Professor Basmah Safdar
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven (United States of America)
Membership:
ESC Professional Member
Biography
Dr. Safdar. is an emergency physician and the Director of Yale New Haven Hospital Chest Pain Center. She is a scholar in sex and gender-specific research with a focus on cardiovascular health in emergency care, and in particular microvascular dysfunction. She has been the recipient of federal and industry funding to conduct translational research, and has expertise in conducting numerous successful clinical trials in emergency settings. She leads the Yale CMD (coronary microvascular dysfunction) Registry that intersects with a multi-disciplinary clinical program addressing the systemic nature of microvascular dysfunction including in COVID-19. Lastly, Dr. Safdar is committed to advancement of women in medicine. Nationally, she recently completed a 3-year term as President of Academy for Women in Academy Emergency Medicine (AWAEM).
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Sex differences in proteomics of cardiovascular disease: results from the Yale-CMD registry
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Female sex is an independent risk factor for coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) in patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain
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Presentation, clinical profile and prognosis of young patients with myocardial infarction with Non Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) - results from the VIRGO study (Via Zoom)
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