About Me
I am Fluent in Farsi, Spanish, and English.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Orthopaedic Surgeon
South Coast Medical Center
Laguna Beach, CA
February 2002 - Present
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Professor in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC)
August 1999 - January 2002
Program Director of Orthopaedic Medical Students
LLUMC
May 2000 - January 2002
Director of Microsurgery Research Laboratory
LLUMC
May 2000 - January 2002
TRAINING
Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship
LLUMC
August 1998 - July 1999
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
University of Southern California/ Los Angeles County (USC/LAC) Medical Center
June 1993 - June 1998
Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow
USC/LAC Medical Center
June 1992 - June 1993
Core Preliminary Surgery Program
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
June 1990 - June 1992
EDUCATION
M.D., University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
July 1986 - June 1990
M.S., University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School
July 1986 - June 1987
Major: Applied Psychology
B.S., University of California, Irvine
January 1981 - June 1986
Major: Biological Science, Minor: Psychology