Safdar A. Ansari,
MD
Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care
Languages Spoken: English, Urdu
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
Dr. Safdar Ansari joined the Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor in 2011, after residency and fellowship training in Neurology and Neurocritical care. His primary clinical focus includes staffing the 23-bed state of the art neurocritical care unit (NCCU). In addition to the NCCU, Dr. Ansari covers the Stroke service (Utah stroke network), inpatient and consult Neurology, Tele-Neurology, and outpatient clinic.
He has provided site leadership for the University of Utah in their participation in two large multi-center, Phase III clinical trials, CLEAR-III and MISTIE-III, which evaluated novel treatment for intra-cerebral hemorrhage. 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. He is actively involved in medical student education and serves as faculty and director for multiple medical student clerkships. He serves as peer reviewer for the academic journal Neurocritical Care and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Neurocritical Care Society, where he serves on multiple committees.
Dr. Ansari attended medical school at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan; where he was also born and spent most of his early school life. He moved to the United States and completed his Neurology residency and Neurocritical Care fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Specialty: Neurocritical Care, Stroke, TeleNeurology, Neurology, Traumatic Brain Injury
Certifications:
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Diplomate United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Neurocritical care
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurology
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Neurocritical Care |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology) United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neurocritical Care) |
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
Dr. Safdar Ansari joined the Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor in 2011, after residency and fellowship training in Neurology and Neurocritical care. His primary clinical focus includes staffing the 23-bed state of the art neurocritical care unit (NCCU). In addition to the NCCU, Dr. Ansari covers the Stroke service (Utah stroke network), inpatient and consult Neurology, Tele-Neurology, and outpatient clinic.
He has provided site leadership for the University of Utah in their participation in two large multi-center, Phase III clinical trials, CLEAR-III and MISTIE-III, which evaluated novel treatment for intra-cerebral hemorrhage. 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. He is actively involved in medical student education and serves as faculty and director for multiple medical student clerkships. He serves as peer reviewer for the academic journal Neurocritical Care and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology and the Neurocritical Care Society, where he serves on multiple committees.
Dr. Ansari attended medical school at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan; where he was also born and spent most of his early school life. He moved to the United States and completed his Neurology residency and Neurocritical Care fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Specialty: Neurocritical Care, Stroke, TeleNeurology, Neurology, Traumatic Brain Injury
Certifications:
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Diplomate United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Neurocritical care
Academic Locations
Clinical Neurosciences Center
801-587-9953
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurology
-
Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Neurocritical Care |
| Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology) United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neurocritical Care) |
Education History
| Fellowship | Baylor College of Medicine Neurocritical Care Fellow |
| Residency | Baylor College of Medicine Neurology Resident |
| Internship | Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine Intern |
| Professional Medical | Aga Khan University Medicine M.B.B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Walavan Sivakumar, MD, Michael Jensen, BS, Julie Martinez, MSN, RN, Michael Tanana, PhD, Nancy Duncan, MSN, FNP, Robert Hoesch, MD, PhD, Jay K Riva-Cambrin, MD, Craig Kilburg, MD, Safdar Ansari, MD, Paul A House, MD (). Intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative supratentorial craniotomy pain: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. J Neurosurg, April(20), 1-7.
- Alicia E Bennett, Michael J Wilder, J Scott McNally, Jana J Wold, Gregory J Stoddard, Jennifer J Majersik, Safdar Ansari, Adam de Havenon (). Increased blood pressure variability after endovascular thrombectomy for acute stroke is associated with worse clinical outcome. J Neurointerv Surg, 2018, 1-6.
- Ansari SA, Bromberg MB, Gibson SB (). Physician perceptions about living organ donation in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 160(2017), 125-129.
- Hanley DF, Lane K, McBee N, Ziai W, Tuhrim S, Lee KR, Dawson J, Gandhi D, Ullman N, Mould WA, Mayo SW, Mendelow AD, Gregson B, Butcher K, Vespa P, Wright DW, Kase CS, Carhuapoma JR, Keyl PM, Diener-West M, Muschelli J, betz JF, Thompson CB, Sugar RA, yenokyan G, Janis S, John S, Harnot, Lopez GA, Aldrich EF, Harrigan MR, Ansari S, et al (). Thrombolytic removal of intraventricular haemorrhage in treatment of severe stroke: results of the randomised, multicentre, multiregion, placebo-controlled CLEAR III trial. Lancet, 389(10069), 603-11.
- Wynn D, McCorquodale D, Peters A, Juster-Switlyk K, Smith G, Ansari S (). Rapidly progressive quadriplegia and encephalopathy. JAMA Neurol, 73(11), 1363-6.
- Delgado T, Wolfe B, Davis G, Ansari S (). Safety of peripheral administration of phenylephrine in a neurologic intensive care unit: A pilot study. J Crit Care, 34(2006), 107-10.
