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Work Experience:

• 03/01/2023- current Cardiologist, Caring Cardiology Medical Group, Laguna Hills, CA
• 01/01/2021- 03/01/2023 Cardiologist, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA
• 08/2016 -present Cardiologist, Clinic By The Sea, Lewes, DE
• 01/2019 – present Medical Director of Echocardiography, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE
  

• California 2018- present
  

Board Certifications:

• Board certification in cardiovascular disease 09/2017
• Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT 09/2016
• Board certification in Echocardiography (ASCeXAM ) 08/2015
• Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology 12/2015
• ECFMG Certification 08/2009
  

• Fluent in English and Farsi

• Third position, the Young Investigator Awards (YIA) at The American College of Cardiology 61st Annual Scientific Session 2015, San Diego, CA.
• Focus on Excellence: Clinical Excellence Awards Recipient 2015, Christiana Care Health System
• Albert Kligman Travel Fellowship Society of Investigative Dermatology, International Investigative Dermatology meeting in Kyoto, Japan
• Best Poster Presentation Award Experimental Medicine Student Research Day, Vancouver, Canada
• International Partial Tuition Scholarship University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Research Experience:

• 05/2013- 07/2016 Jefferson University/Christiana Care Health System We developed a multidisciplinary team model in Cardiac Care Intensive Unit where a cardiologist, a medical intensivist, a cardiology fellow, internal medicine residents and interns, ICU nurses, ICU pharmacist and respiratory therapists work together in a team to coordinate the complex care of patients. This approach impacted many outcomes including patients’ mortality, morbidity and length of stay in both ICU and the hospital. The results of this study was published at May Clinic Proceedings.
• 06/2010-07/3013 University of Houston Medical School at Houston, Texas During postgraduate training in internal medicine I participated in a number of studies, some of which have yielded in publications in distinguished journals. These projects included studies of urgent low-dose fibrinolytic therapy followed by urgent PCI versus PCI alone for treatment of STEMI; Quality improvement for detection and urgent intervention in patients sustaining STEMI while hospitalized; and the use of left atrial appendage exclusion devices to prevent stroke in cases of atrial fibrillation.
• 09/2005 - 03/2008 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
  Research Assistant
  Research work conducted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Experimental Medicine. The project was focused on studying the role of immune system in initiation and propagation of autoimmune diseases. Particularly, the role of cytotoxic cells and their products were examined using animal models for the autoimmune disease alopecia areata
  

Publications:

• Fanari, Z, Barekatain, A. et al. Impact Of Multidisciplinary Team Approach Including Intensivist On The Outcomes Of Critical Patients Care In The Cardiac Care Unit. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Jan 2017
• Barekatain A, Fanari Z, Hammami S, Qureshi W. Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis. Del Med J 2015 Nov;87(11):346-8
• Barekatain A, Fanari Z, Weiss SA. Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm with Fistula to the Right Atrium: Percutaneous Management of Surgical Complication. Del Med J 2015 Dec;87(12):370-5
• Fanari Z, Hammami S, Barekatain A. Cardiology Critical Care Crisis: Can Working Across The Aisle Be The Salvation? Del Med J 2016 Feb;88(2):58-9
• Barekatain A, Weiss S, Weintraub WS. Value of Primordial and Primary Prevention for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Global Perspective. Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: From current evidence to clinical practice. Springer; 1st ed. 2015 edition
• Zaher Fanari, MD, Jhapat Thapa, MD, Armin Barekatain, MD, MSC, Kevin Copeland, DO, James T. Hopkins, MD. Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula; Percutaneous Management of a Surgical Complication. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2015;():. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2015.02.023
• Fanari Z, Barekatain A, Abraham N, Hopkins J. Percutaneous Closure of Acquired Gerbode Defect; Management of a Rare Complication of Cardiac Surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015
• Bhatt NS, Solhpour A, Balan P, Barekatain A, McCarthy JJ, Sdringola S, Denktas AE, Smalling RW, Anderson HV. Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes With Low-Dose Fibrinolytic Therapy Followed by Urgent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Alone for Treatment of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Mar 10
• Barekatain A, Rasekh A, Massumi A. Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage to Prevent Stroke in Cases of Atrial Fibrillation. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2012;39(4):586-7.
• Barekatain A, Razavi M. Antiarrhythmic therapy in atrial fibrillation: indications, guidelines, and safety. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2012;39(4):532-4.
• Ganjehei L, Barekatain A, MD, Razavi M, Massumi A, Rasekh A. Implantation of a Biventricular Intracardiac Device in a Patient with a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2012;39(4):586-7.
• Lu W., Shapiro J., Yu M., Barekatain A., Lo B., Finner A., McElwee K. Alopecia areata: pathogenesis and potential for therapy. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. 2006 Jun; 8(14): 1-19.
• Yu M., Finner A., Shapiro J., Lo B., Barekatain A, McElwee KJ. Hair follicles and their role in skin health. Expert Review of Dermatology. 2006 Dec; 1(6): 855-871.
• Master’s thesis: Barekatain A. Disease mechanisms in the C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata, University of British Columbia, May 2008
• MD thesis: Barekatain, A. A relationship of paternal age at birth with schizophrenia, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, June 2002
  

