Sadaf Charania, M.P.A.S. Assistant Professor School School of Health Professions Department Physician Assistant Studies Biography Sadaf Charania, M.P.A.S., PA-C, is a board-certified Physician Assistant (PA) who earned a Bachelor of Radiologic Sciences and gained experience as a CT/MRI technologist prior to starting PA school. She then earned her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at UNT Health Science Center in 2013. Before joining UT Southwestern, she worked as a hospitalist PA at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where she gained invaluable experience and knowledge of internal medicine specialties while collaborating closely with consultants. Her passion for medical oncology brought her to the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) in 2017 where she worked inpatient with the hematology/oncology solid tumor team. In 2020, she worked with key SCCC stakeholders to successfully open the first ambulatory oncology acute care clinic which provides management of acute illnesses to oncology patients with a goal to reduce Emergency Department (ED) utilization. She also worked with multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence-based clinical pathways for acute care clinic to address frequently presenting chief complaints in the ED. These clinical pathways were then created as order sets in the electronic medical record. Over the years she has also immensely enjoyed precepting several Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner students. Education Undergraduate School Midwestern State University (2010) Graduate School UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth (2013) Research Interest Cancer care delivery Health Informatics Improving patient access by analyzing different care delivery models Palliative and end of life care delivery Quality improvement and patient safety Publications Featured Publications Development of an Oncology Acute Care Clinic Dashboard to Assess patient Outcomes. Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology Jaison Joy, S, Charania, S, Freeland, M, Bazzell, A.F, McCauley, D 2023 A solution to reducing avoidable emergency department visits: Implementation of an outpatient oncology acute care clinic. Journal of Clinical Oncology Charania, S, Devlin, J, Brucker, E, Simon, S, Hong, C, Nair, K, Bazzell, A.F, Sweetenham, J.W 2021 Development of evidence-based clinical pathways for an outpatient oncology acute care clinic. Journal of Clinical Oncology Simon, S, Charania, S, Devlin, J, Brucker, E, Hong, C, Bazzell, A.F, Nair, K, Sweetenham, J.W 2021 Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards UTSW- Celebration of Excellence Financial Stewardship, FinalistSimmons Acute Care: Pathway Driven Care to Reduce Avoidable ED Visits for Patients with Cancer (2022) UTSW- Celebration of Excellence Financial Stewardship, WinnerSimmons Acute Care: Reducing Avoidable ED Visits for Patients with Cancer (2021) Parkland Hospital-Nominee Physician Assistant of the Year (2016) SCCC APP Oncology Fellowship- APP Mentor- 2021-2022 SCCC APP Oncology Fellowship Excellence in Education- Contributor 2022 UTSW Nominee 2020 and 2021 Physician Assistant of the Year UTSW Spirit of Caring Recipient 2021 Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Physician Assistants American Society Of Clinical Oncology Physician Assistant Education Association Texas Academy of Physican Assistants
