{"id":7095,"date":"2023-06-22T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7095"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:51:56","slug":"nazineen-kandahari-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/directory\/nazineen-kandahari-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazineen Kandahari, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">PGY3 \u2014 Class of 2028<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Pronouns<\/b>: she\/her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Hometown<\/b>:\u00a0San Francisco Bay Area, California<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Undergraduate Degree:\u00a0<\/b>2017 \u2013\u00a0University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Graduate Degree:<\/b> MS in Health &amp; Medical Sciences,\u00a02020 \u2013\u00a0UC Berkeley School of Public Health<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>MD:\u00a0<\/b>2023 \u2013\u00a0University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (<a href=\"https:\/\/meded.ucsf.edu\/md-program\/current-students\/education-programs\/prime-us-program\/participants\/matriculating-class-2018\"><span class=\"s1\">PRIME-US<\/span><\/a>)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Hobbies<\/b>: baking and eating pastries, reading and writing poetry, exercising (yoga, lifting, running, horseback riding), mentoring students (especially those underrepresented in medicine\/academia)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Why Otolaryngology?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Shortly after I discovered otolaryngology, I was committed. Every aspect of otolaryngology matched up with my goals and values: that it allows me to serve patients of all ages and identities; the profound impact we have on quality of life through hearing, breathing, speaking, and swallowing; that we consider both form and function; the surgical meticulousness given the territory; the breadth of work, from major operations to minor procedures in clinic; and, above all, the people \u2014 the culture of humility and kindness, and potential for promoting access to ENT care across underserved communities.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Fun Fact<\/b>:\u00a0I am a published poet and the founder and Executive Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afghanclinic.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Afghan Clinic<\/span><\/a>, a nonprofit I founded in medical school to promote immigrant health.<span 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