Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, Ohio State University College of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery

Safdar Khan works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to medical school at Aga Khan Medical College. He over the years received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Safdar Khan is a published MD. He has 46 papers published. The most current publication "Novel Intraoperative Technique to Visualize the Lower Cervical Spine: A Case Series."

Publications

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• Novel Intraoperative Technique to Visualize the Lower Cervical Spine: A Case Series.
• Low Back Functional Health Status of Patient Handlers.
• Early and Mid Term Histological Events During Single Level PosteroLateral Intertransverse Process Fusion With Rhbmp-2/Collagen Carrier and a Ceramic Bulking Agent In a...
• Lessons from the infuse trials: do we need a classification of bias in scientific publications and editorials?
• The cost Effectiveness of Polyetheretheketone (PEEK) Cages for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.
• exomeSuite: Whole exome sequence variant filtering tool for rapid identification of putative Disease causing SNVs/indels.
• Does Less Invasive Spine Surgery Result in Increased Radiation Exposure? A Systematic Review.
• Cost estimates of biologic implants among orthopedic surgeons.
• The Morel-Lavallée lesion revisited: management in spinoPelvic dissociation.
• Clinical sequelae after rhBMP-2 use in a minimally invasive transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion.
• The "canoe" technique to insert Lumbar pedicle screws: consistent, safe, and simple.
• Surgical stabilization of the Spine in the osteoporotic patient.
• The temporal role of leptin within Fracture healing and the effect of local application of recombinant leptin on Fracture healing.
• Effect of divergent screw fixation in vertical medial malleolus Fractures.
• C1-C2 posterior fixation: indications, technique, and results.
• Treatment of complex Cervical spine disorders. Preface.
• Minimally invasive thoracoLumbar corpectomy and reconstruction.
• Mechanical Deformation and Glycosaminoglycan Content Changes in a Rabbit Annular Puncture Disc Degeneration Model.
• Use of flexion and extension radiographs of the Cervical spine to rule out acute instability in patients with negative computed tomography scans.
• Preface. Evidence-based medicine in orthopedic surgery.
• Lumbar Degenerative scoliosis: outcomes of combined anterior and posterior pelvis surgery with minimum 2-year follow-up.
• The roles of funding source, clinical trial outcome, and quality of reporting in orthopedic surgery literature.
• Identification of novel gene expression in healing Fracture callus tissue by DNA microarray.
• Using suture anchors for Cervical laminoplasty: a reliable, safe, and simple technique.
• Surgical management of metastatic Spine tumors.
• Alendronate inhibits Spine fusion in a rat model.
• The delay in diagnosis of slipped capital femoral epiphysis: a review of 102 patients.
• Use of osteopromotive growth factors, demineralized bone matrix, and ceramics to enhance spinal fusion.
• The biology of bone grafting.
• High-dose alendronate uncouples osteoclast and osteoblast function: a study in a rat Spine pseudarthrosis model.
• Piriformis syndrome and low Back pain: a new classification and review of the literature.
• Threaded cortical bone dowels in lumbosacral arthrodesis: a review.
• The molecular basis of Intervertebral disk degeneration.
• Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2: use in spinal fusion applications.
• Animal models for preclinical assessment of bone morphogenetic proteins in the Spine.
• Factors predicting hospital stay, operative time, blood loss, and transfusion in patients undergoing revision posterior lumbar Spine decompression, fusion, and segment...
• Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging screening for a surgical decision regarding the approach for anterior Spine fusion at the cervicothoracic junction.
• Computerized frameless stereotactic image guidance in spinal surgery.
• Minimally invasive options for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression Fractures.
• Gene therapy for spinal applications.
• Bone morphogenetic proteins: relevance in Spine surgery.
• Spinal fusion surgery: animal models for tissue-engineered bone constructs.
• Nitric oxide modulates recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2-induced corticocancellous autograft incorporation: a study in rat intertransverse fusion.
• Application of bone morphogenetic proteins in spinal fusion.
• The use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in orthopaedic applications.

Schools

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• Aga Khan Medical College The Aga Khan University

Procedures Preformed

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• Background: yellow;'>Disc Replacement
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Elbow Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
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Conditions Treated

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• Ankle Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Fracture
• Arm Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Ataxia
• Background: yellow;'>Back Pain
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• Rush University Medical Center
• University of California Davis
• Aga Khan Medical College

Hospital

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• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Nationwide Children's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1083816193
NPPES Provider LastName		KHAN
NPPES Provider FirstName		SAFDAR
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		432031278
NPPES Provider State		OH
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		43.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1083816193
Last Name Of The Provider	KHAN
First Name Of The Provider	SAFDAR
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