Cardiology Fellowship Program

Mingsum Lee, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FASE

Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency Training: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Computed Tomography
Other:

Dr. Lee received her BS from Yale University, a PhD from Harvard University and an MD degree from Columbia University. She completed Internal Medicine residency training at New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia campus), and completed Cardiology Fellowship training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, Cardiac Computed Tomography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Lee served as APD for the fellowship in 2016 and assumed the role of PD in 2017.

Dr. Lee has published in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Science, Circulation, Circulation Research, Heart Rhythm, JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC, JAMA Internal Medicine, Heart, and others.

Rabia Razi, MD, MPH

Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Chicago
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor at the KP School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine, Echocardiography
Other: Dr. Razi received an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She earned an MPH from University of Pittsburgh focusing on Health Policy and Administration. She completed internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago and cardiology fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. Her research interests include costs of care and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare outcomes. Dr. Razi joined the faculty in 2016 and assumed the role of APD of the CVD Fellowship in 2017. Dr. Razi has a faculty appointment at the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine and is helping develop curriculum.

Albert Yuh-Jer Shen, MS, MD

Chief, Department of Cardiology

Medical School: China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Residency Training: LA County-University of Southern California (LAC-USC) Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology)
Clinical Interests: Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Anticoagulation, Coronary Artery Disease, Race/Ethnicity Disparity
Academic Appointments: Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Other:

Dr. Shen earned his medical degree (MD) from China Medical University (nee College) in Taiwan in 1988. He immigrated to the US in 1989 and earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology from USC in 1991. He completed Internal Medicine internship & residency training at LAC-USC (1994), followed by Cardiovascular Diseases (1997) and Interventional Cardiology (1998) fellowship training at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC).

Dr. Shen joined the LAMC faculty in 1999 upon completing fellowship training. He was the medical director of the 32 bed CCU for over a decade beginning in 2001. He served as the Assistant CVD Fellowship Program Director 2001-4, and then as Program Director 2004-17 for 2 six-year terms as PD. He was voted Best Teacher by the LAMC CVD fellowship class of 2002. He received both the 2008 Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) Faculty of the Year Award and the 2008 SCPMG Researcher of the Year Award, the highest teaching and clinical research recognitions within the entire KP So Cal region, respectively.

In 2012, Dr. Shen was appointed Chief of Cardiology and continues to practice both general and interventional cardiology.

Dr. Shen is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA. His research interests are in atrial fibrillation epidemiology and racial/ethnic disparities in the treatments and outcomes of anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention. He served as the Area Research Chairman for LAMC 2008-13, with overall responsibility for all research activities at the KP LAMC. He has co-authored ~30 peer-reviewed manuscripts (published in JAMA, Lancet, JACC, Stroke, Archives of Dermatology, AJC, etc) and 60+ abstracts presented at national (e.g., ACC, AHA, TCT) and international (e.g., CardioStim) conferences. He serves as peer reviewer/editorial board member/consultant for ~30 indexed medical journals covering a broad range of disciplines (e.g., Circulation, Circ A&E, JTH, European J of Neurology, European J of Echo, Rheumatology, etc). Dr. Shen has been co-investigator on studies funded by the NIH as well as private foundations and served as Chairman of the annual national Kaiser Cardiovascular Symposium (COAST) from 2005-2017.

Anne M. Ichiuji, MD, FACC

Assistant Chief of Cardiology

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency Training: UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program
Fellowship Training: UCLA Olive View/Greater Los Angeles VA Program
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Other: Dr. Ichiuji received her MD degree from the UCLA School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship training at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program. She served as a member of the faculty in the Division of Cardiology at the UCLA-Olive View Medical Center where her research interests were in racial differences in heart disease and women’s health. She joined SCPMG in the spring of 2005. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Daniel R. Sanchez, MD, FACC, FASE

Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Cardiology); Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (ACHD Fellowship)
Clinical Interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, pregnancy in heart disease, Chagas disease, racial/ethnic disparities
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology
Other:

Dr. Sanchez earned his BS from Yale University in 2000 and then taught bilingual middle school science in Los Angeles for 2 years. He earned his MD from Stanford University in 2007, and then completed his Internal Medicine residency in 2010, Cardiology fellowship in 2013, and Adult Congenital Heart Disease fellowship in 2015, all at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Upon completion of his training, Dr. Sanchez was Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and worked as a general cardiologist at the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center for 3 years. During this time he was Director of the Echocardiography Lab and became Associate Program Director of the UCLA-Olive View-Greater Los Angeles VA program in 2016. He was given the first annual teaching award for “Outstanding Sub-Specialist Attending” in 2016, as voted on by the housestaff. Concurrently, Dr. Sanchez was the Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Loma Linda University from 2015-2016, and attended weekly clinic there. Dr. Sanchez joined Kaiser LAMC as the Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program in 2017.

