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RIAZ M. AHMED

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EDUCATION: ABSTRACTS:
8/94 - 5/98    Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Doctor of Medicine

9/87 - 6/91    Stanford University Stanford, California Bachelor of Arts Major: Political Science

TRAINING / EMPLOYMENT:
7/02 - 2005    Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Los Angeles, California 
  Nuclear Cardiology - anticipate licensure and board certification 
Cardiac Catheterization - approximately 300 studies performed to date 
  Echocardiography - transthoracic competency level II or III;>200 transesophageal echocardioagrams performed to date 
Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU care - extensive CSICU rotations and significant overnight call
6/98 - 6/01    Resident, Internal Medicine       University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 16th Annual Meeting and Sciencific Sessions, "The biochemical basis of bleeding during left ventricular assistance,"Evangelos Bibidakis, Elizabeth R. Livingston, Abhi S. Pathak, Carol A. Fisher, Thomas W. Pendergrast, Riaz M. Ahmed, Reza Miraliakbari, Barbara A. Todd, Satoshi Furukawa, V. Paul Addonizio, Valluvan Jeevanandam, New York, New York, March 15-18, 1996

Philadelphia Workshop on Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis, "The biochemical basis of bleeding during left ventricular assistance, "Evangelos Bibidakis, Elizabeth R. Livingston, Abhi S. Pathak, Carol A. Fisher, Thomas W. Pendergrast, Riaz M. Ahmed, Carol A. Fisher, Evangelos Bibidakis, Valluvan Jeevanandam, V. Paul Addonizio, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1995

RESEARCH: PRESENTATIONS:
10/00 - 6/01    Cardiovascular Research Laboratory Advisors: James N. Weiss, MD, Scott John PhD Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and Physiology University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California

6/95 - 5/96    Cardiovascular Research Laboratory Advisors: V. Jeevanandam, MD, C. Fisher, BA Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Temple University School of Medicine; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern Students Research Forum, "Aspirin not coumadin prevents late postoperative platelet reactivation in patients undergoing coronary revascularization," Riaz M. Ahmed, Carol A. Fisher, Evangelos Bibidakis, Elizabeth R. Livingston, Satoshi Furukawa, Valluvan Jeevanandam, V.Paul Addonizio, University of Miami, Florida, March 1996
Philadelphia Workshop on Hemosstasis, Thrombosis, and Athrosclerosis, "Late post-operative platelet activation in patients undergoing coronary revascularization,"Riaz M. Ahmed, Carol A. Fisher, Evangelos Bibidakis, Valluvan Jeevanandam, V. Paul Addonizio, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1995
Northern California Undergraduate Research Forum, "Use of capillary zone electrophoresis and amino acid hydrazides in determination of protein composition, "Riaz M. Ahmed, Leon Yengoyan, Santa Clara, California, April 1993
   
LECTURES: PUBLICATIONS:
Los Angeles Cardiology Society, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California, “Spontaneous Right Coronary Artery Dissection in a Peripartum Female.” November, 2002


Annual Dwight E. Harken Day, Sponsored by: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine. "Aspirin not coumadin prevents late postoperative platelet reactivation in patients undergoing coronary revascularization." April 1996

Jamali A, Ahmed RM, Stein, H. An unusual cause of dyspnea. Cardiology in Review. Volume 12(1), January/February 2004, pp 10-14.
   
LICENSURE: LANGUAGES:
California, Internal Medicine Spanish (speak, read, and write)
   
AWARDS/HONORS: BOARD CERTIFICATION:
6/03     Elliot Corday, MD Award, Outstanding Fellow of the Year      Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Division of Cardiology

10/97    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

3/96     Research Travel Award, Eastern Students Research Forum      University of Miami, Florida

Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, American Board of Echocardiography 2005   BOARD ELIGIBILITY:
o Cardiovascular Medicine o Nuclear Cardiology
   
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