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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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My daughter has an eating disorder and Dr. Safi said to her "weight can impact sleep too, you're not obese but you're overweight". Terrible bed side manor and shows that her chart records didn't matter. Never felt so belittled from a pediatric doctor.

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Seeing your appointments in a timely manner would've significantly improved my opinion of this visit. I waited an hour and 15 minutes which is unacceptable when you have young kids.

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Staff was great. Facility left much to be desired. Awful pillows, and the room was both noisy and far too warm for optimal sleep.

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He Listened to me and responded to my concerns and made thorough notes for me. Very happy

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