Dr. Jassar earned her medical degree from DMC&H, India and completed pediatrics and chief residency in Philadelphia followed by neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. She joined MGHfC after being an attending neonatologist at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children in DE and Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She is also a certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE) awarded by the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). 

Dr. Jassar takes care of wide spectrum of neonatal issues in both preterm and term infants admitted to the Neonatal ICU. She enjoys teaching on various neonatal topics esp. cardio-respiratory neonatal issues and integrating physiology into bedside management.  Her specific interests include: neonatal simulation for medical education, process improvement and simulation based research. She joined MGH Neonatology as co-director of education and also director of telemedicine for newborn services.