Pain Management

HOOMAN RASTEGAR, M.D.

CURRENT POSITION:

INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC., SANTA ANA, CA

Interventional Pain management specialist 7/2009 to now

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

  • American Board of Anesthesiology: Anesthesiology (Board certified)
  • California State Medical License (active)
  • Permanent ECFMG Certificate (10/2003)
  • BLS, ACLS
  • Certified to prescribe SUBOXONE for office-based treatment of opioid dependence

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

American Society of Anesthesiologists

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. Vß3-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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