Holiday Hours

With the exception of Inova hospitals, Inova Emergency Care and Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care, all Inova outpatient offices will be closed for the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays – Wednesday, Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 1.

Some Inova care sites have additional closures for the holidays, which will be noted on the relevant location pages. 

Shkala Karzai, MD

Shkala Karzai, MD

Shkala Karzai, MD

Shkala Karzai, MD

Specialty
Surgery
Years of Experience
10
Clinical Interests
Breast Cancer, Breast Surgery, Endocrine Advanced Minimally Invasive surgery
Gender
Female
Locations

1800 N Beauregard St
40
Alexandria, VA 22311

Phone
Fax
571-665-6812

8081 Innovation Park Dr
Level 6 - Riverstone Clinic
Fairfax, VA 22031

Phone
Fax
571-472-1601

8081 Innovation Park Dr
Level 4 - White Oak Clinic
Fairfax, VA 22031

Phone
Fax
571-472-1294

About Shkala Karzai, MD

Dr. Shkala Karzai is a specialty care physician board certified in surgery at Inova Health System. She joined Inova in 2014 as a general surgery resident and has been practicing since 2014.

Prior to joining Inova, Dr. Karzai was an endocrine surgery fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Dr. Karzai can speak Pashto, Arabic and Spanish. Outside the office, she enjoys traveling, learning foreign languages, learning about global health and playing tennis.

PubMed Publications

Awards/Associations

  • Lebanese Medical Students’ International Committee

  • American Public Health Association

  • Top Resident Teacher, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, 2017-2018

Medical School
American University of Beirut
Residencies
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Training Specialty: General Surgery
7/01/2014 - 6/12/2019
Fellowships
Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Chelsea
Training Specialty: Breast Surgical Oncology
8/01/2019 - 7/31/2020
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Training Specialty: Endocrine Surgery
8/01/2020 - 7/31/2021

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