Dr. Vafa Tabatabaie received her medical degree from Shahid Beheshti Medical University in Tehran, Iran. After several years of research on thyroid cancer in Toronto, Canada, she came to Montefiore in 2007, initially as a clinical observer and then as a researcher in the Division of Endocrinology under the direction of Drs. Norman Fleischer and Martin Surks. She graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2011, during which her enthusiasm and teaching skills were recognized with the Award for Outstanding House Officer in Internal Medicine. She then completed her Endocrinology Fellowship in 2013 and joined the Einstein Montefiore Division of Endocrinology faculty later that year.

Dr. Tabatabaie is the Clinical Director for Division of Endocrinology. She is also the Director of Fracture Liaison Services, a multi-disciplinary team of Endocrinologist, Geriatricians and Orthopedic Surgeons focused on secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures.  Dr Tabatabaie is one of the founding members of Transgender Interest Group at Montefiore/Einstein. Her clinical research interests include endocrine issues in the elderly, especially metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis, as well as thyroid cancer. 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. In recognition of her contributions to medical education, she was accepted into Leo M Davidoff Society in 2019. She also received Department of Medicine's Humanism Award in 2018.

Thyroid Dysfunction in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs): Outcomes in a Multiethnic Urban Cohort

Cancers, 2021 Mar 23;13(6):1464

Are We Responding Effectively to Bone Mineral Density Loss and Fracture Risk in People with Epilepsy?

Epilepsia Open, 2020 Apr 14;5(2): 240-247

Changes in Bone Mineral Density During 5 Years of Adjuvant Treatment in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2020 Feb 19

Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis and The Weekend Effect at an Urban Tertiary-Care Center

Endocrine Practice, 2020 Jun 2;26(6):634-641

Thyroid Storm Presenting as Psychosis

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, May 2018

Medical Optimization of Lumbar Fusion in the Osteoporotic Patient

Archives of Osteoporosis, 2018 March 14: 13 (1): 26

Testosterone Treatment and Sexual Function in Older Men With Low Testosterone Levels

Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2016 Aug; 101 (8): 3096-104

Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men

New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Feb 18: 374 (7): 611-24

Recruitment and Screening for the Testosterone Trials

The Journals of Gerontology, 2015 Sep, 70(9): 1105-11

Association of Sex Hormones with Sexual Function, Vitality, and Physical Function of Symptomatic Older Men with Low Testosterone Levels at Baseline in the Testosterone Trials

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015 Mar, 100(3):1146-55

Exceptional Longevity is Associated with Decreased Reproduction

Aging, 2011 Dec, 3(12):1202-5

Influence of Age and Primary Tumor Size on the Risk for Residual/Recurrent Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Head and Neck, 2009 Jun; 31(6):782-8

Post-Challenge Hyperglycemia in Older Adults is Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk Profile

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2009 May, 94(5):1595-601

Prognostic Value of Postsurgical Stimulated Thyroglobulin Levels after Initial Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Head and Neck, 2008 Jun; 30(6):693-700