• Certified Echocardiography
  National Board of Echocardiography
  2012
• Certified in Cardiovascular Disease
  American Board of Internal Medicine
  November 1993 (Recertification 2003)
• Certified in Internal Medicine
  American Board of Internal Medicine
  1990 (Recertifications: 2000 and 2009)
• FLEX (Federal Licensing Examination)
  Part 1: 1985 | Part 2: 1986
• National Boards (Taken Individually)
  1984 – 1987

• Los Alamitos Medical Center
  3751 Katella Avenue
  Los Alamitos, California 90720
  
  
• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  2801 Atlantic Avenue
  Long Beach, California 90806
  

• Chairman, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2008 – 2011, 2012-Present
  

• Vice Chief of Medicine, 2002 – 2003
• Medical Director of Cardiopulmonary Unit, 2003
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2001 – 2002
• Cardiac Catheterization/Cardiac Surgery Committee, 1996 – 2003
• Cardiac Catheterization/Cardiac Surgery Committee,1996 – 2000
• CCU/ICU Committee, 1994

• Chairman, Cardiac Advisory Board, 1996 – 1998

• American College of Physicians (FACP)
  Fellow: February 2002
• American College of Cardiology (FACC)
  Fellow: May 1995
• Los Angeles County Medical Association
  Member: 1995 – Present
• American College of Cardiology
  Member: 1990 – Present
• American College of Physicians
  Member: 1987 – Present

• Los Alamitos Cardiovascular
  Los Alamitos, California
  October 1993 – Present
  
  
• Cardiovascular Associates
  Long Beach, California
  July 1993 – October 1993

• Cardiology Conference
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach
  2007 – Present
• ICU Morning Report
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach
  1993 – 2003, 2007 – 2009
  
• CCU/Cardiology Rounds
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach
  1993 – 2003

• Special Recognition for Teaching Excellence
  St. Mary Medical Center  Long Beach
  2003 – 2004
• Outstanding Teaching Physician
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach
  2000 – 2001
• Outstanding Teaching Physician
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach
  1993 – 1994

• "Differentiation of Cardiac and non Cardiac chest pain."
  CARDIOLOGY 2000 symposium at Long Beach, California Hyatt,
  May 13, 2000.
• "Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Critical care Setting." CRITICAL CARE TRIAD, St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, January 19, 1995.

• Witter BA, Decristofaro D. "Muscle Bands, Tendons and Trabeculations." (Letter) Am J. Cardiol. 1992; 71:499 – 500.
  
  

• NASPE Testamur
  North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
  1998
  
  
• Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach /Affiliated with UCLA School of Medicine
  Long Beach, California
  July 1990 – June 1993
  
  
• Internal Medicine Residency
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach /Affiliated with UCLA School of Medicine
  Long Beach, California
  July 1988 – June 1990
  
  
• Internal Medicine Internship
  St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach /Affiliated with UCLA School of Medicine
  Long Beach, California
  July 1987 –  June 1988
  
  
• Medical Education
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas
  August 1983 – June 1987
  
  
• Undergraduate Education
  Biological Sciences
  University of California, Irvine (UCI)
  Irvine, California
  September 1979 – June 1983
  
  

• Phi Beta Kappa
  Magna Cum Laude
  University of California, Irvine 1983
  
  

• SILVER-AMI Risk Stratification in Older Persons with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  Sub-Investigator | 2013 – Present
  Sponsor: Yale University School of Medicine/NIH
  NCT01755052 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01755052
  
  
• RivaroxAFL3003: An Open Label Study Exploring two treatment strategies in patients with Atrial Fibrillation who undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
  Sub-Investigator | 2013
  Sponsor:  Janssen Scientific Affairs/Johnson & Johnson
  
  
• Phase III Trial to confirm the Anti-Anginal effect of T-89 in patients with Stable Angina.
  Sub-Investigator | 2013
  Sponsor: Tasly Pharmaceuticals
  NCT0169580 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01659580
  
  
• Event Driven Trial of weekly Low-Dose Methotrexate in prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events among stable post myocardial infarction patients with Type II Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome.
  Sub-Investigator | 2013
  Sponsor: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Brigham and Women’s Hospital/National
  NCT01594333 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01594333
  
  
• User Comprehension Evaluation of a New Cleaning and Disinfection Procedure for the INRatio® 2 PT/INR Monitoring System (ADAPT) BSTE-0159.
  Sub-Investigator | 2012
  Sponsor: Alere San Diego
  
  
• Mission® PT Coagulation Monitoring System Clinical Study.
  Principal Investigator | 2012
  Sponsor: ACON Laboratories, INC.
  
  
• The "BRIDGE" Trial (1U01HL08675501A1): Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients Who Require Temporary Interruption of Warfarin Therapy for an Elective Invasive Procedure or Surgery.
  Sub-Investigator | 2012 – Present
  Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  NCT00786474 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00786474
  
  
• GLORIA-AF 1160.129: Global Registry on Long-Term Oral Anti-thrombotic Treatment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Phase II-III.
  Sub-Investigator | 2012 – Present
  Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
  NCT01468701 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01468701
  
  
• BRADYCARE: Advanced Bradycardia Device Feature Utilization and Clinical Outcomes.
  Sub-Investigator | 2010 – 2012
  Sponsor: St. Jude Medical Center
  NCT01062126 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01062126
  
  
• The PROMISE Trial: PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain.
  Sub-Investigator | 2010 – Present
  Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  NCT01174550 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01174550
  
  
• ORBIT-AF I and II: Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.
  Sub-Investigator | 2010 – Present
  Sponsor: Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC
  Collaborator: Duke Clinical Research
  NCT01165710 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01165710
  NCT01701817 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01701817
  
  
• RATE: Registry of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia/Atrial Fibrillation (AT/AF) Episodes in the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Device Population.
  Principal Investigator | 2008 – 2010
  Sponsor: St. Jude Medical Center
  NCT00837798 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00837798
  
  
• FREEDOM: A Frequent Optimization Study the Quick Opt ™ Method.
  Sub-Investigator | 2008 – 2010
  Sponsor: St. Jude Medical Center
  NCT00418314 | http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00418314
  
  
• SAFE (Silent Atrial Fibrillation Detection with Stored EGMS).
  Sponsor: Guidant Corporation
  
  
• Fosiniopril Drug Study.
  Sub-Investigator | 1992
  Sponsor: Bristol- Myers Squibb Company
  
  
• Supine Bike/Stress Echo (Unpublished).
  A.S. Abbasi, MD, FACC
  Long Beach, California.
  
  
• Molecular Biology/ Immunology Cell Culture, electrophoresis techniques, 1978 – 1979. Gale Granger, PhD
  University of California, Irvine.

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