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Vijay P. Balasubramanian, M.D. Department of Internal
Medicine, Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine |
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Dr. Vijay P.
Balasubramanian received
his medical degree from
Stanley Medical College,
Chennai, India. He
subsequently underwent
post-graduate training
in Internal medicine and
Respiratory medicine in
the United Kingdom and
successfully acquired
the Membership of Royal
College of Physicians of
London. He then
completed his residency
and Fellowship training
in Pulmonary & Critical
care medicine in the
Medical College of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
His areas of special
interest include
Pulmonary Hypertension,
Interstitial Lung
disease (Its
interactions with PH in
particular) and Pleural
disease. His
publications span a wide
range of
medical/pulmonary topics
demonstrating his
passion for clinical
medicine. To contact Dr.
Balasubramanian or for
referrals please call
the Pulmonary and Sleep
Disorders Center at
(559) 435-4700. |
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Conrad Chao, M.D.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Dept
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Dr. Conrad Chao, the new Department Chairman and Program Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine and the OB/GYN residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He served his fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Physiology at Loma Linda University and Oregon Health Sciences University. His research has included work in basic neuroscience focusing on the control of fetal cerebral blood flow and metabolism, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, perinatal pharmacology, and fetal behavior, as well as, in clinical investigation, in which he directed a unit of the NIH Maternal-Fetal Medicine Network as well as serving as Associate Program Director for a General Clinical Research Center. Dr. Chao’s current research focuses on novel strategies for the mathematical analysis of Doppler ultrasound waveforms and the clinical management of post-dates pregnancy.
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J. Phillip Hinton, M.D.
Vascular
Surgery Dept |
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Dr. J. Philip Hinton
received his education
from the University of
California San Francisco
and completed his
General/Vascular/Thoracic
Surgery residency at
Valley Medical Center in
Fresno. Dr. Hinton joins
us from his former post
as President and Chief
Executive Officer for
Community Medical
Centers. He will see
patients at the Valley
Vascular Surgery
Associates of Fresno
office with Randall
Stern, M.D., Leo Fong,
M.D., Chris Kinter,
M.D., and Anne Prentice,
M.D.
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Ashkan
Imanzahrai, M.D.
Family
Medicine Dept |
Dr. Ashkan Imanzahrai received his Medical Degree from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Family Medicine with the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. Dr. Imanzahrai conducted research in Dermatology with UCSF, where he was recipient of NIH National Service Research Award. He joins us from Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, California. Here he will contribute to all aspects of family medicine in both a rural and urban ambulatory clinic setting and inpatient services in an urban hospital.
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Jose Joseph , M.D.
Department of Internal
Medicine, Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine |
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Dr. Jose Joseph received his
medical degree from St.
Johns Medical College,
Bangalore University, India.
He completed his residency in
internal medicine at St. Johns medical College, and
fellowship training in
pulmonary and critical\care
medicine at the Medical
University of South Carolina
(MUSC) in Charleston, SC. He
has also completed pulmonary
training from the United
Kingdom, program affiliated
to the University of Sheffield.
He is a member and fellow of
the Royal College of
Physicians of London, UK. He
joins us from the Faculty of
Medicine & Health sciences
of the UAE University where
he was devoted to academic
activities including
clinical training and
research in the capacity of
an assistant professor in
Medicine. His areas of
special research interest
are asthma, (study of airway
inflammation using
intracellular cytokine
expression in lymphocytes)
and pleural disease. He has
published several original
manuscripts related to
pleural disease and asthma.
To contact Dr. Joseph or for
referrals please call the
Pulmonary and Sleep
Disorders Center at (559)
435-4700. |
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Maries Joseph, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Maries Joseph received
her medical degree from St.
Johns Medical College,
Bangalore University, India.
She completed her pediatric
residency and clinical
genetics fellowship from the
Medical University of South
Carolina (MUSC), SC. She has
been in the field of
academic pediatrics and
joins us now from the
General Authority of Health
Services and the Faculty of
Medicine & Health sciences
of the UAE University, UAE.
She is also a member and
Fellow of the Royal College
of Pediatrics and Child
Health of UK. Her areas of
interest are genetic
disorders, childhood asthma
and continuing medical
education in pediatrics. She
will contribute towards
clinical services and
training in both pediatrics
and clinical genetics. She
will be working in both
out-patient clinic setting
and in-patient hospital
setting.
