Sohaib Zafar Hashmi

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Assistant Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine
B.S., University of Notre Dame, 2009
M.D., University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, 2014
Phone: (714)456-7801
Email: szhashmi@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive S Pav. 3, 2nd Floor Orange, CA 92868
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Patient-reported outcomes studies in orthopaedic spine and traumatic disorders treatment and surgical education.
Appointments
2014-2019 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
2019-2020 Cedars- Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
2020-2021 University of Maryland/Shock Trauma Center
Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship
Awards and Honors
2014 Best Paper Award- Cervical Spine Research Society 2014
Inhibition Of Osteogenic Differentiation and Spine Fusion By Dioxin, A Cigarette Smoke Constituent
2013 Value Abstract Award - North American Spine Society 2013
Smoking-mediated inhibition of bone healing: mechanistic role of dioxin.
2013 AO Spine Fellows Research Paper Award- Lumbar Spine Research Society 2013
A comparison of spinal fusion capacity of BMP-2 direct- and indirect-binding nanogels designed for bone regeneration.
2012 Gold Humanism Honor Society
GHHS honors senior medical student excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service.
2011 Best Poster Award - North American Spine Society 2011
Augmentation of Spinal Fusion with Intermittent PTH (1-34) in an Ovariectomized Rat Posterolateral Spinal Fusion Model with Iliac Crest Bone Graft
2010 Research Fellowship Grant-Arthritis Foundation New York Chapter
2010 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship-Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery New York, NY
Publications
Wun K, Hashmi SZ, Maslak J, Schneider AD, Katchko KM, Singh G, Patel AA, Hsu WK.
The Variability of Lumbar Facet Joint Synovial Cyst Recurrence Requiring Revision Surgery After Decompression-only and Decompression/Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2019 Dec;32(10):E457-E461.

Maqsood A, Hashmi SZ, Hartwell M, Sarwark JF. Idiopathic scoliosis: A pilot MR study of early vertebral morphological changes and spinal asymmetry. J Orthop. 2019 Nov 12;19:174-177.


Maqsood A, Hashmi SZ, Hartwell M, Sarwark JF. Idiopathic scoliosis: A pilot MR study of early vertebral morphological changes and spinal asymmetry. J Orthop. 2019 Nov 12;19:174-177.

Mai HT, Schneider AD, Alvarez AP, Hashmi SZ, Smith JT, Freshman RD, Mitchell SM, Qin CD, Hsu WK. Anatomic Considerations in the Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion: The Impact of Age, Sex, BMI, and Scoliosis. Clin Spine Surg. 2019 Jun;32(5):215-221.

Butler BA, Lawton CD, Hashmi SZ, Stover MD. The Relevance of the Judet and Letournel Acetabular Fracture Classification System in the Modern Era: A Review. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Feb;33 Suppl 2:S3- S7.

Hashmi SZ, Marra A, Jenis LG, Patel AA. Current Concepts: Central Cord Syndrome. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 Dec;31(10):407-412.

Boody BS, Hashmi SZ, Rosenthal BD, Maslak JP, McCarthy MH, Patel AA, Savage JW, Hsu WK. The Effectiveness of Bioskills Training for Simulated Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement.
Global Spine J. 2018 Sep;8(6): 557-562.

McCarthy, MH, Kim J, Hashmi, SZ, Patel AA, Hsu, WK. Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMISĀ®) Computer Adaptive Testing in the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Comparison of Lumbar Fusion with and without Interbody Fusion. The Spine Journal, Volume 17, Issue 10, S258

Lee SS, Fyrner T, Chen F, Alvarez Z, Sleep E, Chun DS, Weiner JA, , Cook RW, Freshman RD, Schallmo MS, Katchko KM, Schneider AD, Smith JT, Yun C, Singh S, Hashmi SZ, McClendon MT, Yu Z, Stock SR, Hsu WK, Hsu EL, Stupp SI. Sulfated Glycopeptide Nanostructures for Multipotent Protein Activation. Nature Nanotechnology. April 2017.

Kang L, Nguyen J, Hashmi SZ, Lee SK, Weiland AJ, Mancuso CA. What Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Correlate With Expectations With Trapeziometacarpal Arthritis? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Apr 19.

