Alexander Bazazi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

He is passionate about harm reduction and health justice and is engaged with projects to understand and overcome clinical and structural barriers to care for marginalized populations in San Francisco, nationwide, and internationally.

• Higher methadone dose at time of release from prison predicts linkage to maintenance treatment for people with HIV and opioid use disorder transitioning to the community in Malaysia.
  The International journal on drug policy 2024 Ahmad A, Bromberg DJ, Shrestha R, Salleh NM, Bazazi AR, Kamarulzaman A, Shenoi S, Altice FL
• Co-occurring psychiatric disorders and disparities in buprenorphine utilization in opioid use disorder: An analysis of insurance claims.
  Drug and alcohol dependence reports 2023 Xu KY, Huang V, Williams AR, Martin CE, Bazazi AR, Grucza RA
• Characteristics and Trends in HIV Testing Among Medicaid Enrollees Diagnosed as Having Schizophrenia.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2023 Walkup J, Thomas MD, Vittinghoff E, Hermida R, Crystal S, Arnold EA, Dahiya P, Olfson M, Cournos F, Dawson L, Dilley J, Bazazi A, Mangurian C
• A Novel Inpatient Buprenorphine Induction Program for Adolescents With Opioid Use Disorder.
  Hospital pediatrics 2023 Trope LA, Stemmle M, Chang A, Bashiri N, Bazazi AR, Lightfoot M, Congdon JL
• HIV Testing and Counseling at U.S. Substance Use Treatment Facilities: A Missed Opportunity for Early Identification.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2021 Riano NS, Borowsky HM, Arnold EA, Olfson M, Walkup JT, Vittinghoff E, Cournos F, Dawson L, Bazazi AR, Crystal S, Mangurian C
• Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Incarcerated Persons with HIV: Associations with Methadone and Perceived Safety.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Culbert GJ, Waluyo A, Wang M, Putri TA, Bazazi AR, Altice FL
• Retention in clinical trials after prison release: results from a clinical trial with incarcerated men with HIV and opioid dependence in Malaysia.
  HIV research & clinical practice 2019 Chandra DK, Bazazi AR, Nahaboo Solim MA, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL, Culbert GJ
• Commentary on Rafful et al. (2018): Unpacking involuntary interventions for people who use drugs.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2018 Bazazi AR
• Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Cisgender and Transgender Women Sex Workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Results From a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2017 Wickersham JA, Gibson BA, Bazazi AR, Pillai V, Pedersen CJ, Meyer JP, El-Bassel N, Mayer KH, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• HIV Testing and awareness of HIV status among people who inject drugs in greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  AIDS care 2017 Bazazi AR, Vijay A, Crawford FW, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• A Moderated Mediation Model of HIV-Related Stigma, Depression, and Social Support on Health-Related Quality of Life among Incarcerated Malaysian Men with HIV and Opioid Dependence.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Shrestha R, Copenhaver M, Bazazi AR, Huedo-Medina TB, Krishnan A, Altice FL
• Predictors of Mortality within Prison and after Release among Persons Living with HIV in Indonesia.
  Research and reports in tropical medicine 2017 Culbert GJ, Crawford FW, Murni A, Waluyo A, Bazazi AR, Sahar J, Altice FL
• The complex interplay of social networks, geography and HIV risk among Malaysian Drug Injectors: Results from respondent-driven sampling.
  The International journal on drug policy 2016 Zelenev A, Long E, Bazazi AR, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• Confronting the HIV, Tuberculosis, Addiction, and Incarceration Syndemic in Southeast Asia: Lessons Learned from Malaysia.
  Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology 2016 Culbert GJ, Pillai V, Bick J, Al-Darraji HA, Wickersham JA, Wegman MP, Bazazi AR, Ferro E, Copenhaver M, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• The Influence of Medication Attitudes on Utilization of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Indonesian Prisons.
  AIDS and behavior 2016 Culbert GJ, Bazazi AR, Waluyo A, Murni A, Muchransyah AP, Iriyanti M, Polonsky M, Levy J, Altice FL
• Prevalence and Correlates of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections and Risk Behaviors among Malaysian Fishermen.
  PloS one 2015 Choo MK, El-Bassel N, Adam PC, Gilbert L, Wu E, West BS, Bazazi AR, De Wit JB, Ismail R, Kamarulzaman A
• Treatment readiness, attitudes toward, and experiences with methadone and buprenorphine maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Malaysia.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2015 Vijay A, Bazazi AR, Yee I, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• High prevalence of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in Malaysia: Correlates of overdose and implications for overdose prevention from a cross-sectional study.
  The International journal on drug policy 2014 Bazazi AR, Zelenev A, Fu JJ, Yee I, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• Understanding the revolving door: individual and structural-level predictors of recidivism among individuals with HIV leaving jail.
  AIDS and behavior 2013 Fu JJ, Herme M, Wickersham JA, Zelenev A, Althoff A, Zaller ND, Bazazi AR, Avery AK, Porterfield J, Jordan AO, Simon-Levine D, Lyman M, Altice FL
• Letter to the editor: regarding "individual and neighborhood correlates of membership in drug-using networks with a higher prevalence of HIV in New York City (2006-2009)".
  Annals of epidemiology 2013 Bazazi AR, Zelenev A, Altice FL
• High rates of unprotected anal intercourse with regular and casual partners and associated risk factors in a sample of ethnic Malay men who have sex with men (MSM) in Penang, Malaysia.
  Sexually transmitted infections 2013 Lim SH, Bazazi AR, Sim C, Choo M, Altice FL, Kamarulzaman A
• Forced withdrawal from methadone maintenance therapy in criminal justice settings: a critical treatment barrier in the United States.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2013 Fu JJ, Zaller ND, Yokell MA, Bazazi AR, Rich JD
• Absence of antiretroviral therapy and other risk factors for morbidity and mortality in Malaysian compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers.
  PloS one 2012 Fu JJ, Bazazi AR, Altice FL, Mohamed MN, Kamarulzaman A
• Syringe acquisition experiences and attitudes among injection drug users undergoing short-term opioid detoxification in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2012 Zaller ND, Yokell MA, Nayak SM, Fu JJ, Bazazi AR, Rich JD
• Illicit use of buprenorphine/naloxone among injecting and noninjecting opioid users.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2011 Bazazi AR, Yokell M, Fu JJ, Rich JD, Zaller ND
• Preserving human rights in the era of "test and treat" for HIV prevention.
  American journal of public health 2011 Fu JJ, Bazazi AR, Altice FL
• Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: implications for secondary prevention.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2011 Bachireddy C, Bazazi AR, Kavasery R, Govindasamy S, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL
• Implementing opt-out programs at Los Angeles county jail: a gateway to novel research and interventions.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2011 Malek M, Bazazi AR, Cox G, Rival G, Baillargeon J, Miranda A, Rich JD
• The impact of financial discharge from methadone maintenance therapy on incarceration.
  Journal of opioid management 2010 Zaller ND, Fu JJ, Bazazi AR, Rich JD
• Overcoming obstacles to implementing methadone maintenance therapy for prisoners: implications for policy and practice.
  Journal of opioid management 2009 McKenzie M, Nunn A, Zaller ND, Bazazi AR, Rich JD
• Attitudes toward methadone among out-of-treatment minority injection drug users: implications for health disparities.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2009 Zaller ND, Bazazi AR, Velazquez L, Rich JD
• Treating survivors of torture and refugee trauma: a preliminary case series using qigong and t'ai chi.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2008 Grodin MA, Piwowarczyk L, Fulker D, Bazazi AR, Saper RB