Afshin Akhavan Safa MD

Assistant Professor, UCLA Radiation Oncology

200 Medical PlzSuite B265Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-825-9771

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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1996 - 2000
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1996
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1995
University of California, Los AngelesB.S., Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, 1987 - 1991

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1996 - 2028
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Physician Humankindness Award Dignity Health - Northridge, 2016
Dignity Health Humankindness Award Northridge Hospital, 2016
Listed in Preeminent Women’s Health Doctors 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

75 citations
Efficacy of radiation therapy in the local control of desmoplastic malignant melanoma.
Roy Vongtama, Afshin Safa, David Gallardo, Thomas C. Calcaterra, Guy Juillard
Head & Neck. 2003-06-01
63 citations
The role of radiation in the treatment of advanced juvenile angiofibroma.
Jivianne T. Lee, Peter Chen, Afshin Safa, Guy J. F. Juillard, Thomas C. Calcaterra
The Laryngoscope. 2002-07-01
41 citations
Positron emission tomography: an independent indicator of radiocurability in head and neck carcinomas.
Sheila Rege, Afshin Safa, Lisa Chaiken, Carl K. Hoh, Guy Juillard
American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2000-04-01

Journal Articles

Valley Healthcare Leaders- Health Care Rising Star
Safa A, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 1/19/2005
Efficacy of radiation therapy in the local control of desmoplastic malignant melanoma
Vongtama R, Safa A, Gallardo D, Calcaterra T, Juillard G, Head Neck, 1/1/2003
The role of radiation in the treatment of advanced juvenile angiofibroma
Lee JT, Chen P, Safa A, Juillard G, Calcaterra TC, Laryngoscope, 1/1/2002

Lectures

Brain Cancer Treatment Options
1/24/2016
Patient Encounter Documentation – Process of Care ( Simulation, Planning and Delivery)- Part 2
1/16/2016
Art of Medicine- Bedside Manner, Delivering Bad News, and End of Life Communication
Banf, Canada - 1/14/2016

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