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Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD

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About

Dr. Boback Ziaeian is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He subsequently completed a UCLA STAR fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases and earned a doctorate in Health Policy and Management from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Dr. Ziaeian’s research focuses on cardiovascular health services, population health management, and quality of care assessment. His work has been supported by the American Heart Association and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and he was the recipient of the American College of Cardiology Presidential Career Development Award.

He serves as Chair of the ACC/AHA Committee for Performance Measurement and as Director of Telecardiology at the VA Greater Los Angeles, where his work is supported by the VA Office of Connected Care.

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certifications

Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011

Fellowship

Cardiovascular Disease, University of California Los Angeles, 2016

Residency

Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 2011

Degrees

PhD, UCLA School of Public Health, 2016
MD, UC Irvine School of Medicine, 2008

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Research

Interests

  • Cardiovascular Care Quality and Outcomes
  • Population Health Management
  • Telecardiology
  • Performance Measurement
  • Health Services Research

Publications

View Dr. Ziaeian's Google Scholar here

  1. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC Jr, Virani SS, Williams KA Sr, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B.Circulation. 2019 Sep 10;140(11):e596-e646. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000678. Epub 2019 Mar 17.
  2. Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America.  Bozkurt B, Ahmad T, Alexander KM, Baker WL, Bosak K, Breathett K, Fonarow GC, Heidenreich P, Ho JE, Hsich E, Ibrahim NE, Jones LM, Khan SS, Khazanie P, Koelling T, Krumholz HM, Khush KK, Lee C, Morris AA, Page RL 2nd, Pandey A, Piano MR, Stehlik J, Stevenson LW, Teerlink JR, Vaduganathan M, Ziaeian B; Writing Committee Members.J Card Fail. 2023 Oct;29(10):1412-1451. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.07.006. Epub 2023 Sep 26.
  3. Development and Optimization of the Veterans Affairs' National Heart Failure Dashboard for Population Health Management.  Brownell N, Kay C, Parra D, Anderson S, Ballister B, Cave B, Conn J, Dev S, Kaiser S, ROGERs J, Touloupas AD, Verbosky N, Yassa NM, Young E, Ziaeian B.J Card Fail. 2023 Sep 25:S1071-9164(23)00343-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.08.024. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37757994 
  4. Geographic Variation in the Quality of Heart Failure Care Among U.S. Veterans.  Kosaraju RS, Fonarow GC, Ong MK, Heidenreich PA, Washington DL, Wang X, Ziaeian B.JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Nov;11(11):1534-1545. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.06.010. Epub 2023 Aug 2.PMID: 37542510
  5. Expenditure on Heart Failure in the United States: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2009-2018.  Bhatnagar R, Fonarow GC, Heidenreich PA, Ziaeian B.JACC Heart Fail. 2022 Aug;10(8):571-580. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.05.006. Epub 2022 Jul 6.PMID: 35902161 
  6. US Surveillance of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient Characteristics, Care Quality, and Outcomes for 2019.  Ziaeian B, Xu H, Matsouaka RA, Xian Y, Khan Y, Schwamm LS, Smith EE, Fonarow GC.Stroke. 2022 Nov;53(11):3386-3393. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039098. Epub 2022 Jul 18.PMID: 35862201
  7. National Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization and Readmissions Associated With Policy Changes-Reply. Agarwal MA, Fonarow GC, Ziaeian B.JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jan 1;7(1):115. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4419.PMID: 34730786 

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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