Advanced Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery

Curriculum Vitae



Medical Training:

Medical School of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Internship at Tehran University Hospitals
One year research fellowship at the Cancer Institute of Royal Hospital (affiliated with Harvard Medical School)

Military Service at the Imperial Iranian Air Force
Base Hospital

Surgical Internship at Cook County Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Residency in General Surgery and Trauma Surgery
Cook County Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Surgery of the Hand
Northwestern University, Loyola University Medical Center and Cook County Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Certification by the American Board of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery

1977-Current Private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hospital Affiliations:

Mercy Hospital
Unity Hospital
North Memorial Medical Center
Fairview Southdale
Maple Grove Hospital
West Health Surgery Center


Licensures, Certificates, Fellowships and Memberships


Licensed to practice Medicine & Surgery in Illinois

Licensed to practice Medicine & Surgery in Colorado

Licensed to practice Medicine & Surgery in Minnesota

Licensed to practice Medicine & Surgery in California

Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery by the American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Certificate of Special Recognition for Community Service and
Volunteerism by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2005

Fellow of American College of Surgeons

Fellow of International College of Physicians and Surgeons

Member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Member of the American Association for Hand Surgery

Member of the Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons

Member of the Minnesota Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Member of the American Society for Abdominal Surgeons

Member of the Minneapolis Surgical Society

Member of the Lipolysis Society of North America

Member of the American Burn Association

Member of the Cook County Hospital
Surgical Alumni Association

Member of the Karl Meyer Surgical Society


Scientific Presentations and Workshops

Isolated Neuromuscular Bipolar Unit, 1976

Breast Disorders, How Can a Plastic Surgeon Help? 1983

Role of Plastic Surgeon in a Competitive Society, 1989

Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomies

Correction of Saddle Nose Deformity with Iliac Bone Graft

New Concepts in Otoplasty

Publications

A Technique in Brachioplasty
Plastic & Reconstructive surgery Journal, 2005

Expert contributor in a Plastic Surgery Book (Be your Best: A comprehensive Guide to Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) published in January 2007. Contributes in the areas of: Abdominoplasty, Augmentation Mammaplasty, Body Contouring, Rhinoplasty and Otoplasty chapters.

I am currently in the process of collecting and analyzing data from our patients who underwent plastic surgery of the abdomen in the last 10 years and considering publishing a paper in one of the plastic surgery journals in this regard.