NEUROSURGEON & NEUROSURGEON CONSULTANT

Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery

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
• Medical Board of California Expert Medical Reviewer

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, Colorado, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, and Utah

NEUROSURGICAL EXPERIENCE:

Private Practice, Westlake Village, California
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

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

• Rules & Regulations Committee
• Dispute and Resolution Committee
• Bioethics Committee
• Executive Committee
• Physician Benefits Committee
• Quality Care Committee
• Operating Room Committee
• Accreditation Committee
• Utilization Management Committee
• Out-Patient Access Committee
• Hospital Reconfiguration Committee
• Business Plan and Marketing Committee
• Medical Director Review Committee
• Credentials Committee
• Critical Care Committee
• Quality Improvement Committee
• Medical Group Budget Committee
• Physicians and Administration Interaction Committee

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 College of Physician Executives
• 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

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