David Safley, MD
- Peripheral Vascular Disease Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Cardiology
- Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke's North Hospital
- Saint Luke's South Hospital
- Saint Luke's East Hospital
- Allen County Regional Hospital
- Anderson County Hospital
- Hedrick Medical Center
- Saint Luke's Cushing Hospital
- Wright Memorial Hospital
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About David Safley, MD
David Safley, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiologist with Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants. He is also co-medical director of the Imaging Core Lab, and he’s an associate professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine.
Dr. Safley grew up in Independence, Missouri. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he attended medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and general and interventional cardiovascular fellowships at the Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri–Kansas City.
During his training, Dr. Safley developed an interest in coronary and peripheral vascular disease research. He joined Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants in 2006, and today continues to have a strong interest in cardiovascular research.
From 2014-2019, Dr. Safley was the medical director of quality for Saint Luke's Cardiovascular Consultants. In 2019, he started in a new role as the vice president of medical affairs for quality for Saint Luke's Health System.
Publications
" Safley D, Amin A, House J, Baklanov D, Mills R, Giersiefen H, Bremer A, Marso S. Comparison of Costs Between Transradial and Transfemoral Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Cohort Analysis from the Nationwide Premier Perspective Hospital Database. Accepted for Publication Am J Cardiol.
Smolderen K, Safley D, House J, Spertus J, Marso S. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Diminished Health Status Benefits. Vascular Medicine 2011 Aug 4; 16(4):260-266.
Allen D, Lindsey J, Kennedy K, Marso S, Safley D. Arterial Closure Device Utilization and Bleeding Complication Reduction in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jun 1;107(11):1619-23.
Safley D, Koshy S, Grantham J, Bybee K, House J, Kennedy K, Rutherford B. Changes in myocardial ischemic burden following percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Mar 16.
Safley D, Kennedy K, Stansby G, Flather M, Cohen D, Spertus J. Prevalence and Predictors of Persistent Health Status Impairment in Patients Referred to a Vascular Clinic with Intermittent Claudication. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2011 Mar 2.
Safley D, Lindsey J, Robertus K, House J, Mahoney E, Allen K, Cohen D. In-Hospital Outcomes and Cost Comparison of Femoropopliteal Reopening Strategies. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2011 Jan 25.
Allen KB, Grantham A, Laster S, Safley D, Kao A, Stuart S, Pak A, Stewart J, Borkon AM. Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization: Evidence-based Outcomes and Future Directions. Cardiac Surg Today 2010;4(3):89-100.
Stolker JM, Mahoney EM, Safley DM, Pomposelli FB, Yadav JS, Cohen DJ, on behalf of the SAPPHIRE Investigators. Health-Related Quality of Life Following Carotid Stenting vs. Endarterectomy: Results from the SAPPHIRE Trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 May;3(5):515-23.
Safley DM, House JA, Marso SP, Grantham JA, Rutherford BD. Improvement in survival following successful percutaneous coronary intervention of coronary chronic total occlusions: variability by target vessel. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Jun;1(3):295-302.
Frutkin AD, Mehta SK, Patel T, Menon P, Safley DM, House J, Barth CW, Grantham JA, Marso SP. Outcomes of 1,090 consecutive, elective, nonselected percutaneous coronary interventions at a community hospital without onsite cardiac surgery. Am J Cardiol 2008 Jan 1;101(1):53-7.
Safley DM, House JA, Daniel WC, Laster SB, Spertus JA, Marso SP. Health Status Recovery Following Peripheral Endovascular Revascularization, Circulation 2007 Feb 6;115(5):569-75.
Marso SP, Safley DM, House JA, Tessendorf TT, Reid KJ, Spertus JA. Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with Diabetes and Normal Troponin-I Levels are at Risk for Early and Late Death: Identification of a New High-Risk ACS Population. Diabetes Care 2006 Aug;29(8):1931-2.
Safley DM, House JA, Rutherford BD, Marso SP. Success Rates of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions and Long-Term Survival in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2006 May;3(1):45-51.
Safley DM, Marso SP. Diabetes and percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2005 Oct;2(3):128-135.
Spertus J, Safley DM, Garg M, Jones PG, Peterson ED. The Influence of Race on Health Status Outcomes One Year after an Acute Coronary Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 Nov 15;46(10):1838-44.
Vaglio J, Safley DM, Rahman M, Kosiborod M, Jones P, Thompson RC, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Relation of Anemia at Discharge to Survival After Acute Coronary Syndromes. Am J Cardiol 2005 Aug 15;96(4):496-9.
Marso SP, Murphy JW, House JA, Safley DM, Harris, WS. Metabolic Syndrome Mediated Inflammation following elective percutaneous coronary intervention. Diabetes Vasc Dis Res 2005;2:31-6.
Safley DM, Awad A, Sullivan RA, Sandberg KR, Mourad I, Boulware M, Merhi W, McCullough PA. Changes in B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Hemodialysis and the Effect of Depressed Left Ventricular Function. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2005 Jan;12(1):117-24.
Safley DM, Marso SP. Diabetes and Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era. Herz 2004;29(5):1-9.
Safley DM, House JA, Borkon, AM, Spertus JA. A Comparison of Quality of Life after Repeat Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Compared with Initial Surgery. Am J Cardiol 2004 Aug 15;94(4):494-7.
Safley DM, McCullough PA. The Emerging Role of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in the Management of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure in Outpatients. Heart Failure Monitor 2003;4:13-20.
Safley DM, McCullough PA. Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Renal Artery Embolism: Case Report. Rev Cardiovasc Med 2002 Fall;3(4):196-201. "
Education & Credentials
Training & Education
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Fellowship
Univ of Missouri - Kansas City School of MedicineUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
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Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine
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Residency
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Medical College of Virginia)
Academic Titles
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine
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