Sanaz Vaziri, MD

Dr. Sanaz Vaziri is a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist who provides comprehensive care tailored to each child's needs. She specializes in sleep disorders, including sleep-related breathing issues, insomnia, hypersomnolence (excessive daytime sleepiness), circadian rhythm disorders (sleep-wake disruptions occurring when the body's internal clock is out of sync with the external environment), parasomnias (unwanted sleep-time experiences or behaviors, such as sleepwalking) and sleep-related movement disorders. She also treats asthma, lung conditions associated with premature birth, wheezing and chronic cough.

Vaziri earned her medical degree at Florida State University. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center, followed by fellowships in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine at UCSF.

  1. Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP. A Joint Conversation: People With Cystic Fibrosis' Perception of Healthcare Teams' Knowledge, Comfort, and Barriers in Discussing Substance Use. Pediatric pulmonology 2025. PMID: 40019020


  2. Vaziri S, Neemuchwala F, Lim J, Chan M. Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Pulmonary-Focused Active Learning Curriculum. Volume 20. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2024. PMID: 39649364


  3. Vaziri S, McGarry ME, Huang CY, Cuneo AA, Willen SM, Iwanaga K, Neemuchwala F, Gibb ER, Chan M, Ly NP. Time to be blunt: Substance use in cystic fibrosis. Pediatric pulmonology 2024. PMID: 38251844


  4. Autry AW, Vaziri S, Gordon JW, Chen HY, Kim Y, Dang D, LaFontaine M, Noeske R, Bok R, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Clarke JL, Oberheim Bush NA, Chang SM, Xu D, Lupo JM, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Li Y. Advanced Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Imaging Protocol for Patients with Gliomas: A Comprehensive Multimodal MRI Approach. Volume 16 of Issue 2. Cancers 2024. PMID: 38254844


  5. Hu JY, Vaziri S, Bøgh N, Kim Y, Autry AW, Bok RA, Li Y, Laustsen C, Xu D, Larson PEZ, Chang S, Vigneron DB, Gordon JW. Investigating cerebral perfusion with high resolution hyperpolarized [1-13 C]pyruvate MRI. Volume 90 of Issue 6. Magnetic resonance in medicine 2023. PMID: 37665726


  6. Vaziri S, Liu H, Xie E, Ratiney H, Sdika M, Lupo JM, Xu D, Li Y. Evaluation of deep learning models for quality control of MR spectra. Volume 17. Frontiers in neuroscience 2023. PMID: 37706154


  7. Autry AW, Vaziri S, LaFontaine M, Gordon JW, Chen HY, Kim Y, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Molinaro A, Clarke JL, Oberheim Bush NA, Xu D, Lupo JM, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Chang SM, Li Y. Multi-parametric hyperpolarized 13C/1H imaging reveals Warburg-related metabolic dysfunction and associated regional heterogeneity in high-grade human gliomas. Volume 39. NeuroImage. Clinical 2023. PMID: 37611371


  8. Vaziri S, Autry AW, Lafontaine M, Kim Y, Gordon JW, Chen HY, Hu JY, Lupo JM, Chang SM, Clarke JL, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Bush NAO, Xu D, Larson PEZ, Vigneron DB, Li Y. Assessment of higher-order singular value decomposition denoising methods on dynamic hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate MRI data from patients with glioma. Volume 36. NeuroImage. Clinical 2022. PMID: 36007439