Biography

Specialty: Infectious Disease Affiliation: North Jersey Infectious Disease Group, LLC Dr. Saggar is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of infectious diseases, from such common ailments as Influenza, chicken pox, shingles, pneumonia and bacterial skin infections, such as MRSA to complex viruses such as Zika, Ebola, Dengue, MERS and COVID19. He has an academic focus in the treatment of HIV, Tuberculosis, Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship. He is Board Certified in Infectious Disease & is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. If you tune in to Fox 5 NYC News at 5 p.m., you might catch Dr. Saggar delivering the medical headlines. He regularly discusses up-to-the minute health information, exciting research findings, and the latest advances in health screenings and medical technology. He has regularly been featured on CNN and Fox Business News discussing various aspects of the COVID19 pandemic. Dr. Saggar has been on staff at Holy Name Medical Center since 2007, with an office in Englewood, NJ. He is an adjunct clinical associate professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York City. Dr. Saggar earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Richmond and medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, N.J. He participates in numerous clinical trials, and has conducted clinical research at the National Institutes of Health and as a Merck Research Fellow and is currently a Priamry investigator in several on-going trials of COIVD19 therapeutics. He is on the speaker's bureau of Allergan Pharmaceuticals & Regeneron and regularly lectures for Grand Rounds and to medical students and residents. Dr. Saggar’s weekly podcasts, "Recommended Daily Dose," featuring co-host Dr. Clenton Coleman can be heard at www.rxdailydose.com, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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