Safdar A. Ansari,
MD
Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care
Languages Spoken: English, Urdu
Dr. Safdar Ansari is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah. His primary clinical focus includes staffing the 23-bed state of the art neurocritical care unit (NCCU). In addition to the NCCU, Dr. Ansari is the medical director of the TeleNeurology program and participates in the stroke service (Utah stroke network), inpatient and consult 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 intracerebral hemorrhage. Dr. Ansari is the recipient of the Neurology Faculty Teaching Award in 2015 and is involved with developing curriculum for medical students, residents, and fellows on the management of critically ill patients with neurological concerns. He serves as the course director for the Transition to Internship clerkship as well as teaching faculty in multiple other medical school courses. He is also fellowship director for neurocritical care.
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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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Neurocritical Care |
| Board Certification | United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neurocritical Care) |
Dr. Safdar Ansari is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah. His primary clinical focus includes staffing the 23-bed state of the art neurocritical care unit (NCCU). In addition to the NCCU, Dr. Ansari is the medical director of the TeleNeurology program and participates in the stroke service (Utah stroke network), inpatient and consult 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 intracerebral hemorrhage. Dr. Ansari is the recipient of the Neurology Faculty Teaching Award in 2015 and is involved with developing curriculum for medical students, residents, and fellows on the management of critically ill patients with neurological concerns. He serves as the course director for the Transition to Internship clerkship as well as teaching faculty in multiple other medical school courses. He is also fellowship director for neurocritical care.
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
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurology
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Neurocritical Care |
| Board Certification | United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neurocritical Care) |
Education History
| Fellowship | Baylor College of Medicine Neurocritical Care Fellow, 2011 |
| Residency | Baylor College of Medicine Neurology Resident, 2009 |
| Internship | Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine Intern, 2006 |
| Professional Medical | Aga Khan University Medicine M.B.B.S., 2003 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Ballieu P, Besharatian Y, Ansari S (2019). Safety and Feasibility of Phenylephrine Administration Through a Peripheral Intravenous Catheter in a Neurocritical Care Unit. J Intensive Care Med, 885066619887111.
- Ryan Martin, Sarah Peacock, Megan Corry, Kerri L LaRovere and Safdar Ansari (2019). Emergency Neurological Life Support: Spinal Cord Compression. What To Do in the Critical First Hours of a Neurological Emergency Version 4.0.
- 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 (1/9/17). 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 (9/6/2016). Rapidly progressive quadriplegia and encephalopathy. JAMA Neurol, 73(11), 1363-6.
- 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(2006), 107-10.
- 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.
- De Havenon A, Ansari SA (11/4/2014). 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). Bilateral in utero cerebellar infarction. J Child Neurol, 26(7), 895-9.
- Ishaq M, Ansari SA, Beg MS, Hakeem A (2003). Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factor Profiles at a Specialized Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan. Pak J Cardiol, 14(2), 61-68.
- Hakeem A, Ansari SA, Beg S, Javed S (2003). High Output Cardiac Failure: Case Report and Review. Pak J Cardiol, 14(2), 69-79.
- Bradley Curtis, Viren D Patel, Edwin A Stevens, Safdar Ansari (Submitted). Review of Endovascular Thrombolytic Treatment of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.
Review
- Bennett AE, Hoesch RE, DeWitt LD, Afra P, Ansari SA (09/04/2014). Therapeutic hypothermia for status epilepticus: A report, historical perspective, and review. [Review]. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 126(2014), 103-109.
Book Chapter
- Ansari SA (2013). 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 (04/25/2014). Extensive Cortical Diffusion Restriction in a 50-Year-Old Female with Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy and Status Epilepticus. Case Rep Neurol Med, 2014.
Abstract
- Livesay S, Suarez J, Bershad E, Smirnakis S, Newmark M, Ansari S, Mazabob J, Brown G, Mokracek M (2010). 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 SA, Mazabob J, Brown G (September 2010). 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 (2010). 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 (2009). Anesthesiologist with muscle cramps (Tubular Aggregate Myopathy). [Abstract]. J Clin Neuromuscular Dis, 10(3), 147-162.
- Ansari SA, Harati Y (2008). 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. |
Service
| 10/15/2018 | Member & Writer | Emergency Neurologiocal Life Support (ENLS) Writing Committee | Global |
| 01/01/2015 | Member & Chair | Leadership and Innovation Committee | Canada |
