Nikka Khorsandi, MD
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Society of ’67 Kinney Scholar, Association of Pathology Chairs, 2024
• Anatomic Pathology Award for Clinical Excellence, UCSF Department of Anatomic Pathology, 2023
• Finkbeiner Leadership Award, ZSFGH Department of Pathology, 2023
• Russell L. Holman Memorial Award, Louisiana Pathology Society, 2021
• Excellence in Public Health Award, U.S. Public Health Service, 2021
• Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, New Orleans Chapter, 2019-2020

Education & Training

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• MD Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 05/2021
• MPH Health Policy and Systems Management Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 05/2021
• B.S. Biological Sciences Louisiana State Univeristy 05/2017

Interests

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• Health Disparities
• Health Equity
• Population Health

Publications (15)

Top publication keywords:
Systems AnalysisMedically Underserved AreaSex Reassignment SurgeryReproductive Health ServicesCarcinoma, Transitional CellUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsPharmaciesAdolescent Health ServicesContraceptives, PostcoitalPediatricsPhysiciansCancer SurvivorsUrologic NeoplasmsLouisianaContraception, Postcoital

• Fine needle aspiration biopsy in low- and middle-income countries.
  Diagnostic cytopathology 2024 Khorsandi N, Balassanian R, Vohra P
• Clinicopathologic and genetic analysis of invasive breast carcinomas in women with germline CHEK2 variants.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2023 Schwartz CJ, Khorsandi N, Blanco A, Mukhtar RA, Chen YY, Krings G
• A comprehensive review of anal cancer-with a special focus on anal cytology.
  Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2023 Vohra P, Khorsandi N, Baskota SU
• Utility and performance of cell blocks in urine cytology: Experience at three teaching hospitals.
  Cancer cytopathology 2023 Greenland NY, Khorsandi N, Peng Y, Balassanian R, Tabatabai ZL, Tiffany Shing TW, Vohra P
• Urine cytology in patients with gender confirmation surgery and hormone therapy: evaluation of urine cytology performance in an underserved patient population.
  Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2023 Khorsandi N, Ding CC, VandenBussche CJ, Verduzco CS, Greenland N, Vohra P

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• A Survey of Louisiana Pediatricians' Approach to Parenting Teens and Adolescent Reproductive Health.
  Southern medical journal 2023 Dumas SA, Khorsandi N
• Systems Analysis by a Cross-sector Workgroup to Address Housing Insecurity in Cancer Survivorship.
  Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2023 Khorsandi N, Giancola M
• Five overlooked dimensions of campus wellness: Qualitative lessons from a Health Sciences Center's wellness program evaluation.
  Journal of American college health : J of ACH 2022 Khorsandi N, Embley S, Bishop-Baier M
• An Assessment of Needs Among African American and White Cancer Survivors in Louisiana
  Journal of Cancer Rehabilitation 2022 Khorsandi, N.; Williams, D.
• Quality of Life Concerns of Young Breast Cancer Survivors in the U.S. Gulf States by Race at Treatment and One-year Post-treatment
  Archives of Breast Cancer 2022 Donna Williams, Yu-Wen Chiu, Nikka Khorsandi, Lisa Moses, Barbara Craft
• Community-Informed Perspectives on Barriers to Accessing New Orleans' Community-Based Clinics
  Journal of the Louisiana Public Health Association 2021 Nikka Khorsandi
• Louisiana Pharmacies' Availability of Emergency Contraception and Counseling Accuracy to Adolescent and Physician Callers.
  Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2021 Khorsandi N, Chiccarelli E, Dumas SA, Pasternak RH
• Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana.
  Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) 2020 Chiccarelli E, Khorsandi N, Dumas SA, Aden JK, Pasternak RH
• Telemedicine Provides Enhanced Care for Low Acuity Pediatric Urology Patients
  Telehealth and Medicine Today. 2020 Khorsandi, N.; Gros, B.; Chiu, Y.W.; Martin, A.
• TRPC5 is required for the NO-dependent increase in dendritic Ca2+ and GABA release from chick retinal amacrine cells.
  Journal of neurophysiology 2017 Maddox JW, Khorsandi N, Gleason E