Dr. Amersi's Credentials

 
BACKGROUND

Birth Place: Nairobi, Kenya  (fifth generation African of East Indian Descent)

Immigrated with my family to United States at age 13

 
EDUCATION

1998-2002   University of California, Irvine

                       Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Residency

1994-1998   University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

                       Alpha Omega Alpha (top 1% of all medical school graduates)

                       Chancellors Service Award at graduation

                       Chancellors Mentor Award at graduation

                       Honors in all core clerkships and all sub internships rotations

1990-1994   University of California, Los Angeles

                       B.S. in Psychobiology with Honors Distinction

                       Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

 
EMPLOYMENT

2002–present   Obstetrician, Gynecologist and Infertility Private Practice

                         Board Certified, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

                         Attending Staff at Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, St. Johns Hospital

 
HONORS AND AWARDS

Ortho McNeil Resident Teaching Award

UC Irvine Senior Research Award: Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy

UCSF Chancellor’s Service Award at Graduation

UCSF Outstanding Student: ob/gyn, surgery, medicine awarded at graduation

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Harold Gabriel Buchbinder Endowed Scholarship

-full medical school tuition merit award

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship

UCSF AIDS Research Fellowship

UCSF Medical Student Achievement Award

-scholarship and award for designing and implementing AIDS awareness 

UCLA Chancellor’s Service Award

Psi-Chi Psychology Honor Society

UCLA Alumni Association Achievement Award

UCLA Distinguished Scholar Award

Dr. Ralph Bunche & Trimentor Achievement Award

UCLA Dean’s Honor List

Mortar Board National Honor Society

Golden Key National Honor Society

Alpha Lamda Delta National Honor Society

Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society

AIDS Project Los Angeles Service Award

 
RESEARCH

UC Irvine: Researched and presented management strategies on breast cancer during pregnancy

UC Irvine: Researched and presented long term survival and quality of life in women with breast cancer on hormone replacement therapy

USC: Presented management of tumors of low malignant potential

UCSF: Led clinical studies on protease inhibitors and antiviral HIV activity

 
SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

Los Angeles Forum- free medical care to indigent patients

UCLA Emergency Room – free service to indigent patients

UCLA School of Medicine- career panel

St. Johns Hospital  Ob/Gyn board committee member

St. Johns Hospital – Perinatal committee member

Santa Monica Hospital – Peer review board member ob/gyn

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow

Flying Doctors of Mercy

UCSF Annual Women’s Health Forum-

American Women in Medicine and Surgery

Minority Women in Medicine and Surgery

UCLA Minorities in Medicine

AIDS Project Los Angeles- Medical Counselor

 
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Traveling,  Running Marathons, Photography, Yoga, Hiking, Reading, Scubadiving

Spending quality time with my son Jaden