Accepting new patients
Abbas Ardehali, MD
- Cardiac Surgery
Cardiovascular Center
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100 Medical Plaza,
Suite 630 East,
Los Angeles, CA
90095
About
- Professor of Surgery and Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- William E. Conner Chair in Cardiothoracic Transplantation
- Director, UCLA Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs
Patient Stories
My Lung Transplant Village
UCLA Double Lung Transplant
Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device
Dr Y. Michael Shino, my bilateral lung transplant pulmonologist
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certifications
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1998
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989
Fellowship
Cardiology, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1990
Residencies
Surgery/Thoracic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1997
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995
Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1989
Internships
Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1991
Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1987
Degree
MD, Emory University School of Medicine, 1986
Recognitions
- Super doctors, Southern California, 2024
- Top doctors, Los Angeles Magazine's Top Doctors 2023
- Super Doctors® Southern California 2022, 2023, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2018 (Cardiac Surgery)
Locations
West Los Angeles
Cardiovascular Center
Cardiovascular Center
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Research
Interests
- Improvement in Adult Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy/Chronic Rejection in Transplantation
- Reperfusion Injury in Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Organ Care System Heart and Lung Transplant Studies
- PROCEED II Study Protocol
In the News
Dr. Ardehali was featured in LA Weekly's Best People of L.A. 2011
UCLAs heart transplant program ranked among nation's best
'Beating heart' technology could revolutionize field of heart transplantation
"Heart in a Box" System May Increase Donor Pool, Improve Outcomes
A Matter of the Heart (med magazine)
Note: News website links may expire without notice.
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California 2022, 2023, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2018 (Cardiac Surgery)