In addition to his love of teaching, Dr. Sanchez has multiple research interests. He has co-authored >20 peer-reviewed journal articles in topics as diverse as racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular care, the prevalence of Chagas Disease in Los Angeles, echocardiography, and adult congenital heart disease.

Jonathan R. Neyer, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Residency Training: University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Instructor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology
Other: Dr. Neyer received his M.D. degree from the University of California, San Diego. During medical school he did a research fellowship in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. After medical school, he moved home to Los Angeles where he completed internship, residency and chief residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. Next, he did General Cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai and the West Los Angeles VA where he served as Chief Fellow. After fellowship, he did additional subspecialty training in Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Cedars-Sinai. He has published research on several topics including heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, echocardiography and healthcare disparities. He enjoys teaching and has worked as a Clinical Instructor at UCLA. Dr. Neyer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and General Cardiology.

Colin T. Watanabe, MD, FACC, FASE

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Residency Training: University of Washington
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography
Other: Dr. Watanabe received his MD degree from UCSF in 1999 and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington from 1999 - 2002. He completed his Cardiology fellowship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2005. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Echocardiography. He is a past Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at Kaiser Permanente, LAMC and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA. He is a past President of the Los Angeles Society of Echocardiography (2014-2016). He has been the primary author or co-author on multiple basic science and clinical manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals. He has presented multiple oral and poster abstracts at international cardiology meetings. Since being at Kaiser LAMC, he has been a co-investigator in multiple large clinical trials in cardiology including: the CoreValve (TAVR) U.S. Pivotal Trial for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis, the SURTAVI (TAVR) Trial for intermediate-risk patients, Symplicity HTN-3 clinical trial (renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension), the APOLLO trial (randomized trial of TMVR vs. surgical MVR in patients with mitral regurgitation), and the REPRISE IV trial (Lotus Edge TAVR for intermediate surgical risk patients).

Adam B. Howard, MD

Director, Cardiac Transplantation Service

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Residency Training: Stanford University
Fellowship Training: Emory University
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Other: Dr. Howard received his MD degree from UCSF in 1990 and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Stanford University 1990 - 1993. He completed a 3 year research fellowship at Emory University in 1996, resulting in numerous first author papers and abstracts presented at international cardiology meetings; this was followed by a clinical CVD fellowship at Emory University, completed in 1998. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He was in private practice in Kansas City until joining SCPMG in 2001. He is the Director of Cardiac Transplantation and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA and was voted Internal Medicine Specialist of the Year 2002 by LAMC IM housestaff.

Ramin Shadman, MD, FACC

Director, Coronary Care Unit

Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Residency Training: University of California, San Diego
Fellowship Training: University of Washington Medical Center
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography
Other: Dr. Shadman received his medical degree from UC San Diego in 2005. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency at UC San Diego. He completed his cardiology fellowship and served as the chief cardiology fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has completed NIH funded research and has presented his research at the AHA and ACC conferences. He had authored/coauthored multiple manuscripts in leading cardiology journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, and Heart Rhythm. He has also served as an expert peer reviewer for the American Journal of Cardiology and has received multiple teaching awards during his career. Research interests have included examining the influence of internet resources on health care delivery systems as well as developing tools to target ICD therapy to those patients with the greatest potential mortality benefit. He joined SCPMG in 2011. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Echocardiography.

Zachary P. Boas, MD, MPH

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Washington
Fellowship Training: University of California, Los Angeles
Other: Dr. Boas received his medical degree from Duke University in 2008 and his Masters of Public Health from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He completed both his Internal Medicine residency and Chief Residency at the University of Washington before moving to Los Angeles to complete his Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at UCLA. He joined SCPMG in 2016. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology.

