Farshad Fani Marvasti, MD, MPH (Dr. Shad) is a board certified Diplomate of both the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABHIM). He currently serves as Adjunct Clinical Instructor and Educator 4 Care Associate at the Stanford University School of Medicine where he routinely lectures on public health, disease prevention and nutrition. Dr. Shad is a founding member of the Stanford Food Summit Advisory Board and helped to create the Stanford chapter of Primary Care Progress where he mentors Stanford students with an interest in primary care and public health.
Dr. Shad grew up in Arizona and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. During medical school, he worked as a member of the College of Medicine Curriculum Committee in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Weil to contribute to curricular change and expand offerings for Nutrition and Integrative Medicine. He also took an additional year to obtain a Masters of Public Health with an emphasis on nutrition and a thesis internship project at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Dr. Shad then completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine program based at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, CA. After completing residency training, Dr. Shad spent time as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and subsequently worked as a faculty consultant for Stanford Hospital and the Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Shad has worked in a number of clinical settings and held administrative positions as Medical Director in addition to attending urgent care and primary care physician.
Dr. Shad has engaged in and published research in the fields of nutrition, public health and complementary and alternative medicine since 1997. He has been involved in research projects at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Arizona and Stanford University School of Medicine. His most recent article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine where he and his co-author make the case for redesigning medicine to create a prevention model. Based on his broad training and research experiences, Dr. Shad is unique as a physician who can serve as an educator, guide and life coach to help motivate and empower his patients to live healthier, more balanced lives. He will gladly consult with you on all of your therapeutic options including pharmacological medications as well as lifestyle changes such as mind-body therapies, food prescriptions and tailored exercise routines.
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