Sammy J. Almashat

Sammy J. Almashat, MD, MPH, serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine with a secondary appointment in Epidemiology & Public Health. Board-certified in Occupational Medicine and General Preventive Medicine & Public Health, he directs employee health services for University of Maryland Faculty Physicians and oversees medical surveillance for UMB employees exposed to lab animals, chemical toxins, and infectious pathogens. His research focuses on longitudinal health surveillance of depleted uranium-exposed veterans and construction workers in the DOE-funded Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed).

His educational background includes:

• BA/BS in Biology/Psychology with Minor in Spanish from West Virginia University
• MD from West Virginia University
• MPH from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• Residency in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins
• Residency in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UCSF

Dr. Almashat's research integrates clinical occupational medicine with public health policy, examining construction workplace hazards, toxic exposures in armed conflicts, and employee health systems. His work spans pharmaceutical safety advocacy, chronic beryllium exposure, medical resident work shifts, and systemic metal exposures from embedded munitions. He maintains active clinical practice in occupational injury/illness treatment and Department of Transportation medical exams.

His 2017-2024 publications reveal consistent focus on occupational health surveillance systems, with major themes including depleted uranium health effects in veterans, construction industry mortality patterns, civilian toxic exposures in conflicts, and ethical pharmaceutical research practices. Key methodological approaches include longitudinal cohort analysis, exposure assessment modeling, and policy-oriented clinical toxicology research.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.

Dr. Almashat leads the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, investigating construction-related toxic exposures and chronic pulmonary diseases. He oversees university employee health services funded through institutional operational budgets, managing pre-employment and periodic medical surveillance for hazardous exposures. His prior research advocacy at Public Citizen's Health Research Group addressed pharmaceutical safety and universal healthcare access.

He directs UMB's Division of Employee Health Services for Faculty Physicians outpatient clinics and collaborates with multi-institutional teams on Gulf War veterans' depleted uranium exposure studies. His operational teams include clinical staff for occupational medicine exams, research coordinators for longitudinal surveillance programs, and cross-departmental collaborators in epidemiology and toxicology.