Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi

Originally from Iran, Shahram joined the Department of Biology in January of 2008. Shahram holds a bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine, and a master's in Medical Parasitology from the School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Before joining the Department of Biology at Georgetown, he worked in University of Virginia Health System at Charlottesville, as a Visiting Researcher (2005-2008). His work at the University of Virginia was mainly focused on signal transduction mechanisms in the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica via the Transmembrane Kinases (TMKs). He also developed enhanced molecular diagnostic modalities for the rapid diagnosis of human amebiasis. Currently, he works with Dr. Steven Singer on mechanisms of host's immune responses in the murine models of giardiasis as well as the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in human giardiasis.

Contact info:

Email: ss759@georgetown.edu; ssolaymani@tums.ac.ir; s_solaymani@yahoo.com

Mailing Address:

Department of Biology, Reiss Building, 37th and O Sts. NW,
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Tel: 202-687-6404
Fax: 202-687-5662

I. Education:

B.Sc., Tabriz University, Iran, 1999, Veterinary Medicine
M.S.P.H., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2001, Medical Parasitology
Ph.D. candidate, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2001-2006, Medical Parasitology
Visiting Researcher, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, School of Medicine, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, 2005-2008

II. Peer-reviewed publications:

1. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Singer SM. 2011. Host immunity and pathogen strain contribute to intestinal disaccharidase impairment following gut infection. The Journal of Immunology, 187 (7): 3769-3775.

2. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Singer SM. 2010. Giardia duodenalis: The double-edged sword of immune responses in giardiasis. Experimental Parasitology, 126 (3): 292-7. (Highly Accessed)

3. Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Genkinger JM, Loffredo CA, Singer SM. 2010. A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of albendazole compared with metronidazole as treatments for infections with Giardia duodenalis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4, e 682.
(*co-corresponding author)

4. Rao S*, Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Petri WA Jr, Parker SK. 2009. Hepatic amebiasis: a reminder of the complications. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 21(1): 145-9. (*equal contribution)

5. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Coyle CM, Factor SM, Petri WA Jr. 2008. Amebic colitis in an antigenically and serologically negative patient: usefulness of a small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene-based polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 62(3): 333-5.

6. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Petri WA Jr. 2008. Intestinal invasion by Entamoeba histolytica. Subcellular Biochemistry, 47: 221-32.

7. Ali IK, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Akhter J, Roy S, Gorrini C, Calderaro A, Parker SK, Haque R, Petri WA Jr, Clark CG. 2008. Tissue invasion by Entamoeba histolytica: evidence of genetic selection and/or DNA reorganization events in organ tropism. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2, e 219. (Evaluated by Faculty of 1000 Biology and the Faculty of 1000 Medicine)

8. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Lam MM, Zunt JR, Petri WA Jr. 2007. Entamoeba histolytica encephalitis diagnosed by PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. The Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(3): 311-3.

9. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Rezaian M, Babaei Z, Rajabpour A, Meamar AR, Pourbabai AA, Petri WA Jr. 2006. Comparison of a stool antigen detection kit and PCR for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections in asymptomatic cyst passers in Iran. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(6): 2258-61.

10. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Petri WA Jr. 2006. Zoonotic implications of the swine-transmitted protozoal infections. Veterinary Parasitology, 140(3-4): 189-203. (Highly Accessed).

11. Ashrafi K, Valero MA, Massoud J, Sobhani A, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Conde P, Khoubbane M, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. 2006. Plant-borne human contamination by fascioliasis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75(2): 295-302.

