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Office
6445 Main Street
OPC 22
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-441-7182Fax+1 713-796-1701
Summary
- Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center.
Director, Pulmonary Fibrosis Center
Interim Director, Houston Methodist Lung Center
Education & Training
- Baylor college of medicineMS, Maters in Clinical Investigation, 2008 - 2015
- New York-Presbyterian HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2001 - 2005
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 2003
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 2001
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
- Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolInternship, Preliminary Year, 1994 - 1995
- Sind Medical CollegeClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2006 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 1998 - 2010
- NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2005
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- Baylor college of medicineMaster of Clinical Sciences
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Educational Leadership Fulbright & Jaworki Award, 2012
- Teaching and Evaluation Fulbright & Jaworski Award, 2011
- Academy of Distinguished Educators Baylor College of Medicine, 2011
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Clinical Trials
- Effects of the Combination of Bosentan and Sildenafil Versus Sildenafil Monotherapy on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
- Ambrisentan in Patients With Porto-pulmonary Hypertension A Multicenter Open Label Trial Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Study in Subjects With PAH and PH Secondary to IPF Using Inhaled GeNOsyl. Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 714 citationsTadalafil Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionNazzareno Galiè, Bruce H. Brundage, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Ronald J. Oudiz, Gérald Simonneau
Circulation. 2009-06-09 - 133 citationsStatement on pregnancy in pulmonary hypertension from the Pulmonary Vascular Research InstituteAnna R. Hemnes, David G. Kiely, Barbara A. Cockrill, Zeenat Safdar, Victoria J. Wilson
Pulmonary Circulation. 2015-09-26 - 44 citationsTreatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: The role of prostacyclin and prostaglandin analogsZeenat Safdar
Respiratory Medicine. 2011-06-01
Press Mentions
- Deadly Vaping Illnesses Linked to THC ProductsSeptember 27th, 2019
- 8 Deaths, 530 Illnesses from Vaping: Here’s What to KnowSeptember 23rd, 2019
- Houstonians’ Say Their Allergies Are Horrible, but Doctors Think They Know What’s to BlameOctober 15th, 2017
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Grant Support
- Effect Of Spironolactone Of Collagen Synthesis In Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2011
Committees
- Chair, Pulmonary Hypertension Association Online University 2013 - 2015
- National Chair, PHA on the Road 2013 - 2015
- Chair, Young Council - Pulmonary vascular research institute 2013 - 2015
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Pulmonary Vascular Research InstituteMember
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