JamesA.NitaharaMD

Internal Medicine • Panorama City, CA

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Office
13652 Cantara St
Panorama City, CA 91402
Phone+1 818-375-2000
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Summary

Dr. James Nitahara, MD is an internist in Panorama City, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California. He is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center.

Education & Training

Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1999
New York Medical CollegeClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1998 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Diabetes Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2013
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2009-2012
Cardiac Care Recognition Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Medical case management after laminectomy or craniotomy: do all patients benefit from admission to the intensive care unit?
James A. Nitahara, Malou Valencia, Michael A. Bronstein> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 1998 Aug 15
71 citations
Intracellular calcium, DNase activity and myocyte apoptosis in aging Fischer 344 rats.
James A. Nitahara, Wei Cheng, Yu Liu, Baosheng Li, Annarosa Leri, Peng Li, Doug Mogul, Steven R. Gambert, Jan Kajstura, Piero Anversa> ;Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 1998 Mar 1
108 citations
p53 Induces myocyte apoptosis via the activation of the renin-angiotensin system.
Piotr Pierzchalski, Krzysztof Reiss, Wei Cheng, Corrado Cirielli, Jan Kajstura, James A. Nitahara, Maged Rizk, Maurizio C. Capogrossi, Piero Anversa> ;Experimental Cell Research. 1997 Jul 10
1296 citations
Apoptosis in the Failing Human Heart
Giorgio Olivetti, R Abbi, Federico Quaini, Jan Kajstura, Cheng W, James A. Nitahara, Eugenio Quaini, C. Di Loreto, Carlo Alberto Beltrami, Stanislaw Krajewski, John C....> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1997 Apr 17
196 citations
Necrotic and apoptotic myocyte cell death in the aging heart of Fischer 344 rats
Jan Kajstura, Wei Cheng, R. Sarangarajan, Peng Li, Baosheng Li, James A. Nitahara, S. Chapnick, Krzysztof Reiss, Giorgio Olivetti, Piero Anversa> ;The American Journal of Physiology. 1996 Sep 1
286 citations
Programmed Myocyte Cell Death Affects the Viable Myocardium after Infarction in Rats
Wei Cheng, Jan Kajstura, James A. Nitahara, Baosheng Li, Krzysztof Reiss, Yu Liu, William A. Clark, Stanislaw Krajewski, John C. Reed, Giorgio Olivetti, Piero Anversa> ;Experimental Cell Research. 1996 Aug 1
Apnea as a presenting sign of hydrocephalus.
Nitahara, J., Dozor, A. J., Schroeder, S. A., Rifkinson-Mann, S.> ;Pediatrics. 1996 Apr
Nicotine increases expression of tyrosine hydroxylase gene. Involvement of protein kinase A-mediated pathway.
Hiremagalur, B., Nankova, B., Nitahara, J., Zeman, R., Sabban, E. L.> ;J Biol Chem. 1993 Nov 5
Acute aortic occlusion--factors that influence outcome.
Babu, S. C., Shah, P. M., Nitahara, J.> ;J Vasc Surg. 1995 Apr
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Hospital Affiliations

Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical CenterPanorama City, California