Volunteer Faculty, Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Mood disorders, Pharmacogenomics, Precision Medicine

CURRICULUM VITAE

GREEN MEADOWS MIND HEALTH - PRIVATE PRACTICE

2016 Faculty of the Year
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, Orange County, CA

2010 Raymond Chaitin Award for Excellence in Psychiatry
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA

2012 Outstanding Resident-Fellow of the Year (Biannual award)
Orange County Psychiatric Society, Orange County, CA

2014 Outstanding Resident-Fellow of the Year (Biannual award)
Orange County Psychiatric Society, Orange County, CA

2015 Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (F.A.P.A.)
American Psychiatric Association

2020 Southern California Top Doctor
The American Registry

2020 Physician of Excellence
Orange County Medical Association, Newport Beach, CA

Dr. Safani is Founder and Chief Medical Officer for Green Meadows Mind Health. Using evidence-based methods, a caring manner, and personalized medicine, Dr. Safani provides assessment and management of a wide range of mental health disorders.

Dr. Safani earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at UC Irvine School of Medicine and his Masters in Business administration at the Paul Merage School of Business. He completed his residency in psychiatry and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at UC Irvine. He is triple board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, general adult psychiatry, and clinical informatics.

Dr. Safani is currently Volunteer Faculty for the UC Irvine School of Medicine. Prior to becoming volunteer faculty, he served 8 years at UCI, with his last years serving as an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry. He served as Medical Director of Ambulatory Clinical Operations including as Medical Director of the adolescent intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs (IOP and PHP). He was also a clinical informaticist and had been the Medical Compliance Officer for all of UCI Health/School of Medicine.

Dr. Safani has served as President of the Orange County Psychiatric Society and as a voting member of the Membership Committee of the American Psychiatric Association. He has provided numerous presentations on a variety of topics including ADHD, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.

Khoury D, Nguyen BB, Lai L, Safani D. Use of Prazosin for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents is Associated with Longer Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization. JAMPS. 2022 July. 24(5):27-32. DOI: 10.9734/jamps/2022/v24i530301

Tajran J, Musa A, Movahedi R, Wang JC, Safani D, Cooke C, Farah G, Hussain SF, Lynch B, Gucev G. Views of the American Society of Anesthesiologists regarding assessing and reducing preoperative anxiety in the pediatric population. Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care. In press. Accepted 9 May 2022.

Musa A, Wong AK, Tajran J, Chen D, Wang JC, Engel R, Cooke C, Safani D, Movahedi R, Wheaton M, Gucev G. A Survey of Current Preferences of Plastic Surgeons Regarding the Assessment and Reduction of Preoperative Patient Anxiety. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2021 Aug. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2021 Aug;45(4):1929-1931.PMID: 33598744

Sorkin DH, Janio EA, Eikey EV, Schneider M, Davis K, Schueller SM, Stadnick NA, Zheng K, Neary M, Safani D, Mukamel DB. Rise in Use of Digital Mental Health Tools and Technologies in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Apr 16;23(4):e26994. doi: 10.2196/26994. PMID: 33822737; PMCID: PMC8054774.

Musa A, Valdez AJ, Aguilar JL, Pendi K, Wolitzky-Taylor KB, Lee D, Lee J, Safani D. The Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Association with Depression in University Students: Results of a Cross-sectional Study. J Nerv Ment Dis 2021 Jan;209(1):71-75. PMID: 33141781

Musa A, Movahedi R, Wang JC, Safani D, Cooke C, Hussain SF, Tajran J, Hamid S, Gucev G. Assessing and reducing preoperative anxiety in adult patients: a survey of 3,661 members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Oct;65:109903. PMID: 32473513

Musa A, Wang JC, Acosta FL, Movahedi R, Melkonian A, Shahbazi A, Safani D, Gucev G. Attitudes of Spine Surgeons Regarding Management of Preoperative Anxiety: A Cross-sectional Study. Clinical Spine Surgery. 2019;32(1):E1-E6. PMID: 30148730

Safani, D., Childhood depression: critical issues for the pediatrician. AudioDigest Pediatrics. 65:06(Feb14), 2019.

Raj P., Parker J.A., Safani, D, and Nam K.C. Psychiatric Disorders: Bipolar and Related Disorders in Primary Care Psychiatry. Ed. McCarron R.M., Xiong G.L., Rivelli S., Muskin P.R., Summergrad P., & Suo S. Pub. Wolters Kluwer. Philadelphia, PA 117-129, 2019.

Borders C, Suzuki A, Safani D. Treatment of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome-associated schizophrenia with comorbid anxiety and panic disorder. Ment Illn. 2017 Oct 23;9:54-6. PMID: 29142665

12/1/18-5/31/23 California Mental Health Services Authority’s Innovation Technology-Based Mental Health Solutions Program: Program Evaluation Grant (Agreement No. 417-ITS-UCI-2019) Co-Investigator/ Site Lead CalMHSA $10,200,000 (total funding)

Orange County Psychiatric Society

California State Association of Psychiatrists

American Psychiatric Association

Orange County Medical Association

California Medical Association

President
Orange County Psychiatric Society 2018—2020

Immediate Past President
Orange County Psychiatric Society 2020—2022

Voting Member, Membership Committee
American Psychiatric Association 2015—2021

Voting Member, Committee on RBRVS, Codes and Reimbursement
American Psychiatric Association 2021

Founder and Medical Director
Green Meadows Mind Health, Inc. 2023

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Last updated
12/07/2023