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Safa Hakim Elnazer, MD

Assistant Professor
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Yale Medicine

15 York Street, LLCI 10th Floor

New Haven , CT 06511

United States

About

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Assistant Professor

Appointments

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Education & Training

Fellowship- Vascular Neurology
Yale New Haven Hospital (2023)
Neurology Residency
Yale New Haven Hospital (2022)
Internship
Yale New Haven Hospital (2019)
MD
Stony Brook University School of Medicine (2018)
BA
Stony Brook University , Bachelor of Science with Neuroscience Concentration (2014)

Board Certifications

  • Neurology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    2022

Research

Overview

10/2020- present Stroke Genomics at Yale University, PI Dr. Guido Falcone’s lab

  • Review and analyze data from UK biobank related to stroke, covid and genomic information
  • Evaluate the genomic contribution of ABO locus on stroke outcome in covid patients


10/2020- present Stroke and Covid at Yale University, PI Dr. Richa Sharma

  • Abstract data to build a stroke and covid data base
  • Identify a stroke risk calculator in covid patients


3/2015- 05/2018 High Value Care – Scholarly Concentration in Medical Education at Stony Brook University

  • Participated in curriculum reform by designing curricula for fourth year medical students to learn about high value care and its clinical applications as well as designing a study to evaluate the effect
  • Designed video encounters as an educational tool for medical students enrolled in the course


8/2011 – 05/2014 Motor Neuron Physiology at Stony Brook University, PI Dr. William Collins

  • Designed surgical procedures on rats to gather and analyze data on sphincter activity and bladder

pressure as part of spinal cord injury research

  • Examined effects of persistent sodium channels and L-type calcium channels blockade, by

intrathecal administration of riluzole and nifedipine respectively on external urethral sphincter

activity during micturition

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Yale Medicine

15 York Street, LLCI 10th Floor

New Haven , CT 06511

United States