SafdarNKhanMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Vice Chair for Surgical Innovation, UC Davis Health

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Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2010 - 2011
University of California Davis HealthResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004 - 2010
Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 1998

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

PubMed

Device profile of the Mobi-C artificial cervical disc: an overview of its safety and efficacy.
Kee D Kim, Katherine A Curran, Richard L Price, Safdar Khan
Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2025-01-01
Preserving privacy in big data research: the role of federated learning in spine surgery.
Hania Shahzad, Cole Veliky, Hai Le, Sheeraz Qureshi, Frank M Phillips
European Spine Journal. 2024-11-01
1 citations
Comparing opioid utilization and costs for surgical management of single-level spondylolisthesis: A national claims database analysis.
Hania Shahzad, Aziz Saade, Shannon Tse, Samuel K Simister, Hamza Azhar
Journal of Orthopaedics. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

Is There a “Gender Effect” in 30-Day Outcomes Following Elective Posterior Lumbar Fusions?
Jeffery Kim, Safdar N Khan, World Neurosurgery
The Top 50 Most-Cited Articles on Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)
Safdar Khan, MD, World Neurosurgery

Research Finds Stopping Opioid Use Three Months Prior to Surgery Lowers Risk of Chronic Postoperative UseMarch 14th, 2019
Study: Chronic Use of Opioids Linked to Complications After Spinal Fusion SurgeryJuly 9th, 2023