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Specialities
Critical care medicine, Endocrine surgery, General surgery, Hernia, Surgical critical care, Traumatology
Languages
English, Farsi
Biography
Saman Arbabi, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., is a UW professor of Surgery in the division of Trauma, Burns and Critical Care at Harborview Medical Center.Dr. Arbabi believes in patient autonomy. He will explain the treatment options, then choose the best option for the patient together.
Dr. Arbabi earned his medical degree from UC Davis. Currently, he is a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator and is active in lab and clinical research at Harborview. In addition, he is the Acute Care section head at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. His research interests include inflammatory cell signaling in burn injury, wound healing, surgical infections, critical care medicine, injury prevention and surgical outcomes studies.
Dr. Arbabi has mentored several surgical resident and clinical scientists in the art and science of medicine.
Personal Interests
Dr. Arbabi enjoys quantum mechanics, physics and science fiction.
General Surgery Clinic at Harborview
325 9th Avenue Maleng Building, 7th Floor Seattle, WA 98104Emergency medicine, General surgery, Traumatology
Univ. of Washington
Master Public Health, 2001, Epidemiology
Univ. of Calif. Davis
Medical education, 1992
UW - Dept. of Critical Care Surgery
Fellowship
UW - Dept. of Critical Care Surgery
Fellowship
UW - Dept. of Surgery
Residency, General Surgery
UW - Dept. of Surgery
Internship, General Surgery
Board Certifications
- Surgical Critical Care, 2001, American Board of Surgery
- General Surgery, 1998, American Board of Surgery