Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2008

Publications (50)

Top publication keywords:
Teaching RoundsPerinatal CareAntitubercular AgentsTrauma CentersCase ManagementHead Protective DevicesSafety-net ProvidersDirectly Observed TherapyStudents, MedicalCase ManagersTuberculosisBurnout, ProfessionalViolenceSchools, MedicalMedically Underserved Area

• Using Human Centered Design to Evaluate the Implementation of a National Trauma Informed Care Curriculum Pilot at an Urban, Level 1 Trauma Center.
  Journal of surgical education 2026 Freise J, Presser M, Greer A, Salvatori MG, Chehab LZ, von Hippel CD, Boeck MA, Sammann A
• Designing a Case Management Mobile Health App for Violence Intervention Programs: Mixed Methods Human-Centered Design Study.
  JMIR formative research 2026 Salvatori MG, Patel D, Baer AP, von Hippel CD, Wang J, Goldberg D, Texada M, Sammann A
• Barriers and facilitators to integrating tuberculosis treatment into community pharmacies for people with TB/HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A qualitative study.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Izudi J, Cattamanchi A, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Kiwanuka N, Sammann A, King R
• Understanding Barriers to Home Safety Assessment Adoption in Older Adults: Qualitative Human-Centered Design Study.
  JMIR human factors 2025 Lee JJ, Patel D, Gadgil M, Langness S, von Hippel CD, Sammann A
• Designing equitable telehealth solutions for outpatient surgical care in a safety-net population: a human-centered design approach.
  BMC health services research 2025 Chehab LZ, Mettupalli D, Cevallos JR, Rogine C, Sammann A, Kumar S

