
Majid Afshar MD MSCR
Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Clinical Informatics
Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Department of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine School of Medicine and Public Health University of Madison - Wisconsin
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600 Highland AveMadison, WI 53792
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Summary
- Dr. Afshar is a physician-scientist and co-leads an NIH-funded clinical informatics laboratory in the Department of Medicine dedicated to the prevention and early identification of diseases with a focus on translational natural language processing (NLP). The lab employs methods in NLP and machine learning with a multi-disciplinary team of computer scientists, computer engineers, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and health services researchers. Dr. Afshar has built an infrastructure to perform NLP and machine learning tasks with electronic health record data for high throughput computable phenotypes, generative tasks and applied predictive modelling. Dr. Afshar received his medical degree and clinical training at Rush University and the University of Maryland. During this time, he also received his Master’s in Clinical Research. He practices clinically as an intensivist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he takes care of patients with conditions that are also the focus of his research. He currently has an NIH R01 to implement and study NLP models in the health system and examine the effectiveness of real-time NLP for clinical decision support.
My publications may be viewed at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1VKoVkwDntx58/bibliography/public/
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Education & Training
University of MarylandFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2010 - 2013
Rush UniversityClinical Research, 2010 - 2012
Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2010
Rush UniversityM.S.C.R., 2010
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 2006
University of IllinoisB.A., Finance and Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude; With honors and distinction, 2002
Certifications & Licensure
WI State Medical License 2020 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2009 - 2020
MD State Medical License 2011 - 2014
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Recipient, Dean’s Office Clinical Scholars Program (DOCS) 2016
- K23 Career Development Award NIH/NIAAA, 2016
- Research Snapshot Award SCCM 46th Critical Care Congress, 2016
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Clinical Trials
- Data-driven Identification for Substance Misuse Start of enrollment: 2022 Sep 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Toward digital twins in the intensive care unit: a medication management case study.Behnaz Eslami, Majid Afshar, Samie Tootooni, Timothy A Miller, Matthew M Churpek
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2025-10-01 - 1 citationsA Novel Playbook for Pragmatic Trial Operations to Monitor and Evaluate Ambient Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice.Majid Afshar, Felice Resnik, Mary Ryan Baumann, Josie Hintzke, Kayla Lemmon
NEJM AI. 2025-09-01 - Pharmacological Interventions for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Among Hospitalized Adults: A Multicenter Cohort Study.Brody A Erfle, Tessa L Steel, Anica C Law, David A Kaufman, Kelsey Hills-Dunlap
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025-08-28
Journal Articles
- The International Epidemiology of ARDS: How Can We Think Locally and Measure Globally?Afshar M, Netzer G, Crit Care Med, 1/1/2013
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Internal Validation of an Automated Electronic ARDS Screening Tool in Patients with CirrhosisFormanek P, Yang P, Scaglione S, Zelisko S, Patel S, Cooper RC, Society of Critical Care Medicine 46th Annual Critical Care Congress, 1/1/2017
- Phosphatidylethanol as a biomarker to identify patients with alcohol misuseBurnham EL, Kovacs EJ, Cooper RS, Yong M, Gaydos J, Clark BJ, Lowery EM, Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group Conference, 1/1/2016
- Exhaled nitric oxide levels among adults with excessive alcohol consumptionO’Poole JA, Cao G, Durazo R, Cooper RS, Kovacs EJ, Sisson JH, Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 1/1/2016
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Lectures
- Better Automated Screening Methods for ARDSLoyola University Lakeshore Campus - 1/1/2016
- Lost in Translation: Can Big Data Help Us Translate?Loyola University Chicago - 1/1/2015
- NIH National Center for Translational Science (NCATS) and Loyola Center for Translational Science and Education (CTSE): Funding and InfrastructureLoyola University Chicago - 1/1/2015
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Other
- Alcohol and the LungAfshar, M, Doctor Radio Siriux XM New York University
1/28/2016 - The Side Effect of Binge Drinking Other Than a HangoverAfshar, M, Men’s Health Magazine
1/11/2015 - Booze Binge has immediate effect on immune systemAfshar, M, New Scientist Magazine
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Press Mentions
Wisconsin Partnership Program Awards $3.6 Million in Collaborative Health Sciences GrantsAugust 26th, 2025
FRI Health Care Report: WisBusiness: The Podcast with Dr. Majid Afshar, UW HealthApril 25th, 2025
Study: AI Tool Helps Flag Patients at Risk of Opioid Misuse, Reduce Hospital ReadmissionsApril 10th, 2025- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Using Multimodal Data Science To Gain Actionable Insights For Substance Misuse PreventionUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON2025–2026
- Data Driven Strategies for Substance Misuse Identification in Hospitalized PatientsUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON2020–2025
- Alcohol, Burn-Injury, and Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeNIH/NIAAA2016–2021
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