[Dr. Oudiz's picture]
Ronald J. Oudiz, MD

Associate Professor,
UCLA School of Medicine
Director, Liu Center for
Pulmonary Hypertension
Clinical Director, Wasserman Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory

EDUCATION:

  • Woodrow Wilson High School
    Long Beach, CA., 1981
    Summa Cum Laude

  • Bachelor of Arts
    University of California, San Diego, 1985

  • Doctor of Medicine
    University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1989

  • Internship, Residency: Categorical Internal Medicine
    University of California, San Diego Medical Center
    1990-1992

  • Fellowship: Cardiovascular Diseases
    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    1992-1995

    BOARD CERTIFICATION

  • Cardiovascular Diseases, Certified 11/95, Recertified 11/02
  • Internal Medicine, Certified 11/92, Recertified 11/02

    Professional Memberships & Activities

  • Member, Scientific Leadership Council, Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA)
  • Consensus Committee, Scientific Leadership Council, PHA
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology
  • Editor-in-Chief, "Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension" journal
  • Associate Activities Director, Southern California Chapter, American College of Physicians (2000-2002)
  • Managing Editor, eMedicine.com
  • Credentialed Reviewer, Medical Care Ombudsman Program
  • Vice Chair, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Human Subjects Committee
  • Member, Council on Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care, American Heart Association
  • UCLA Solomon Scholars Research Abstract Referee
  • Journal Referee, Journal of American College of Cardiology, CHEST, American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation
  • Study Section member, National Institutes of Health

    Grants Received

  • American Heart Association, Beginning Grant-in Aid (2000-2002)
  • National Institutes of Health, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (2003-2008)

    International Contributions

  • Guest Lecturer and Visiting Professor, Shaare Tzedek Hospital 2000
       Jerusalem, Israel

  • 3rd World Symposium on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2003
       Diagnosis and Assessments Committee
       Venice, Italy

  • Endpoints in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2003
       Exercise Endpoints Committee
       Edinborough, Scotland

  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Practicum 2005
       Faculty
       Tokyo, Japan

  • International Heart and Lung Trsaplant Association 2006
       Abstract Presenter
       Madrid, Spain

  • Endpoints in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2007
       Chair, Exercise Endpoints Committee
       Turnberry · Ayrshire, Scotland

  • European Society of Cardiology, 2008
       Invited Lecturer
       Munich, Germany

    Journal Citations
    Acad Radiol
    Am Heart J
    Am J Card Imaging
    Am J Cardiol
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med
    Ann Rheum Dis
    Cardiology
    Chest
    Circulation
    Clin Chest Med
    Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med
    Eur J Heart Fail
    Int J Cardiol
    Int J Cardiovasc Imaging
    Invest Radiol
    J Am Coll Cardiol
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr
    J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
    J Clin Pharmacol
    J Comput Assist Tomogr
    J Heart Lung Transplant
    JAMA
    Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
    Radiology
    Semin Respir Crit Care Med
    Vascul Pharmacol

    Dr. Oudiz has been the Director of the Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension since 1998. He and his staff welcome you to the Liu Center website. Please do not hesitate to call us with questions or concerns, at:.

    310-222-3560,

    write to us at:
    Liu Center for Pulmonary Hypertension
    1124 W. Carson Street #405
    Torrance, CA 90502

    or email us at:
    docheart@ucla.edu

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
    [Dr. Oudiz's 2nd picture]