Nigar Dargah-Zada, MD
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Nigar Dargah-Zada, MD

  • Neurology
Santa Monica Neurology |
1801 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100 Santa Monica, CA 90403

About

Dr. Nigar Dargah-Zada has joined UCLA Health Santa Monica from New York, where she worked as an attending after completing her residency in neurology at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine. She has gained expertise in MS through completing an MS/Neuroimmunology Fellowship at the NIH/NINDS Neuroimmunology program. She has built her practice at UCLA Health to include mainly MS and other neuroimmunological cases. Her research interests are in mimics of MS, and management of women living with MS.
Languages spoken: English, Russian, German

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certification

Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2018

Fellowship

MS/Neuroimmunology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke -NINDS, 2020

Residency

Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2018

Internship

Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2015

Degree

MD, Azerbaijan Medical University, 2010

Locations

Hospital Affiliations

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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