Alina Kifayat, MD
- Rheumatology
Languages Spoken
- Pashto
- Urdu
Related Practices
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Rheumatology
Procedures
- Forteo® Injections
- Glucocorticoid Injections
- Intraarticular Injections
- Joint Aspiration
- Joint Injections
- Prolia® Therapy
- Reclast® Therapy
- Synvisc® Therapy
- Tendon Sheath Injections
Conditions Treated
- ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APLS)
- Arteritis, Giant Cell
- Arteritis, Takayasu
- Arteritis, Temporal
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Arthritis, Reactive
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Elevated
- Connective Tissue Disease, Undifferentiated
- de Quervain's Tenosynovitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Elevated Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Gout
- Immune Complex-Mediated Small Vessel Vasculitides
- Joint Effusions
- Joint Pain
- Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
- Lupus, Drug-Induced
- Myalgia
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteoporosis
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
- Polymyositis
- Positive Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA)
- Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
- Pseudogout
- Raynaud's Syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sicca Syndrome
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Spondylosis
- Stills Disease, Adult Onset
- Tendonitis
- Vasculitis
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
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The Park Medical Group
A1555 Center Avenue Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Main: 201-510-0200Fax: 201-482-8198
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The Park Medical Group
B24 Elm Street Harrington Park, NJ 07640
Main: 201-784-0123Fax: 201-568-0483
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The Park Medical Group
C274 County Road Tenafly, NJ 07670
Main: 201-568-0493Fax: 201-568-0483
Insurance
Insurances Accepted
Please contact your insurance company directly prior to receiving services or care to confirm your coverage. Although we have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate, only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.
1199 (SEIU)
- 1199 (SEIU)
Aetna
- Aetna Assure Premier Plus
- Aetna CCN
- Aetna CoreSource
- Aetna Coventry
- Aetna FIDE-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Whole Health HMO
- Aetna Whole Health PPO
- Medsolutions
- Meritan Health
Amerigroup
- Amerigroup Medicaid
- Amerivantage
AmeriHealth
- AmeriHealth Administrator
- AmeriHealth HMO
- AmeriHealth PPO
- Value Network (Exchange Plan)
APWU
- APWU Health Plan
Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Open Access Plus
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Supplemental
- Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
- Health Partners
Clover Health
- Clover Medicare Advantage
Empire BCBS
- Blue Priority
- Empire BCBS EPO
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
- Empire BCBS Indemnity
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
- Empire BCBS PPO
Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
- Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
First Health
- First Health
GEHA
- GEHA Health Plan
Horizon BCBS
- Federal Employee Program
- Horizon BCBS Braven Health
- Horizon BCBS EPO
- Horizon BCBS HMO
- Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
- Horizon BCBS PPO
- NJ Carpenters Fund
- OMNIA Tier 1
- Traditional
Horizon NJ Health
- Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
- Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)
Humana
- Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Humana ChoicePOS
- Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS
- Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS 23
- Humana Gold Plus DE-SNP
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare (Employer PPO Plus)
- Humana Medicare PPO
- Humana Medicare PPO 2023
- Humana National Medicare HMO
- Humana National POS - Open Access
- Humana National POS - Open Access Plus
MagnaCare
- Local 825
- MagnaCare PPO
Mail Handlers
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
Medicaid
- Medicaid NJ
Medicare
- Medicare NJ
MVP Health Care
- MVP Health Care PPO
NALC
- NALC Health Benefit Plan
Nippon Life Insurance Co of America
- Nippon Life Benefits
Oxford
- Freedom
- Garden State Network
- Liberty
- Metro
- Oxford Medicare
Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare NJ
UMR
- UMR
UnitedHealthcare
- AARP
- Commercial and Marketplace
- Compass Benefit (Exchange)
- Medica
- River Valley
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
About
About Alina Kifayat
Dr. Kifayat specializes in rheumatology. Her clinical interests include arthritis (rheumatoid, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic), lupus, scleroderma, Sjogren’s Syndrome, myositis, vasculitis, Stills Disease (adult-onset), and connective tissue disease. Dr. Kifayat received her MD from the Khyber Medical College, in Peshawar, Pakistan. She did an internal medicine residency, and was chief resident, followed by a rheumatology fellowship, and was chief fellow, at Westchester Medical Center (New York Medical College), in Valhalla, NY. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. In addition to English, Dr. Kifayat is fluent in Pashto and Urdu.
Professional Memberships
American college of Physicians
American college of Rheumatology
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: Khyber Medical College, Pakistan
Residency
New York Medical College-Westchester Medical Center
Fellowship
New York Medical College-Westchester Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Rheumatology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Other Certifications
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)