Sadaf Charania, M.P.A.S. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools School of Health Professions Departments Physician Assistant Studies Biography Sadaf Charania, M.P.A.S., PA-C, is a board-certified Physician Assistant and Assistant Professor with more than 15 years of healthcare experience. She earned a Bachelor of Radiologic Sciences and worked as a CT/MRI technologist before completing her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in 2013. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies in health policy and management, with a focus on quality and patient safety, at Johns Hopkins University. Before joining UT Southwestern, she worked as a hospitalist Physician Assistant at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where she developed a strong foundation in internal medicine and collaborated closely with consultants across multiple specialties. Her passion for medical oncology led her to the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2017, where she practiced with the inpatient hematology/oncology solid tumor team. In 2020, she collaborated with key stakeholders across the cancer center to help launch the first ambulatory oncology acute care clinic, designed to provide timely management of acute illnesses in oncology patients and reduce unnecessary emergency department utilization. She also partnered with multidisciplinary teams to develop evidence-based clinical pathways for common acute oncology presentations, which were later incorporated into the electronic medical record as order sets. In addition to her clinical work, she is deeply committed to education and has enjoyed precepting Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner students throughout her career. She currently serves primarily in an academic role while continuing to practice clinically in oncology one day per week, bringing together her clinical, educational, and systems improvement experience in support of teaching and mentorship. 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 A Guide to Establishing an Oncology Urgent Care Clinic Sadaf Charania, MPAS, PA-C, Angela F. Bazzell, DNP, FNP-BC, AOCNP, Lydia T. Madsen, PhD, CNS, AOCNS, John W. Sweetenham, MD, FRCP, FACP, FASCO, and Arthur S. Hong, MD, MPH NEJM Catalyst 2026 7 Clinician Validation of the Medicare Measure for Potentially Avoidable Hospital Visits After Chemotherapy Hong AS, Dang MD, Merrill V, Anderson K, Yuan L, Joseph I, Charania S, Lin G, Taylor L, Bazzell AF, Narayan A, Chaudhary UN, Bhat S, De La Porte C, Effiom N, Gomez K, Pilla P, Courtney DM, Sadeghi N, Halm EA. C JNCI 2026 Comparing Care Delivery Efficiency Between Emergency Department and Oncology Urgent Care Arthur S Hong, Sadaf Charania, Angela Bazzell, Mark Courtney, John W Sweetenham, Jason Fleming, Simon J Craddock Lee, Ethan A Halm 2025 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 1-6 of 6 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
