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 Behrouz Salehian, M.D.

  • Associate Clinical Professor, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Staff Physician, Medical Specialties

Behrouz Salehian, M.D. joined the City of Hope's Department of Diabetes in 2007 from the Department of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University. His research and clinical interests include Glucocortocoid Myopathy, Thyroid cancer, metabolism and nutrition in patients with critical illnesses and cancer cachexia. He is board certified by the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine and the Iranian Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Salehian also received an NIH Fellowship Training Award for Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and male reproductive endocrinology at Harbor-UCLA in 1994.

Professional Experience

2007-present, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope

2006-2007, Acting Chairman and Program Director; Department of Medicine Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

1997-2007, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Academic series), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Molecular Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

1992-1994, Clinical Research Fellow in Endocrinology, on the basis of Grant from NIH on male contraceptive study, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA

1987-1991, Adjunct, University of Paris VI, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Department of Hematology, Paris France

1988-1991, Clinical Investigator and Adjunct Attending: Claude-Bernard Hospital and Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Paris France

1984-1986, Intern in a Cardiology Center in Paris, France
Education and Training 

1997- 1998, UCLA school of Medicine, CA. Fellowship in Medical Education

1995-1997, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, Los Angeles CA. PGY2 and PGY3 and chief resident in Internal Medicine

1994-1995
, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, University Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV. 2nd internship in Internal Medicine

1992-1994
, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA. 2nd fellowship in Endocrinology

1986-1987
, University hospitals Bichat-Claude-Bernard and Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France, Fellowship in AIDS

1983-84
, Tehran University, Faculty of Medicine Tehran, Iran First Fellowship, Endocrinology

1979-1983, Tehran University affiliated hospitals, Tehran, Iran. First residency training, Internal Medicine
 
1979, Tehran University School of Medicine, M.D.  


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