CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Key Persons


Allan Lew

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Bahador Mahboubi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Beverly Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Bruce A. Samuels

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Bryan Lewitt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Carlos Quesada

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Charles Swerdlow

Job Titles:
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Constance Towers Gavin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

D. Gregory Scott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Daryoush Mahboubi-Fardi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Dr. Ronald P. Karlsberg - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Medical Director
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
  • Clinical Professor of Medicine
Dr. Ronald P. Karlsberg is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He practices clinical cardiology with the Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California and is President and one of the Founders of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. He also oversees the Foundation's private nonprofit research and philanthropic activities. His particular expertise is in Preventive and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Karlsberg has received hundreds of research grants, has published numerous peer reviewed papers and book chapters, and is a frequent invited speaker at local, national and international meetings. He is a recipient of many awards and honors including Teacher of the Year. Dr. Karlsberg was a pioneer in the early medical internet, and has a keen interest in advanced digital medical imaging, artificial intelligence, mobile personal health devices including a personal electrocardiogram, electronic medical record system, big data and new devices and treatments for cardiology. For more than a decade he has led a course that attracts and trains physicians worldwide to master and become certified in advanced medical imaging. He is a recognized expert in incorporating emerging state-of-the-art treatments and cutting-edge medical devices into clinical practice.

Eli S. Gang - Treasurer, VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Vice President
  • Clinical Professor of Medicine

Gary Hampar - CFO, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Treasurer

Harold L. Karpman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Imad Kandela

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Larry Gold

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Madam Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Martin J. Wolff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Matthew J. Budoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Maurice Lewitt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Michael Weinper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Moe Nozari

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Peggy C. Frank

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
  • Secretary
  • Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Peter E. Schwab

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Peter Rich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Philip Levine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

René R. Sevag Packard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Robert M. Rose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Satinder S. Bhatia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Teresa Y. Freeborn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

William J. Mandel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD