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Peyman Benharash, MD

UCLA Physician Peyman Benharash, MD specializes in Thoracic Surgery.
Specialty
Thoracic Surgery
Gender
Male
Language Spoken
English, Farsi, Hebrew
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License Number
A85379
Contact
(310) 267-4385
Fax Number
(310) 206-5901
PRACTICE LOCATION
UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery
10833 Le Conte Ave 62-266 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2011
EDUCATION
Fellowship
Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 2008 - 2010
Residency
Surgery, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, 2003 - 2008
Internship
Surgery, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, 2002 - 2003
Medical Degree
MD, UCLA School of Medicine, 2002
CLINICAL INTEREST
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Root Repair, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Septal Defect Repair, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, General Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Heart, Maze Procedure (for atrial fibrillation), Minimally Invasive Surgery, Mitral Valve Surgery, Pericardial Window, Pericardiectomy, Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax, Thoracoscopy, Thymus, Tricuspid Valve Surgery, Ventricular Anuerysms Repair, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Physician, Cardiac Surgery
MORE INFORMATION
Research Interest
Cardiac tissue engineering using stem cells, Cardiopulmonary bypass, Kidney damage after cardiac surgery, Role of antioxidants in mitigating the effects of bypass. Acupuncture in myocardial injury. Cardiovascular simulation.
Additional Information
Other Hospital Affiliations

  • West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hopsital
  • St Johns Health Center, Santa Monica
Links
http://www.surgery.ucla.edu
Awards & Recognition
  • Alpha Chi Sigma Society Summer Research Grant,
  • Ramsey Prize for Excellence in Physical Chemistry
  • UCLA Association of Chemists and Biochemists Research Scholarship
  • Presidential Undergraduate Fellowship for Outstanding Research
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award
  • Arthur Furst Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Research
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
  • UCLA STTP Summer Research Fellowship
  • Induction to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society
  • The William Dignam Award for Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • 2nd place Surgical Jeopardy, American College of Surgeons
  • Stanford Cardiovascular Institute SEED Grant recipient
  • Harbor-UCLA General Surgery Teaching-Resident-of-the-Year Award
  • UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Program Rosenfeld Humanitarian Award
Publications
1. Benharash P, Gleason MJ, Felker PM: Rotational Coherence Spectroscopy of Naphthalene Trimer, Evidence for C3h Symmetry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1999, V 103, N 11, 1442-1446.
2. Benharash P, Omari B: Administration of nesiritide in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery induces brisk diureses. Am Surg. 2005 Sep;71(9):794-6
3. Benharash P, Putnam B, Bongard F: Use of recombinant factor VIIa for adjunctive hemorrhage control in trauma and surgical patients. Am Surg. 2005 Sep;71(9):776-80
4. Abilez O, Benharash P, Mehrotra M, Miyamoto E, Gale A, Picquet J, Xu C, Zarins C: A Novel Culture System Shows that Stem Cells Can be Grown in 3D and Under Physiologic Pulsatile Conditions for Tissue Engineering of Vascular Grafts. J Surg Res. 2006 Mar 14
5. Bublik M, Head C, Benharash P, Paiva M, Eshraghi A, Kim T, Saxton R: Hypericin and pulsed laser therapy of squamous cell cancer in vitro. Photomed Laser Surg. 2006 Jun;24 (3):341-7
6. Abilez O, Benharash P, Mehrotra M, Miyamoto E, Gale A, Picquet J, Xu C, Zarins C: P 19 Progenitor Cells Progress to Organized Contracting Myocytes After Chemical and Electrical Stimulation: Implications for Vascular Tissue Engineering. J Endovasc Ther. 2006 June;13(3): 377-88
7. Picquet J, Benharash P, Blin V, Jousset Y, Papon X, Enon B.: Surgery of the pretransversal vertebral artery: indications and results. Int Angiol. 2007 Sep;26(3):279-84
8. Benharash P, Lee JT, Abilez O, Zarins CK: Iliac fixation inhibits migration of both suprarenal and infrarenal aortic endografts. J Vasc Surg. 2007 Feb;45(2):250-58
9. Rafii BY, Abilez OJ, Benharash P, Zarins CK: Lateral movement of endografts within the aneurysm sac is an indicator of stent-graft instability. J Endovasc Ther. 2008 Jun;15(3):335-43
10. Jaquinandi V, Picquet J, Saumet JL, Benharash P, Leftheriotis G, Abraham P: Functional assessment at the buttock level of the effect of aortobifemoral bypass surgery. Ann Surg. 2008 May;247(5):869-76
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