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Office
5901 E 7th St
Long Beach, CA 90822Phone+1 562-826-8000
Summary
- Dr. Behrouz Jafari Associate Professor of medicine is a pulmonologist in Long Beach, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCI Medical Center and VA Long Beach Healthcare System. He has been in practice 23 years. He specializes in critical care medicine, and sleep medicine and is experienced in sleep medicine, critical care medicine, and general pulmonology.
Education & Training
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2011 - 2012
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
- University at BuffaloResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2007
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
- NM State Medical License 2020 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2007 - 2011
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsAn analysis of fear inhibition and fear extinction in a sample of veterans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Implications for co-morbidity with post-traumatic stress...Christopher Reist, Tanja Jovanovic, Diana Kantarovich, Leah Weingast, Michael Hollifield
Behavioural Brain Research. 2021-02-09 - 49 citationsCOVID-19: Review of a 21st Century Pandemic from Etiology to Neuro-psychiatric Implications.Vicky Yamamoto, Joe Bolanos, John Fiallos, