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Adnan I. Naber, M.D., F.A.C.P.
EMPLOYMENT

Aug 2008-Present Desert Heart Physicians Medical Group, Inc.
July 1999-Feb 2008

BC/BE Noninvasive, Nuclear/TEE trained Cardiologist,
Heart Center, 52 Park Street, Hyannis,Massachusetts

July 1999-Feb 2008 Staff Cardiologist, Cape Cod Hospital, 27 Park Street, Hyannis,Massachusetts
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

July 1996-July 1999 Fellowship, Cardiovascular Diseases, Albany Medical Center, Albany Medical College, Albany,New York
Apr. 1998-Dec. 1998 

Subspecialty Training, Basic Radioisotopes Handling Techniques, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Georgetown University,Washington, D.C.

Subspecialty Training, Echocardiography in CAD, Cardiomyopathies  and CHF, The Heart House, American College of Cardiology, Bethesda,Maryland

July 1994-June 1996 Residency, Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence,Rhode Island
June 1993-June 1994  Internship, Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence,Rhode Island

Elective Rotation, Clinical Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston,Massachusetts

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Feb 2008 CTA  Practicum at The Heart House / ACCF.  Washington,D.C.
July 2007                    Sites and Sounds of Echocardiography in the Big Apple. N.Y.N.Y.
June 2007                    Nuclear  Cardiology Board Review by ASNC. Chicago,IL
2007 Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Cardiovascular Reviews
2006 American College of Cardiology Foundation, Cardiovascular Sessions and Board Review
2005 Cardiovascular Medicine
1999-Present  Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education, Updates in Clinical Cardiology
PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth September 15, 1956 
Citizenship USA
Languages Spoken English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic
EDUCATION

1989 M.D., University of Rome College of Physicians and Surgeons
Rome, Italy
1979 BS in Pharmacy, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy

Queens,New York    
PHARMACY EXPERIENCE

1979-1993                   Various hospital and community pharmacies inNew York and

California. After finishing medical school in 1989 to 1993, while preparing for ECFMG’s and National Medical Boards, I practiced Pharmacy in NYC.(Hickey Chemists  Second Avenue N.Y. N.Y and Bloch Pharmacy  Gramercy Park,N.Y.  N.Y.)
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Board Certified in Internal Medicine      No. 173603
Medical Board of California (expires 9/30/09) No. C53003
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Medical License (expires 9/15/09) No. 160575
New York State Medical License No. 204583-1
Rhode Island Medical License No. LMD 15915
Registered Pharmacist, University of the State ofNew York Lic. No. 032654
Registered Pharmacist, State ofCalifornia Lic. No. 35805
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American College of Cardiology

American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

American Society of Echocardiography

American Medical Association

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at CCH

Medical Executive Committee at CCH

American Heart Association – Cape Cod Chapter
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESENTATIONS

Bartels L, Malone M, Naber A.: Effects of beta-adrenergic blockers on congestive heart failure inpatient’s average length of stay and mortality.  American College of Clinical Pharmacy, International Congress on Clinical Pharmacy 1999, submitted.

Houghton J, McCandless B, Philbin E, Smith V, Kuhner P, Naber A., Carr A.: Coronary Artery Constriction: A Mechanism for Ischemic Nuclear Perfusion Defects.  American College of Cardiology 4th Annual Scientific Session – 1998, submitted.

Naber, A, Kim Y, Brin S: An Unusual Presentation of Herpes Simples Virus (HSV) Meningitis in AIDS.  American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, poster session 1996. 
 Feanny E, Naber A, Panton N, Gold R, Myers J: Disseminated Clostridium perfringens with Myonecrosis.  American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, poster session 1996.

Naber, A, DePalo VA, Myers J.: Stridor in an Adult: Vocal Cord Dysfunction.  American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, poster session 1995.

Naber A, and Martens P: Hypocalcemia in an Elderly Woman.  American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, poster session 1994.
PRESENTATIONS:

“Hyperlipidemia”.  Physician Assistant’s Program, Albany Medical Center, 1996.

