
Raffi Tachdjian, MD
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certification
Fellowship
Residency
Internship
Degrees
Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Medical Services
Research
Interests
- Asthma
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Hereditary Angioedema
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Chronic Urticaria
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- WHIM
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Pain and Inflammation
Publications
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Riedl MA, Tachdjian R, Lumry WR, et al.N Engl J Med. 2024 Jul 4;391(1):21-31. Efficacy and Safety of Donidalorsen for Hereditary Angioedema.
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Riedl MA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Jul 4;391(1):32-43. Oral Sebetralstat for On-Demand Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks.
- Staubach P, Tachdjian R, Li HH, Hakl R, Aygören-Pürsün E, Wieman L, Lawo JP, Craig TJ.Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Dec;54(12):1020-1023. Timing of Onset of Garadacimab for Preventing Hereditary Angioedema Attacks.
- Anderson J, Soteres D, Tachdjian R, Mellor J, Earl L, Connolly H, Wynne-Cattanach K, Moran K, Sing K, Schultz BG, Juethner S.Allergy Asthma Proc. 2024 Nov 1;45(6):426-433. Real-world outcomes in patients with hereditary angioedema prescribed lanadelumab versus other prophylaxis.
- Petersen RS, Bordone L, Riedl MA, Tachdjian R, Craig TJ, Lumry WR, Manning ME, Bernstein JA, Raasch J, Zuraw BL, Deng Y, Newman KB, Alexander VJ, Lui C, Schneider E, Cohn DM.Allergy. 2024 Mar;79(3):724-734. A phase 2 open-label extension study of prekallikrein inhibition with donidalorsen for hereditary angioedema.
- Tachdjian R, Savic S, Fridman M, Frade JP, Fasehun M, Audhya PK.Allergy Asthma Proc. 2024 Jan 22;45(1):37-43. Real-world reporting rates of administration-site reactions with on-demand treatment of hereditary angioedema attacks.
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Tachdjian R. Pain Ther. 2013 Dec;2(2):129-34. Complex regional pain syndrome treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in a patient with common variable immune deficiency.
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Young G, Tachdjian R, Baumann K, Panopoulos G.Comprehensive management of chronic pain in haemophilia. Haemophilia. 2014 Mar;20(2):e113-20.
- Kuhlen J, Guyer A, Morphew T, Tachdjian R, Banerji A. Assessment of home infusion program for treating nonlaryngeal hereditary angioedema attacks. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 May;112(5):471-2
- MacGinnitie AJ, Davis-Lorton M, Stolz LE, Tachdjian R. Use of ecallantide in pediatric hereditary angioedema. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):e490-7
In the News
The sound of music aids children on the mend (UCLA Newsroom)
https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/jenna-marcovitz-ma-explains-how-music-therapy-helps-in-pediatric-care (Contemporary Pediatrics)
https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/connecting-families-to-music-therapy-with-jenna-marcovitz-ma (Contemporary Pediatrics)
https://mirrorspectator.com/2025/05/27/an-apt-musical-creative-tribute-to-the-memory-of-dr-aram-chobanian/ (Boston University Medical Center)
https://armenianweekly.com/2025/04/25/aama-launches-inaugural-aram-v-chobanian-medicine-and-humanities-program-on-may-15/ (Aram Chobanian School of Medicine at Boston University)
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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Recognitions
- Super Doctors® Southern California, 2024
- Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021