Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Education

MD: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Tehran, Iran (1986-1993)

Training

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine, Kranert Institute of Cardiology (2007-2008)

Cardiology Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, AR (2000-2003)

Internal Medicine Residency: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Lansing Michigan (1997-2000)

Honors

Strathmore's Who's Who in America, 2004

Red Sash Teaching Award, UAMS, 2005

Endocrine Society travel award (selected paper presentation), 2003

American Heart Association Physician-Scientist Fellowship Award, 2002

Fellow of the year award in academic scholarship, 2002

Selected abstract award (AHA fellows abstract competition, Pfizer), 2002

Memberships

2006 Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)

2000 American College of Cardiology (ACC)

1997 American College of Physicians (ACP)

1997 American Medical Association (AMA)

Clinical Interests

Coronary artery disease; peripheral vascular disease; valvular and structural heart disease