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• Disparities in well-being outcomes among medical students: a comparative study between medical students with and without disability.
  BMC medical education 2025 Seaborne HJ, Chehab LZ, Rajapuram N, Sammann A
• Popular but precarious: low helmet use among shared micromobility program riders in San Francisco.
  Frontiers in public health 2024 Frye W, Chehab L, Feler J, Wong L, Tan A, Alpers B, Patel D, von Hippel C, Sammann A
• Design Thinking in Undergraduate Medical Education.
  The Journal of Health Design 2024 Archit Vishnu Potharazu, R. McKinley Sherrod, Santosh Basapur, Patricia Beirne, Ryan Buckley, Raymond H. Curry, Kim Erwin, Morgan Hutchinson, Peter H. Jones, Miiri Kotche, Alexander Langerman, Lana M.…
• Using Human-Centered Design to Improve Serious Illness Care for Older Adults With Advanced Dementia.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2024 Chehab L, Weiss Goitiandia S, Pereira L, Jung K, Chen A, Patel D, Axelrod J, Li L, Williams I, Dohan D, Sammann A, Dzeng E
• 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 global public health 2024 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, …
• The Reality of Living with Gun Violence: The Impact of Second-Hand Gun Smoke on Sleep and Health.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2024 Fahimi J, Sammann A
• Medical students in distress: a mixed methods approach to understanding the impact of debt on well-being.
  BMC medical education 2024 Yang A, Langness S, Chehab L, Rajapuram N, Zhang L, Sammann A
• 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 : the preprint server for health sciences 2024 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, …
• 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 medicine 2024 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, …
• Implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of 99DOTS-based supervision of treatment for drug-susceptible TB in Uganda.
  PLOS digital health 2023 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, …
• Using a human-centered, mixed methods approach to understand the patient waiting experience and its impact on medically underserved Populations.
  BMC health services research 2022 Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Neville K, Liao J, Patel D, Sammann A
• Using Architectural Mapping to Understand Behavior and Space Utilization in a Surgical Waiting Room of a Safety Net Hospital.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2022 Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Ossmann M, Alpers B, Patel D, Sammann A
• Facilitating Integrated Perinatal Care for Families Affected by Substance Use.
  Journal of addiction medicine 2022 Schmidt CN, Patel D, Alpers BS, Spaulding M, Ocegueda L, Thomas M, Sammann A, Briscoe H
• Risk factors associated with student distress in medical school: Associations with faculty support and availability of wellbeing resources.
  PloS one 2022 Langness S, Rajapuram N, Marshall M, Rahman AS, Sammann A
• 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 medicine 2021 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…
• Use of Telehealth for Routine Postoperative Care in a Safety-Net Population.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2021 Carmen M. Lee, Camille Rogine, Woon Cho Kim, Lara Chehab, Amanda Sammann, Sandhya Kumar
• Training Trauma Care Providers at a Level 1 Trauma Center.
  The Power of Virtual Reality Cinema for Healthcare Training 2021 Amanda Sammann, Devika Patel
• Using human centered design to identify opportunities for reducing inequities in perinatal care.
  BMC health services research 2021 Nijagal MA, Patel D, Lyles C, Liao J, Chehab L, Williams S, Sammann A
• Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda.
  PLoS medicine 2021 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…
• The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021 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,…
• Developing Virtual Reality Trauma Training Experiences Using 360-Degree Video: Tutorial.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2020 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
• 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 formative research 2020 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
• Medical students in distress: The impact of gender, race, debt, and disability.
  PloS one 2020 Rajapuram N, Langness S, Marshall MR, Sammann A
• 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 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, …
• 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 Jessica H. Beard, Shadrach Sowah, Joachim Ka amoako, Charles Dally, Jenny Lofgren, Carrie A. Sims, Amanda Sammann, Michael Ohene-Yeboah
• Opportunities to improve digital adherence technologies and TB care using human-centered design.
  The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2020 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
• The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: Perioperative Deterioration-Early Recognition, Rapid Intervention, and the End of Failure-to-Rescue.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2020 Lin DM, Peden CJ, Langness SM, Sammann A, Greenberg SB, Lane-Fall MB, Cooper JB
• 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 and uHealth 2020 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
• 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.
  Implementation science : IS 2020 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 …
• Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2020 Lancaster EM, Sosa JA, Sammann A, Pierce L, Shen W, Conte MC, Wick EC
• Improving Efficiency and Meeting Expectations Without Compromising Care on Trauma Surgical Rounds.
  The Journal of surgical research 2019 Sammann A, Chehab LZ, Patel D, Liao J, Callcut R, Knudson MM
• Decision Making Among Patients with Unruptured Aneurysms: A Qualitative Analysis of Online Patient Forum Discussions.
  World neurosurgery 2019 Feler J, Tan A, Sammann A, Matouk C, Hwang DY
• Why So Glum? Understanding the Challenges in Meeting User's Needs on Trauma Surgical Rounds.
  The Journal of surgical research 2018 Sammann A, Chehab L, Patel D, Liao J
• The mangled extremity score and amputation: Time for a revision.
  The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2017 Loja MN, Sammann A, DuBose J, Li CS, Liu Y, Savage S, Scalea T, Holcomb JB, Rasmussen TE, Knudson MM, AAST PROOVIT Study Group
• Aggressive and minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary metastasis of sarcoma.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2014 Reza J, Sammann A, Jin C, Horvai A, Hudnall M, Jablons DM, Jahan T, Kornak J, Mann MJ
• VATS lobectomy facilitates the delivery of adjuvant docetaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
  Journal of thoracic disease 2013 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
• 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 Joseph A. Reza, Matthew Hudnall, Amanda Sammann, David M. Jablons, Michael J. Mann
• Pulmonary metastasectomy: Improving survival with less invasive, more aggressive surgery.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2012 Joseph A. Reza, Amanda Sammann, Barbara Grimes, Michael J. Mann
• Impact of preclinical exposure to organ donation on knowledge and attitudes of medical students.
  Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 2012 Zheng P, Sammann A, Qiu M, Lee R, O'Sullivan P, Roberts J
• Integrating surgical skills education into the anatomy laboratory.
  The Journal of surgical research 2010 Zaid H, Ward D, Sammann A, Tendick F, Topp KS, Maa J
• Operating room assist: surgical mentorship and operating room experience for preclerkship medical students.
  Journal of surgical education 2008 Cloyd J, Holtzman D, O'Sullivan P, Sammann A, Tendick F, Ascher N
• 105. An Integrated First Year Surgical Skills Training Curriculum Enhances Students’ Skills and Improves Interest in Surgery.
  Journal of Surgical Research 2008 Harras Zaid, Derek Ward, Amanda Sammann, Kim Topp, Frank Tendick, John Maa
• QS44. Surgical Mentorship and Operating Room Experience For Preclerkship Medical Students.
  Journal of Surgical Research 2008 Daniel Holtzman, Jordan Cloyd, Amanda Sammann, Frank Tendick, Patricia O’Sullivan, Nancy Ascher
• A surgical skills elective to expose preclinical medical students to surgery.
  The Journal of surgical research 2007 Sammann A, Tendick F, Ward D, Zaid H, O'Sullivan P, Ascher N
• 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 A. Sammann, F. Tendick, H. Zaid, D. Ward, P. O’Sullivan, J. Maa, N. Ascher