Sumaya Hammami, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
General Medicine - Fresno
School of Medicine

Inspired by medical professionals in her family, she earned a Doctor of Medicine at Damascus University School of Medicine in Syria, received a Master of Public Health at Saint Louis University, and completed her residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Dr. Hammami has practiced internal medicine at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center and Hunter Health in Wichita, Kansas. She is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and has participated in numerous research projects.

Driven by her passion for improving population health, Dr. Hammami has a great interest in improving the quality of care for diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. When not devoting time to patients’ health, she likes hiking, exploring new places, and preparing different cuisines.

• Long-term use of dual antiplatelet therapy for the secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2016 Fanari Z, Malodiya A, Weiss SA, Hammami S, Kolm P, Weintraub WS
• Impact of Catheterization Lab Computer Software Settings on Hemodynamic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis.
  Delaware medical journal 2016 Fanari Z, Rajamanickam A, Grove M, Hammami S, Walls C, Kolm P, Weintraub W, Doorey AJ
• Cardiac output determination using a widely available direct continuous oxygen consumption measuring device: a practical way to get back to the gold standard.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2016 Fanari Z, Grove M, Rajamanickam A, Hammami S, Walls C, Kolm P, Saltzberg M, Weintraub WS, Doorey AJ
• Cardiology Critical Care Crisis: Can Working Across The Aisle Be The Salvation?
  Delaware medical journal 2016 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Barekatain A
• Aggressive Measures to Decrease "Door to Balloon" Time and Incidence of Unnecessary Cardiac Catheterization: Potential Risks and Role of Quality Improvement.
  Mayo Clinic proceedings 2015 Fanari Z, Abraham N, Kolm P, Doorey J, Herman A, Hoban A, Reddy V, Hammami S, Leonovich J, Rahman E, Weintraub WS, Doorey AJ
• Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis.
  Delaware medical journal 2015 Barekatain A, Fanari Z, Hammami S, Qureshi W
• Aggressive Measures to Decrease Door to Balloon Time May Increase the Incidence of Unnecessary Cardiac Catheterization and Delay Appropriate Care.
  Delaware medical journal 2015 Fanari Z, Abraham N, Hammami S, Doorey AJ
• The Effects of Right Ventricular Apical Pacing Frequency on Left Ventricle Function and Pulmonary Artery Pressure.
  Delaware medical journal 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Hammami MB, Hammami S, Shuraih M
• The effects of right ventricular apical pacing with transvenous pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator on mitral and tricuspid regurgitation.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Hammami MB, Hammami S, Shuraih M
• Thrombus in Transit through a Patent Foramen Ovale: Surgical Prevention of Impending Stroke.
  Delaware medical journal 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Choudhry U, Mohammed AA, Zweben M, Qureshi W
• The Value of Quality Improvement Process in the Detection and Correction of Common Errors in Echocardiographic Hemodynamic Parameters in a Busy Echocardiography Laboratory.
  Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2015 Fanari Z, Choudhry UI, Reddy VK, Eze-Nliam C, Hammami S, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Marshall ES
• Using The Descending Aortic Wall Thickness Measured In Transesophageal Echocardiography As A Risk Marker For Aortic Dissection.
  The European journal of cardiovascular medicine 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Hammami MB, Hammami S, Eze-Nliam C, Weintraub WS
• Transcatheter retrieval of device entrapment: management of a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention: case report and literature review.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2015 Fanari Z, Hamid SA, Hammami S, Mohammed AA, Hammami MB, Qureshi W
• Vitamin D deficiency plays an important role in cardiac disease and affects patient outcome: Still a myth or a fact that needs exploration?
  Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Hammami MB, Hammami S, Abdellatif A
• Acute Coronary Syndrome In HIV Naïve Patient With Low CD4 Count And No Other Significant Risk Factors: Case Report And Literature Review.
  Open journal of clinical & medical case reports 2015 Fanari Z, Hammami S, Hammami MB, Weintraub WS, Qureshi WA
• High-risk acute coronary syndrome in a patient with coronary subclavian steal syndrome secondary to critical subclavian artery stenosis.
  Case reports in cardiology 2014 Fanari Z, Abraham N, Hammami S, Qureshi WA
• Traumatic myocardial infarction in a young athletic patient after a football game.
  Delaware medical journal 2014 Fanari Z, Hadid M, Hammami S, Qureshi WA
• Acute severe hypothyroidism is not associated with hyponatremia even with increased water intake: a prospective study in thyroid cancer patients.
  BMC endocrine disorders 2013 Hammami MM, Almogbel F, Hammami S, Faifi J, Alqahtani A, Hashem W
• Consenting options for posthumous organ donation: presumed consent and incentives are not favored.
  BMC medical ethics 2012 Hammami MM, Abdulhameed HM, Concepcion KA, Eissa A, Hammami S, Amer H, Ahmed A, Al-Gaai E
• Novel and de novo PHEX mutations in patients with hypophosphatemic rickets.
  Bone 2012 Durmaz E, Zou M, Al-Rijjal RA, Baitei EY, Hammami S, Bircan I, Akçurin S, Meyer B, Shi Y