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.
Medical Specialty
Brain Tumor; Stereotactic Radiosurgery **; Spine Neurosurgery; Head Injury
Medical Interests
Brain aneurysms & AVMs, brain and skull base tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, microneurosurgery.
Education
Medical Education
Pahlavi University School of Medicine 1976
Internships
University of Chicago (Surgery) 1976-1977
Residency Training
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
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