Pain Management
HOOMAN RASTEGAR, M.D.
       
CURRENT POSITION:   INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC., SANTA ANA, CA
Interventional Pain management specialist 7/2009 to now
 
CERTIFICATION/
UCENSURE:
  American Board of Anesthesiology: Anesthesiology (Board certified)
American Board of Anesthesiology: Pain Medicine (Board certified)
California State Medical License (active)
Permanent ECFMG Certificate (10/2003)
BLS, ACLS
Certified to prescribe SUBOXONE for office-based treatment of opioid

 
HOSPITAL AFFILAIATIONS:   Tri-City Regional Medical Center, Hawaiian Gardens, CA
Rancho Specialty Hospital, Rancho Cucamonga, CA West
Coast Surgery Center, Los Alamitos, CA
Benefit Surgery Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood, CA

 
TRAINING/
EDUCATION:
  UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Pain Medicine Fellowship, 7/2008 to 6/2009
Anesthesiology Residency, 7/2005 to 6/2008

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Program, Newark, NJ
Obstetrics and Gynecology Internship, 7/2004 to 6/2005

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
M.D., 12/1997


 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:   Yale University School of Medicine/Yale Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging Laboratory
Post Doctoral Research Associate, 5/2003 to 6/2004
Studied the development of novel imaging modalities for early detection of vascular processes
such as post angioplasty restenosis and chronic graft rejection.

Shafa Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
Director of Emergency Department/In-House Physician, 8/2001 to 1/2003
In-House Physician, 1/2000 to 8/2001

Shiraz Military Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
Practicing Physician (Mandatory Military Service), 2/1998 to 12/1999

 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:   American Society of Anesthesiologists



 
PUBLICATIONS/
PRESENTATIONS/
POSTER SESSIONS:
Rastegar Fassaei H, Orebaugh SL.
Use bicarbonate as a buffer to local anesthetics, especially for skin infiltration.
Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors. 2008;50:210-212.
Sadeghi MM, Esmailzadeh L, Zhang J, Guoa X, Asadi A, Krassilnikova S, Rastegar Fassaei
H, Luo G, Al-Lamkie RSM, Takahashif T, Tellides G, Bendera JR, Rodriguezg ER.
ESDN Is a Marker of Vascular Remodeling and Regulator of Cell Proliferation in Graft Arteriosclerosis.
American Journal of Transplantation. 2007;7:2098-2105.
Zhang J, Krassilnikova S, Gharaei AA, Rastegar Fassaei H, Esmailzadeh L, Asadi A, Edward DS, Harris TD,
Azure M, Tellides G, Sinusas AJ, Zaret BL, Bender JR, Sadeghi MM.
V133-targeted detection of arteriopathy in transplanted human coronary arteries:
An autoradiographic study. FASEB J. 2005;19:1857-1859.
Sadeghi MM, Krassilnikova S, Zhang J, Gharaei AA, Rastegar Fassaei H, Esmailzadeh L,
Kooshkabadi A, Edwards S, Yalamanchili P, Harris TD, Sinusas AJ.
Detection of injury-induced vascular remodeling by targeting activated alphavbeta3 integrin in vivo.
Circulation. 2004;110:84-90.
 
 
PERSONAL:   US Citizen; Languages: Fluent in English and Farsi
Married to Foozhan Safavi, Pharm.D.



 
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