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