Dr. Sahar was born in Aleppo, Syria. She received her medical degree from The Sorbonne University at the Faculte de Medicine in Paris, France. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

Sahar did her Neonatology Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin & Medical College of WI. Dr. Kayata is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal & Perinatal Medicine and recently retired from The Newborn Care Physicians Group in Milwaukee. 

She has been involved with the MMWC since its inception and has been a board member for many years. She is married to Dr. Imad Katib and has three children.