Safdar A. Ansari, M.D.

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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

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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

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