Poster Presentation:

• Fanari Z, Thapa J, Barekatain A, Copeland K, Hopkins J. Iatrogenic aortocoronary arteriovenous fistula: Percutaneous Management of iatrogenic surgical complication. Poster presented at: The American College of Cardiology 64thAnnual Scientific Session 2015, San Diego, CA 2015.
• Fanari Z, Barekatain A, Abraham N, Hopkins J, Percutaneous Closure of Acquired Gerbode Defect; Management of a Rare Complication of Cardiac Surgery. Poster presented at: The American College of Cardiology 64th Annual Scientific Session 2014, San Diego, CA 2015.
• Barekatain A. (2011, March). A Tale of Two Clots: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome and Pulmonary Embolism. Poster presented at: ACP associates day-2011, Houston, TX.
• Barekatain A., Shapiro, J., McElwee K. (2006, November). Natural killer cell dysfunction in rodent model alopecia areata.. Poster presented at: Experimental Medicine Student research Day; British Columbia, Canada.
• Barekatain A., Shapiro, J., McElwee K. (2007, March). Cytokines in alopecia areata: A study of key cytokines in the C3H/HeJ Alopecia Areata mouse model.. Poster presented at: Annual UBC & CIHR Skin Research Day; British Columbia, Canada.
• Barekatain, A., Shapiro J., McElwee K. (2007, June). Cytokine mRNA expression in the skin and lymphoid organs of the C3H/HeJ mouse model for Alopecia Areata.. Poster presented at: 5th International Congress of Hair Research; British Columbia, Canada.
• Barekatain, A., Shapiro, J., McElwee K. (2008, May). Cytokine mediated growth inhibition rather than cell-mediated apoptosis may be the dominant effector mechanism of alopecia areata in the C3H/HeJ mouse model.. Poster presented at: International Investigative Dermatology; Kyoto, Japan.
• Barekatain, A., Shapiro, J., McElwee, K.. (2007, May). Immunomodulatory cytokine and chemokine expression in the C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata.. Poster presented at: 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology; Los Angeles, CA.
• Barekatain, A., Shapiro, J., McElwee, K.. (2007, November). Alopecia areata and the immune response: Is direct cytotoxicity responsible for hair loss?. Poster presented at: Experimental Medicine Student Research Day; British Columbia, Canada.

Oral Presentation:

• Fanari Z, Barekatain A, Kerzner R, Weintraub WS, Maheshwari V. Impact Of Multidisciplinary Team Approach On The Outcomes Of Patients In The Cardiac Care Unit. Oral Presentation presented at: The American College of Cardiology 65thAnnual Scientific Session 2015/ YIA Young Investigators Awards Competition, San Diego, CA
• Barekatain, A., Shapiro, J., McElwee K. (2008, March). Cell-mediated cytotoxicity is an unlikely mechanism of hair loss in chronic mouse Alopecia Areata.. Oral Presentation presented at: Annual UBC & CIHR Skin Research Day; British Columbia, Canada.