Safdar A. Ansari,
MD
Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care
Languages Spoken: English
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
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurology
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) Neurosurgery - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 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
Academic Locations
Clinical Neurosciences Center
801-587-9953
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Neurology
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) Neurosurgery - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 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
- 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.
- Hakeem A, Ansari SA, Beg S, Javed S (2003). High Output Cardiac Failure: Case Report and Review. Pakistan Journal of Cardiology, 14(2), 69-79.
- Ishaq M, Ansari SA, Beg MS, Hakeem A (2003). Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factor Profiles at a Specialized Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Cardiology, 14(2), 61-68.
- 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]. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 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 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, 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 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.
Poster
- Louie JM, Benefield R, Ansari S (02/22/2016). CSF Concentration of Vancomycin compared to Serum during continuous infusion in adult patients. Poster session presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, Orlando, FL.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bennett A, Martinez J, Ansari SA (08/16/2014). Therapeutic Hypothermia for Refractory Status Epilepticus. Poster session presented at 3rd Neurocritical Care Research Conference, Houston, TX.
- 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
| 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 |