David Wee, MD

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency Training: University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Rebecca Pinnelas, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency Training: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship Training: New York University School of Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease); Cedars-Sinai Medical Center(Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology)

Somjot (Sam) S. Brar, MD, MPH, FACC

Director, Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine, Israel and New York
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (CVD); Columbia University (IC)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Other:

Dr. Brar completed Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at Kaiser Oakland, CVD fellowship at LAMC, and cardiovascular interventional training at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy of Columbia University Medical Center & the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). He received the Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Brar joined the LAMC faculty upon completion of fellowship training in 2009. He also serves as LAMC Director of Vascular & Endovascular Medicine and performs percutaneous peripheral vascular, structural, and coronary interventions. He also performs complex aortic interventions such as thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection repair. In 2018, Dr. Brar assumed the role of Director of the Regional Cardiac catheterization Laboratory and as the Program Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program.

Dr. Brar is the author of 100+ original research manuscripts, meta-analyses, review articles, editorials, and abstracts. Dr. Brar has expertise in designing, conducting, and reporting clinical trials and has given multiple “late breaking” clinical trial presentations at major scientific meetings. He is the senior author for publications in leading journals including the Lancet and JAMA.

Dr. Brar is a reviewer/editorial consultant for 40+ medical journals, including the Lancet, JAMA, JACC, EHJ, Circulation, and serves as a member of the editorial board for 10+ journals. He is currently serving as an Associate Director for Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, the largest national interventional cardiology meeting, and has served as faculty for various meetings including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions, and the Society of Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. He is also serving on the research & publications committee for the ACC’s CathPCI registry that is part of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, and is one of the authors drafting CathSAP5, the ACC’s premier educational resource for Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Brar was the Chair of the Regional Research Committee for Kaiser Permanente Southern California until 2017, a role in which he was in charge of overseeing the administration of >$500,000 in research grants annually, developed educational programs to promote clinical research, and assisted investigators with protocol and analytic plan development throughout the Southern California region. Dr. Brar also serves on the regional Medical Technology Assessment Team, evaluating novel and cutting edge therapies for use in Kaiser Permanente Southern California, and is a member of the Institutional Review Board. In 2018, he assumed the role of Chairman of the annual national Kaiser Cardiovascular Symposium (COAST)

Ray Zadegan, MD, FACC

Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency Training: University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Other: Dr. Zadegan graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed Internal Medicine residency at the UCLA Medical center in 2002. He received further training in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology Fellowships at Kaiser LAMC. He then completed a mini-fellowship in Endovascular Therapies of Peripheral Arterial Disease at Colombia University Medical Center. Upon completion of his Endovascular Fellowship, he worked in both private (SanSum Clinic in Santa Barbara) and academic (UCLA Medical Center) practice settings as an interventional cardiologist. In 2011, he joined the LAMC faculty in the Cardiac Cath Lab as a full time Cath Lab and Interventional Staff Cardiologist.

Naing A. Moore, MD, MRCP (UK), FSCAI
Staff Interventional Cardiologist, Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Medical School: University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar
Residency Training: St. Lukes Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary, Watford General Hospital, Mount Vernon Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital (UK); Seton Hall University (US)
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Other: Dr. Moore received MD degree from the University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar in 1991. From 1992-1996, he underwent Internal Medicine postgraduate training in the United Kingdom at St. Lukes Hospital and Bradford Royal Infirmary in West Yorkshire, Watford and Mount Vernon Hospitals in Middlesex, London and West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, West London. During post graduate training, he received his MRCP diploma from the Royal College of Physicians (London) in 1995. In United States, Dr. Moore completed Internal Medicine residency at Seton Hall University in New Jersey while serving as an Associate Chief Resident during his 3rd year, and both Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowship at Kaiser LAMC. He joined the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at LAMC as a faculty member in 2006. He is Clinical Assistant Professor at UCLA School of Medicine.

Vicken J. Aharonian, MD, FACC, FCCP, FSCAI
Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Medical School: American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Residency Training: Rutgers Medical School, New Jersey, NJ
Fellowship Training: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH
Academic Appointments: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Other: Dr. Aharonian completed his Internal Medicine residency training in New Jersey and his Cardiology Fellowship training at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the Director of the Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Kaiser, Los Angeles Medical Center 1992-2015, and was the founding Program Director of the ACGME-accredited Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program (and served as PD 1997-2015). Dr. Aharonian is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. His research interest is in all aspects of Interventional Cardiology - including coronary interventions and structural heart disease. Dr. Aharonian initiated several interventional procedures at KP LAMC, including Mitral Valvuloplasty (1988), Directional Atherectomy (1991), Rotational Atherectomy (1993), Flow Wire (1997) and Pressure Wire, PFO closure (2005), Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2004), and CoreValve TAVI - as site Principal Investigator of the US Pivotal trial (2011).

