About me
Year
- PGY-7
Hometown
- Houston, TX
Areas of Interest
- Skull base
- Pituitary tumors
- Metastatic cancer
- Natural Language Processing
- Augmented Reality
Future Plans
- To become an academic Neurosurgeon Scientist, running a basic science as well as a translational laboratory analyzing brain tumor biology and the implementation of artificial intelligence to predicting modes of resistance to various therapeutic modalities in GBM.
Awards/Honors
- Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition – Best Pitch Award, 2018
- Annual Investment Meeting AIM – Best International Startup Pitch, 2018
- AANS - Stryker Neuro-Oncology Award, 2017
- CNS - Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award, 2016
- North American Skull Base Society (NASBS), Best Medical Student Paper, 2015
- F31 National Cancer Institute Grant Recipient (top 6%- 1st round funding), 2015
- Academy of Achievement, Innovation & Technology Delegate, 2014
- AANS - Synthes Skull Base Surgery Award, 2014
- CNS - Integra Foundation Award, 2013
- Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award, 2013
- Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society - Best Resident Paper, 2010
Memberships
- Academy of Achievement
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Iranian American Medical Association
- Joint Admissions Medical Program
- Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society
- SkyDeck Entrepreneur 2017 cohort
- Society for Neuro-Oncology
Hobbies
- Running
- Playing instruments ranging from drums, marimba, to folk Persian instruments
- Painting
- Wood carving
- Artificial intelligence and natural language processing
- Entrepreneurship
- Augmented reality
Education
- BS, University of Houston
- MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School, 2018
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco, 2018