Roham Zamanian
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Pulmonary & Critical Care 300 Pasteur Dr H3143 MC 5236 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6381 Fax (650) 725-5489
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care
- Pulmonary Medicine
Administrative Appointments
- Clinical Director, VMWC Pulmonary Hypertension Database, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease (2006 - present)
- Director, Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease (2007 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians (2008)
- Faculty Teaching Award, Dept of Medicine, Stanford (2007)
- Young Investigator Career Development Award, Entelligence Actelion Young Investigators Program (2006-2007)
- Fellow of the Year, Univ of Califronia, Irvine Medical Center (2002-2003)
- Resident Research Presentation Award, Univ of Calif, Irvine Medical Center - Dept of Medicine (2001)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Pulmonary Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2006) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2006) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2005) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2003) |
| Fellowship: | University of Irvine Medical Center CA (2003) |
Postdoctoral Advisees
Nathan Brunner, Lana Melendres-Groves, krithika ramachandran
Community and International Work
Internet Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. The Utility of S100A4/Mts1 as a Biomarker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).
2. Prevalence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance in PAH.
3. The Effect of EGF-Receptor Blockade and Elastase Inhibitor on Pulmonary Arteries of Patients with PAH.
4. Characterization of Pulmonary Arteries in Patients with Idiopathic and Secondary PAH by Wedge Angiography.
5. The Optimal Angle for Angiographic Evaluation of the Left Pulmonary Artery in Patients with PAH.
Clinical Trials
- A 48-week study of the effect of dual therapy (inhaled treprostinil and tadafafil) versus mono-therapy (tadalafil), 2 FDA approved pulmonary hypertension medications. Recruiting
- A Postmarketing Observational Study Of Tyvaso (Treprostinil) Inhalation In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients Recruiting
Publications
- Characteristics and outcome after hospitalization for acute right heart failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circ Heart Fail. 2011; (6): 692-9
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2011; (17): 1677; author reply 1678
- Incidence, correlates, and consequences of acute kidney injury in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension hospitalized with acute right-side heart failure. J Card Fail. 2011; (7): 533-9
- Characterization of connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension from REVEAL: identifying systemic sclerosis as a unique phenotype. Chest. 2010; (6): 1383-94
- Worldwide physician education and training in pulmonary hypertension: pulmonary vascular disease: the global perspective. Chest. 2010; (6 Suppl): 85S-94S
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