My name is Hossein Dehghani. I am 41 years old and originally Iranian. I moved to the US in 1995 and have lived in California for the past 9 years. Ever since I was a young kid, I was fascinated with puzzles. To me Cardiology in its core feels like solving a complicated puzzle with many facets. From the heart failing as a pump, to the heart vessels having blockages to the problems with pacing and electricity of the heart. The human heart is truly fascinating and finding a problem with the heart and fixing the “broken” part is rather exciting and rewarding.
I have always taken my education very seriously. I worked extra-hard to get into highly competitive programs because I felt Cardiology in its core is very serious. I have taken the knowledge from my Harvard and UCSF training and added experience, hard work and components of my own Humanity, empathy and humor to it. My father died of a heart attack. I want to make sure I play a role in prevention of this happening to others’ loved ones. I also believe that I am blessed to be an interventional cardiologist so I can help patients right away in settings of acute heart attack and cardiac arrest by opening their blocked heart arteries with angioplasty and stenting.
I went to college in Texas, then moved to Philadelphia to attend medical school at Jefferson Medical College. I then did my Internal Medicine training at a Harvard teaching Hospital. I continued my general cardiology training at Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute in New Orleans and did the final portion of my training at University of California, San Francisco where I became an interventional Cardiologist. Since becoming an interventional cardiologist I have trained further to perform specific advanced procedures such as replacing heart valves from the groin with a simple incision instead of open heart surgery. I have worked in a couple of hospitals from the Inland Empire to the San Francisco Bay area, but after some soul searching I finally decided to move to Glendale, CA and call it home!
Glendale has always appealed to me as it has a “home” feel to it. It has a strong sense of community. People from many ethnic backgrounds including Armenians and Iranians live in Glendale in peace and harmony. Walking around Glendale I constantly catch myself feeling surrounded by a big happy family. People smile and say hello. There are Children and dogs playing around while parents are buying the ice cream. Glendale is home to Glendale Memorial and Glendale Adventist Hospital and the USC affiliate Verdugo Hills Hospital. Together I feel these hospitals manage to meet the needs of the community very well. I decided to open my office close to Glendale Adventist Hospital since I do most of my complex procedures there, but I round on patients at all three hospitals daily.
I will do my best to earn your trust each and every day, taking care of you and your loved ones as if they are my own family. I will treat you with respect and care for your heart and overall health, each and every day, for as long as I can practice medicine in its highest competency levels. I look forward to meeting you in person.