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Khalid Safi, MD, Division Chief

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Dr. Safi is the chief of the division of pediatric sleep medicine at Dayton Children’s Hospital. Dr. Safi came to Dayton Children’s with many years of experience working as a pediatric hospitalist at King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan, and most recently at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah as the medical director of the pediatric sleep disorders center. Dr. Safi earned his Bachelor of Science in medicine and general surgery (MBBS) from Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan. He has completed two pediatric residencies, a pediatric pulmonary fellowship and a sleep medicine fellowship. Dr. Safi has presented, published and participated in almost 40 different projects and publications. When asked why he chose to specialize in pediatric sleep medicine he responded, "I chose my specialty because sleep disorders have a great impact on the health of our children, yet these disorders are frequently overlooked and not diagnosed and treated appropriately."

education and training

  • medical school: Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
  • internship: Jordanian Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan
  • residency: (1) Jordan University, (2) Children's Hospital of Michigan
  • fellowship: (1) University of Michigan, (2) Medical College of Wisconsin
  • board certification: pediatrics, pediatric pulmonary, sleep medicine

publications and presentations

  1. Safi, Khalid; Fischer, Howard; Case report and literature review: To Tie or Not to Tie: The Dilemma of the Supernumerary Digit. Consultant for Pediatricians. 2010 Oct.
  2. Safi, KH; Fathallah, BM; Case report and literature review: Inflammatory and noninflammatory arthropathy in patients with 18q deletion syndrome. J Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Jan; 18(1):36-8
  3. Safi K, Filbrun A, Nasr S. Hypervitaminosis A Causing Hypercalcemia in Cystic Fibrosis Case Report and Focused Review. Ann Am Thorac Soc Vol 11, No 8, pp 1244–1247, Oct 2014
  4. Safi K, Damiani J, Stulza J, Nasr S. Quality improvement project: Extended interval aminoglycoside use in cystic fibrosis exacerbation in different age groups. Global Pediatric Health. Volume 3: 1–7. Feb 2016.
  5. Safi K, Stoermer-Grossman K, Kidwell K, Struza J, Ramirez I, Saba T, Hershenson MB, Lewis T, Arteta M. A comprehensive pediatric asthma management program reduces emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Journal of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology. March 2016, 29(1): 17-23
  6. Safi, K. H., Bernat, J. A., Keegan, C. E., Ahmad, A., Hershenson, M. B. and Arteta, M. (2017), Interstitial lung disease of infancy caused by a new NKX2-1 mutation. Clin Case Rep. Wiley Online Library. March 2017. doi:10.1002/ccr3.901
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Dr. Safi took a lot of time with my daughter and I to learn what my concerns were and to go over results from her sleep study. As a medical provider myself, I really appreciated the in depth analysis and the amount of detail he discussed with me. He made me feel very confident in our treatment plan moving forward. I would recommend him to anyone needing a sleep specialist

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At first, the appointment was going a little shaky, but me and the provider both agreed we both are doing. What's the best interest for the kids and we came to a common ground and I truly appreciate and respect the provider and happy he was able to see where I was come from and take the step to understand and come up with a great game plan for my kid's grateful for the staff

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Everyone was amazing that we spoke with!

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He was absolutely amazing. Answered all of our questions. Any of our concerns. Absolutely just absolutely amazing. I just wish we had more providers like him.

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