Credentials
CERTIFICATIONS:
- Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Certified, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
- Diplomate, American College of Physician Executives
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
- Masters Degree, Business Administration
Pepperdine University School of Business, Malibu, California
- Residency in Neurological Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin
- General Surgery Straight Internship
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
- Medical Degree & Rotating Internship
Tehran University School of Medicine, Tehran, Iran
MEDICAL LICENSES:
California, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, and Utah
NEUROSURGICAL EXPERIENCE:
Private Practice, Westlake Village, California
Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles & Woodland Hills, California
Private Practice, Thousand Oaks, California
Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
- Regional Chief of Neurosurgery
- Member, Board of Directors
- Chairperson, Quality Care Committee
Southern California Permanente Medical Group,
Los Angeles, California
- Chief, Department of Neurosurgery
- President & President-elect, Hospital Staff
- Chairperson, Executive Committee
- Chairperson, Accreditation Committee
- Chairperson, Credentials Committee
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Woodland Hills, California
AWARDS:
- America’s Top Surgeons Awards
- Physicians’ Exceptional Contribution Award
- Distinguished Scholar Award
- Top-Rated Physician in America
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- American College of Surgeons
- American Association of Physician Leadership
- California Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- University of Wisconsin Medical School, Alumni
- Pepperdine University School of Business, Alumni
- Physicians without Borders
PRESENTATIONS:
- Current Management of Pituitary Incidentaloma
- The Future of Healthcare in the United States
- Healthcare Reform System
- Improved Outcome and Decreased Length of Stay for Laminectomies
- Impact of Managed Care on Physician Supply and Demand in the U.S.
- Decreased Length of Stay by Implementing Care Paths
- Empowerment, A Cure for Organizational Burnout
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Mucus Secreting Adenoma of the Fourth Ventricle Choroids Plexus
- Cerebral Spinal Fluid Shunt Infections in Children
- Post-Traumatic Occlusion of Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery