Cardiologists

Stephen C. Berens, M.D., F.A.C.C., Cardiologist
2001 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 268W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Ph 310-828-4633
Fax 310-828-6205
E-mail: sberens@ucla.edu

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., 1966
Specialty Training: UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif.; UCLA-Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, Calif.
Internal Medicine Residency: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., 1969-70; Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance Calif., 1970-71
Cardiology Fellowship: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif., 1971 -73
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)
Academic Appointment: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Medical School: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 1987
Specialty Training: St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Medical College of Wisconsin Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Prabhtej S. Brara, M.D., F.S.C.A.I., Cardiologist

Medical School: University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1969
Specialty Training: UCLA Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialties in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)
Academic Appointment: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA

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Michael Y. Chan, M.D., Cardiologist

Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich., 1979
Specialty Training: UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Nicholas V. Diaco, M.D., F.A.C.C., Cardiologist
1301 - 20th St., Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Ph (310) 315-0101
Fax (310) 453-4145

Medical School: Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, 1964
Specialty Training: Department of Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)
Academic Appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Shephal K. Doshi, M.D., Cardiologist, Electrophysiologist
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at Saint John's Health Center
Pacific Heart Institute
2001 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 280W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Ph (310) 829-7678
Fax (310) 829-6889

Medical School: Albany Medical College, New York, 1996
Specialty Training: Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)
Academic Appointment: Clinical Instructor, UCLA School of Medicine 

Sandra Fallon, M.D., M.R.C.P.I., Cardiologist
Santa Monica Preventive Cardiology Medical Group, Inc.
2020 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 160
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Ph (310) 453-4455
Fax (310) 453-3388

Medical School: National University of Ireland, University College, 1982
Specialty Training: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

George Grifka, M.D., Cardiologist

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, 1977
Specialty Training: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.; Wadsworth Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif.; UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)
Academic Appointments: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), UCLA School of Medicine

Ibrahim D. Helmy, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.,
Cardiologist, Electrophysiologist

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, 1980
Specialty Training: University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Los Angeles
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialties in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1967
Specialty Training: University of California, Los Angeles
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)
Academic Appointment: Associate Professor, UCLA

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, 1970
Specialty Training: University of California, Los Angeles
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, 1983
Internal Medicine Residency: UCSD Medical Center, La Jolla, Calif.
Cardiology Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, South Miami Hospital, Miami, FLA.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., 1981
Specialty Training: University of California, San Francisco; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease), American Society of Echocardiography
Foreign Languages: Proficient in medical Spanish

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash., 1967
Specialty Training: Cornell University Cooperating Hospitals
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1997
Specialty Training: Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif., Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)
Specialities: Invasive Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Foreign Languages: Farsi and Hebrew

Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., 1989
Specialty Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Peter C.D. Pelikan, M.D., Cardiologist
Medical Director, Cardiac Cathterization Lab

Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., 1979
Internal Medicine Residency: Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif.
Cardiology Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Other Positions: Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1985-89
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialties in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology)
Academic Appointment: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Foreign Languages: Spanish

Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, 1972
Specialty Training: University of California, Los Angeles; Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.; Saint Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease), American Board of Radiology, Interventional Cardiology Board

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970
Specialty Training: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease)

Daniel Wohlgelernter, M.D., F.A.C.C., Cardiologist

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine, 1977
Specialty Training: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialties in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology)
Academic Appointment: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., 1977
Specialty Training: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease), National Board of Echocardiography
Other Positions: President-Elect and Governor-Elect, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology
 

George Wu, M.D., F.A.C.C., Cardiologist
Pacific Heart Institute
2001 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 280W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Ph 310-829-7678
Fax 310-829-6889

Medical School: New York University, New York, NY, 1995
Specialty Training: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty in Cardiology); American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (Subspecialty in Nucelar Cardiology)