Dr. Azmoon was born in Tehran in 1975 and shortly thereafter left Tehran for
the United States at the age of 5 years. He received his medical degree
from Temple University School of Medicine in
Pennsylvania and moved to California for completion of his Internal Medicine
Residency Training at UCLA-WLA. Dr. Azmoon's interests in cardiac imaging
led him to a Cardiac Imaging Research Fellowship with focus on 64 slice
cardiac CT Angiography with late breaking research using state of the
art imaging modalities in the prevention and care of heart attacks as well
as other heart diseases. He has had multiple publications and presentation
at scientific sessions such as Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and
Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Transcatheter
Cardiovascular Therapeutics. His research writings has been collaborated
with multiple institutions where he was also the recipient of Research
Awards. When not working on research Dr. Azmoon is helping care for patients
as well as teaching medical students and residents alike as faculty
physician at various academic hospitals and institutions.
Dr. Azmoon’s joy for the care of patient’s health and implementing healthier
lifestyles is not limited to hospitals and has reached international
recognition. Dr. Azmoon has a long history of medical volunteer work outside of
the United States and including Latin countries. Since graduating from medical
school in Pennsylvania he also has directed and produced a sponsored, weekly
television segment titled “Chekoneem, Sokhanee Ba Pezeshk” with an estimated 3
million plus international audience rating. Despite leaving his native country
at an early elementary age Dr. Azmoon continuously strives to maintain his
heritage through Farsi related extracurricular activities. He has been a guest
speaker on the Farsi Radio, KIRN on multiple occasions, and his last interview
included discussions on the health impacts of obesity in adolescence.
For more information about Dr. Azmoon, please
visit:
www.chekoneem.org
