Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Medicine
Additional Title:
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology
Location:
725 W. Lombard St, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone (Primary):
(410) 706-8264
Education and Training
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Sindh Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, 2006-2011
Residency, Internal Medicine, Griffin Hospital affiliated with Yale School of Medicine, 2015-2018
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 2018-2020
Fellowship, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2023-2024
Biosketch
Dr. Ashraf received her medical degree from Sindh Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan. She completed Internal Medicine residency at Griffin Hospital affiliated with Yale School of Medicine followed by Infectious Diseases (ID) fellowship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Upon completion of fellowship, she joined University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hamot in Erie, PA as an ID attending and also served on the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention committees. She then went on to complete advanced fellowship in Immunocompromised Host at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her time at UNC, Dr. Ashraf completed the UNC School of Medicine Clinical Trialist Boot Camp. She served as a sub-investigator on two industry sponsored clinical trials: a non-interventional study assessing the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination and a phase 2 trial evaluating phage as an adjunct therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Dr. Ashraf’s clinical and research interests are in the prevention and management of infections in immunocompromised hosts including solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients, patients with hematological malignancies, and patients with durable mechanical circulatory support devices.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Immunocompromised Host, Mycobacterial Infections, Endemic Mycoses, LVAD Infections, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Highlighted Publications
Ashraf N, Kubat RC, Poplin V, Adenis AA, Denning DW, Wright L et al. Re-drawing the Maps for Endemic Mycoses. Mycopathologia. 2020 Oct;185(5):843-865. doi: 10.1007/s11046-020-00431-2. Epub 2020 Feb 10. PMID: 32040709; PMCID: PMC7416457.
Ashraf N, Dias A, Clough LA, Ni Y, Chalise P, Atrouni WE. 1088. Extracorporeal Photopheresis and Infectious Complications in Patients with Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31;7(Suppl 1):S573. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1274. December 2020.
Ashraf N, Weihe RT, Liesman RM, Meyer A, Sweeney KR, Shoemaker DM. 22-Year-Old with Invasive Mass of the Right Femur. J Clin Lab Med 2021; 6(2): dx.doi.org/10.16966/2572-9578.140
Smith C, Ashraf N, Haghnegahdar M, Goins K, Newman JR. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A Single-Institution Series of Four Cases with Literature Review. 2022 Jan 11;14(1):e21112. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21112.
Additional Publication Citations
Iqbal N, Irfan M, Ashraf N, Awan S, Khan JA. Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Women: A Cross-sectional Survey from A Squatter Settlement of Karachi, Pakistan. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 24;8:469. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1455-7. PMID: 26400484; PMCID: PMC4581439.
Ashraf N, and Behera D. Clinical and Pre-clinical Molecular Imaging in Chronic Pain – Implications for Analgesic Use and Misuse. Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse, Volume One: Foundations of Understanding, Tobacco, Alcohol, Cannabinoids, Opioids and Emerging Addictions.1st ed.Vol. 1. N.p.: Elsevier, 2016. 956-64.