Sara Salehi Hammerstad

  • Senior consultant, Professor in Endocrinology; MD, PhD
  • +47 482 53 500

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Oslo University Hospital, Endocrinology Dep. (ESF)
Mailing address: Pb 4959 Nydalen 4959 Oslo

Bakground

  • Professor in Endocrinology 2023 UIO, Assoc. professor 2021-2023 UIO.
  • Senior consultant, Tyreoidea Seksjon, Endokrinology Dep. Aker, OUH Universitetssykehus 2022
  • One of the founders and (2009) Leader Norsk Thyroid Group ( 2021-DD)
  • Specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology (2006)
  • Dr- Med UiO 2013; Virus and autoimmune thyroid diseases
  • Post doc Mount Sinai Hospital 2012-2015 
  • Cand. med. Universite Claude Bernard Lyon France 1991, 

Teaching 

  • Medical students modul 3 and modul 8, Thyroid diseases and other endocrinology
  • Member of examination committee modul 3
 

Publications 2021

Bjerkreim BA, Hammerstad SS, Gulseth HL, Berg TJ, Lee-Odegard S, Rangberg A, Jonassen CM, Budge H, Morris D, Law J, Symonds M, Eriksen EF (2021)
Effect of Liothyronine Treatment on Dermal Temperature and Activation of Brown Adipose Tissue in Female Hypothyroid Patients: A Randomized Crossover Study
Front. Endocrinol., 12, 785175
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2021.785175

Hammerstad SS, Celius EG, Husby H, Sorensen IM, Norheim IE (2021)
Management of Severe Graves' Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy Following Immune Reconstitution Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis
J. Endocr. Soc., 5 (6), bvab044
DOI 10.1210/jendso/bvab044

Sletner L, Jenum AK, Qvigstad E, Hammerstad SS (2021)
Thyroid Function During Pregnancy in A Multiethnic Population in Norway
J. Endocr. Soc., 5 (7), bvab078
DOI 10.1210/jendso/bvab078

Weider T, Richardson SJ, Morgan NG, Paulsen TH, Dahl-Jorgensen K, Hammerstad SS (2021)
HLA Class I Upregulation and Antiviral Immune Responses in Graves Disease
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 106 (4), E1763-E1774
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgaa958

Publications 2020

Bohmer T, Bachtyari Z, Sommer C, Hammerstad SS (2020)
Auto regulatory capacity of the thyroid gland after numerous iodinated contrast media investigations
Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest., 80 (3), 191-195
DOI 10.1080/00365513.2019.1709658

Hammerstad SS, Blackard JT, Lombardi A, Owen RP, Concepcion E, Yi ZZ, Zhang WJ, Tomer Y (2020)
Hepatitis C Virus Infection of Human Thyrocytes: Metabolic, Hormonal, and Immunological Implications
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 105 (4), dgz241
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgz241

Weider T, Richardson SJ, Morgan NG, Paulsen TH, Dahl-Jorgensen K, Hammerstad SS (2020)
Upregulation of HLA Class I and Antiviral Tissue Responses in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Thyroid, 30 (3), 432-442
DOI 10.1089/thy.2019.0607

Publications 2018

Lombardi A, Tsomos E, Hammerstad SS, Tomer Y (2018)
Interferon alpha: The key trigger of type 1 diabetes
J. Autoimmun., 94, 7-15
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2018.08.003

Publications 2017

Blackard JT, Kong L, Lombardi A, Homann D, Hammerstad SS, Tomer Y (2017)
A preliminary analysis of hepatitis C virus in pancreatic islet cells
Virol. J., 14, 237
DOI 10.1186/s12985-017-0905-3

Hammerstad SS, Stefan M, Blackard J, Owen RP, Lee HJ, Concepcion E, Yi Z, Zhang W, Tomer Y (2017)
Hepatitis C Virus E2 Protein Induces Upregulation of IL-8 Pathways and Production of Heat Shock Proteins in Human Thyroid Cells
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 102 (2), 689-697
DOI 10.1210/jc.2016-3403

Lambertini L, Saul SR, Copperman AB, Hammerstad SS, Yi ZZ, Zhang WJ, Tomer Y, Kase N (2017)
Intrauterine Reprogramming of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Evidence from a Pilot Study of Cord Blood Global Methylation Analysis
Front. Endocrinol., 8, 352
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2017.00352

Publications 2015

Hammerstad SS, Grock SF, Lee HJ, Hasham A, Sundaram N, Tomer Y (2015)
Diabetes and hepatitis C: a two-way association
Front. Endocrinol., 6, 134
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2015.00134

Lee HJ, Li CW, Hammerstad SS, Stefan M, Tomer Y (2015)
Immunogenetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases: A comprehensive review
J. Autoimmun., 64, 82-90
DOI 10.1016/j.jaut.2015.07.009

Publications 2014

Hammerstad SS, Jahnsen FL, Tauriainen S, Hyoty H, Paulsen T, Norheim I, Dahl-Jorgensen K (2014)
Immunological Changes and Increased Expression of Myxovirus Resistance Protein A in Thyroid Tissue of Patients with Recent Onset and Untreated Graves' Disease
Thyroid, 24 (3), 537-544
DOI 10.1089/thy.2013.0287

Publications 2013

Hammerstad SS, Jahnsen FL, Tauriainen S, Hyoty H, Paulsen T, Norheim I, Dahl-Jorgensen K (2013)
Inflammation and Increased Myxovirus Resistance Protein A Expression in Thyroid Tissue in the Early Stages of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Thyroid, 23 (3), 334-341
DOI 10.1089/thy.2012.0264

Hammerstad SS, Norheim I, Paulsen T, Amlie LM, Eriksen EF (2013)
Excessive Decrease in Serum Magnesium After Total Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease Is Related to Development of Permanent Hypocalcemia
World J.Surg., 37 (2), 369-375
DOI 10.1007/s00268-012-1843-2

Hammerstad SS, Tauriainen S, Hyoty H, Paulsen T, Norheim I, Dahl-Jorgensen K (2013)
Detection of enterovirus in the thyroid tissue of patients with graves' disease
J. Med. Virol., 85 (3), 512-518
DOI 10.1002/jmv.23476