University of California San Francisco

Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH

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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

Address

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

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

ORCID: 0000-0002-8044-7165

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

Where Are All the Patients? Addressing Covid-19 Fear to Encourage Sick Patients to Seek Emergency Care
May, 18, 2020 | UCSF Department of Surgery
UCSF Trauma Surgeons Among Leading Voices Working to Stem Tide of Gun Violence in the U.S.
December, 05, 2018 | Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Surgical Innovations Hosts Symposium Uniting Partners Around Children's Health
May, 22, 2018 | UCSF Surgical Innovations
Amanda Sammann Pays Tribute to Patients with Hand-crafted "Stem to Stern" Heart
March, 14, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Amanda Sammann Launches The Better Lab to Drive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
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 46
  1. Understanding Barriers to Home Safety Assessment Adoption in Older Adults: Qualitative Human-Centered Design Study.
    Lee JJ, Patel D, Gadgil M, Langness S, von Hippel CD, Sammann A| | PubMed
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. The Reality of Living with Gun Violence: The Impact of Second-Hand Gun Smoke on Sleep and Health.
    Fahimi J, Sammann A| | PubMed
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of 99DOTS-based supervision of treatment for drug-susceptible TB in Uganda.
    Kiwanuka N, Kityamuwesi A, Crowder R, Guzman K, Berger CA, Lamunu M, Namale C, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Patel D, Sammann A, Turyahabwe S, Dowdy DW, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A| | PubMed
  13. Using a human-centered, mixed methods approach to understand the patient waiting experience and its impact on medically underserved Populations.
    Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Neville K, Liao J, Patel D, Sammann A| | PubMed
  14. Using Architectural Mapping to Understand Behavior and Space Utilization in a Surgical Waiting Room of a Safety Net Hospital.
    Liao EN, Chehab LZ, Ossmann M, Alpers B, Patel D, Sammann A| | PubMed
  15. Facilitating Integrated Perinatal Care for Families Affected by Substance Use.
    Schmidt CN, Patel D, Alpers BS, Spaulding M, Ocegueda L, Thomas M, Sammann A, Briscoe H| | PubMed
  16. Risk factors associated with student distress in medical school: Associations with faculty support and availability of wellbeing resources.
    Langness S, Rajapuram N, Marshall M, Rahman AS, Sammann A| | PubMed
  17. Completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV: Interim analysis of a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized trial.
    Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Bishop O, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A| | PubMed
  18. Use of Telehealth for Routine Postoperative Care in a Safety-Net Population.
    Carmen M. Lee, Camille Rogine, Woon Cho Kim, Lara Chehab, Amanda Sammann, Sandhya Kumar| | UCSF Research Profile
  19. Using human centered design to identify opportunities for reducing inequities in perinatal care.
    Nijagal MA, Patel D, Lyles C, Liao J, Chehab L, Williams S, Sammann A| | PubMed
  20. Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda.
    Cattamanchi A, Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger C, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Turyahabwe S, Dowdy D, Katamba A| | PubMed
  21. The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis.
    Matthay ZA, Kornblith AE, Matthay EC, Sedaghati M, Peterson S, Boeck M, Bongiovanni T, Campbell A, Chalwell L, Colwell C, Farrell MS, Kim WC, Knudson MM, Mackersie R, Li L, Nunez-Garcia B, Langness S, Plevin RE, Sammann A, Tesoriero R, Stein DM, Kornblith LZ| | PubMed
  22. Developing Virtual Reality Trauma Training Experiences Using 360-Degree Video: Tutorial.
    Patel D, Hawkins J, Chehab LZ, Martin-Tuite P, Feler J, Tan A, Alpers BS, Pink S, Wang J, Freise J, Kim P, Peabody C, Bowditch J, Williams ER, Sammann A| | PubMed
  23. Iterative Adaptation of a Tuberculosis Digital Medication Adherence Technology to Meet User Needs: Qualitative Study of Patients and Health Care Providers Using Human-Centered Design Methods.
    Patel D, Berger CA, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Kunihira Tinka L, Turimumahoro P, Feler J, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A| | PubMed
  24. Medical students in distress: The impact of gender, race, debt, and disability.
    Rajapuram N, Langness S, Marshall MR, Sammann A| | PubMed
  25. Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion.
    Crowder R, Kityamuwesi A, Kiwanuka N, Lamunu M, Namale C, Tinka LK, Nakate AS, Ggita J, Turimumahoro P, Babirye D, Oyuku D, Berger CA, Tucker A, Patel D, Sammann A, Dowdy D, Stavia T, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A| | PubMed
