 |
Faculty & Staff
 Mohammad Pashmforoush, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tenure Track
Contact Information
Academic Office:
2250 Alcazar Street, CSC (IGM) 202
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 442-1219
Fax: (323) 442-2764
For patients:
Healthcare Consultation Center II
1520 San Pablo Street
Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Appointment line: (323) 442-7669
Specialties
- Electrophysiology
- Research
- Transcription regulation of the Cardiac Conduction
System
Background
Dr. Pashmforoush received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and his M.D. from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, his cardiovascular fellowship at the University of California, San Diego, and electrophysiology training at UCSF. Prior to joining the Institute for Genetic Medicine, Dr. Pashmforoush was a post-doctoral fellow at UCSD.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, CA, B.S.-Biochemistry and Microbiology, Honors in Biochemistry, 1984
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PhD- Biological Chemistry, 1990
- University of Chicago (Pritzker), Chicago, IL, M.D.,
1994
Internships
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Internal Medicine, 1994-1995
Residencies
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Internal Medicine, 1995-1996
Fellowships
- University of California, San Diego, CA, Fellow, Clinical Investigator Pathway in Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute for Molecular Medicine, 1996-2000
- University of California, San Diego, CA, Clinical fellow in Cardiology, 2000-2003
- University of California, San Francisco, CA, Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2003-2004
Selected Publications
- Pashmforoush M , Pomies P, Peterson KL, Kubalak S, Ross J Jr, Hefti A, Aebi U, Beckerle MC, Chien KR.Adult mice deficient in actinin-associated LIM-domain protein reveal a developmental pathway for right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Nat Med. 2001 May;7(5):591-7.
- Hoshijima M, Pashmforoush M , Knoll R, Chien KR.The MLP family of cytoskeletal Z disc proteins and dilated cardiomyopathy: a stress pathway model for heart failure progression. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2002;67: 399-408.
- Pashmforoush, M , Lu JT, Chen H, St. Amand T, Kondo R, Pradervand S, Evans SM, Clark R, Feramisco J, Giles W, Ho S-Y, Benson W, Silberbach M, Shou W, and Kenneth R. Chien. Nkx2-5 Pathways and Congenital Heart Disease: Loss of Ventricular Myocyte Lineage Specification Leads to Progressive Cardiomyopathy and Complete Heart Block. Cell, 2004 April, 117: 373-386.
Dr. Mohammad Pashmforoush's complete publication
| |
| FACULTY & STAFF |
|
|
| Faculty |
 |
Michael Cao, MD |
|
David Cesario, MD, PhD |
|
Leonardo Clavijo, MD |
|
Uri Elkayam, MD |
|
Ronen Goldkorn, MD |
|
L. Julian Haywood, MD |
|
Howard Hodis, MD |
|
Robert Kloner, MD, PhD |
|
Peter Mahrer, MD |
|
Ray Matthews, MD |
|
Anilkumar Mehra, MD |
|
Vivian Mo, MD |
|
Tasneem Naqvi, MD |
|
Enrique Ostrzega, MD |
|
Mohammad Pashmforoush, MD |
|
Shahbudin Rahimtoola, MD |
|
Radha Sarma, MD |
|
Leslie A. Saxon, MD |
|
Jerold Shinbane, MD |
|
Masata Takahashi, MD |
| Nurse Coordinators |
|
Grace Kang, NP |
|
Mary Schoenbaum, NP |
|
Susie Song, RN |
|
Cynthia Stolicky, RN |
|
Erin Terhorst, NP |
|
|
