Sara Kohandani

Motivated Family Medicine Resident Physician committed to delivering comprehensive, compassionate, and evidence-based care. Interested in preventive medicine, integrative health, and the interplay between physical and mental health. Values teamwork, continuous professional development, and building meaningful patient relationships.

Event leaders at OPSC Volunteering events 2021-2023

• Educating and designing activities for middle school student at AVID classes about medicine.
• Organizing Workshops for field trips on : knot tying, medical equipment, ultrasound, and the sim lab for middle school students.
  
  

Guest Speaker at Ronald Reagan Hospital 2014-2023

• Lectures on medical topics for senior Persians in Farsi

Volunteering at OPSC club, 2021-2023

• Educating middle school student at AVID classes about medicine and healthy diet.

Guest Speaker on Radio 670 2016- 2021

• Special topics on mental health and Medicine

Volunteering at Ronald Regan Hospital, Care Extender Program. Oct 2016-Oct 2019

• 500 hours of volunteering in different departments of Ronald Regan and Santa Monica Hospitals
• Assisting nurses and doctors with patient care.
• Escorting patients to appointments or procedures.
• Helping with administrative tasks, such as filing or answering phones.
• Participating in hospital events or community outreach programs.

Research Assistant 

• Neuropharmacology Lab at UCLA Dental School Division of Oral Biology & Medicine. 2017-2019

-Setting the rats up for their behavior protocols Flushing of intravenous (jugular) catheter lines with heparinized saline to maintain patency

-Analyzing electrophysiology data using patch Clamp software

-Video recordings of rodent pain behavior in different chronic pain models.

-Helped with rodent behavioral measurements in pre-clinical studies on chronic pain and addiction

-Performing Western blotting and Wes capillary electrophoresis tests 

Co-authored an Abstract                                                                                                                   
• Yatendra Mulpuri, Toru Yamamoto, Armen Agahi, Sarah Kohandani, Ichiro Nishimura & Igor Spigelman. Increased trigeminal nerve excitability in a model of entrapment neuropathy. Poster presented at: UCLA School of Dentistry Research Day 2019, Los Angeles, CA. December 2019.

Authored an Abstract 

Rhematology departemnt of Adventist Glendale Hospital and The healing Rheum Clinic

Quang D. Pham(1) OMS3, Sara Kohandani (1) OMS3, Dr. Anna Lafian D.O.(2). Limited Scleroderma Related Retinal Vasculitis. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual COMP Student Research Symposium.December 2023.

1.Sara Kohandani1, OMS3, Rohan Chawla1, OMS3, Marian Banh1, OMS3. Fellows Column: Investigating the Link Between Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Cerebral Palsy. " in Press"

2.Sara Kohandani, OMS3, Marian Banh, OMS3, Rohan Chawla, OMS3, Monalisa Patel, MD. Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage in E.coli K1 Meningitis: A Case Report. "In Press"

3. Marian Banh1, OMS3, Rohan Chawla1, OMS3, Nobel Enayati1, OMS3, Sara Kohandani1, OMS3. Surfactant: to use or not to use published as a case report in Fellow Column in Neonatalogy Today: Volume 19 / Issue 2 February 2024.

4. Letter to the editor
Marian Banh(1), OMS-III, Rohan Chawla(1), OMS-III, Sara Kohandani(1), OMS-III, Nobel Enayati(1), OMS-III, Mitchell Goldstein2, MD. Clinical Pearl: Maternal Marijuana Use and Its Lasting Impact. Neonatalogy Today: Volume 18 / Issue 12 December 2023

5. Isabella Lai, MD, Sara Kohandani and Annie Zhang, MD. Integrative East-West Approach to Treatment of Idiopathic Gastroparesis published as a clinical vignette in Proceedings of UCLA Health. Volume 24 (2020).

1.Neonatology Department at Emanate Health Queen of the Valley hospital

Marian Banh1, OMS3, Rohan Chawla1, OMS3, Sara Kohandani1, OMS3, Nobel Enayati1, OMS3. Breaking the convention: Surfactant: to use or not to use. Poster Presented at regional RUHS Research Symposium. May 2024.

2.Loma Linda University Medical Center , Emanate Health Queen of the Valley

Sara Kohandani, OMS3, Marian Banh, OMS3, Rohan Chawla, OMS3, Nobel Enayati, OMS3, Monalisa Patel, MD. Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage in E.coli K1 Meningitis: A Case Report Presented at regional RUHS Research Symposium. May 2024.

3. Rhematology departemnt of Adventist Glendale Hospital and The healing Rheum Clinic

Quang D. Pham(1) OMS3, Sara Kohandani (1) OMS3, Dr. Anna Lafian D.O.(2). Limited Scleroderma Related Retinal Vasculitis. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual COMP Student Research Symposium. December 2023.

Business in Medicine 2-year Longitudinal Track. Sep2021-June 2023

Western University of Health Sciences - Pomona, CA 

• learned about different old and new business models in healthcare and new start-ups in medicine Learned about different insurance models and the history behind them
  The role of AI in future medicine

Participating in Developing Mental Wellness Seminar, Sep 2023-June2023

• This is a year-long series combining educational lectures and group discussions focused on self-exploration and personal growth. This advanced training equips Sara with valuable skills to manage stress, enhance patient connections, and collaborate effectively within team settings during residency training.

Member of psychiatry enthusiast clubs 

• weekly meetings and spending time with like minded classmates and encouraging each others in medical school journey.

• Honor student at UCLA for 5 quarters 2016-2018
• Recipient of most prestigious Scholarship Regent Scholarship Award 2016-2018 at UCLA.

• Swimming in the ocean and watching the sunrise
• Playing Volleyball
• Hiking and camping
• Exploration different Cuisines
• Reading about economics and philosophy