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Sarah Taimur, MD, Infectious Disease, New York, NY

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Infectious Disease New York, NY

Transplant/Immunocompromised States

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

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  • Office

    Mount Sinai Hospital
    One Gustave L. Levy Place
    New York, NY 10029
    Phone+1 212-241-0824
    Fax+1 212-534-3240

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 Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2011 - 2012
  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2009 - 2011
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
    University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2004 - 2008
  • Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Punjab
    Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of PunjabMBBS, Bachelors in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery, 1996 - 2002
  • Allama Iqbal Medical College
    Allama Iqbal Medical CollegeClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2008 - 2017
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2011 - 2012
  • IL State Medical License
    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

Journal Articles

  • Clinical and pathological evaluation of Mycobacterium marinum group skin infections associated with fish markets in New York City  
    Tiffany Sia BA, Sarah Taimur MD, Dianna Blau DVM PhD. et al, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2015
  • Sporotrichoid Lesions: An Age-Old Conundrum  
    Nayyar 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 literature  
    Torres 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 Infections
    S. 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 years
    Safdar 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 transplantation
    Taimur 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 recipients 
    1/1/2017
  • Transplant infectious diseases 101 
    1/1/2016
  • Emerging infections in solid organ transplantation 
    1/1/2016
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Other

  • Febrile neutropenia and approach to the immunosuppressed host 
    Taimur S, Mount Sinai hospitalist program
    1/1/2015

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi