Safa Herfat • UCSF Profiles

Safa Herfat, PhD

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
School	School of Medicine
Address	1001 Potrero Ave San Francisco CA 94110
Phone	628-206-8295
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Biography

Education and Training

University of Cincinnati

PhD

2011

Biomedical Engineering

Overview

Safa's research interests include the application of 3D technologies and sensors in the prosthetics clinic, the development of orthopaedic sensors to monitor bone fracture healing, and the biomechanical evaluation of orthopaedic implants and surgical strategies.

Interests

biomechanical testing, orthopaedic device development, humanitarian technology, prosthetics

Bibliographic

Publications

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Mapping of the Stable Articular Surface and Available Bone Corridors for Cup Fixation in Geriatric Acetabular Fractures. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020 Jul 01; 28(13):e573-e579. T Marmor M, Huang A, Knox R, Herfat S, Firoozabadi R. PMID: 31567899.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Gen General Surgery Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans
3D technology and telemedicine in humanitarian settings. Lancet Digit Health. 2020 03; 2(3):e108-e110. Moreau P, Ismael S, Masadeh H, Katib EA, Viaud L, Nordon C, Herfat S. PMID: 33328080.

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Biomechanical Study of a Multifilament Stainless Steel Cable Crimp System Versus a Multistrand Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Polyester Suture Krackow Technique for Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2020 Jan - Feb; 59(1):86-90. Nguyen TP, Keyt LK, Herfat S, Gordon L, Palanca A. PMID: 31882153.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Gen General Surgery Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans
Acetabulum Cup Stability in an Early Weight-Bearing Cadaveric Model of Geriatric Posterior Wall Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2020 Jan; 34(1):55-61. Marmor M, Knox R, Huang A, Herfat S. PMID: 31436615.

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Ort Orthopedics Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
The influence of mini-fragment plates on the mechanical properties of long-bone plate fixation. OTA Int. 2019 Sep; 2(3):e034. Knox R, Curran P, Herfat S, Kandemir U, Marmor M. PMID: 33937656.

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A Biomechanical Comparison of Fiberglass Casts and 3-Dimensional-Printed, Open-Latticed, Ventilated Casts. Hand (N Y). 2020 11; 15(6):842-849. Hoogervorst P, Knox R, Tanaka K, Working ZM, El Naga AN, Herfat S, Lee N. PMID: 30813805.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 2 Fields:
Gen General Surgery Ort Orthopedics
Smart bone plates can monitor fracture healing. Sci Rep. 2019 02 14; 9(1):2122. Lin MC, Hu D, Marmor M, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Maharbiz MM. PMID: 30765721.

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Sci Science
Translation:Animals
Use of standard musculoskeletal ultrasound to determine the need for fasciotomy in an elevated muscle compartment pressure cadaver leg model. Injury. 2019 Mar; 50(3):627-632. Marmor M, Charlu J, Knox R, Curtis W, Hoogervorst P, Herfat S. PMID: 30745127.

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Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
FGF and TGFß signaling link form and function during jaw development and evolution. Dev Biol. 2018 12 01; 444 Suppl 1:S219-S236. Woronowicz KC, Gline SE, Herfat ST, Fields AJ, Schneider RA. PMID: 29753626.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 8 Fields:
Bio Biology Emb Embryology
Translation:Animals Cells
Using impedance to track fracture healing rates in mice in vivo: A pilot study. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul; 2017:1724-1727. Lin MC, Hu D, Yang F, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM. PMID: 29060219.

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New opportunities for fracture healing detection: Impedance spectroscopy measurements correlate to tissue composition in fractures. J Orthop Res. 2017 12; 35(12):2620-2629. Lin MC, Yang F, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM. PMID: 28383765.

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Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans Animals
Biomechanical Assessment of the Dorsal Spanning Bridge Plate in Distal Radius Fracture Fixation: Implications for Immediate Weight-Bearing. Hand (N Y). 2018 05; 13(3):336-340. Huang JI, Peterson B, Bellevue K, Lee N, Smith S, Herfat S. PMID: 28387161.

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Gen General Surgery Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans
Fatigue Failure in Extra-Articular Proximal Tibia Fractures: Locking Intramedullary Nail Versus Double Locking Plates-A Biomechanical Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 Feb; 31(2):e49-e54. Kandemir U, Herfat S, Herzog M, Viscogliosi P, Pekmezci M. PMID: 28129271.

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Ort Orthopedics Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
Integrity of Damage Control Posterior Spinal Fusion Constructs for Patients With Polytrauma: A Biomechanical Investigation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Dec; 40(23):E1219-25. Pekmezci M, Herfat S, Theologis AA, Viscogliosi P, Demirkiran G, McClellan RT, Ames C. PMID: 26192728.

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Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Humans
Biomechanical comparison of long, short, and extended-short nail construct for femoral intertrochanteric fractures. Injury. 2015; 46(6):963-9. Marmor M, Elliott IS, Marshall ST, Yacoubian SV, Yacoubian SV, Herfat ST. PMID: 25818058.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
Impedance spectroscopy to monitor fracture healing. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015; 2015:5138-41. Lin MC, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM. PMID: 26737448.

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Primary and secondary restraints of human and ovine knees for simulated in vivo gait kinematics. J Biomech. 2014 Jun 27; 47(9):2022-7. Nesbitt RJ, Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Engel AJ, Galloway MT, Shearn JT. PMID: 24326097.

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Phy Physiology
Translation:Humans Animals
Effect of perturbing a simulated motion on knee and anterior cruciate ligament kinetics. J Biomech Eng. 2012 Oct; 134(10):104504. Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Nesbitt RJ, Shearn JT. PMID: 23083204.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Animals
Applying simulated in vivo motions to measure human knee and ACL kinetics. Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Jul; 40(7):1545-53. Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Shearn JT. PMID: 22227973.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Humans Animals
Effect of surgery to implant motion and force sensors on vertical ground reaction forces in the ovine model. J Biomech Eng. 2011 Feb; 133(2):021010. Herfat ST, Shearn JT, Bailey DL, Greiwe RM, Galloway MT, Gooch C, Butler DL. PMID: 21280882.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Animals