General Info

Farhad Imam, MD, PhD, is board-certified in pediatrics and neonatology, and is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. His clinical practice includes delivery room management and acute care of critically ill infants in the medical and surgical NICU setting. Prior to his arrival at UC San Diego Health in 2013, Dr. Imam served on the faculty of Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School where he completed his internship, residency, and fellowship. He earned his medical degree as an awardee of the NIH-sponsored combined MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Stanford University, where he had previously completed his undergraduate study in Human Biology. Dr. Imam's research interests concern the mechanisms of perinatal brain injury and the identification of neuroprotective strategies to minimize cerebral palsy and other types of brain injury in newborn infants. His research in the fields of genetics, genomics, and developmental biology have been published in Science, Cell, and Genetics.Dr. Imam lives in San Diego with his wife and son, and enjoys hiking, camping, and learning about languages, cultures and cuisines around the world.UC San Diego Health LinksFor more information, see http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/obgyn/maternity/newborn/Pages/default.aspx.