Shabnam Shavakh

Shabnam Shavakh is a physician assistant at Instant Urgent Care and works in urgent care and primary care. She sees patients of every age, including children, and her clinical areas include preventive medicine, chronic disease management, pediatric care and full-family medicine.

She is a trusted provider for Silicon Valley's Persian-speaking community, and patients often request her by name. She speaks English and Persian (Farsi).

She is board-certified as a physician assistant through the NCCPA Physician Assistant Board and is a licensed physician assistant in California who can diagnose, order tests and prescribe medications. She earned a PA degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri Kansas City.