USMD Adds Second Gastroenterologist to Growing Physician Base
June 18 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
USMD Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMD), a physician-led integrated
healthcare system, announced today that Sunbal Zafar, M.D., has
joined USMD Affiliated Services.
Dr. Zafar, a gastroenterologist, has been added to support the
growing healthcare needs of the communities and patients across the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that USMD serves.
“I am pleased to welcome Dr. Zafar to USMD,” said Richard
Johnston, M.D., chief physician officer and executive vice
president of USMD Holdings. “The addition of Dr. Zafar allows USMD
to expand our gastroenterology services to even more patients, thus
allowing us to continue providing exceptional care and personalized
service to every patient that walks through our doors.”
Dr. Zafar is the second gastroenterologist to join USMD in the
past year. She will practice at USMD’s Arlington South Specialty
Clinic, which is located in the Medical Office Building at USMD
Hospital at Arlington. Dr. Zafar accepts Medicare patients, further
strengthening USMD’s commitment to care for and treat seniors in
the DFW Metroplex.
Dr. Zafar attended medical school at Jinnah Sindh Medical
University, formerly Sindh Medical College. Subsequently, she
completed her residency in internal medicine at Case Western
Reserve University and she completed two fellowships – one in
geriatric medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and one in
gastroenterology at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
She has more experience caring for patients as well as experience
serving as assistant professor at University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences.
About USMD Holdings, Inc.
USMD is a publicly held (NASDAQ: USMD), physician-led,
integrated health system committed to exemplary patient care.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, USMD serves the Dallas-Fort Worth
metropolitan area with more than 250 physicians and associate
practitioners, and provides healthcare services to patients in just
under 20 different specialties at its two hospitals, four cancer
treatment centers and more than 50 physician clinics, many of which
are multi-specialty. All 29 of USMD’s primary care clinics have
been accredited by the Patient-Centered Medical Home Program, a
recognition program that is part of the National Committee for
Quality Assurance. This recognition means that USMD’s primary care
clinics successfully display and utilize evidence-based,
patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated patient
care and long-term patient relationships. For more information
about USMD, visit www.usmd.com.
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USMD Holdings, Inc.Megan Vincent,
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