Basmah Safdar, MD, FACEP

Basmah Safdar, M.D. is an internationally recognized scholar in sex and gender-specific research with a focus on microvascular health - in the heart, brain and now COVID-19. Funded by a diverse grant portfolio (NIH, CDC, Foundations and Investigator Initiated Industry awards) she has successfully conducted numerous clinical trials and translational research 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. Dr. Safdar also serves as Director of the Chest Pain Center and has formerly led the Women’s Heart Program at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Safdar co-chaired the 2014, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on “Sex and Gender Specific Research – Investigate, Understand and Translate how Gender Affects Patient Outcomes”. She speaks regularly on this topic at regional and national forums. 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), a national organization for Emergency Medicine and used this platform to collate faculty development resources for early and mid-career women faculty in emergency medicine. She remains committed to teaching and provide research mentorship to undergraduates, medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty at Yale; and leads the faculty affairs, development and mentorship program for the department. Dr. Safdar is currently serving as a Fellow in the 2023-2024 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program, a prestigious leadership program committed to advancing a national pool of qualified women candidates for leadership in academic medicine.