Central Cardiology Medical Clinic

Office Address:

Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
2110 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, California 93301
Phone: 661.323.8384
eMail: bhambi@heart24.com

Hospital Appointments:

. Bakersfield Heart Hospital
. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield
. Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield
. Ridgecrest Regional Medical Center
. San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield
. Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District

Current Position:

2005
* Board Member - Kern County Medical Society

2003 to date
* Board Member - Bakersfield Heart Hospital

1992 to date Private Practice
* Central Cardiology Medical Clinic

* Cardiac and Vascular Interventionalist

* Consultative and General Cardiology

* Nuclear Cardiology

Lead interventionalist for a large cardiology group. Practice includes heavy emphasis on complex interventions including DCA, Excimer laser, Stent Angioplasty and Peripheral Interventions.

Director Nuclear Lab conducting over 1400 annual nuclear studies.

1999 to date
Director of Cardiac Cath Laboratory - Bakersfield Heart Hospital

1999 to date
Chief of Staff - Central Cardiology Medical Clinic

Staff Cardiologist
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield
San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield
Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield
Bakersfield Heart Hospital

Proctor for J & J intracoronary stents.

Proctor for Boston Scientific Rotablader Atherectomy

Certification and Licensure:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2002
Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001
Cardiovascular Diseases (Re-certification, 10TH Decile)
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine (10TH Decile)
Cardiovascular Diseases, 1991 (10TH Decile)
Internal Medicine 1984

Postgraduate Training:

7/91 - 6/92
Chief Cardiac Cath Lab Fellow and Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

7/88 - 6/91
Fellowship, Cardiology
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, IL

7/89 - 6/90
Molecular Cardiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

7/87 - 6/88
Residency, Internal Medicine
Lincoln Medical Center
New York Medical College
New York, NY

7/86 - 6/87
Internship, Internal Medicine
Lincoln Medical Center
New York Medical College
New York, NY

1/82 - 12/84
Residency, Internal Medicine
Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
Amritsar, Punjab, India

1/80 - 12/81
Internship, Internal Medicine
Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
Amritsar, Punjab, India

Examinations:

6/86

FLEX

7/85

FMGEMS

Awards:

1990
The Alfred Pick-Richard Langendorf Award
Michael Reese Hospital. (Awarded to the most outstanding fellow)

Professional Memberships:

Member, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, 1994
Fellow, American College of Cardiology, 1994
Fellow, American College of Angiology, 1994
Member, California Medical Association, 1992
Member, Kern County Medical Society, 1992

Invited Lectures:

Excimer Laser Angioplasty: Follow up data on patients in ELCA Registry. International Congress on Interventional Cardiology, Phoenix, Arizona. February 1992.

Laser Update: Grand Rounds, Hoag Presbyterian Hospital, Newport Beach. April 1992.

Bibliography (Publications):

1. B. Bhambi, M. Eghabali: Co-Regulation of Collagen Type 1 and Transforming Growth Factor Beta in the Rat Ventricular Myocardium Following Increased Arterial Blood Pressure Induced by Norepinephrine, American Journal of Pathology, November 1991.

2. M. Eghabali, R. Tomek, R. Woods, B. Bhambi: Cardiac Fibroblasts Are Predisposed to Transform into Myocytes: Specific Effects of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1, Proc. Natl Aca Sci February 1991.

3. M. Eghabali, R. Tomek, V. Sukhatme, C. Woods, B. Bhambi: Differential Effects of Transforming Growth Factor Beta and Phorbol Myristate Acetate on Cardiac Fibroblasts: Regulation of Fibrillar Collagen mRNA's and Expression of Immediate Early Growth Response Genes, Circulation Research, September 1991.

4. B. Bhambi, E. Morkin, S. Shroff, R. Tomek, J. Yao, M. Eghabali: Regulation of Alpha and Beta Myosin Heavy Chain Gene Expression and the Induction of Early Growth Response Genes in the Rat Ventricular Myocardium Following Norepinephrine Treatment (Manuscript Submitted).

Bibliography (Abstracts):

1. B. Bhambi, E. Morkin, S. Shroff, R. Tomek, M. Eghabali: Regulation of Alpha and Beta Myosin Heavy Chain Gene Expression and the Induction of Early Growth Response Gene 1 the Rat Myocardium Following Norepinephrine Treatment, Circulation 1990; Vol 82, No. 4, 111-231, Oral Presentation, AHA, 1990 Dallas.

2. M. Eghabali, R. Tomek, C. Woods, B. Bhambi: Cardiac Fibroblasts Are Predisposed To Transform Into Myocytes: Specific Effects of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1, Journal of Cell Biology 1990, Vol.111, Number 5, Part 2.

3. M. Eghbali, R. Tomek, C. Woods, B. Bhambi: Differential Effects of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta and Phorbol Myristate Acetate on Cardiac Fibroblasts: Regulation of Fibrillar Collagen mRNA's and Expression of Immediate Early Growth Response Genes, KEYSTONE 1991.

4. B. Bhambi, M. Eghbali: In Vivo Co-Regulation of Fibrillar Collagen Types 1 and 3, and Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 Gee Expression in the Rat Myocardium. FASEB, 1991.