Safa Herfat, PhD
Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

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.

Education & Training

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• PhD Biomedical Engineering University of Cincinnati 2011

Interests

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• humanitarian technology
• prosthetics
• orthopaedic device development
• biomechanical testing

Publications (13)

Top publication keywords:
Materials TestingSheepFracture Fixation, IntramedullaryGaitMovementWeight-BearingFractures, ComminutedHindlimbBone NailsRadius FracturesAnterior Cruciate LigamentAnterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesFemoral FracturesBone PlatesFracture Fixation, Internal

• FGF and TGFβ signaling link form and function during jaw development and evolution.
  Developmental biology 2018 Woronowicz KC, Gline SE, Herfat ST, Fields AJ, Schneider RA
• Using impedance to track fracture healing rates in mice in vivo: A pilot study.
  Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2017 Lin MC, Hu D, Yang F, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM
• New opportunities for fracture healing detection: Impedance spectroscopy measurements correlate to tissue composition in fractures.
  Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2017 Lin MC, Yang F, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM
• Biomechanical Assessment of the Dorsal Spanning Bridge Plate in Distal Radius Fracture Fixation: Implications for Immediate Weight-Bearing.
  Hand (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Huang JI, Peterson B, Bellevue K, Lee N, Smith S, Herfat S
• Fatigue Failure in Extra-Articular Proximal Tibia Fractures: Locking Intramedullary Nail Versus Double Locking Plates-A Biomechanical Study.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2017 Kandemir U, Herfat S, Herzog M, Viscogliosi P, Pekmezci M

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• Integrity of Damage Control Posterior Spinal Fusion Constructs for Patients With Polytrauma: A Biomechanical Investigation.
  Spine 2015 Pekmezci M, Herfat S, Theologis AA, Viscogliosi P, Demirkiran G, McClellan RT, Ames C
• Biomechanical comparison of long, short, and extended-short nail construct for femoral intertrochanteric fractures.
  Injury 2015 Marmor M, Elliott IS, Marshall ST, Yacoubian SV, Yacoubian SV, Herfat ST
• Impedance spectroscopy to monitor fracture healing.
  Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference 2015 Lin MC, Herfat ST, Bahney CS, Marmor M, Maharbiz MM
• Primary and secondary restraints of human and ovine knees for simulated in vivo gait kinematics.
  Journal of biomechanics 2013 Nesbitt RJ, Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Engel AJ, Galloway MT, Shearn JT
• Effect of perturbing a simulated motion on knee and anterior cruciate ligament kinetics.
  Journal of biomechanical engineering 2012 Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Nesbitt RJ, Shearn JT
• Applying simulated in vivo motions to measure human knee and ACL kinetics.
  Annals of biomedical engineering 2012 Herfat ST, Boguszewski DV, Shearn JT
• Effect of surgery to implant motion and force sensors on vertical ground reaction forces in the ovine model.
  Journal of biomechanical engineering 2011 Herfat ST, Shearn JT, Bailey DL, Greiwe RM, Galloway MT, Gooch C, Butler DL
• Biomechanical and biologic effects of meniscus stabilization using triglycidyl amine.
  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2010 Hunter SA, Rapoport HS, Connolly JM, Alferiev I, Fulmer J, Murti BH, Herfat M, Noyes FR, Butler DL, Levy RJ