Vafa Tabatabaie, MD

Vafa Tabatabaie, MD, is Interim Chief, Endocrinology at Montefiore Einstein and Professor, Medicine and Orthopedics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Tabatabaie’s clinical focus centers on osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, thyroid disease, including thyroid cancer, and disorders of calcium metabolism.

Dr. Tabatabaie earned her Doctor of Medicine from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. After several years of research on thyroid cancer in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Tabatabaie continued her medical training at Montefiore in 2007 as a researcher in the Division of Endocrinology. She remained at Montefiore Einstein to complete her internal medicine residency in 2011 and an endocrinology fellowship in 2013.

Aligning with her clinical focus, Dr. Tabatabaie’s research focuses on osteoporosis and disorders of calcium metabolism. She has contributed to the field of endocrinology by writing journal articles, presenting posters at national endocrine meetings, and mentoring medical students, residents and fellows.

Dr. Tabatabaie is one of the founding members of Transgender Interest Group at Montefiore Einstein. In 2018, she received the Humanism Award from Montefiore Einstein’s Department of Medicine. In recognition of her contributions to medical education, Dr. Tabatabaie was accepted into Leo M. Davidoff Society in 2019.