Rangos Research Seminar - Saima Aslam

Saima Aslam, MBBS, is a board-certified infectious disease specialist. Her expertise is in caring for solid-organ transplant candidates and recipients as well as other immunocompromised individuals. Dr. Aslam directs UC San Diego Health's Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases Service, which provides expert care in the prevention and management of infectious diseases in organ transplant donors and recipients.

As an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Aslam instructs medical students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Her research interests include transplant infectious diseases, catheter-related bacteremia and biofilm-based infection.