Biography

Fellowship: Infectious Disease, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria

Awards

Deans Excellence in Teaching Award, Brown University 2004, 2005

The Jonathan Freeman Scholarship Award. (2002) Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Resident's As Teachers Award, (Resident Peer Award) 2001

Affiliations

Academic Hospitalist, Consultant: Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
Infectious Disease Society of America
Rhode Island Medical Society
American Medical Association

Teaching Experience

Academic Hospitalist
Infectious Disease Service

Bio Med 373 & 374 Intro to clinical medicine (2nd year medical students) – 2003 2004
Inpatient precepting sessions with 3rd year medical students - 2004 to present
Clinical teaching and supervision of sub-interns – 2004 to present

Selected Publications

• Simona F. Oprea, Najam Zaidi, Susan M. Donabedian, Mamtha Balasubramaniam, Ellie Hershberger, Marcus J. Zervos., Molecular and clinical epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus fecalis. Journal Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. (2004) 53, 626-630.(2004)
• Zaidi N, Konstantinou K, Zervos M. The role of molecular biology and nucleic Acid technology in the study of human infection and epidemiology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Sep; 127(9): 1098-105. Review.(2003)
• Stephen Luby, Najam Zaidi, Simi Rehman, Robert Northrup. Improving Private Practitioner Sick-Child Case Management in Two Urban Communities in Karachi, Pakistan. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 7(3): 210-19, 2002 Mar.(2002)
• Altaf A. Luby S. Ahmed AJ. Zaidi N. Khan AJ. Mirza S. McCormick J. Fisher-Hoch S. Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Quetta, Pakistan: contact tracing and risk assessment. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 3(11):878-82, 1998 Nov.(1998)