July, 1998 to present

Pavilion Neurology Medical Group, Inc., Medical Neurology and Electrodiagnosis

Staff Neurologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California

July 1995 – October 1998

Full time faculty at University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Neurology. Actively attending in patient care at general neurology clinic, epilepsy clinic, and multiple sclerosis clinic. Medical student clinical course director – Neurology.

July 1994 – 1995

Electrodiagnostic / neurophysiology fellowship: NCV-EMG, EEG, Evoked Potentials (VER – ABR – SSEP’s – IntraOperative EP monitoring), Neurovascular ultrasound. University of California, Irvine.

July 1993-1994

Neurology Chief Resident, UCI Medical Center, Long Beach Veterans Administraion Hospital.

July 1991 – 1994

Neurology Resident, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Department of Neurology. 101 The City Drive South, Orange, California 92868 (714) 824-3406

June 1990 – 1991

PGY-1 Internal Medicine, Trenton Affiliated Hospitals, P.O. Box 2448, Trenton, N.J. 08697

December 1980 – July 1989

General Practitioner / Emergency room physician delivering a variety of emergency medical care in various outpatient and inpatient medical facilities – Iran.

November, 1980

Graduated, Doctor of Medicine, University of Isfahan, Iran.

Board Cerification

1. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. Board Certified in Neurology, certificate # 44932.

2. Subspecialty Board of Clinical Neurophysiology (neurodiagnostics) certificate # 1167.

3. Neurology Boart re-certification exam March – 2008 scored 91%.

Special Training and Experience

Neurodiagnostics: EMG, EEG, EPS, TCD (Neuromuscular dis) subspecialty experience / clinical research in multiple sclerosis. Special interest and experience in stroke / application of tPA. Clinical experience in refractory epilepsy. Application of Botox in dystonia / headaches.

Clinical Research Activities:

*** Clinical Examiner: Phase III, double masked placebo-controlled study of safety and efficacy of two dose of Betaseron in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

*** Clinical Examiner: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled. Dose titration study of fampridine ( 4-AP ) bid to patients with incomplete spinal cord injury. LBVAH

*** Clinical Examiner: ( ACT 1) Asymptomatic carotid stenosis, stenting versus Endarterectomy trial.

*** Clinical Examiner: Capture 2

*** Clincal Examiner: Protect AF study (Watchman Trial)