Dr. Babak Djifroudi (or simply Dr. Bob to most of his patients) is a lifelong Sacramento area resident. Having grown up in Davis, he decided to stay in Davis to study biochemistry at UC Davis and graduated with highest honors there in 1992 with a B.S. in biochemistry. He next attended the prestigious UC San Francisco School of Dentistry as one of four Regent Scholars, and he graduated from UCSF in the top ten of his class in 1996.