Dr. Robert Safier
Overview
Robert Safier, MD, is a pediatric neurologist, clinical director of the Division of Child Neurology, and director of Medical Student Education at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Safier received his medical degree from Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1999. He completed his training in pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, OH, and his training in child neurology at UPMC Children’s Hospital. As both Clinical Neurosciences Child Neurology clerkship director and Child Neurology Elective course director, he is committed to teaching and mentoring medical students. On the graduate medical education level, Dr. Safier is involved in the clinical education of child neurology residents. As an active member on the Child Neurology Education Committee, he developed new Clinical Neurosciences Clerkship structures within the Division of Child Neurology. His mentorship directly influenced medical students to choose the field of child neurology at UPMC Children’s and nationally. Dr. Safier is recognized as an excellent general clinical child neurologist and regularly receives high praises from his patients and their families. His main research interest is studying the clinical and radiological presentation of hemiplegic migraine of childhood to better understand the pathophysiology. Since July 2005, Dr. Safier serves one day a week as the staff neurologist at Polk State Home, a campus for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities. View Dr. Safier's full list of publications from PubMed.
His top areas of expertise are Familial Hemiplegic Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Papilledema, and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
11279 Perry Highway, Suite 202, Wexford, PA 15090
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Clinical Research
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- Familial Hemiplegic MigraineDr. Safier isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine.
- Migraine with Brainstem AuraDr. Safier isExperienced. Learn about Migraine with Brainstem Aura.
- PapilledemaDr. Safier isExperienced. Learn about Papilledema.
- Pseudotumor Cerebri SyndromeDr. Safier isExperienced. Learn about Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome.