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Faculty & Staff

Shahbudin Rahimtoola, MDShahbudin Rahimtoola, MD
Distinguished Professor
Griffith Chair in Cardiology

Contact Information

LAC + USC Medical Center
1200 North State Street
Room 7131
Los Angeles CA 90033
Phone: (323) 226-7264

Specialties

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Coronary artery disease

Areas of Interest

  • Pharmacological treatment of valvular and coronary artery diseases
  • Valvular and coronary artery surgery
  • Hibernating myocardium

Education

  • Dow Medical College, Pakistan, MD, 1954

Internships

  • Civil Hospital/Jinnah Central Hospital, Karachi,Pakistan, 1954 - 1956

Residencies

  • Barrowmore Chest Hospital, Chester, England, 1956 - 1957
  • Whittington Hospital, 1958 - 1959
  • London Chest Hospital/Whittington Hospital, London, 1959 - 1960
  • Wessex Regional Hospital/Portsmouth Hospital, 1960 - 1963

Fellowships

  • St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MN/Minnesota Heart Association, 1963 - 1965
  • University of Birmingham, England, 1966 - 1967

Memberships

  • American College of Cardiology
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American College of Physicians

 

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  FACULTY & STAFF
  Faculty
dot David Cesario, MD, PhD
dot Philip M. Chang, MD
dot Leonardo Clavijo, MD, PhD
dot Uri Elkayam, MD
dot Michael Fong, MD
dot Luanda Grazette, MD, FACC
dot L. Julian Haywood, MD
dot Howard Hodis, MD
dot Henry Huang, MD
dot Robert Kloner, MD, PhD
dot Tracy D. Lawrence MD, FACC
dot Peter Mahrer, MD
dot Ray Matthews, MD
dot Anilkumar Mehra, MD
dot Vivian Mo, MD
dot Tasneem Naqvi, MD
dot Enrique Ostrzega, MD
dot Mohammad Pashmforoush, MD
dot Salima Qamruddin, MD
dot Shahbudin Rahimtoola, MD
dot Leslie A. Saxon, MD
dot David Shavelle, MD
dot Jerold Shinbane, MD
dot Masato Takahashi, MD
dot Thomas-Duythuc To, MD
dot Helga Van Herle, MD
dot Andrew J. Yoon, MD
  Nurse Coordinators
dot Grace Kang, NP
dot Mary Schoenbaum, NP
dot Susie Song, RN