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Office
23845 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, CA 91355
Santa Clarita, CA 91355- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- While receiving his Bachelor's Degree at UCLA, Dr. Ghadjar helped organize a large scale benefit gala raising $20,000 for breast cancer research. After receiving a Master’s Degree in Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University, he went on to graduate in the top 25% of his medical school class. During medical school he was a Top 50 Finalist in the global competition in entrepreneurship at the St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland.
Dr. Ghadjar completed his internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center as well as other Stanford University-affiliated hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area. He underwent anesthesia training at University of Southern California and LA County Medical Center. At LA County Medical, a Level One Trauma center with over 7,000 traumas per year, he became proficient in resuscitating patients with critical blunt and penetrating wounds. He has cared for patients with advanced illness undergoing organ transplantation including liver, lung, and kidney operations. He has received training in high-risk obstetric surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, and complex pediatric and neonatal cases at Children’s Hospital of LA. He currently practices a broad range of anesthetic techniques, including obstetric, pediatric, regional/orthopedic, thoracic, intracranial and multi-level spine procedures, high-risk vascular, robotic surgery, as well as high volume outpatient procedures.
Dr. Ghadjar enjoys an active educational and administrative role giving evidence-based lectures on the latest anesthetic techniques and new pharmaceuticals. He also helps shape quality, safety, and cost-efficiency policies at his current hospital in Santa Clarita in Southern California. He is a co-founder of MQHG LLC, a start up company focusing on travel and storage efficiency, and is a patent owner (Patent # 10349717).
Education & Training
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 2014 - 2017
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2014
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 2013
- Georgetown UniversityMS, Physiology and Biophysics, 2007 - 2008
- University of California, Los AngelesBS, Physiology, 2002 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2014 - 2024
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Patent Owner United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019
- Top 50 Finalist- International Entrepreneurship Competition on Managing Risk "Leaders of Tomorrow", St Gallen's Symposium, Switzerland, 2012
- Best Scientific Research Paper European Congress of Radiology, Austria, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsGiant cranial osteoma: successful staged excision of the largest reported.Kenneth L. Fan, Kiu Ghadjar, Joyce T. Yuan, Jorge Lazaref, Libby Wilson, James P. Bradley> ;The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2012 Sep 1
- Autologous fat transfer national consensus survey: trends in techniques for harvest, preparation, and application, and perception of short- and long-term results.Kaufman, M. R., Bradley, J. P., Dickinson, B., Heller, J. B., Wasson, K., O'Hara, C., Huang, C., Gabbay, J., Ghadjar, K., Miller, T. A.> ;Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Jan
- Top-10 list of herbal and supplemental medicines used by cosmetic patients: what the plastic surgeon needs to know.Heller, J., Gabbay, J. S., Ghadjar, K., Jourabchi, M., O'Hara, C., Heller, M., Bradley, J. P.> ;Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Feb
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Farsi
Hospital Affiliations
- Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia, California
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