Mahsa Abassi, DO

Mailing Address:
420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 250, Room D416 Mayo
Memorial Building
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Administrative Assistant Name
Becca Johnson

Administrative Phone
612-624-9996

Administrative Email
joh07913@umn.edu

Administrative Fax Number
612-625-4410

MD, DO, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA

Residency, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis
Reducing mortality in HIV-associated
Cryptococcal Meningitis Understand the pathophysiology of neurological impairment cryptococcal meningitis

Research Projects

Targeting Neuropathogenesis of Altered Mental Status to Improve Survival in Cryptococcal Meningitis (Pending - K23)

Mahsa Abassi, Ananta S Bangdiwala, Edwin Nuwagira, Kiiza Kandole Tadeo, Michael Okirwoth, Darlisha A Williams, Edward Mpoza, Lillian Tugume, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Kathy Huppler Hullsiek, Abdu K Musubire, Conrad Muzoora, Joshua Rhein, David B Meya, David R Boulware, Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactate as a Prognostic Marker of Disease Severity and Mortality in Cryptococcal Meningitis, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020; ciaa1749, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1749
Abassi M, Morawski BM, Nakigozi G, Nakasujja N, Kong X, Meya DB, Robertson K, Gray R, Wawer MJ, Sacktor N, Boulware DR. Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in HIV-infected individuals in Rakai, Uganda. J Neurovirol. 2017; 23: 369-75. PMC5441942
Abassi M, Rhein J, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Cryptoccocal disease in the era of “test and treat”: Is there cause for concern? Open Forum Infect Dis 2018; 5: ofx274.
Abassi M, Boulware DR, Rhein J. Cryptococcal meningitis: diagnosis and management update. Curr Trop Med Rep. 2015; 2(2):90-9.

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