Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomate ABIM; Pulmonary Disease
Diplomate ABIM; Critical Care Medicine
Diplomate ABIM; Sleep Medicine
Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WLA Pulmonary Medical Group
Pulmonary/Internal Medicine/
Critical Care and Sleep Disorders
1999 – Pres.
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Attending Physician
2000 – Pres.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
2007 – Pres.
Desert Valley Hospital, Victorville, CA
Staff Pulmonologist, Intensivist
1997 – 1999
MEDICAL EDUCATION
The Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi, Pakistan
M.B.B.S.
1983 – 1988
FELLOWSHIPS
Palo Alto School of Sleep Medicine
Advanced Course in Sleep Medicine
1999
University of Southern California
Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine
1994 – 1997
RESIDENCIES
University of Illinois,
Michael Reese Hospital
1992 – 1994
The Aga Khan University Hospital,
Pakistan
Resident in Internal Medicine
1989 – 1990
INTERNSHIPS
Michigan State University/
McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, MI
1991 – 1992
The Aga Khan University Hospital,
Pakistan
Intern in Internal Medicine
1988 – 1989
LICENSURE
California State Medical License 1996
CERTIFICATION
- Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), CA
- ABIM; Sleep Medicine, Board Certified 2009
- American Board of Sleep Medicine, Board Certified 1999
- ABIM; Critical Care Medicine, Board Certified 1997, 2009
- ABIM; Pulmonary Medicine, Board Certified 1996, 2006
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Board Certified 1995, 2006
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2000
- Fellow, College of Chest Physicians 1999
- Will Rogers Fellowship Award, U.S.C. 1996
- Honors in Forensic Medicine 1988
- Distinctions in Medicine and Pathology 1987
- Distinctions in Biology, Physics and Chemistry 1982
- Distinctions in Mathematics and English 1980
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- Cedar-Sinai Medical Center 1999 – Pres.
- Brotman Medical Center 1999 – Pres.
- Olympia Hospital 2005 – Pres.
- Century City Doctors Hospital 2005 – 2008
- Midway Hospital 1999 – 2005
- Century City Hospital 1999 – 2004
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American Heart Association
- Trudeau Society of Los Angeles
- American College of Chest Physicians
- California Thoracic Society
