Dr. Safvi received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in June 1994. He completed his first year of Radiology Residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and graduated from Radiology Residency at Northwestern University in Chicago in June 2000. Dr. Safvi completed a one year Interventional Radiology Fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in June 2001.

Dr. Safvi holds a lifetime certification from the American Board of Radiology, has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Interventional Radiology and a lifetime certification by ARDMS as a registered vascular technician. He is currently a member of the Radiology Society of North America, Society of Interventional Radiology, IMI and the ACR. Dr. Safvi maintains licensure in Illinois, Alaska and Iowa.

Dr. Safvi contributed to several research projects including Molecular Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana College of Veterinary Medicine, Radiology/Nuclear Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Anesthesiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Bioacoustics at the University of Illinois-Urbana, Department of Electrical Engineering. In addition, he has made several presentations since 1995, the most recent being a poster presentation “Renal Artery Induced Hypertension and Its Treatment” at the IMI annual meeting in August 2002. Dr. Safvi has authored four publications to date. His most recent article “Multiphase 3D vs. 2D TOF MR Angiography in Pedal Vessels” was co-authored by Drs. Sharafuddin, Stolpen, Sun and Leusner and published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Safvi joined Central Illinois Radiological Associates October 1, 2007.