“Murmurs and Heart Sounds”.  Physician Assistant’s Program, Albany Medical Center, 1997.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Clinical Correlates of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia

Optimizing the Use of ACE-Inhibitors in Congestive Heart Failure

Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction Associated with Myocardial Perfusion Defects
 

 


Narasimha P. Rao, M.D., F.A.C.C.

BUSINESS ADDRESSES:
   1180 N. Indian Canyon #E-319, Palm Springs, CA 92262, (760) 325-1203
  
41-990 Cook Street, Bldg. G, Suite 601, Palm Desert, CA 92211, (760) 360-4446

EDUCATION
Pre-Medical Education:
     School: Lutheran multi-purpose school, Guntur, A.P., India
     Dates Attended: May 1961 to April 1968
Medical Education:
     School: Guntur Medical College, Guntur, A.P., India
     Dates Attended: September 1968 to November 1974
     Date of Graduation: January 7,1976
E.C.F.M.G. Certificate Number: 244/392/7

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
INTERNSHIPS 
1. Hospital: Government General Hospital, Guntur, A.P., India
     Type: Compulsory Rotating. (Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, E.N.T., OB/GYN, Orthopedics,
     Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Preventive Medicine)
     Dates: January 7, 1975 to January 6, 1976 

2. Hospital: Perth Amboy General Hospital Office of the Chairman, Department of Medicine 530
     New Brunswick Avenue Perth Amboy, New Jersey 0861 (201) 442-3700
     Type: Flexible Internship. (Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics)
     Dates: July 1977 to June 1978

RESIDENCIES
1. Hospital: Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
     Type: General Surgery
     Dates: July 1976 to January 1977
2. Hospital: St. Francis Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 601 Hamilton Avenue
     Trenton, New Jersey 08629 (609) 599-5000
     Type: Internal Medicine
     Dates: July 1978 to June 1980

FELLOWSHIP
1. Hospital: Wayne State University
     Graduate Medical Education University Health Center
     4201 St. Antoine, 9B Detroit, Michigan 48201 (303) 577-1353
     Type: Cardiology
     Dates: July 1980 to June 1982

HOSPITAL AFFILIATION

Desert Hospital
Medical Staff Office
1150 N. Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 323-6158
Date of Appointment: May 18, 1983

Hi-Desert Medical Center
Medical Staff Office
6601 White Feather Road
Joshua Tree, CA 92284
(760) 366-3711
Date of Appointment: October 1991
Eisenhower Medical Center
Medical Staff Office
39000 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
(760) 340-3911
Date of Appointment: September 16, 1983
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Medical Staff Office
47111 Monroe Street
Indio, CA 92202
(760) 347-6191
Date of Appointment: June 25,1993


MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine, Desert Hospital, July 1991 - July 1992

Chairman, Department of Medicine, Desert Hospital, July 1992 - July 1995

Chairman, Cardiac Catheterization Committee, Desert Hospital, July 1985 - June 1995

Member, Department of Medicine Advisory Committee, Desert Hospital, July 1986 - July 1995

Chairman, Department of Medicine Peer Review Committee, Desert Hospital, July 1995 - June 1997

Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Eisenhower Medical Center, July 1984 - June 1986

Member, Cardiac Cath Committee, JFK Memorial Hospital, January 1996 - Present

Member, Medical Staff Ethics Committee, Hi Desert Medical Center, May 1996 - June 2000

Chairman, Section of Cardiology, Desert Regional Medical Center, July 2002 - June 2004

Chairman, Department of Medicine, July 2004 - June 2006 

Chairman, Administrative Affairs Committee, Desert Regional Medical Center, 2006 -2008

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1985

American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Diseases, November 1987

Certified Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Certified Radiography & Fluoroscopy Supervisor and Operator

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

Chief of Medical Staff, Desert Regional Medical Center, July 2010 - July 2012

Medical Director, Cardiology, Desert Hospital, June 1991 - April 1996

Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Desert Hospital, 1985 - April 1996

MEMBERSHIPS IN ORGANIZATIONS
Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Fellow, American College of International Physicians

Fellow, American College of Physicians

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Member, California Medical Association

Board Member, Local Chapter of American Heart Association, July 1989 - June 1991

Life Member, Desert Hospital Foundation

Member, Palm Springs Desert Museum

 

 


Kurt A. de Crinis, M.D., F.A.C.C.

