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Philosophy: Dr. Bahram Eslami follows the basic principles of evidence and scientific based medicine with an altruistic and compassionate approach. Currently practices general cardiology, cardiac catheterization and transesophageal echocardiography with an in-depth of knowledge in prevention of cardiovascular disease, lipid disorders, hypertension, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias and coronary intervention.

Present Position: Full partner with Cardiology Specialists of Orange County
Director, Cardiovascular Services, Hoag Hospital Irvine

Marital Status: Married, three children

Education:
High School – Adab, Isfahan Iran, Diploma
College/Medical School – Isfahan University School of Medicine (including one year of Internship)
Internship – Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Residency – Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
Cardiology Fellowship – University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Awards & Honors:
Best student Award in High School, College and Medical School (Graduated top in class)
Recipient of Scholarship for Post- Doctoral training in US and Europe
(Three (3) positions offered by Iranian Ministry of Higher Education)

Military Service:
Exempted, a privilege of graduating at the top of class in the seven years of medical school

Memberships:
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the American College of Physicians

Medical Specialty Boards:
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine # 38570
Diplomate, American Board of Cardiovascular Disease #38570
Diplomate, American Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography #845

State Licenses:
California: #C42075
Virginia: #24325
Tennessee: #MD16706
District of Columbia: #15718
Maryland: #D33978
ECFMG: #099-657

Past and Present Positions:

• Instructor in Medicine – University of Alabama in Birmingham
• Director of Training and Research – Tehran Cardiovascular Medical Center
• Chief of Cardiology – Tehran Cardiovascular Medical Center, Tehran, Iran (400 bed Cardiovascular Referral and Research Center)
• Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief, Department of Cardiology – National University of Iran, Tehran, Iran
• Chief, Department of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories – American Hospital of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• Vice-President – Iranian Society of Cardiology
• Examiner of the Iranian Board of Cardiology – Ministry of Higher Education
• Lecturer at Tehran University, School of Medicine
• Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology, Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory – Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
• Chairman, CCU Committee – Chapman Medical Center, Orange, CA
• Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiology – Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, CA
• Chairman, Department of Cardiology – Western Medical Center, Santa Ana, CA
• Director, Cardiovascular Services – Hoag Hospital, Irvine, CA
• Private Practice – Cardiology Specialists of Orange County, Orange County, CA

Publications:
Co-authored the book entitled Cardiology Review and has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals. A compilation of the work has been presented at various scientific meetings.

Ali Ashtiani, MD is a fellowship-trained, board-eligible interventional cardiologist at Cardiology Specialists of Orange County (CSOC) practicing in Santa Ana, Irvine, and Newport Beach, California. He has special interests in coronary intervention including coronary angioplasty & stent placement, pacemaker implantation, and valvular/structural heart disease.

Dr. Ashtiani received his medical training in our very own Orange County. After earning his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, he went on to complete internal medicine internship and residency followed by cardiology fellowship and advanced fellowship training in interventional cardiology at the same institution.


Dr. Ashtiani is affiliated with Hoag Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute in Newport Beach, Hoag Hospital Irvine, & Hoag Orthopedic Institute, St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, and Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana.

Dr. Ashtiani is currently welcoming new patients and looks forward to providing individualized care with patience and compassion just as he would treat his own family. Schedule an appointment with Dr. Ashtiani by contacting our office today.

Board-certified cardiologist Ethan Yalvac, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI, CBNC, is proud to provide comprehensive care to patients at Cardiology Specialists of Orange County in Santa Ana, Irvine, and Newport Beach, California.

Dr. Yalvac received his Bachelor of Arts in economics and math, graduating cum laude. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine in Galveston. He then completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Afterward, Dr. Yalvac completed a general cardiology fellowship at the Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute before completing an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. 

He holds certification from the Board of Nuclear Cardiology in advanced cardiac life support and is Level II trained in echocardiography. Dr. Yalvac is a member of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Dr. Yalvac is affiliated with Hoag Hospital and Hoag Vascular Institute in Newport Beach, Hoag Hospital & Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, and Orange County Medical Center in Santa Ana, California.

Mahmoud Eslami-Farsani, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is a board-certified cardiologist at Cardiology Specialists of Orange County in Santa Ana, Irvine, and Newport Beach, California. He has special interests in coronary intervention, including angioplasty, stent placement, valvuloplasty, valvular heart disease, and peripheral vascular intervention. 

Dr. Eslami-Farsani earned his medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then completed his internship and residency at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, before completing his interventional and cardiology fellowships at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

He holds board-certifications in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and internal medicine. To remain up-to-date on the latest developments in his field, Dr. Eslami-Farsani is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians. 

Dr. Eslami-Farsani is currently welcoming new patients and looks forward to partnering with them. Schedule an appointment with Dr. Eslami-Farsani by calling the office or booking online today.

Welcome to California Heart Specialists. We have been providing quality care to Southern California residents since 2006. Located in Huntington Beach, our physicians are Board-Certified in Cardiovascular Medicine. Our practice provides state of the art onsite testing for your convenience and we offer a holistic no drug approach. Our staff is knowledgeable and eager to help you. Give us a call today. DISCLAIMER: Please do not send emails or messages if you have medical questions or emergencies. Always call and speak to a live person. Thank you.

Amer Zarka, MD, is a general and interventional cardiologist and managing partner at Good Heart Medical Group, Inc. in Santa Ana and Garden Grove, California. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is certified in advanced cardiopulmonary life support.

Dr. Zarka completed his internship and residency at Jordan University Hospital in Amman, Jordan. He then pursued postgraduate medical training at Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, where he studied internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology.

