Biographical summary
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.
Conditions treated
- Kidney failure
- Kidney injury
- Transplant disorder
- Transplant rejection
- Transplant-associated infection
Interests
- Kidney Transplantation
- Pancreas Transplantation
- Kidney Transplant Rejection
- Complications of Kidney Transplantation
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2016
Fellow - Transplant NephrologyJohns Hopkins Hospital
- 2015
Fellow - NephrologyJohns Hopkins Hospital
- 2013
Chief Resident - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
- 2012
Resident - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
- 2010
Intern - Internal MedicineTemple University Hospital
- 2008
MD - MedicineSchool of Medicine, University of Damascus
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MPH - Public Health (Part-Time)Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2015
NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2012
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2021
FellowAmerican Society of Nephrology
- 2012
Selected at Chief ResidentInternal Medicine Residency Program, Temple University Hospital
- 2010
Night Float of the YearInternal Medicine Residency Program, Temple University Hospital
Professional memberships
- 2021 - present
American Society of Nephrology
- 2020 - present
American Transplant Congress
- 2017 - present
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation
- 2016 - present
American Society of Transplantation
- 2013 - present
American Society of Nephrology
Publications