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Umar Ghaffar M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: MD-HOSPITAL MEDICINE DIVISION

Mailing Address:: PO Box 100238
GAINESVILLE FL 32610

Physical Address:: 1600 SW ARCHER RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32610

Dr. Ghaffar has had the privilege of working in a number of medical specialties in Pakistan. His short stint in the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine in South end Hospital in the U.K. allowed him to familiarize himself with the working of the British Health system. He has been fortunate to have had the chance to work as a volunteer for the WHO Polio vaccination and Hepatitis C awareness programs in Pakistan.

Specialties:

Hospital Medicine

Publications:

2023
Prescribing patterns of SGLT-2 inhibitors for patients with heart failure: A two-center analysis.
American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice
2023
Correction: Comparison of the clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) infected patients from a single hospitalist service.
BMC infectious diseases
2023
Comparison of the clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) infected patients from a single hospitalist service.
BMC infectious diseases

Education:

2009
Fellowship – Family Medicine
University of Florida
2008
Residency – Family Medicine
University of Florida
2002
Medical Degree
Rawalpindi Medical College

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program/degree	institution	field/specialty
M.D.	Rawalpindi Medical College	Medicine
Residency	University of Florida	Family Medicine
Fellowship	University of Florida	Hospital Medicine