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About Divya Bolar, MD, PhD

Divya Bolar, MD, PhD, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist specializing in neuroradiology. He is an expert in neurovascular imaging, including cerebral perfusion imaging with arterial spin labeling (ASL).

As an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology, Dr. Bolar instructs medical students, residents, and fellows in the Division of Neuroradiology. He additionally runs a laboratory at the UCSD Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CFMRI), where he is the associate director for clinical translational imaging. His research interests include developing and applying cutting-edge MRI techniques to image cerebral blood flow, oxygen metabolism, and microvascular pulsatility in normal subjects and patients with neuropathology. Dr. Bolar mentors graduate students and post-doctoral fellows on these projects.

Dr. Bolar completed fellowship training in neuroradiology and residency training in diagnostic radiology at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and PhD in electrical and biomedical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He is a member of several professional societies including the American College of Radiology, the American Board of Radiology, and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young boys, seeing live music, and playing guitar.

UC San Diego Health Links
For more information, see Radiology.

For more information about Dr. Bolar's research, please visit https://profiles.ucsd.edu/divya.bolar.

Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
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Medical Degree

  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Residency

  • Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship

  • Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Doctoral Degree

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Gender

  • Male

Date Joined Staff

  • 2018-08-01

Board Certifications

  • Diagnostic Radiology

Conditions and Treatments

  • Neuroimaging
  • Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
  • Cerebral Perfusion Imaging
Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted
Open Payments Program Notification
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
View Open Payments data for Dr. Bolar