CURRICULUM VITAE
Noeen Sarfraz, MD MPH
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Business Address: Louisiana State University Health - Shreveport
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Shreveport, LA 71130
Phone: Scheduling Agent Cell: 603-***-****
(For Career Opportunity Discussions)
Work: 318-***-****
E-Mail Address: adly2u@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION:
07/2017 – present Resident
Psychiatry Residency Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Louisiana State University Health – Shreveport Shreveport, LA
06/2016 - 05/2017 MPH
University of Oklahoma College of Public Health
Oklahoma City, OK
08/2011 - 05/2017 MD
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, OK
09/2007 - 05/2011 BA Biological Sciences and Philosophy
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
EXAMINATIONS:
02/2019 USMLE STEP 3
03/2016 USMLE STEP 2 CS
09/2015 USMLE STEP 2 CK
06/2014 USMLE STEP 1
AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES:
01/2021 – 03/2021 Acting Attending
Supervised two inpatient psychiatry care teams, each with a daily
average census of 12 patients. Formally taught one nurse
practitioner, per team, two junior residents, per team, and five
medical students, per team
10/2020 – present Public Health Expert
Suicide Prevention Committee and Child Death Review Panel
The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health. Provided data analysis/interpretation expertise and public health-oriented recommendations to prevent youth suicide in Northwest Louisiana
9/2020 – present Grand Rounds Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Recruited local, regional and national physicians, physician-
scientists and educators to give grand rounds presentations.
06/2019 Scholar’s Award
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Outstanding contribution to advancing the field of psychiatry through research and other scholarly activities
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Psychiatric Association
American Medical Association
Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association
Suicide Prevention Committee
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:
Clinical Trials:
A Long-Term Extension Study of CM-AT for the Treatment of Children with Autism. Curemark, Inc.
PI: Rita Y. Horton, MD
Sub-I: Noeen Sarfraz, MD MPH
July 2019 – June 2020
Racial Disparities in Pharmacometabolomic and Brain Functional Connectivity Markers for Alcohol Craving. Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. 2017 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant (#26530)
PI: Hyung Nam, PhD
Sub-I: Noeen Sarfraz, MD MPH
July 2019 – June 2020
Publications:
Urtis, I., Sarfraz, N., Hansen, H., Alvarez, M., Okuampa, D., Kaye, A.D. Pitolisant to Treat Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) in Adult Patients with Narcolepsy. Psychopharmacology Bulletin. (In Press).
Okeagu, C.N., Pham, A.D., Sarfraz, N. … Kaye, A.D. COVID Economic Impact on Health Care Facilities and Systems: International Perspectives. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anesthesiology. (In Press).
Wagner, J., Sarfraz, N., Kunal, M., Edinoff, A. Neuropsychiatric and Neurobehavioral Syndromes of the Human Hypothalamus. Springer Nature. (In Press).
Matson, J. L., Sturmey, P., McPherson, P., Sarfraz, N. Measuring Psychotropic Drug Effects and Side Effects. Handbook on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. (In Press).
Sarfraz, N., Fils-Aime, Y., Brand, M., Vesely, S., Beebe, L. Tobacco Use in Adults With Mental Illness: An Overview of One State-Wide Tobacco Cessation Program. Journal of Smoking Cessation. 2018. Volume 14 (2). Pg. 132-137.
Brand, M., Li, J., Sarfraz, N., Rojas, J. Psychological Trauma, Substance Use and Mood Disorders and Level or Distress among Impaired Professionals: A Mediating Model of Comorbidity. Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment. 2017. Volume 6 (2).
Poster Presentations:
Gremillion, C., Jahan, A., Sarfraz, N. … Slattery, M. “Optimizing Transitions of Care.” LSU Health Sciences Center. Shreveport, LA. 2019.
Gremillion, C., Jahan, A., Sarfraz, N. … Slattery, M. MOCA, To-Go: Streamlining Cognitive Screening on EPIC. LSU Health Sciences Center. Shreveport, LA. 2018.
Warta, K., Lane, N., Sarfraz, N. … Parmar, P. Oklahoma City Mobile Market: A Survey of Residents in Oklahoma City Food Desert Neighborhood. University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Oklahoma City, OK. 2014.
Oral Presentations:
Sarfraz, N., Duncan, M. Developing Best Practices for Peer-based Cocaine Harm Reduction Interventions. Tenth National Harm Reduction Conference. Baltimore, MD. 2014.
Sarfraz, N., Duncan, M. Cocaine Harm Reduction: Developing Peer Educator-Based Interventions. International Drug Policy Reform Conference. Denver, CO. 2013.
Teaching:
7/2020 – present Developed and lectured to fellow residents on didactic material as
part of the psychiatry residency education curriculum
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
08/2013 - 08/2015 Research Chair
Oklahoma City Mobile Market
Oklahoma City, OK
05/2013 - 09/2013 Lead Facilitator and Trainer
Voices of Community Activists and Leaders New York
New York City, NY
08/2012 - 08/2013 Grant Chair
Manos Juntas Free Medical Clinic
Oklahoma City, OK
08/2011 - 12/2011 Speaker Recruitment Subcommittee
Bridges to Access
Oklahoma City, OK