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Shirin Shafazand

Shirin Shafazand, M.D., M.S., FAASM, ATSF

Department:

Medicine

Division:

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Shirin Shafazand

Contact

Office: 305-243-7888

Roles

  • Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

  • Biography

    Dr. Shafazand is a board-certified pulmonary, critical care, and sleep specialist with a Master’s degree in Health Services Research and a strong commitment to patient-centered research. Her commitment to research is exemplified by her funded research. She was the Principal Investigator (PI) for an American Sleep Medicine Foundation grant exploring prevalence of sleep disorders in Hispanic patients, the co-PI on a National Parkinson Foundation grant studying sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and its treatment on cognitive measures in patients with Parkinson’s Disease, and Co-I of a Department of Education/ National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDDR) grant, studying the prevalence of SDB, the treatment of SDB and its impact on cardio-metabolic outcomes in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). She was the PI of the sleep section of a NIDDR TBI Registry grant, responsible for determining the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in TBI patients and the impact of therapy on cognitive outcomes. She was awarded as PI, a Department of Defense (DoD) grant looking at sleep apnea and its treatment in patients with SCI. She is the PI of a Neilson Foundation grant evaluating intermittent hypoxia, neuroplasticity, and sleep apnea. and the PI of a study evaluating disparities in COVID-19 medical, psych-social, and financial outcomes in underserved communities in Miami-Dade and Broward County, Florida. She teaches health policy, epidemiology, population health, leadership, and an introductory course on AI in Medicine to dual degree MD/MPH students and in her role as Director of University of Miami MD/MPH program have mentored many students in population health research and community outreach. She has chaired several committees at ATS and plays active role undergraduate and post graduate medical education locally at at the national level. Dr. Shafazand has many publications, book chapters and serves as Associate editor of several key journals in her areas of specialty.

  • Education & Training

    Education

    • 2002
      Stanford University
      MS, Master's Program
    • 1995
      University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
      MD, Medical School

    Post Graduate Training

    • 2002
      Stanford University Hospital
      Fellowship, Sleep Disorders
    • 2001
      Stanford University Hospital & Clinics
      Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease
    • 1998
      University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
      Residency, Internal Medicine

  • Teaching Interests

    Health Policy, Epidemiology, Evidence Based Medicine, Health Systems Sciences, Leadership, AI, Implementation Science, Community Engagement, Undergraduate Medical Education

  • Research Interests

    Pulmonology, Sleep apnea, Pulmonary Hypertension, Medical Education, Predictive Analytics, AI applications

  • Publications

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