Prakash W. Mansukhani, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Medical School: Grant Medical College, Bombay University, India
Residency Training: Coney Island Hospital, New York
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Other: Dr. Mansukhani received his Medical degree from Bombay University, India. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Coney Island Hospital in New York and his Cardiology Fellowship at Kaiser, LAMC. He served as the Director of Cardiac transplant services from 1994-2004. He was the Associate Director of the Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory from 1994-2015 and as the Director since 2016. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UCLA and has broad research interests in Interventional cardiology. He has authored/co-authored multiple abstracts and manuscripts and participated in multiple clinical trials. He has a vast experience in Interventional cardiology including structural heart disease such as Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty, PFO Closures, Alcohol Septal Ablation and TAVR.

Farnaz Azarbal, MD

Medical School: University of California San Francisco
Residency Training: Stanford University Hospital
Fellowship Training: University of California San Francisco Medical Center (Cardiology), Scripps Clinic Interventional Cardiology and Structural Health

Alberto Cespedes, Jr., MD

Medical School: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Cardiology (Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology), Good Samaritan Hospital (Electrophysiology)

Ali Reza Farvid, MD

Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Residency Training: LAC+USC Medical Center
Fellowship Training: LAC+USC Medical Center (Cardiology), Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Interventional Cardiology)

John J. Kim, MD

Medical School: University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology)

Oscar Daniel Lopez, MD

Medical School: University of California: Los Angeles Medical Center
Residency Training: Stanford University
Fellowship Training: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California (Cardiology)

Kathleen Sue Ryman, MD

Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School
Residency Training: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Cardiovascular Disease), New York Medical College (Interventional Cardiology)

Dale Young Yu, MD

Medical School: Northwestern University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology)

Nigel Gupta, MD, FHRS

Director, Regional Cardiac Electrophysiology Services

Medical School: University of California, Irvine
Residency Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser LAMC (CVD); Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Gupta received his MD degree from University of California, Irvine and then completed Internal Medicine residency training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He then completed CVD fellowship training at LAMC in 2004, followed by Electrophysiology fellowship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He then returned to join our faculty, serving as Regional EP Director since 2006. He is board certified in Cardiology and CCEP. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and an abstract grader for the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions as well as American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions. His research interests are in all aspects of Clinical Electrophysiology leveraging both the large volumes of implantable devices as consultant to the Kaiser Permanente Cardiac Device Registry (KP-CDR) as well as large volumes of both basic and complex ablation procedures. He is also the local Principal Investigator on multiple large industry sponsored IDE trials with leading patient enrollment in many of them. His administrative and clinical interests as director are broad and cover all aspects electrophysiology care and delivery for KP patients in all of Southern California. He has helped initiate and internalize all complex procedures into LAMC's EP program including the more recent epicardial ablation and appendage closure program. He especially enjoys teaching fellows at daily "EP sign-out" teaching rounds reviewing complex EKG's and device tracings received throughout the day from cases in the SCal Region.

Maged F. Nageh, MD, FHRS

Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

Medical School: Cairo University, Egypt
Residency Training: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Fellowship Training: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (CVD); Hahneman-MCP University (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Nageh received his MD degree from Cairo University, Egypt, then completed Internal Medicine residency and general Cardiology fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine/Houston, followed by Electrophysiology fellowship training at Hahneman-MCP University. He was awarded NIH grant support for research in molecular genetics during CVD fellowship training, and received awards from NASPE/HRS for his research/presentation. He joined SCPMG CCEP Dept. as a full staff in the summer of 2001. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular diseases and CCEP, and certified by the European heart rhythm association in invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac pacing/Implantable cardioverter defibrillators. His research interests include mechanisms and therapies of ventricular arrhythmias. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Jonathan Doris, MD, FACC