Weiner JA, ; Cook RW, Hashmi, SZ, Schallmo MS, Chun DS, Barth KA, Singh SK, Patel AA, Hsu WK. Factors associated with financial relationships between spinesurgeons and industry: An analysis of the Open Payments database. Spine. Accepted February 14, 2017

Haque RM, Uddin OM, Ahmed Y, El Ahmadieh TY, Hashmi SZ, Shah A, Fessler RG.
"Push-Through" Rod Passage Technique for the Improvement of Lumbar Lordosis and Sagittal Balance in Minimally Invasive Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Surgery. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Oct;29(8):323-30.

Sonn KA, Kannan AS, Bellary SS, Yun C, Hashmi SZ, Nelson JT, Ghodasra JH, Nickoli MS, Parimi V, Ghosh A, Shawen N, Ashtekar A, Stock SR, Hsu EL, Hsu WK. Effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on a novel lung cancer spine metastasis model in rodents. J Orthop Res. 2016 Jul;34(7):1274-81.

Mai HT, Mitchell SM, Hashmi SZ, Jenkins TJ, Patel AA, Hsu WK. Differences in bone mineral density of fixation points between lumbar cortical and traditional pedicle screws. Spine J. 2016 Jul;16(7):835-41.

Ghodasra JH, Nickoli MS, Hashmi SZ, Nelson JT, Mendoza M, Nicolas JD, Bellary SS, Sonn K, Ashtekar A, Park CJ, Babu J, Yun C, Ghosh A, Kannan A, Stock SR, Hsu WK, Hsu EL. Ovariectomy- Induced Osteoporosis Does Not Impact Fusion Rates in a Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2-Dependent Rat Posterolateral Arthrodesis Model. Global Spine J. 2016 Feb;6(1):60-8.

Ghodasra JH, Weatherford BM, Nickoli MS, Daley EL, Chen K, Zhang LQ, Hashmi SZ, Hsu EL, Hsu WK. The effect of rhBMP-2 in a novel, non-instrumented extremity nonunion model. J Orthop Sci. 2016 Jan;21(1):79-85.

Kang L, Hashmi SZ, Nguyen J, Lee SK, Weiland AJ, Mancuso CA. Patients With Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis Have Quantifiable Characteristic Expectations That Can Be Measured With a Survey. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Jan;474(1):213-21.

Boody BS, Jenkins TJ, Hashmi SZ, Hsu WK, Patel AA, Savage JW. Surgical Site Infections in Spinal Surgery. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Dec;28(10):352-62.

Hsu EL, Sonn K, Kannan A, Bellary S, Yun C, Hashmi S, Nelson J, Mendoza M, Nickoli M, Ghodasra J, Park C, Mitchell S, Ashtekar A, Ghosh A, Jain A, Stock SR, Hsu WK. Dioxin Exposure Impairs BMP-2 Mediated Spinal Fusion in a Rat Arthrodesis Model. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Jun 17;97(12):1003-10.

Lee SS, Hsu EL, Mendoza M, Ghodasra J, Nickoli MS, Ashtekar A, Polavarapu M, Babu J, Riaz RM, Nicolas JD, Nelson D, Hashmi SZ, Kaltz SR, Earhart JS, Merk BR, McKee JS, Bairstow SF, Shah RN, Hsu WK, Stupp SI. Gel scaffolds of BMP-2-binding peptide amphiphile nanofibers for spinal arthrodesis. Adv Healthc Mater. 2015 Jan 7;4(1):131-41.

Hashmi SZ, Hsu WK. Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Contemporary Spine Surgery: 2014 Nov; 15(11): 1-8.

Hashmi S, Noureldin M, Khan SN. Lessons from the infuse trials: do we need a classification of bias in scientific publications and editorials? Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2014 Sep;7(3):193-9.

Elgafy HK, Miller JD, Hashmi S, Ericksen S. Top 20 cited Spine Journal articles, 1990-2009. World J Orthop. 2014 Jul 18;5(3):392-7.

Haque RM, Hashmi SZ, Ahmed Y, Uddin O, Ogden AT, Fessler R. Primary dural repair in minimally invasive spine surgery. Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:876351.

Ebraheim NA, Liu J, Hashmi SZ, Sochacki KR, Moral MZ, Hirschfeld AG. High complication rate in locking plate fixation of lower periprosthetic distal femur fractures in patients with total knee arthroplasties. J Arthroplasty. 2012 May;27(5):809-13.
Professional Societies
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Member - 2014 - Present
AOTrauma North America - Member - 2017 to Present
Last updated
11/09/2021