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Chitra Kandaswamy, M.D.
Internal Medicine Dept
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Dr. Kandaswamy received her medical degree from Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and did her Masters in public Health at the University of Minnesota. She moved to Fresno to join the hospitalist group at University Medical Center. Dr. Kandaswamy enjoys working in a community hospital because of the wide range of pathology in both inpatients and outpatients. She is looking forward to working with our enthusiastic and bright residents.
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Eric Lindvall, D.O.
Orthopedic Surgery Dept |
Dr. Lindvall joins CCFMG
from the Florida Orthopaedic
Institute in Tampa Florida.
He completed an orthopedic
trauma fellowship at Tampa
General Hospital. His
medical degree is from the
College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific,
Pomona, CA with his
internship and residency at
Botsford General Hospital in
Farmington Hills, MI.
He will be primarily based
at University Medical Center
(UMC). Dr. Lindvall’s wife
is a teacher.
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Brian Morgan, M.D.
Perinatology Dept
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Dr. Morgan received his Ph.D. from the University of London and his Medical Degree from the University of Miami. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jackson Memorial Hospital-University of Miami Medical Center and a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. Dr Morgan joins us from Harbor UCLA where he was an assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Here he will contribute to all aspects of perinatology in the community including teaching medical students and residents and continue his research in fetal programming.
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Anne Prentice , M.D.
Vascular Surgery Dept |
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Dr. Anne Prentice
completed her general
surgery residency in
Fresno at the UCSF-Fresno
Medical Education
Program. She completed
her Vascular Fellowship
at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. Dr.
Prentice is practicing
at Valley Vascular
Surgery Associates of
Fresno office with
Randall Stern, M.D., Leo
Fong, M.D., Philip
Hinton, M.D., and Chris
Kinter, M.D. |
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Henning Rasmussen, M.D.
Cardiology Dept
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Dr. Henning Rasmussen
has been a
well-respected clinical
cardiologist in Fresno
for the past 23 years.
After graduating from
medical school at the
University of Michigan,
he spent two years in
the Navy Medical Corps.
His medical residency
and fellowship in
cardiology were
completed at Louisiana
State University Medical
Center. Subsequently, he
moved to Fresno where he
is presently Assistant
Director of Cardiology
at Community Regional
Medical Center.
Dr. Rasmussen is board
certified in Internal
Medicine and Cardiology.
He is skilled in cardiac
catheterization,
percutaneous coronary
intervention, permanent
pacemaker implantation
and transesophageal
echocardiography.
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Kandarp Shah, M.D.
Gastroenterology Dept |
Dr. Kandarp Shah was
born in London,
England. He received
his undergraduate
training in medicine
at a prestigious
medical school in
India, Baroda
Medical College of
M.S. University. He
was trained in
internal medicine at
Wayne State
University in
Detroit, one of the
largest internal
medicine programs in
the USA. He then
went on to pursue
gastroenterology
training at William
Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, MI. After
completion of his
training in
gastroenterology, he
was board-certified
in gastroenterology.
He was in private
practice for about
18-years in the
Tidewater area of
Virginia, before he
came to Fresno.
During the time he
was in private
practice, he was
also on Eastern
Virginia Medical
School’s teaching
faculty for more
than ten years.
Dr. Shah has a wide
experience in a
variety of fields in
clinical
gastroenterology. He
provides endoscopic
services which
include diagnostic
and therapeutic EGD,
colonoscopy and ERCP.
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Tanya C. Warwick, M.D.
Internal Medicine -
Neurology Department
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Dr. Tanya C. Warwick
received her medical
degree from Marshall
University School of
Medicine in Huntington,
West Virginia. She went
on to complete her
residency in neurology
at Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tennessee.
She was appointed as an
Assistant Professor of
Neurology at West
Virginia University –
Charleston Division
where she pursued her
interests in vascular
neurology, gaining
certification in
neurosonology, and
subsequently sitting for
her Vascular Neurology
Subspecialty Boards. She
is a Diplomat of the
American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology
and a member of the
American Academy of
Neurology. In addition
to vascular neurology,
her areas of interest
include epilepsy and
movement disorders. Dr.
Warwick has experience
in both clinical trials
as well as independent
research and resident
education. She has been
appointed to the
position of Medical
Director for the Stroke
Program at Community
Regional Medical Center
and will be working in
both in-patient and
outpatient settings to
improve neurological
care in the Fresno area. |
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