Assistant Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Service

Assistant Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency Training: Brown University
Fellowship Training: Kaiser LAMC (CVD); West Los Angeles VA hospital/UCLA (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Doris received his MD degree from Albany Medical College, completed Internal Medicine residency at Brown University, and then completed CVD fellowship training at LAMC in 2004. He left to complete Electrophysiology fellowship training at West Los Angeles VA hospital/UCLA before returning to join the faculty at LAMC. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and CCEP. His research interest is in cardiac resynchronization therapy among other aspects of CCEP. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Joseph Wu, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School at the Rosalind Franklin University
Residency Training: Loyola University Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Loma Linda University Medical Center (CVD); Kaiser LAMC (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Wu graduated from the Chicago Medical School at the Rosalind Franklin University. He completed IM Residency at Loyola University Medical Center, CVD Fellowship at Loma Linda University Medical Center and CCEP Fellowship at KP LAMC. He then did an extra year of Complex EP Ablations Fellowship at the UCLA Medical Center. His areas of specialty and research are complex ablations such as Percutaneous Epicardial VT Ablations, Hybrid Surgical Ablations, the LARIAT left atrial appendage closure device and Stereotaxis Remote Navigation Ablations. He joined the KP CCEP department as a full time staff electrophysiologist in 2012.

Sen Ji, MD, PhD, FACC

Medical School: Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (MD); UCLA (PhD)
Residency Training: UCLA
Fellowship Training: UCLA (CVD), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Ji received his MD degree from the Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and followed with a PhD in ion channel gating from the Department of Physiology at UCLA. He stayed on at UCLA to complete internship and residency in medicine as well as CVD fellowship. He then completed a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Upon graduating, he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with his research interest focusing on atrial fibrillation. Shortly after, he joined the Electrophysiology Division at KP LAMC and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is interested in a broad range of research topics in clinical cardiac electrophysiology with multiple abstracts presented at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions with EP fellows.

Simon Kangavari, MD, FACC

Medical School: UCI
Residency Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CVD & CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiac Eelectrophysiology
Other: Dr. Kangavari received his MD from University of California at Irvine College of Medicine in 1998 and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1998-2001. Dr. Kangavari went on to complete cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology training at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center 2001-2005. He was in private practice for 3 years prior to joining SCPMG. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cardiac Electrophysiology, and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Michael Lee, MD, FACC, FHRS

Medical School: University of Vermont
Residency Training: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship Training: Harbor-UCLA (CVD); Kaiser LAMC (CCEP)
Academic Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Board Certifications: IM, CVD, CCEP, Nuclear Cardiology
Other: Dr. Lee received his BS from the Johns Hopkins University and his MD from the University of Vermont. He completed internship and residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he also served as a 4th year Chief Resident. His cardiovascular diseases fellowship was completed at Harbor-UCLA. He completed CCEP fellowship training at Kaiser LAMC in 2008 after which he remained as a staff physician. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Nuclear Cardiology.

David A. Cesario, MD

Medical School: University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Residency Training: University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics
Fellowship Training: University of California: Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Clinical cardiac Electrophysiology)

Devindra Sastri Dabiesingh, DO

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Training: Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship Training: New York Methodist Hospital (Cardivascular Disease), Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Grace Nam, MD

Medical School: University of California Davis School of Medicine
Residency Training: Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Harbor UCLA Medical Center (Cardiology), Kasier Permanente Los Angeels Medical Center (Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Jonathan Walter Turner, MD

Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency Training: University of California: Los Angeles Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Cardiology)

Ron Schnitzer, MD

Medical School: Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine
Residency Training: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Fellowship Training: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California (Cardiovascular Disease), Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Marta Vakulenko, MD

Medical School: David Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA
Residency Training: University of California: Los Angeles Medical Center
Fellowship Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Joe Yo Hsu, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (Transiitonal Internship), Lahey Clinic (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: Massachusetts General Hospital (Cardiovascular Imaging)

Sreevathsan Sridhar, MD

Medical School: Washington University/ Barnes Jewish Hospital
Residency Training: St. Mary's Health Center (Internal Medicine Internship), Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Cardiothoracic Radiology)

Caroline Lim Fong, MD

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center

Paul Julian Didomenico, MD

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency Training: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Otolaryngology Internship), Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: UCLA Iris Cantor Center Breast Imaging (Nuclear Radiology)

Lauren Yun Peng, MD

Medical School: Beijing Medical University
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Fernando Angel Torres, MD

Medical School: University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Residency Training: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Diagnostic Radiology)
Fellowship Training: Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California