Benoosh Afghani, M.D. - UCI School of Medicine

FACULTY

Academic Address:
UCI Medical Center
101 The City Drive
Building 58, Room 118, ZC 4076
Orange, CA 92868

Email:
bafghani@uci.edu

Behnoosh Afghani, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Fellowship:
University of California, Irvine/
Miller Children's Hospital of Long Beach
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Patient Safety Award, Pediatric Unit, UCI Medical Center, 2007
Orange County Physician of Excellence, Orange Coast Magazine, 2007
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, UC Irvine, 2006
ARISE Exemplary Performance Award Nominee, UCIMC, November 2005, July 2005, and February 2006
Director's Award, UCI Department of Pediatrics, 2004-2005
Excellence in Teaching Award, UCI School of Medicine, 2004-2005
Outstanding Faculty Award, Pediatrics, Miller Children's Hospital and UC Irvine, 1997
Young Investigator Award, Long Beach Memorial Foundation, 1995-1997
Medical Student Research Fellowship Award, USC School of Medicine, 1988

1. Afghani B, Kong V, Wu F. What would pediatric infectious disease consultants recommend for management of culture-negative hematogenous osteomyelitis? J Pediatr Ortho. Accepted for publication.

2. Afghani B, Kong V, Wu F. Use of Nasal Mupirocin for Eradicating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Dilemma? J Hosp Infect 2006; 64(3):299-300.

3. Afghani B, Ngo T, Leu S, et al. The Effect of an Interventional Program on Adherence to the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Palivizumab Prophylaxis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006;25(11):1019-24.

4. Afghani B, Ngo T, Zeitany R, Amin A. Why do premature infants get hospitalized for RSV despite receiving palivizumab? (Abstract) J Invest Med. Feb 2006.

5. Afghani B et al. The Tricycle Model: Key to Patient Satisfaction. International Conference for Hospital Improvement (IHI). San Diego, CA June 2005.

6. Afghani B, Singh S. Paradoxical deterioration of M. bovis lymphadenitis and rapid resolution with corticosteroid therapy. Infect in Med 22: 583-86.

7. Kaplan SL, Afghani B, Lopez P, et al. Linezolid for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003;22:S178-85

8. Afghani B, Lieberman JM, Duke M, Stutman HR. Comparison of AFB Smear, Culture and Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction in Patients with Tuberculosis Receiving Therapy. Diag Microbio Infect Dis 29:73-79, 1997.

9. Afghani B, Stutman HR. Rapid Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis using Quantitative Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction. Biochem Molecul Med 60:182-6, 1997.

10. Afghani B, Stutman HR. Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Comparison of a Rapid Boiling Method to a More Conventional Method of DNA Extraction. Biochem Molecul Med 57:14-18, 1996.

11. Afghani B, Stutman HR. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Can Polymerase Chain Reaction Replace AFB Smear and Culture? J Infect Dis172:903-4, 1995.

12. Afghani B, Lieberman JM. Paradoxical Enlargement or Development of Tuberculomas During Therapy: Case Report and Review. Clin Infect Dis 19:1092-99, 1994.

Book Chapters, Reviews:
1. Afghani B, Marks MI. Diphtheria. In Gellis and Dagan’s Current Pediatric Therapy. Volume 15:594, 1995.

2. Afghani B, Marks MI. Epiglottitis, Croup, and Laryngitis. In: Current Therapy of Infectious Disease. 1996:87-89.

3. Afghani B, Marks MI. Fungal Infections. In: Textbook of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine. 1999:750-61.