Abbas Ardehali is an Iranian-American cardiothoracic surgeon. He is the surgical director of UCLA's Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant programs, and was the principal investigator behind technology that allows for the transportation of a breathing human heart or lung for an extended period of time.
Ardehali decided to take up Cardiothoracic surgery as a profession. He completed his surgical internship, surgical residency, and Thoracic surgical residency at UCLA School of Medicine. He now serves as the surgical director of UCLA's Heart and Lung Transplant program. He is the William E. Connor Chair in Cardiothoracic Transplantation, and a Professor of Surgery and Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic surgery. The program is the largest lung transplant program on the west coast and leads to the best results in patient outcomes. Ardehali was involved developing technology that allows for transporting a breathing human heart or lung for an extended period of time. Abbas Ardehali was the first surgeon in the United States to perform a 'breathing lung' transplant.
He and his wife, Mitra Ardehali, live with their two daughters in Los Angeles, California. Abbas Ardehali served as a Trustee of the Brentwood School from 2013-2015.
Selected publications
Dr. Abbas Ardehali has authored multiple book chapters, published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, and currently holds numerous patents that are issued or filed.
2016, Co-authored a textbook, "Khonsari’s Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique"
Parsons P, Wiener-Kronish, J, Ardehali A. Critical Care Secrets, Fifth Edition, 2012.
Kobashigawa JA, Patel JK, Kittleson MM, Kawano MA, Kiyosaki KK, Davis SN, Moriguchi JD, Reed EF, Ardehali AA. The long-term outcome of treated sensitized patients who undergo heart transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2011 Jan-Feb;25:E61-7.
Kobashigawa JA, Laks H, Wu G, Patel J, Moriguchi J, Hamilton M, Fonarow G, Fishbein M, Ardehali A. The University of California at Los Angeles heart transplantation experience. Clinical Transplant 2005;173-85.
Whiting D, Ardehali, A. Animal Models for Xenotransplantation. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second Edition: Animal Models, Volume II, 2003
Ardehali A, Laks H, Fyfe AI. Gene transfer and intrathoracic transplantation, in Cooper DKC : Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs, Second Edition, 1996
