University of California San Francisco

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Amanda
Sammann
MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Founder and Director of The Better Lab
Director of the Wraparound Program

Address

1001 Potrero Avenue, #213
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

Email: [email protected]
Fax: 628-206-5484

    Biography

    Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and the Founder and Executive Director of The Better Lab; a venture that uses design to study and fix health care challenges. Dr. Sammann is a general surgeon who practices trauma surgery, acute care surgery and surgical critical care at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG).

     
     

    Dr. Sammann received a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford University, a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University and a Medical Degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her surgical training at UCSF and her critical care fellowship at Oregon Health & Sciences University. Dr. Sammann also spent two years as the Medical Fellow and Medical Director at the Silicon Valley design firm, IDEO.

     

    Dr. Sammann has spent a lifetime trying to make things better. She has built novel content for health websites, developed surgical training curriculum, designed medical products and fixed dozens of health care systems challenges. Dr. Sammann has expertise in Human Centered Design (HCD) and is leading research at ZSFG to implement and study the HCD process in the health care setting. She lectures on innovation and design locally and nationally.

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California, San Francisco M.D. Medicine 2008

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
    American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

    Clinical Expertise

    General Surgery
    Trauma Surgery
    Acute Care Surgery 
    Surgical Critical Care

    Program Affiliations

    The Better Lab

    In the News

    December, 05, 2018 | Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
    March, 14, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
    March, 14, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Sammann is the Founder and Executive Director of The Better Lab, a multidisciplinary venture that conducts human centered design research. The goal of her research is to develop new ways to fix health care challenges through greater empathy and better design and to study these novel methods and their outcomes with rigorous public health methodologies. Early research initiatives are focused on health care systems quality improvement at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

    Research Interests

    Quality Improvement and Outcomes 
    Innovation
    Human Centered Design
    Implementation Sciences
    Trauma Care
    Underserved Populations
    Transitions of Care
    Shared Decision Making
    Surgical and Medical Education

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 45
    1. Designing equitable telehealth solutions for outpatient surgical care in a safety-net population: a human-centered design approach.
      Chehab LZ, Mettupalli D, Cevallos JR, Rogine C, Sammann A, Kumar S| | PubMed
    2. Disparities in well-being outcomes among medical students: a comparative study between medical students with and without disability.
      Seaborne HJ, Chehab LZ, Rajapuram N, Sammann A| | PubMed
    3. Popular but precarious: low helmet use among shared micromobility program riders in San Francisco.
      Frye W, Chehab L, Feler J, Wong L, Tan A, Alpers B, Patel D, von Hippel C, Sammann A| | PubMed
    4. Design Thinking in Undergraduate Medical Education.
      Archit Vishnu Potharazu, R. McKinley Sherrod, Santosh Basapur, Patricia Beirne, Ryan Buckley, Raymond H. Curry, Kim Erwin, Morgan Hutchinson, Peter H. Jones, Miiri Kotche, Alexander Langerman, Lana M. Minshew, Amanda Sammann, Matthew Trowbridge, Jerry A. Krishnan, Hugh Musick| | UCSF Research Profile
    5. Using Human-Centered Design to Improve Serious Illness Care for Older Adults With Advanced Dementia.
      Chehab L, Weiss Goitiandia S, Pereira L, Jung K, Chen A, Patel D, Axelrod J, Li L, Williams I, Dohan D, Sammann A, Dzeng E| | PubMed
    6. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial.
      Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR| | PubMed
    7. The Reality of Living with Gun Violence: The Impact of Second-Hand Gun Smoke on Sleep and Health.
      Fahimi J, Sammann A| | PubMed
    8. Medical students in distress: a mixed methods approach to understanding the impact of debt on well-being.
      Yang A, Langness S, Chehab L, Rajapuram N, Zhang L, Sammann A| | PubMed
    9. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial.
      Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR| | PubMed
    10. Comparison of 3 optimized delivery strategies for completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A single-center randomized trial.
      Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakimuli J, Ritar Kasidi J, Bishop O, Nakasendwa S, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A| | PubMed