Nasia Safdar, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease; Dr. Dennis G. Maki Endowed Faculty Fellow; Associate Dean for Clinical Trials · University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Nasia Safdar is Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease; Dr. Dennis G. Maki Endowed Faculty Fellow; Associate Dean for Clinical Trials at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. OpenAlex indexes 641 publications with 25,104 citations (h-index 75); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 13 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Infectious Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Nasia Safdar, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The public record shows 641 publications with 25,104 citations (h-index 75), centered on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Infection Control in Healthcare, Nosocomial Infections in ICU. It also documents an investigator role on 13 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 17 NIH-funded awards (2012–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2022 · Transplant infectious disease
- Top research focus: Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- 13 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 290.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 13 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Resistant Potato Starch to Alleviate GWI
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
- Effect of Expanding (Gloving) Barrier Precautions for Reducing Clostridium Difficile Acquisition (and Infection) in VA
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Program year202314 payments
- AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Program year20232 payments
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLCProgram year20221 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2021)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Anti-infectives
100%Tetracycline-class Drug100%Minocycline Hcl100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
17 NIH research awards on record, funded 2012–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- BCCMA: Targeting Gut-Microbiome in Veterans Deployment related Gastrointestinal and Liver diseases; CMA5- Functional metagenomics in GWI-related gut dysfunction
Wm S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hosp
FY2026I01CX002471 - Dietary Fiber-Microbiome Interactions: Elucidating Mechanisms to Suppress Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in the Human Gut
Duke University
FY2025$3,012,181R01AI194497 - BCCMA: Targeting Gut-Microbiome in Veterans Deployment related Gastrointestinal and Liver diseases; CMA5- Functional metagenomics in GWI-related gut dysfunction
Wm S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hosp
FY2024I01CX002471
Congress activity
Updated 14 Oct 2026
2 congress contributions (2014–2019) across AACR, ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 235: Combination of the probiotic <i>Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG</i> with grape antioxidant resveratrol for the management of colorectal cancer
AACR (meeting unresolved)
AACR2014Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Antimicrobial stewardship in solid organ transplantation: Perspective from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Transplant infectious disease
Article2022 - Gaining momentum in colorectal surgical site infection reduction through a human factors engineering approach.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Article2021
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic reviewReview1,102 citations2005
- 02Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis Using a Galactomannan Assay: A Meta-AnalysisReview956 citations2006
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Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/nasia-safdar-md
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linkedin.com/in/nasia-safdar-30195320b
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researchgate.net/profile/Nasia-Safdar
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/posts/university-of-wisconsin-department-of-medicine_congratulations-to-nasia-safdar-md-phd-activity-7090006826150203392-b6Tz
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uwalumni.com/news/the-uw-now-with-nasia-safdar
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youtube.com/watch
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi/Lahore, Pakistan
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.wisc.edu ↗ - MS in Population Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
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- Fellow
American College of Physicians (FACP)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.wisc.edu ↗
- Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease, UW–Madison
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- Associate Dean for Clinical Trials
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
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Investigator-Initiated & Multisite Research, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
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Department of Medicine, UW–Madison
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William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
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Awards & honors
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- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2017, awarded by the Obama administration
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Affiliate faculty appointment
Department of Geriatrics, UW–Madison
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Population Health Sciences, UW–Madison
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Industrial and Systems Engineering, UW–Madison
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Wisconsin Public Radio
recurring guest/interviewee on infectious disease topics (profile page listing appearances)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →wpr.org ↗ - "The UW Now" virtual livestream
featured guest, Wisconsin Alumni Association
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contributing author (academic-press syndication)
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invited speaker
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