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Sahar F Zafar

Sahar F Zafar, MD

Neurology

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults
  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • Urdu
  • English

Gender

Female

About Sahar F Zafar

Sahar F. Zafar, MD is a neurointensivist and epileptologist. She is the Medical Director for Inpatient Neurology, and is Co-Director of the Center for Value-Based Healthcare and Sciences. Dr. Zafar devotes her clinical time in the MGH Neurosciences ICU, and is part of the Epilepsy Service. She sees patient in the MGH Epilepsy Clinic.

Her clinical interests include acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, seizures and status epilepticus in critically ill patients. She provides long term follow up care to epilepsy patients, and for patients with brain injuries such as stroke and trauma with seizures . Her research interests include critical care EEG monitoring, anti-seizure medication treatment in patients with brain injuries and seizures, and post ICU discharge health outcomes.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Epilepsy Service
    • 55 Fruit Street, Wang Building, 8th Floor, Suite 835, Boston, MA 02114
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Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurophysiology, 2016
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurocritical Care, 2015
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Neurology, 2013
  • Internship: Baylor College of Medicine, Neurology, 2010
  • Medical Education: Aga Khan University Medical College, 2007

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2017
  • Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2017

Insurance

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  • Aetna
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Cigna
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Coventry
  • Fallon Health
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Humana
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • MassHealth
  • Medicaid CT
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid NH
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicaid VT
  • Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Senior Whole Health
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense
  • WellSense NH

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