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Connecting rural community health workers to the medical expertise and support they need
Startup type: Social Enterprise
Status: Active
Stage: Just An Idea
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Muslim Student Awareness Network
Position:
President
Time period:
December 2006 - June 2007
Description:
Elected to manage a dozen students to plan and enact events to raise awareness about the Muslim world. Act as a liaison between the Muslim community and the greater campus. Talk to media, recruit speakers, musicians and artists, and coordinate team members.
Employer:
MayView Community Clinic
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
September 2006 - June 2007
Description:
Research and organize hypertensive patient information to monitor the clinic's control over the disease.
Employer:
Johns Hopkins University
Position:
Research Assistant / Programmer
Time period:
June 2006 - September 2006
Description:
Programmed a surgical robot in C++ to drill in specified locations in the skull and tested accuracy. Paper presented in 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
Employer:
Islamic Society of Stanford University
Position:
Service Project Coordinator
Time period:
March 2006 - June 2007
Description:
Organize, recruit for, and manage three quarterly service projects, including feeding at homeless shelters, conducting blood drives and building houses for habitat for humanity.
Employer:
MayView Community Clinic, Palo Alto, CA
Position:
Consultant
Time period:
October 2005 - June 2006
Description:
Researched efficacy of diabetes management group classes in underserved Mexican American populations. Raised money for and advertised incentives to increase class attendance at MayView.
Employer:
A Betr World Computer Camp, Rockville, MD
Position:
Teacher
Time period:
July 2004 - September 2004
Description:
Designed and implemented the curriculum for a course to teach early elementary school students computer software and hardware literacy in a fun manner. Taught and Looked after 24 students for seven hours a day.
Employer:
Stanford Scientific Magazine
Position:
CFO
Time period:
January 2004 - October 2006
Description:
Secured funding from corporate donors and the University, recruited new members, managed distribution, created budget, managed finances and oversaw website development (www.stanfordscientific.org).
Employer:
Red Hot PC
Position:
Entrepreneur
Time period:
June 2002 - August 2004
Description:
Created a computer construction and repair company based in Northern Virginia. Built computers, divided labor, managed resources and directed sales and advertising campaigns. Yearly profit was roughly $1200.
Employer:
A Quality House Contractors, Inc., Falls Church, VA
Position:
Assistant Manager
Time period:
September 2001 - June 2007
Description:
Create templates for contracts, letters to tenants and court documents. Run business affairs for the property management department when manager is away for two months each year. Involves coordinating employees, responding to tenants, making payments and collecting rent for more than sixty apartments.
EDUCATION
University:
Yale University
Time period:
2007 - 2011
Degree:
Medicine
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
2003 - 2007
Degree:
Biology, BSc
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Matinfar B, Baird C, Batouli A, Clatterbuck R, Kazanzides P. "Robot-Assisted Skull Base Surgery." 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Swimming, Painting, Guitar, traveling throughout Europe and Asia
Memberships:
Phi Beta Kappa
Awards:
2007 Sterling Award for Academic Excellence
2004 Stanford University Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing
2004 President’s Award for Academic Excellence