Prior to Good Heart Medical Group, Inc., Dr. Zarka was the Director of Pacemaker Service, Co-Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab, and Director of Cardiology Hyperlipidemia Clinic at VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California. He also served as the assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center.

Dr. Zarka is affiliated with Fountain Valley Hospital, Orange County Global Medical Center, South Coast Global Medical Center, Garden Grove Hospital, and Anaheim Global Medical Center.

Brenton Bauer, MD, is a board-certified internist and cardiologist at COR Healthcare in Los Angeles. He sees patients at the Torrance, Redondo Beach and El Segundo offices in addition to the cardiology department at Torrance Memorial Medical Center.  He specializes in general cardiology, cardio-oncology, and advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr. Bauer completed his medical education and advanced training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to earning his Doctor of Medicine with honors, Dr. Bauer completed an internal medicine internship and residency, serving as chief resident, and a cardiovascular disease fellowship serving as chief fellow. He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in addition to subspecialty boards of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular CT, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Bauer has written extensively for medical journals and other publications.

An award-winning physician, Dr. Bauer has been named to the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) national conference program faculty, as an ACC National FIT (Fellows in Training) Jeopardy Competition finalist, as a finalist for the UCLA Most Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, and won the best poster presentation in congenital heart disease at the American College of Cardiology’s 2015 conference, among others.

In his leisure time, Dr. Bauer loves traveling the world with his wife and junior high sweetheart.  They particularly enjoy experiencing different cultures, trying amazing food, and learning different languages (to which he is fluent in English and Spanish and working on others including Italian). 

Welcome to California Heart Specialists. We have been providing quality care to Southern California residents since 2006. Located in Huntington Beach, our physicians are Board-Certified in Cardiovascular Medicine. Our practice provides state of the art onsite testing for your convenience and we offer a holistic no drug approach. Our staff is knowledgeable and eager to help you. Give us a call today. DISCLAIMER: Please do not send emails or messages if you have medical questions or emergencies. Always call and speak to a live person. Thank you.

Has a multicultural and comprehensive approach to his practice. • Received medical education at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. • Completed residency training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. • Additional training: Women’s Heart Disease and Heart Failure-Heart Transplant at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. • Successfully finished one of the busiest programs in the country in both Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology specialties at Hofstra North Shore – LIJ School of Medicine, New York. Treating wide range of diseases: Arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease involving arterial and venous systems, valvular heart disease Special skills and interests in complex coronary and peripheral vascular interventions.

Brenton Bauer, MD, is a board-certified internist and cardiologist at COR Healthcare in Los Angeles. He sees patients at the Torrance, Redondo Beach and El Segundo offices in addition to the cardiology department at Torrance Memorial Medical Center.  He specializes in general cardiology, cardio-oncology, and advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr. Bauer completed his medical education and advanced training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to earning his Doctor of Medicine with honors, Dr. Bauer completed an internal medicine internship and residency, serving as chief resident, and a cardiovascular disease fellowship serving as chief fellow. He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in addition to subspecialty boards of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular CT, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Bauer has written extensively for medical journals and other publications.

An award-winning physician, Dr. Bauer has been named to the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) national conference program faculty, as an ACC National FIT (Fellows in Training) Jeopardy Competition finalist, as a finalist for the UCLA Most Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, and won the best poster presentation in congenital heart disease at the American College of Cardiology’s 2015 conference, among others.

In his leisure time, Dr. Bauer loves traveling the world with his wife and junior high sweetheart.  They particularly enjoy experiencing different cultures, trying amazing food, and learning different languages (to which he is fluent in English and Spanish and working on others including Italian). 

A triple diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Matthew Ostrom, MD, is board-certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, and internal medicine. Dr. Ostrom, who has more than 15 years of experience, serves the Los Angeles communities of Torrance and Redondo Beach, California, at COR Healthcare Medical Associates.

Born and raised in Seattle, Dr. Ostrom received his Bachelor of Science in microbiology from the University of Washington in 1999. Throughout his undergraduate studies, Dr. Ostrom was actively involved in cardiovascular research at the university and at the local biotechnology company ZymoGenetics, Inc.

Shortly after graduating, Dr. Ostrom began his medical studies at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) system. In addition, Dr. Ostrom pursued cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in West Carson, California, and at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society. 

Today, Dr. Ostrom is a practicing electrophysiologist, specializing in catheter and device-based therapies in the treatment of complex arrhythmias, syncope, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure.

His research interests include the ablation of complex arrhythmias and device-based treatments for sudden cardiac death and congestive heart failure. Dr. Ostrom has authored or co-authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed cardiology and electrophysiology journals.

In addition to his work at COR Healthcare Medical Associates, Dr. Ostrom is on staff at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center and Torrance Memorial Medical Center.

Away from work, Dr. Ostrom loves spending time outdoors with his wife and children.

Ray Wyman, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist specializing in general cardiology, internal medicine, interventional cardiology, and adult congenital heart disease. An experienced cardiologist with more than 20 years in his field, Dr. Wyman serves the community of Los Angeles at COR Healthcare Medical Associates in Torrance, California.

Dr. Wyman earned his medical doctorate from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore before completing his internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the same city. Dr. Wyman developed an interest in cardiology early in his career and later completed dual cardiology fellowships through Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In addition to heart disease and heart attack treatment, anticoagulation management, and high blood pressure treatment, Dr. Wyman performs ongoing research in coronary artery stenting.

Dr. Wyman has many interests and hobbies outside of work. When he isn’t spending time with his wife and four children, he loves playing outdoor sports and cooking gourmet meals at home.