Ardehali, Abbas M.D.

Postdoctoral Education

Institution	Level (Intern, Resident, Fellow)	Department	Year
University of California, Los Angeles	Chief Resident	Cardiothoracic Surgery	1995-97
University of California, Los Angeles	Chief Resident	Surgery	1994-95
University of California, Los Angeles	Resident	Surgery	1991-94
University of California, Los Angeles	Intern	Surgery	1990-91
University of California, San Francisco	Resident	Department of Medicine	1987-89
University of California, San Francisco	Intern	Department of Medicine	1986-87

Research Interests

• Improvement in Adult Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac surgery
• Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy/Chronic Rejection in Transplantation
• Reperfusion Injury in Heart and Lung Transplantation

Clinical Interests

• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• Aortic Valve Surgery
• Mitral Valve Surgery, Pectus Excavatum/Carinatum Tricuspid Valve Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Complex/Redo Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Aortic Aneursym/Dissection Surgery
• Heart and Lung Transplantation

Honors and Awards

• Second Alfred Blalock Research Scholarship Award, The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• Career Development Award, American Heart Association
• Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association

Hospital Staff Appointments

• Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
• Chief of Cardiac Surgery, West Los Angeles VA Hospital

Academic/Teaching Appointments

• Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Titles

• Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• William E. Conner Chair in Cardiovascular Transplantation
• Director, Heart-Lung Transplant Programs
• Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, GLA VA Healthcare System

Memberships in Scholarly or Professional Societies

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• American College of Physicians