Safdar A. Ansari, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Safdar Ansari recently joined the Department of Neurology and Division of Neurocritical Care as an Assistant Professor. Prior to his move to Salt Lake City, Dr. Ansari completed his postgraduate medical training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He attended medical school at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan; where he was also born and spent most of his early life.

Dr. Ansari’s activities at the Department will include attending the Neurocritical Care Unit and teaching responsibilities for the fellows, residents and medical students. His clinical and research interests focus on electrolyte disorders associated with subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage.

Specialty: Neurocritical Care

Certifications:

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Board Certification and Academic Information

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Office Locations

Academic Bio

Dr. Safdar Ansari joined the Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor in 2011. His clinical activities include staffing the 23-bed state of the art neurocritical care unit (NCCU). Besides staffing the NCCU, Dr. Ansari also covers stroke and tele-stroke call for the University of Utah stroke network.

He also provides site leadership for the University of Utah in their participation of two large multi-center, Phase III clinical trials, CLEAR-III and MISTIE-III. These studies, are aimed at improving treatment paradigms and outcomes for patients with different kinds of intracerebral hemorrhage, using the clot-busting drug t-PA in addition to clot removal. His other research interests include the use of hypothermia for the treatment of seizures and epilepsy. Dr. Ansari has also been closely involved with developing curriculum for medical students, residents, and fellows on the treatment and management of critically ill patients with neurologic concerns.

Dr. Ansari attended medical school at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan; where he was also born and spent most of his early life. He moved to the United States and completed his Neurology residency and his two year Neurocitical Care fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the academic journal Neurocritcal Care and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Neurocritical Care Society.

Specialty: Neurocritical Care

Certifications:

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education History

Selected Provider Publications

Journal Article

1. Delgado T, Wolfe B, Davis G, Ansari S (08/01/2016). Safety of peripheral administration of phenylephrine in a neurologic intensive care unit: A pilot study. J Crit Care, 34, 107-10.
2. de Havenon A, Joos Z, Longenecker L, Shah L, Ansari S, Digre K (2014). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with spinal cord involvement. Neurology, 83(22), 2002-6.
3. De Havenon A, Ansari SA (2014). Combating performance enhancing drug abuse: Detection and punishment are not enough. Performance Enhancement & Health, 3(1), 51-53.
4. Ansari SA, Hunter JV, Nassif LM, Clark GD, Ramocki MB (2011). Bilateral in utero cerebellar infarction. J Child Neurol, 26(7), 895-9.

Review

1. Alicia E Bennett, Robert E Hoesch, L Dana DeWitt, Pegah Afra, Safdar A Ansari (09/04/2014). Therapeutic hypothermia for status epilepticus: A report, historical perspective, and review. [Review]. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 126C, 103-109.

Book Chapter

1. Safdar Ansari (2013). Infectious Disease. In Asma Zakaria MD (Ed.), Neurocritical Care Board Review (1st edition (July 16, 2013), p. 476). Demos Medical.

Case Report

1. Adam de Havenon, Kris French and Safdar Ansari (04/25/2014). Extensive Cortical Diffusion Restriction in a 50-Year-Old Female with Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy and Status Epilepticus. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2014.

Poster

1. Jamil O, Stevens EA, Ledyard HK, Smith S, Ansari SA (02/26/2016). Acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis by continuous Endovascular infusion of thrombolytic: two centre experience. Poster session presented at ACP Utah chapter Internal Medicine meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
2. Bennett A, Wilder M, Majersik J, Ansari S, de Havenon A (02/17/2016). Increased Systolic Blood Pressure Variability is Associated With Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Endovascular Treatment for Stroke. Stroke 2016;47: AWMP76. Poster session presented at International Stroke Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
3. Bennett A, de Havenon A, Wilder M, Sultan-Quarraie A, Ansari S (02/18/2016). Determinants of Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Ischemic Stroke Patients After Endovascular Therapy. Stroke 2016;47:ATP350. Poster session presented at International Stroke Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
4. Jamil O, Stevens EA, Ledyard HK, Smith S, Ansari SA (10/09/2015). Acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis by continuous Endovascular infusion of thrombolytic: two centre experience. Poster session presented at Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
5. Bennett A, de Havenon A, Ansari S (09/27/2015). Increased Blood Pressure Variability after Endovascular Thrombectomy is Associated with Worse Outcome. Annals of Neurology 2015; 78 (suppl 19): S37-S38. Poster session presented at American Neurological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
6. Tim Delgado, Brianne Wolfe, Julie Martinez, Gary Davis, Safdar Ansari (09/10/2014). Safety of Peripherally Administered Low-concentration Phenylephrine in a Neurocritical Care Unit. Poster session presented at Neurocritical Care Conference Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
7. Alicia Bennett, Julie Martinez, Safdar Ansari (08/16/2014). Therapeutic Hypothermia for Refractory Status Epilepticus. Poster session presented at 3rd Neurocritical Care Research Conference, Houston, TX.
8. de Havenon A, Joos, Z, Longenecker L, Shah L, Ansari S, Digre K (02/2015). A Hypertensive Reversible Encephalomyelitis Syndrome (HyRES). Poster session presented at International Stroke Conference; 2014 Feb 12-14; San Diego, CA., San Diego.

Global Impact

Education History

Clinical Trials

• Wireless EEG Patch Device
  Keywords: Wireless EEG, Coma
  Status: Not yet recruiting Principal Investigator: Safdar Ansari

News

• Understanding and Coping With Brain Death