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Dr. Rauz Eshraghi, Internal Medicine, Westlake Village

Rauz Eshraghi, MD
Internal Medicine

Dr. Rauz Eshraghi attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated with Honors and earned a Bachelor's of Science in Biology. She earned her Medical Degree from Chicago Medical School and then completed her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine.

Dr. Eshraghi's clinical interests include preventative care and wellness. Dr. Eshraghi is also particularly interested in global health issues and is a member of 'Health for Humanity', a non-profit public health organization which provides healthcare to developing countries. More »

   
Dr. Giselle Namazie, Internal Medicine, Westlake Village

Giselle Namazie, MD
Internal Medicine

Dr. Giselle Namazie has an ongoing interest in preventative health and patient education. Born in UCLA to two UCLA grads, she is a life-long time Bruin. She graduated from UCLA College of Letters and Science in 1990 with a bachelor in psychobiology and from UCLA School of Medicine in 1994 with a medical degree. In 1997, she completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA and later worked at UCLA in both Santa Monica and the Iris-Cantor UCLA Women's Health offices. As a result she is familiar with the unique needs of women of all ages and the complex and constantly changing interaction between hormones and a woman's mental and physical health. More »

   
Dr. Kevin Pimstone, Internal Medicine, Westlake Village Kevin Pimstone MD
Internal Medicine

Dr. Kevin Pimstone is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Pimstone earned his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles with a BA degree in Psychology. He earned his medical degree from University of Minnesota, where he received awards for his research in liver diseases. He completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Pimstone comes from a long line of doctors. He enjoys practicing primary care medicine, with a special interest in preventative care and weight loss counseling. He has adult patients of all ages, from young adults to centenarians. More »

Specialty Care

Dr. Ravi Dave, Cardiology, Westlake Village

Ravi Dave, MD
Cardiology

Dr. Ravi Dave is Director of UCLA Santa Monica Cardiology and Imaging. He attended Shah Medical College and completed his internship and residency at University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at USC Medical Center. He is board certified in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Dave's clinical interests include: angioplasty, atherectomy, cardiac catheterization, heart valve disease, invasive cardiac interventions, rotablator, and valvuloplasty. More »

   
Dr. Yaroslav Gofnung, Endocrinology, Westlake Village

Yaroslav Gofnung, MD
Endocrinology

Dr. Yaroslav Gofnung earned his Bachelor's in Science from the University of Southern California (USC). He then continued on at USC for his Medical Degree, Internal Medicine residency as well as specialty training in Endocrinology. He received Board Certification in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. For the last six years, Dr. Gofnung was in private practice in North Hollywood and Tarzana practicing Endocrinology, treating hormone related disorders, before recently joining the UCLA Health System.

Dr. Gofnung is well versed in the many aspects of hormone-related problems, such as Diabetes and Thyroid conditions. More »

   
Dr. Tracy Huynh, Interventional Cardiology, Westlake Village

Tracy Huynh, MD
Interventional Cardiology

Dr. Huynh grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and received her medical degree from Boston University. After completing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine, she went on to complete additional training in Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Vascular Diseases from Yale University.

Dr. Huynh's clinical interests include the treatment of coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, prevention of heart disease, the treatment of claudication due to peripheral vascular disease, women's health, and angioplasty and coronary and peripheral stenting. Dr. Huynh speaks Vietnamese and basic Spanish. More » 

   
Dr. Roman Leibzon, Cardiology, Westlake Village Roman Leibzon, MD
Cardiology

Dr. Roman Leibzon pursued his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Dr. Leibzon returned to Los Angeles to complete his internal medicine internship and residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Leibzon completed his cardiology fellowship, and interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine.

Dr. Leibzon is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Leibzon has been practicing interventional cardiology in the San Fernando Valley since 2005. Dr. Leibzon specializes in minimally invasive cardiology and performs coronary balloon angioplasty, and stenting. He also implants permanent pacemakers. More »

   
Dr. William Martin, Rheumatology, Westlake Village William Martin, MD
Rheumatology

Dr. William Martin grew up in Washington State. He attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Upon graduation, Dr. Martin was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania for two years where he taught high school chemistry and biology.  Later Dr. Martin attended medical school at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science / Chicago Medical School, in North Chicago, Illinois, graduating in 2006.

He completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Rheumatology fellowship at UCLA. More »

   
Dr. Rimma Shaposhnikov, Digestive Diseases, Westlake Village Rimma Shaposhnikov, MD
Digestive Diseases 

Dr. Rimma Shaposhnikov, received her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Shaposhnikov completed her residency in internal medicine, as well as her fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Hospital.

Dr. Shaposhnikov specializes in gastroenterology and hepatology. She is a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology. Her interests include women's health, hepatology and motility disorders. More »

   
Dr. Malcolm Taw, East-West Medicine, Westlake Village Malcolm Taw, MD, FACP
Integrative East-West Medicine

Dr. Malcolm Taw is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He joined the Center in March, 2000 and had received his B.S. and M.D. from the Joint Biomedical Sciences program at the University of California, Riverside and the UCLA School of Medicine. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology. More »

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