Niaz Banaei (previously Banaiee)
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Pathology
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Stanford University Medical Center 3375 Hillview Ave, Rm 1602 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 736-8052 Fax (650) 725-5671Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 736-8052Alternate Contact Lua Tiedemann Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-725-7166Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Clinical Pathology
- Mycobacterium Infections
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Clinical Microbiology (2007 - present)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | New York University, NY USA (2007) |
| Board Certification: | Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology (2004) |
| Internship: | UCSF - Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, CA USA (2002) |
| Medical Education: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2001) |
| MD: | Stanford University, Medicine (2001) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Development and implementation of rapid diagnostic assays for the detection, identification, and susceptibility testing of clinically important mycobacteria. Understanding the role of M. tuberculosis lipoproteins in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis.
Publications
- Images in clinical medicine. Strongyloides stercoralis embryonated ova in the lung. N Engl J Med. 2013; (12): e15
- Trends in incidence and susceptibility among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from intranasal cultures associated with rhinosinusitis. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2013; (2): 134-7
- Use of whole genome sequencing to determine the microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during an outbreak. PLoS One. 2013; (3): e58235
- Can a simple flotation method lower the limit of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in extrapulmonary samples analyzed by the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay? J Clin Microbiol. 2012; (7): 2272-6
- First isolation of Cryptococcus uzbekistanensis from an immunocompromised patient with Lymphoma. J Clin Microbiol. 2012; (3): 1125-7
- In vitro immunomodulation of a whole blood IFN-γ release assay enhances T cell responses in subjects with latent tuberculosis infection. PLoS One. 2012; (10): e48027
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