PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
• Associate
Diplomate at UCLA-Jules Stein Eye Institute, Division of Orbitofacial Surgery
•
Private Practice at Sansum Clinic, in Santa Barbara, California
• Private
Practice at Shorr FACE Institute, in Beverly Hills, California
HOSPITAL AFFLIATIONS
• UCLA-Reagan Medical Center – Los Angeles
• Olympia Medical Center –
Los Angeles
• Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center – Los Angeles
EDUCATION
• COLLEGE: B.S.
(biology) - University of California, Los Angeles (1995-1999)
• MEDICAL SCHOOL: M.D. - University of California, Irvine (1999-2003)
• INTERNSHIP: Internal Medicine
– UCLA/WLA VA Greater LA Health Syst. (2003/2004)
•
RESIDENCY: Ophthalmology – Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic (2004-2007)
• FELLOWSHIP: Ophthalmic
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) – Oculofacial Plastic Surgery,Jules Stein Eye Institute
at UCLA (2007-2009)
•
FELLOWSHIP: Facial Plastic Surgery – Dr Ronald Strahan (July 2009 through
2010)
MEDICAL LICENSE
·
Ophthalmology:
Board Certified in November 2008 (active) -- Diplomat
· Medical Board of California license
#: A99093 (active)
· DEA license:
(active)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
• American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)- Diplomat
•
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) – Fellow
Member
•
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) – Fellow
Member
•
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Medical Honor Society, (selected in Junior year)
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• Iranian Society of Ophthalmologists
and Vision Scientists (ISOV)
• American
Board of Eye Surgery (ABES) and American College of Eye Surgeons (ACES)
• Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology (LASO)
• California Academy of Eye Physicians
& Surgeons (CAEPS)
• Association
of Pathology Chairs (APC) Honor Society
• American
Medical Association (AMA)
• National
Medical Association (NMA)
HONORS/AWARDS
• Summa Cum Laude
graduate, UCLA (1995-1999)
• Alpha
Omega Alpha (AΩA) Medical Honor Society member, selected as Junior Chief Resident
as PGY4 at Cole Eye Institute
• Webster
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Resident Research Award (2009)
• Dean’s Honor List and College Honor Program, UCLA (1995-1999)
• Phi Beta Kappa, UCLA (1995-1999)
• Robert G. Hauser Rotary Club
Scholarship, given to 1 UCI medical student annually (2002)
•
Western Student Medical Research Forum Award (2001)
• National Medical Association (NMA)/Rabb-Venable
Ophthalmology Research Award (2001)
• Association
of Pathology Chairs (APC) Honor Society member
• HONORS
in medical school
• Donald
E. Pinder, MD Memorial Award for Anatomy
• Irving
M. Reingold Prize + Distinguished Achievement Award for Pathology
• Robert W. Earle, MD Memorial Award for Pharmacology
• Milton Kaplan Memorial Award
for Microbiology
• Certificate
of Excellence in Medical Physiology
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
• University
of California, Los Angeles (1996-1999) – Mentor: Suraj P. Bhat, PhD
• University
of Southern California (2000-2003) – Mentor: Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD
• University
of California, Irvine (2002-2003) – Mentor: Suraj Bose, MD
• Retina-Vitreous
Associates in Los Angeles (2003-2004)
Mentors:
David S. Boyer MD, Edgar L. Thomas, MD
• University
of California, Los Angeles (2003) – Mentor: Raymond S. Douglas, MD, PhD
• Cole
Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2004-2007) – multiple mentors
• Jules
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA (current) – Mentors: Robert A. Goldberg, MD,
Norman Shorr, MD, Raymond S. Douglas, MD, PhD, Jonathan Hoenig, MD
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