12. Meamar AR, Rezaian M, Rezaie S, Mohraz M, Kia EB, Houpt ER, Solaymani-Mohammadi S*. 2006. Cryptosporidium parvum bovine genotype oocysts in the respiratory samples of an AIDS patient: efficacy of treatment with a combination of azithromycin and paromomycin. Parasitology Research, 98(6): 593-5. (*sole corresponding author)

13. Mowlavi GR, Massoud J, Mobedi I, Gharagozlou MJ, Rezaian M, Solaymani-Mohammadi S*. 2006. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) grusi (Shumakovich, 1946) (Nematoda: Tetrameridae) in Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in central Iran. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42(2): 397-401. (*sole corresponding author)

14. Mowlavi G R, Massoud J, Mobedi I, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Gharagozlou M J, Mas-Coma S. 2006. Very highly prevalent Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus infection of wild boar, Sus scrofa, in Kuzistan province, south-western Iran. Helminthologia. 43(2): 86-91.

15. Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Rezaian M, Hooshyar H, Mowlavi GR, Babaei Z, Anwar MA. 2004. Intestinal protozoa in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in western Iran. Journal of Wildlife diseases, 40(4): 801-3. (*sole corresponding author).

16. Hooshyar H, Rezaian M, Kazemi B, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Solaymani-Mohammadi S. 2004. The distribution of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in northern, central, and southern Iran. Parasitology Research, 94(2): 96-100.

17. Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Mobedi I, Rezaian M, Massoud J, Mohebali M, Hooshyar H, Ashrafi K, Rokni MB. 2003. Helminth parasites of the wild boar, Sus scrofa, in Luristan province, western Iran and their public health significance. Journal of Helminthology, 77(3): 263-7.

18. Mowlavi, G. R, Massoud, J, Mobedi, I, Rezaian, M, Solaymani-Mohammadi, S, Mostoufi, N. E, and Gharagozlo, M. J. 2004. Enterobius vermicularis: a controversial cause of appendicitis. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 33(3): 27-31.

19. Hooshyar H, Rezaian M, Mahmoodi S, Farnia S, and Solaymani-Mohammadi S. 2004. A field study of the distribution of Entamoeba histolytica / Entamoeba dispar cyst passers in northern, central, and southern Iran. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 33 (2): 28-32

20. Razmjou H, Mowlavi G.H, Nateghpour M, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Kia E.B. 2007. Ophthalmomyiasis caused by the flesh Fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in a patient with eye malignancy in Iran. 2007. Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 1 (2): 53-56

III. Letters and Correspondences

1. Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Singer SM. 2009. Comments on: Prevalence and chemotherapy of Balantidium coli in cattle in the River Ravi region, Lahore (Pakistan) by Bilal et al. Veterinary Parasitology, 165(1-2): 184. (*sole corresponding author)

2. Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Rezaian M, Anwar MA. 2005. Human balantidiasis in Iran: an unresolved enigma? Trends in Parasitology, 21(4): 160-1. (*sole corresponding author)

3. Solaymani-Mohammadi S*, Rezaian M, Anwar MA. 2005. Human balantidiasis in Iran: Wild boar or not? Trends in Parasitology, 21(12): 553. (Reply to F.E. Cox) (*sole corresponding author)

IV. Book chapters

1- Solaymani-Mohammadi, S and Petri Jr, W.A. 2008. Intestinal Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica. In ‘’Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion’’ Soldati, D and Burleigh, B (Eds), 1st edition, Landes Biosciences. pp. 221-232.

2- Solaymani-Mohammadi, S and Petri Jr, W. A. 2008. Naegleria fowleri. In “Principles and Practice of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases’’. Long, S.S, Pickering, L.K and Prober, C.G (Eds). 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone.

3- Solaymani-Mohammadi, S and Petri Jr, W.A. 2008. Other Entamoeba, Amoeba, and Intestinal Flagellates. In “Principles and Practice of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases’’. Long, S.S, Pickering, L.K and Prober, C.G. (Eds). 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone.

4- Solaymani-Mohammadi, S and Petri Jr, W.A. 2008. Entamoeba histolytica. In “Principles and Practice of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases’’. Long, S.S, Pickering, L.K and Prober, C.G. (Eds). 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone

5- Solaymani-Mohammadi, S and Petri Jr, W. A. 2008. Acanthamoeba sp. In “Principles and Practice of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases’’. Long, S.S, Pickering, L.K and Prober, C.G. (Eds). 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone.