  26. Impact Evaluation of a Training and Capacity Building Program for Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh in Ghana.
    Jessica H. Beard, Shadrach Sowah, Joachim Ka amoako, Charles Dally, Jenny Lofgren, Carrie A. Sims, Amanda Sammann, Michael Ohene-Yeboah| | UCSF Research Profile
  27. Opportunities to improve digital adherence technologies and TB care using human-centered design.
    Berger C, Patel D, Kityamuwesi A, Ggita J, Tinka LK, Turimumahoro P, Neville K, Chehab L, Chen AZ, Gupta N, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Sammann A| | PubMed
  28. The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: Perioperative Deterioration-Early Recognition, Rapid Intervention, and the End of Failure-to-Rescue.
    Lin DM, Peden CJ, Langness SM, Sammann A, Greenberg SB, Lane-Fall MB, Cooper JB| | PubMed
  29. Designing an Information and Communications Technology Tool With and for Victims of Violence and Their Case Managers in San Francisco: Human-Centered Design Study.
    Patel D, Sarlati S, Martin-Tuite P, Feler J, Chehab L, Texada M, Marquez R, Orellana FJ, Henderson TL, Nwabuo A, Plevin R, Dicker RA, Juillard C, Sammann A| | PubMed
  30. Protocol for the 3HP Options Trial: a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness randomized trial of delivery strategies for short-course tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Uganda.
    Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Ssemata JL, Bishop O, Berger CA, Patel D, Sammann A, Katahoire A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Phillips PPJ, Namusobya J, Kamya M, Handley MA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy D, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A| | PubMed
  31. Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community.
    Lancaster EM, Sosa JA, Sammann A, Pierce L, Shen W, Conte MC, Wick EC| | PubMed
  32. Improving Efficiency and Meeting Expectations Without Compromising Care on Trauma Surgical Rounds.
    Sammann A, Chehab LZ, Patel D, Liao J, Callcut R, Knudson MM| | PubMed
  33. Decision Making Among Patients with Unruptured Aneurysms: A Qualitative Analysis of Online Patient Forum Discussions.
    Feler J, Tan A, Sammann A, Matouk C, Hwang DY| | PubMed
  34. Why So Glum? Understanding the Challenges in Meeting User's Needs on Trauma Surgical Rounds.
    Sammann A, Chehab L, Patel D, Liao J| | PubMed
  35. The mangled extremity score and amputation: Time for a revision.
    Loja MN, Sammann A, DuBose J, Li CS, Liu Y, Savage S, Scalea T, Holcomb JB, Rasmussen TE, Knudson MM, AAST PROOVIT Study Group| | PubMed
  36. Aggressive and minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary metastasis of sarcoma.
    Reza J, Sammann A, Jin C, Horvai A, Hudnall M, Jablons DM, Jahan T, Kornak J, Mann MJ| | PubMed
  37. VATS lobectomy facilitates the delivery of adjuvant docetaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
    Zhi X, Gao W, Han B, Yang Y, Li H, Liu D, Wang C, Min G, Long H, Rigas JR, Carey M, Jahan T, Sammann A, Reza J, Wang D, Mann MJ, Jablons DM, He J, China Clinical Trials Consortium| | PubMed
  38. Novel video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery metastatectomy technique equivalent to open thoracotomy for identification of numerous and small lesions.
    Joseph A. Reza, Matthew Hudnall, Amanda Sammann, David M. Jablons, Michael J. Mann| | UCSF Research Profile
  39. Pulmonary metastasectomy: Improving survival with less invasive, more aggressive surgery.
    Joseph A. Reza, Amanda Sammann, Barbara Grimes, Michael J. Mann| | UCSF Research Profile
  40. Impact of preclinical exposure to organ donation on knowledge and attitudes of medical students.
    Zheng P, Sammann A, Qiu M, Lee R, O'Sullivan P, Roberts J| | PubMed
  41. Integrating surgical skills education into the anatomy laboratory.
    Zaid H, Ward D, Sammann A, Tendick F, Topp KS, Maa J| | PubMed
  42. Operating room assist: surgical mentorship and operating room experience for preclerkship medical students.
    Cloyd J, Holtzman D, O'Sullivan P, Sammann A, Tendick F, Ascher N| | PubMed
  43. 105. An Integrated First Year Surgical Skills Training Curriculum Enhances Students’ Skills and Improves Interest in Surgery.
    Harras Zaid, Derek Ward, Amanda Sammann, Kim Topp, Frank Tendick, John Maa| | UCSF Research Profile
  44. QS44. Surgical Mentorship and Operating Room Experience For Preclerkship Medical Students.
    Daniel Holtzman, Jordan Cloyd, Amanda Sammann, Frank Tendick, Patricia O’Sullivan, Nancy Ascher| | UCSF Research Profile
  45. A surgical skills elective to expose preclinical medical students to surgery.
    Sammann A, Tendick F, Ward D, Zaid H, O'Sullivan P, Ascher N| | PubMed
  46. P29 Teaching surgical skills in the pre-clinical years: Suggestions for improvement on the operating room assist (“OR Assist”) elective.
    A. Sammann, F. Tendick, H. Zaid, D. Ward, P. O’Sullivan, J. Maa, N. Ascher| | UCSF Research Profile