Jafar Jafar M.D.
Professor of Neurosurgery and Interim Chairman

Department of Neurosurgery


Clinical Responsibilities
Dr. Jafar is Professor of Neurosurgery and director of the Division of Cerebrovascular Surgery at NYU. He did his residency training at The University of Chicago under Dr. Sean Mullan. Following that he was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he established the stroke research laboratory. He has had a lifelong interest in cerebral blood flow. While in Chicago he also established the cerebral blood flow laboratory and was honored with teacher of the year award. In 1989 he joined the Department of Neurosurgery at NYU and was responsible for the founding of the Division of Cerebrovascular Surgery, as well as the Center for Cerebrovascular disease. Dr. Jafar has had fellowship training with Professor Lindsay Simon at the National Hospital for Nervous Disease, at Queen Square, London, England, and with Professor Ghazi Yasargil in Zurich, Switzerland. He has participated in multiple multi-center trials. He is the author of more than 70 publications, mainly involving cerebrovascular disease, including a textbook on arteriovenous malformations. Dr. Jafar directs the multidisciplinary cerebrovascular center at NYU, which includes interventionalists, surgeons, and neurologists.


Office Locations

Address #1

Address
Skirball Institute, Eighth Floor, Suite 8R, 530 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016


Phone
212 263 6312


Fax
212 263 6992


Office Hours
Tue. 9:00 - 6:00; Thu. 9:00 - 6:00




Clinical Information

Medical Specialty
Brain Tumor; Stereotactic Radiosurgery **; Spine Neurosurgery; Head Injury


Medical Interests
Brain aneurysms & AVMs, brain and skull base tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, microneurosurgery.


Languages Spoken
Arabic, French, Persian



Background and Educational Information

Medical Education
Pahlavi University School of Medicine 1976


Residency
University of Chicago (Neurosurgery) 1977-1982


Clinical Fellowships
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland 1983; Skull base & brain tumor surgery, The National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen Square, London England 1981; Microneurosurgery, University Hospital, Zurich Switzerland 1983


Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery ; Neurosurgery