V. Scholarships, Awards and Honors:

1- Merit-based scholarship, Georgetown University, 2008- up to now
2- Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting Travel Grant, 2007
3- Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Training Scholarship, 2005
4- Outstanding Graduate Student Award, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, 2002

VI. Ad-Hoc Reviewer

1- Journal of Medical Microbiology (2010-now)
2- Primates (2009-now)
3- Clinical Infectious Diseases (2008-now)
4- Veterinary Parasitology (ELSEVIER; 2006-now)
5- The Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ELSEVIER; 2006-now )
6- The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal (2007-now)
7- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (WHO; 2006-now)
8- The Iranian Journal of Public Health (2004-now)

VII. Editorial Advisory Board Memberships

The Open Parasitology Journal (Bentham Publishers; 2007-now)

VIII. Abstract in Proceedings

1- Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Boettner DB, Frederick JB, Linford AS, Petri WA. Entamoeba histolytica Transmembrane Kinases (TMKs): Serine/threonine or tyrosine kinases? Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting, February 11-13, 2007, Wintergreen, Virginia, U.S.

2- Razmjou E, Zavaran-Hosseini A, Solaymani-Mohammadi S. The in vitro effect of supplemental arginine and citrulline on the inhibition of Leishmania major multiplication in BALB/c mice macrophages. XII International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA), 6-11 August 2006, Glasgow, UK

3- Mowlavi GR, Massoud J, Gharaguzlo MJ, Kia EB, Eskandarian A, Mobedi I, Solaymani-Mohammadi S. Chronic orchitis due to Diptalonema evansi in imported camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Iran. XII International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA), 6-11 August 2006, Glasgow, UK

4- Edrissian GH, Soltanpoor A, Taran M, Izaddoost I, Taherikalani M, Esmaeili M, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Kalantari K, Khalifeh-Gholi. Allium hirtifolium (Persian shallot) hydroalcoholic extract inhibits growth of Leishmania infantum in vitro. The 20th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, 16-20 October 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand

5- Mowlavi GR, Massoud J, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Ashrafi K, Naddaf S, and Mobedi, I. Using Rattus norvegicus albino as a highly susceptible laboratory animal model for the maintenance of the mongoose-derived Trichinella larvae in Iran. XI International Conference on Trichinellosis, 8-12 August 2004, San Diego, California

6- Ashrafi K, Valero MA, Massoud J, Sobhani AR, Rezaian M, Shahtaheri SJ, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Funtes MV, Bargues MD, Mas-Coma S. Potential fascioliasis human contamination through traditional local foods prepared with fresh wild plants in an endemic area of Guilan province, northern Iran. IX European Multicolloquim of Parasitology, 18-23 July 2004, Valencia, Spain

7- Mowlavi GR, Massoud J, Rezaian M, Mobedi I, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Valero M A, Mas-Coma S. Enterobius vermicularis: a controversial cause of appendicitis. Proceeding of the IX European Multicolloquim of Parasitology, 18-23 July 2004, Valencia, Spain

8- Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Rezaian M, Hooshyar H, Mowlavi GR, Babaei Z, Anwar, MA. Intestinal protozoa of the wild boar, Sus scrofa, in Luristan province, western Iran: their zoonotic importance. Proceeding of the IX European Multicolloquim of Parasitology, 18-23 July 2004, Valencia, Spain

9- Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Razmjou E, Gholami E. First report of the infection of wild boar, Sus scrofa, with Cysticercosis cellulosae in Luristan. Proceeding of the Third National Congress of Parasitology, 12-16 February 2001, Sari, Iran

10- Mobedi I, Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Daee-Ghazvini R. Raillietina sahbai nsp. from chukar partridge, Alectoris chukar, in western Iran. Proceeding of the Third national Congress of Parasitology, 12-16 February 2001, Sari, Iran.