Basmah Safdar
Emergency physician and researcher focused on sex-specific differences in cardiovascular and microvascular health; newly appointed director of Women's Health Research at Yale and leader of clinical studies on microvascular dysfunction and related conditions.
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Dec 11, 2025 • 40min
Basmah Safdar: Why Women Experience Illness Differently
Basmah Safdar, an emergency physician and Yale director studying sex-specific cardiovascular and microvascular differences. She recounts her journey from Pakistan to Yale. Talks cover why chest pain and small-vessel ischemia often present differently in women. She links microvascular disease to brain symptoms, PCOS, migraines, and long COVID. Discusses diagnostics, research history, and building a women’s health research program.
