University of Pittsburgh, USA

Associate Professor

Email: yassinm@upmc.edu

Qualifications

2003 Ph.D., Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Cairo University

1997 M.Sc., Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Cairo University

1992 M.D., Medicine, School of Medicine, Cairo University

Publications (Selected)

1. GK Balasubramani, PhD, Mary Patricia Nowalk, PhD, RDN, Lloyd G. Clarke, BS Hons, Jason A. Lyons, Fernanda Silveira, MD, Donald B. Middleton, MD, Mohamed Yassin, MD, Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH, MA. Using Capture-Recapture Methods to Estimate Influenza Hospitalization Incidence Rates. Influenza and Other respiratory viruses. Accepted September 15, 2021.
2. Elise M. Martin, MD, Bonnie Colaianne MSN, RN, CIC, Christine Bridge, MHMS, MBA, Andrew Bilderback MS, Colleen Tanner MSN, RN, Suzanne Wagester MSN, RN, Mohamed Yassin MD, Raymond Pontzer MD, Graham M. Snyder MD, SM. Discontinuing MRSA and VRE Contact Precautions: Defining Hospital Characteristics and Infection Prevention Practices Predicting Safe De-escalation. Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE) 2021 (accepted September 2021).
3. Uddin Ali, MD, Phan Tung, MD, PhD and Mohamed H Yassin, MD, PhD. Septic polyarthritis caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis. Emerging Infectious Diseases accepted August 9, 2021 (EID-21-0649).
4. Mahir Khan, MD, MPH, Tanisha Kaur, MD, Tung Phan, MD, PhD and Mohamed H Yassin, MD, PhD. Secondary Syphilis as an Initial Presentation of HIV. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings accepted Aug. 6, 2021(https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2021.1953952).
5. AboZed A, Yassin M and Phan T. Tuberculosis of the rare azygos lobe of the right lung. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2021; 33: 101424.  RMCR-D-21-00045R1.
6. AboZed A, Yassin M and Phan T. A rare case of polymicrobial brain abscess involving Actinomyces. Radiology Case Reports Feb 2021 (RCR)-D-21-00107R1.
7. Valerie C. Gobao BA, Mostafa Alfishawy MD, Clair Smith MS, Karin E. Byers MD, Mohamed Yassin MD, PhD, Kenneth L. Urish MD, PhD, Neel B. Shah MD. Risk Factors, Screening and Treatment Challenges in Staphylococcus aureus Native Septic Arthritis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 18; 8(1):ofaa593. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa593. eCollection 2021 Jan. PMID: 33511230.
8. Hirsh M, Baron J, Mietzner S, Rihs J, Yassin M and Stout J. Evaluation of recommended water sample collection methods and the impact of holding time on Legionella recover and variability from healthcare building water systems. Microorganims 2020 accepted 11-10-2020.
9. Weppner J, Gabet, J, Linesenmeyer M, Yassin M, Galang G. C difficile infection reservoirs within an acute rehabilitation environment. American Journal of Physician Medicine & Rehabilitation 2020. Accepted 9/7/2020 Ahead of Print DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001579.
10. Abo-Zed A, Yassin M, Phan T. Acinetobacter junii as a rare pathogen of urinary tract infection. Urol Case Rep. 2020 Sep; 32:101209. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101209. eCollection 2020 Sep. PubMed PMID: 32322533; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7168726.
11. Bollam R, Yassin M, Phan T. Endophthalmitis resulting from gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis. New Microbes New Infect. 2020 Jul; 36:100724. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100724. eCollection 2020 Jul. PubMed PMID: 32714558; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7372155.
12. Yassin MH, Phan T, Doi Y. Unusual community-associated carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection, Pennsylvania, USA. IDCases. 2020;21:e00851. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00851. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32514398; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7267739.
13. Hussain M, Yang A, Yassin M, Arbulu R, Phan T. MALDI-TOF vs. VITEK 2 for identification of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans chest wall abscess. IDCases. 2020; 20:e00749. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00749. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32280588; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7136619.
14. Bollam R, Yassin M, Phan T. Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient. Respir Med Case Rep. 2020; 30:101034. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101034. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32190544; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7068684.