"I strive to treat my patients with compassion and work together with them to overcome their fears and face the chronicity and challenges of various diseases."

- Dr. Zafar

Joined the SCSP Team: 2005

Certification
Dr. Zafar is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty board of nephrology.

Education
Abida's medical degree is from Dubai Medical College for Girls.  She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology Fellowship at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit.

Professional Affiliations:

• American College of Physicians
• American Medical Association
  
• Renal Physicians Association
• American Society of Nephrology

Hospitals:

• St. John Hospital and Medical Center
• St. John River District Hospital
• Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center
• Henry Ford Macomb
• Port Huron General
• Mercy Hospital Port Huron

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• Role of Aldosterone in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy among African-American Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis
  
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  Steigerwalt, S., Zafar, A., Mesiha, N., Gardin, J., Provenzano, R., Role of Aldosterone in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy among African-American Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis, American Journal of Nephrology 2007; 27:159-163.
  ABSTRACT: Recently, serum aldosterone levels have been reported to play a significant role in cardiac hypertrophy. One study of Japanese patients correlated aldosterone levels with the degree of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in those undergoing hemodialysis. However, the role of aldosterone in LVH in non-Japanese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has not been established. 
• Aldosterone Is Involved in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in African American Males with End Stage Renal Disease Treated with Hemodialysis
  
  Steigerwalt, S., Mesiha, N., Zafar, A., Gardin, J., Provenzano, R.,  Aldosterone Is Involved in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in African American Males with End Stage Renal Disease Treated with Hemodialysis.  American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA, 2003.