Sahar F Zafar, MD
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Specialties
Affiliation
Mass General Brigham
Provider Locations
- Boston, MA
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.
Education & Training
- 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
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Languages Spoken
- Urdu
- English
Age Group Treated
- Adults
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Accepted Insurance
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- Wellpoint
- Senior Whole Health
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Beech Street
- TriCare
- Medicare
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- Medicaid RI
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid CT
- Multiplan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Coventry
- WellSense NH
- WellSense
- Medicaid VT
- Humana
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Railroad Medicare
- Cigna
- Maine Community Health Options
- Medicaid ME
- MassHealth
- Aetna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance