French
Arabic
Yara SAFI
School of Engineering of Beirut – Chargé de cours
+961 (1) 421 000 yara.safi@usj.edu.lb
Yara Safi is a biomedical product expert with over 15 years of experience in digital health medical devices, particularly stent implants and infusion pumps. Fluent in six languages, she excels in project management, international sales, and business development. Yara has led impactful initiatives across multiple healthcare sectors, demonstrating strong stakeholder management and technical expertise. She is passionate about improving patient and clinical experiences and aims to expand her role in multidisciplinary healthcare operations.
Education
Teaching at USJ
University teaching outside USJ
Professional experience outside USJ
Areas of expertise
Research themes
Yara Safi’s research has primarily focused on biomedical engineering, particularly in cardiovascular implantable medical devices. She has worked on developing stents for heart valves, designing innovative solutions for tricuspid valve repair, and investigating the mechanical resilience of cranial implants. Her work includes materials engineering, particularly for polymer-based vascular prostheses and heart valves, and has emphasized applying finite element analysis (FEA) for simulating medical implant behaviors under stress.
Publications and communications
Title “Manufacturing of biocompatible nonwoven structures by using spray atomization of dissolvedpolymers”Journal Polymer Engineering Science, 10.1002/pen, 2013Authors I. Nadzeyka, C. Gabler, D. Erarslan, Y. Safi, U. SteinseiferTitle “Systematisierung gefalteter und faltbarer Strukturen in technischen Anwendungen”“Systematization of Folded and Foldable Structures in Technical Applications”Journal Konstruktion : Zeitschrift für Produktentwicklung und Ingenieur-Werkstoffe Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Page(s): 69-74, 2013Authors M. Barej, Y. Safi, B. Sköck-Hartmann, T. Gries, U. Steinseifer, B. Corves, M. TrautzTitle “A new approach to the interventional therapy of tricuspid regurgitation”Journal Frontiers in Bioscience; Elite Edition, Volume 5E, Page(s): 546-550, 2013Authors A. Amerini, M. Malasa, N. Hatam, Y. Safi, U. Steinseifer, A. Mahnken, A. Goetzenich, M. Haushofer,M. Hildinger, R. Autschbach, A. Capri, J.W. SpillnerTitle “Bringing technologies to market : a first step approach of fold-in structures and its possibleapplication in Medical Engineering”Journal Review of Business Research; Volume 12, Issue 5, Page(s):46-51, 2012Authors Y. Safi, O. Bystrova, P. Pollock, F. Siems, U. SteinseiferTitle “A novel approach to an anatomical adapted stent design for the percutaneous therapy of tricuspidvalve diseases: preliminary experiences from an engineering point of view”Journal ASAIO Journal; Volume 58, Issue 6, Page(s):568-73, 2012Authors D. Pott, M. Malasa, U. Urban, M. Kütting, Y. Safi, J. Roggenkamp, U. Steinseifer, N. Hatam, R. Autschbach,J. Spillner, A. AmeriniTitle “Cranioplasty with customized titanium and PEEK implants in a mechanical stress model”Journal Journal of Neurotrauma; Volume 29, Issue 6, Page(s):1077-1083, 2012Authors B. Lethaus, Y. Safi, M. ter Laak-Poort, A. Kloss-Brandstätter, F. Banki, C. Robbenmenke, U. Steinseifer, P.KesselerTitle “Investigation of the failure behavior of a cranial implant-skull model under different load conditionsusing FEM”Journal Simulia Customer Conference Proceedings, 2011Authors Y. Safi, S. Hohenberger, C. Robbenmenke, F. Banki, B. Lethaus, P. Kessler, T. Schmitz-Rode, U. Steinseifer