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Office
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Department of Medicine
Bakersfield, CA 93306Phone+1 661-326-2200Fax+1 661-326-2950
Education & Training
University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 2003 - 2005
Kern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003- David Griffen school of medicineresidency affiliation, medicine, David Moser Award of excellenc, 2000 - 2003
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2002 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Robert Moser Award of excellence Ronald Reagan medical center, 2003
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Catastrophic Case of West Nile Virus Rhombencephalitis in AIDS.Rupam Sharma, Elika Salimi, Carlos D'Assumpcao, Michael Valdez, Akriti Chaudhry
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2024-07-30 - 2 citationsA Clinicopathological Categorization System for Clinical Research in Coccidioidomycosis.Paul Krogstad, George R Thompson 3rd, Arash Heidari, Rasha Kuran, Alexis V Stephens
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2023-12-01 - 5 citationsIsavuconazole in the Treatment of Chronic Forms of Coccidioidomycosis.Arash Heidari, Rupam Sharma, Qusai Shakir, Madiha Shah, Josh Clement
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023-06-16
Press Mentions
Valley fever: know the causes and symptoms of this diseaseDecember 21st, 2022
Cocci Con hosted by Kern MedicalDecember 21st, 2022
An Invisible KillerNovember 15th, 2023- Join now to see all
Committees
- Chair, Infection Control 2022 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Infectious Disease Association of CaliforniaMember
- Infectious Disease Society of AmericaMember
Other Languages
- Arabic
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