Medical Education:
MD: Iran University of Medical Sciences
Residency: Internal Medicine, Michigan State
University
Fellowship: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine,
University of Wisconsin
Board Certifications:
Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests:
Asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, lung transplant, pulmonary embolism and critical care medicine
Research Interests:
Asthma remodeling with a focus on airway hyper-reactivity physiology and immune modulation of air way responses to allergic and noxious stimuli;
the role of TRPV1 receptor in bronchospasm in response to warm air stimulation and role of sex hormones and immunoscence in modulation of induced T regulatory cells and their influence on asthma.