BUSINESS ADDRESS:
1180 N. Indian Canyon Drive, E319, Palm Springs, CA 92262

DATE OF BIRTH:
April 24, 1927 Graz, Austria

CITIZENSHIP:
United States by naturalization, July 26, 1962

EDUCATION:
Elementary school, 1933-1937

Eight years Federal Gymnasium, 1937-1945, graduated with Certificate of Maturity.

Medial school at the Karl Franzens University Medical School, Graz, Austria, 1945-1950.

Graduated MD., October 21, 1950.

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Three and one-half years postgraduate training at the various departments of the University Hospital in Graz, Austria and postgraduate courses at the University Department of the General Hospital in Vienna; 1950-1954.

Licensed to practice medicine in Austria; 1954.

Entered United States on April 24, 1954 and served a year rotating internship at the East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey; May 1, 1954 -April 30, 1955.

Resident at the Essex County Isolation Hospital, Bellview, New Jersey; May 1, 1955 - June 30, 1955.

Resident in medicine at St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, New Jersey; July 1, 1955 - June 30, 1956.

Research Fellow, New York University College of Medicine; December 1, 1956 - December 1, 1958.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island; September 10, 1956 by examination.

Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Connecticut; November 16, 1958 by examination.

Licensed to practice medicine in the State of California; May 18, 1960 by examination (#A 19052) United States citizenship; July 26, 1962.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine; March 29, 1963.

Re-certified Internal Medicine; October 26, 1974.

Certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases; October 19, 1977.

EXPERIENCE:
Preceptorship in Cardiology at Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (director; Arthur Selzer, M.D.) August 1, 1965 - September 1, 1965.

Staff Internist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Fresno, CA; September 1, 1959 - September 15, 1960.

FORMER APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant in Medicine, NYU College of Medicine; December 1, 1958 - September 1, 1959.

Instructor in Medicine (Vascular Section), NY Polyclinic Hospital and Medical School; July 1958 - September 1959.

Attending Physician, Vascular Clinic, NY Polyclinic Hospital; February 1958 - September 1959.

Assistant Physician of Third Medical Division (NYU), Bellview Medical Center O.P.D.; September 1957 - September 1959.

MEMBERSHIP:
Fellow, American College of Cardiology.
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians.
Fellow, American College of Physicians.
American Federation for Clinical Research.
American Medical Association.
Fellow, American Geriatric Society.
California Medical Society.
Riverside County Medical Society.
California Society of Internal Medicine.
Riverside County Heart Association.

PAST MEMBERSHIP:
Kern County Heart Association (Board of Directors).

FORMER STATUS:
Associate, Drummond Medial Group, Ridgecrest, CA.

Chief, Department of Medicine, Drummond Medical Group and Ridgecrest Community Hospital; 1960-1967.

Courtesy Staff, Kern County Hospital, Bakersfield, CA.

Internist, Palm Springs Medical Clinic, Palm Springs, CA; 1967- 1974.

Chairman, Department of Medicine, Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, CA; 1970-1972.

PRESENT STATUS:
Attending physician, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA.

Private practice, cardiovascular diseases, Palm Springs, CA.

Staff Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA.

Director, Vascular Diagnostics, Palm Springs, CA.

Director, Department of Cardiology, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA 1999.

Closed private practice, Cardiovascular Diseases October 1, 2000.

Work part time at present at Desert Heart Physicians, 1180 N. Indian Canyon Dr., E319, Palm Springs, CA 92262

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
1. Intravenous Administration of Reserpine in Hypertension and a Possible Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the Meeting of American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, New Haven, Connecticut; December 6, 1957
Clinical Research, 6: 21, 1958

2. The Interrelationship of Drugs Influencing Arterial Pressure in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., Tangco, F.F., Lewis, A.J., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 17: 280,1958

3. Tobacco Hypersensitivity, Part ill: Tobacco Hypersensitivity and Peripheral Vascular Disease.
Together with Fontana, V.C., Redisch, W., Nemir, R.L., Smith, M., and Sulzeberger, MD.
Presented at the Academy of Allergy, Philadelphia, PA; February 7, 1958.
J. of Allergy and Appl. Immunology, 30: 241, 1959

4. Influence of the Sympathetic Nervous System on Vascular Responses to Physiologic Stimuli in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the American Physiological Society, 80th Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. April 14, 1958.

5. Intra-arterial and Intravenous Administration of Agents Used to Induce Peripheral Vasodilation.
Together with Antonio, A., Redisch, W., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M. Clinical Research, 6: 234, 1958.

6. Comparison Between some Vascular Actions of Nor-Adrenaline and Serotonin in Man. Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the 10th Autumn Meeting of the American Physiological Society, London, Ontario, Canada; September 5, 1958.
The Physiologist, 4: 64, 1958

7. Die Gennussgifte und das Herz-Kreislaufsystem.
Presented at the Internationalen Lehrgang fur praktische Medizin, Bad Gastein, Austria; March 13, 1958.
Monatskurse fur die arztliche Fortbildung, 10: 465, 1958.

8. Vasomotor Responses to exercise in the Extremities of Subjects with Vascular Disease.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 579, 1959

9. Vasomotor Responses to Cooling in the Extremities of Subjects with Neurologic Lesions.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 583, 1959.

10. Adaptation to Nicotinic Acid Inducted Fibrinolysis.
Together with Weiner, M., and Redisch, W.
Federation Proceedings, 18: 163, 1959.

11. The influence of Some Vasoactive Drugs on Fibrinolytic Activity.
Together with Weiner, M., Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 845, 1959.

12. Vascular Effects of Nylidrin HCL During Exercise.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
J. Soc. for Exper. Biology and Medicine, 102: 29, 1959.

13. Some Aspects of Interaction of Pressor and Depressor Substances in Normotensive and Hypertensive Subjects.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the Internation Symposium on Catecholamines in Cardiovascular pathology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; August 26, 1959.

14. Effects of Catecholamine Inhibitors on Peripheral Blood Flow. Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the International Symposium on Catecholamines in Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; August 25, 1959.

15. Vascular Responses to Physiological and Pharmacologic stimuli.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Scientific Exhibit, American Medical Association, 13th Clinical Meeting, Dallas, Tx; December 1959.

16. Studies on Vasoactivity of the Catecholamines in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
American Journal of Cardiology, 5: 660, 1960.

17. Vascular Responses to Smoking Tobacco Compared with Responses to Skin Testing of Tobacco Extracts.
Together with Redisch, W., Fontana, V., Lewis, A., Sulzeberger, B.M., and Steele, J.M.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 52: 1035, 1960.

18. A Comparative Study of Vascular Responses to the Intra-arterial and Intravenous Administration of Various Vasodilator Agents.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 54: 1117, 1961.

19. The Non-enzymatic Induction of Fibrinolysis. Together with Weiner, M., and Redisch, W. Proc. 7th Congress.
Europ. Soc. Haemato.
London, 1959, Part 2: 890, 1960.

20. Addison's Disease Complicated by Diabetes Mellitus.
Together with Moorehead, M. T., Jahsman, D.P., and Drummond, T .A.
California Medicine, 100: 365, 1964.

21. Primary Mesothelioma of the Precardium.
Together with Hamblin, R.J.
California Medicine, 107: 175, 1967.


 





 

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