- Harrist A, Styczynski A, Wynn DR, Ansari SA, et al (). Human Rabies - Wyoming and Utah, 2015. MMWR Recomm Rep, 65(21).
- de Havenon A, Joos Z, Longenecker L, Shah L, Ansari S, Digre K (2014 Nov 25). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with spinal cord involvement. Neurology, 83(22), 2002-6.
- De Havenon A, Ansari SA (). Combating performance enhancing drug abuse: Detection and punishment are not enough. Performance Enhancement & Health, 3(1), 51-53.
- Ansari SA, Hunter JV, Nassif LM, Clark GD, Ramocki MB (2011 Jul). Bilateral in utero cerebellar infarction. J Child Neurol, 26(7), 895-9.
- Hakeem A, Ansari SA, Beg S, Javed S (). High Output Cardiac Failure: Case Report and Review. Pak J Cardiol, 14(2), 69-79.
- Ishaq M, Ansari SA, Beg MS, Hakeem A (). Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factor Profiles at a Specialized Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan. Pak J Cardiol, 14(2), 61-68.
- Bradley Curtis, Viren D Patel, Edwin A Stevens, Safdar Ansari (). Review of Endovascular Thrombolytic Treatment of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.
- P Ballieu, Y Besharatian, S Ansari (). Safety and efficacy of peripheral vasopressor administration in a neurocritical care unit. Neurocrit Care.
Review
- Bennett AE, Hoesch RE, DeWitt LD, Afra P, Ansari SA (). Therapeutic hypothermia for status epilepticus: A report, historical perspective, and review. [Review]. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 126(2014), 103-109.
Book Chapter
- Craig Kilburg, James M Schuster, Safdar Ansari amp Andrew Dailey (). Posterior Approaches to the Spine. In Monisha Kumar MD, Joshua Levine MD, James Schuster MD PhD, W. Andrew Kofke MD MBA FCCM (Eds.), Neurocritical Care Management of the Neurosurgical Patient (First, p. 558). Elsevier.
- Ansari SA (). Infectious Disease. In Zakaria (Ed.), Neurocritical Care Board Review (1st edition (July 16, 2013), p. 476). Demos Medical.
Case Report
- Adam de Havenon, Kris French and Safdar Ansari (). Extensive Cortical Diffusion Restriction in a 50-Year-Old Female with Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy and Status Epilepticus. Case Rep Neurol Med, 2014.
Abstract
- Patel VD, Piquet A, Schalberg R, Greenlee JE, Ansari S, and Clardy SL (). Next Generation Sequencing to Diagnose West Nile Encephalitis in an Immunocompromised Patient [Abstract].
- Ansari S, Bromberg MB, Gibson SB (). Living organ donation in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [Abstract].
- Hedges A, Davis G, Wolfe BM, Lingenfelter E, Hawryluk GWJ, Ansari S (). Retrospective Analysis of Levetiracetam Dosing in Neurosurgical Patients for Seizure Prophylaxis. 14th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting in National Harbor, MD [Abstract].
- Livesay S, Suarez J, Bershad E, Smirnakis S, Newmark M, Ansari SA, Mazabob J, Brown G (). Neurocritical Care Morbidity and Mortality (M&M): A Multidisciplinary Systems-based Approach for Improving Patient Care [Abstract]. Journ of Neurocritical Care, 2010(13), 63.
- Livesay S, Suarez J, Bershad E, Smirnakis S, Newmark M, Ansari S, Mazabob J, Brown G, Mokracek M (). The neurocritical care telestroke network: Extending high quality care to the underserved community for a reasonable cost [Abstract]. Neurocritical Care Society 8th Annual Meeting, 2010(13), 64.
- Livesay S, Suarez J, Bershad E, Smirnakis S, Newmark M, Ansari S, Mazabob J, Brown G (). Neurocritical care morbidity and mortality (M&M): A multidisciplinary systems-based approach for improving patient care [Abstract]. Neurocritical Care Society 8th Annual Meeting, 13(S3-231), 63.
- Ansari SA, Harati Y (). Anesthesiologist with muscle cramps (Tubular Aggregate Myopathy) [Abstract]. J Clin Neuromuscular Dis, 10(3), 147-162.
- Ansari SA, Harati Y (). A Case of Nemaline Myopathy masquerading as Fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy [Abstract]. J Clin Neuromuscular Dis, 9(3), 364-377.
Global Impact
Education History
| Professional Medical | Aga Khan University Medicine M.B.B.S. |
Selected Provider Publications
Journal Article
P Ballieu, Y Besharatian, S Ansari (). Safety and efficacy of peripheral vasopressor administration in a neurocritical care unit. Neurocrit Care.
Global Impact: Global.
Service
| 10/15/2018 | Member & Writer | Emergency Neurologiocal Life Support (ENLS) Writing Committee | Global |
| 01/01/2015 | Member & Chair | Leadership and Innovation Committee | Canada |