EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship:
University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, CA         2005-2007
Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology

General Cardiology Fellowship:
University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, CA         2003-2005
Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiology

Post-doctoral Research Fellowship:
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA                                             2001-2003
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Health Research and Policy
Center for Health Policy and Primary Care Outcomes Research

Internal Medicine Internship and Residency:
Stanford University Medical Center – Palo Alto, CA                     1998-2001
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine

Medical School:
University of California, San Francisco – San Francisco, CA         1994-1998
Medical Doctorate

Undergraduate Education:
University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, CA                        1990-1994
A.B. with high distinction in Molecular and Cell Biology
Emphasis in Genetics

High School Degree and International Baccalaureate:     1986-1990
French American International School – San Francisco, CA

CERTIFICATIONS:

Diplomate in Interventional Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine. Issued in 2007. Valid through 2017.

Diplomate in Cardiovascular Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine. Issued in 2006. Valid through 2016.

Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine. Issued in 2001. Valid through 2011.

California State Medical License. Medical Board of California. Issued 1999.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
Access Site Closure with a Monofilament Suture-Medicated Device in a High Risk Cohort is Safe and efficacious. Abstract Accepted to 29th Annual Scientific Sessions. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) May 10-13, 2006
Fowler R, Nouri B, et al. A cost-effectiveness analysis of the anthrax vaccine. Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting: Society of Medical Decision Making, Baltimore, MD. October, 2002.

AWARDS:
Greg Hundley Award (American Heart Association) May 2004
STAR Award (VA Palo Alto Health Care System) November 2001
Charles Dorsey Armstrong Award for Excellence in Patient Care June 2001
Housestaff Professionalism Award (Stanford Dept. of Internal Medicine) June 2000
Phi Beta Kappa June 1994
Edward Frank Kraft Scholarship for Academic Excellence June 1991

SOCIETIES:
California Academy of Medicine
American Medical Association

LANGUAGES:
Fluent in French, Spanish and Persian

INTERESTS:
Traveling, running, photography.