So Glum? Understanding the Challenges in Meeting User's Needs on Trauma Surgical Rounds. J Surg Res. 2019 03; 235:367-372. Sammann A, Chehab L, Patel D, Liao J. PMID: 30691818.
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    29. The mangled extremity score and amputation: Time for a revision. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 03; 82(3):518-523. Loja MN, Sammann A, DuBose J, Li CS, Liu Y, Savage S, Scalea T, Holcomb JB, Rasmussen TE, Knudson MM, AAST PROOVIT Study Group. PMID: 28030489; PMCID: PMC5321791.
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    30. Aggressive and minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary metastasis of sarcoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Apr; 147(4):1193-200; discussion 1200-1. Reza J, Sammann A, Jin C, Horvai A, Hudnall M, Jablons DM, Jahan T, Kornak J, Mann MJ. PMID: 24507991.
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    31. VATS lobectomy facilitates the delivery of adjuvant docetaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2013 Oct; 5(5):578-84. Zhi X, Gao W, Han B, Yang Y, Li H, Liu D, Wang C, Min G, Long H, Rigas JR, Carey M, Jahan T, Sammann A, Reza J, Wang D, Mann MJ, Jablons DM, He J, China Clinical Trials Consortium. PMID: 24255769; PMCID: PMC3815738.
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    32. Novel video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery metastatectomy technique equivalent to open thoracotomy for identification of numerous and small lesions. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013 Sep 1; 217(3):s43. Reza RJ, Hudnall HM, Sammann SA, Jablons JD, Mann MM. .
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    33. Pulmonary metastasectomy: Improving survival with less invasive, more aggressive surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2012 Sep 1; 215(3):s46. Reza RJ, Sammann SA, Grimes GB, Mann MM. .
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    34. Impact of preclinical exposure to organ donation on knowledge and attitudes of medical students. Prog Transplant. 2012 Mar; 22(1):79-85, 109. Zheng P, Sammann A, Qiu M, Lee R, O'Sullivan P, Roberts J. PMID: 22489447.
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    35. Integrating surgical skills education into the anatomy laboratory. J Surg Res. 2010 Jan; 158(1):36-42. Zaid H, Ward D, Sammann A, Tendick F, Topp KS, Maa J. PMID: 19159909.
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    36. Operating room assist: surgical mentorship and operating room experience for preclerkship medical students. J Surg Educ. 2008 Jul-Aug; 65(4):275-82. Cloyd J, Holtzman D, O'Sullivan P, Sammann A, Tendick F, Ascher N. PMID: 18707660.
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    37. 105. An Integrated First Year Surgical Skills Training Curriculum Enhances Students’ Skills and Improves Interest in Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. 2008 Feb 1; 144(2):224. Zaid ZH, Ward WD, Sammann SA, Topp TK, Tendick TF, Maa MJ. .
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    38. QS44. Surgical Mentorship and Operating Room Experience For Preclerkship Medical Students. Journal of Surgical Research. 2008 Feb 1; 144(2):287. Holtzman HD, Cloyd CJ, Sammann SA, Tendick TF, O’Sullivan OP, Ascher AN. .
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    39. A surgical skills elective to expose preclinical medical students to surgery. J Surg Res. 2007 Oct; 142(2):287-94. Sammann A, Tendick F, Ward D, Zaid H, O'Sullivan P, Ascher N. PMID: 17640670.
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    40. P29 Teaching surgical skills in the pre-clinical years: Suggestions for improvement on the operating room assist (“OR Assist”) elective. Journal of Surgical Research. 2007 Feb 1; 137(2):250. Sammann SA, Tendick TF, Zaid ZH, Ward WD, O’Sullivan OP, Maa MJ, Ascher AN. .
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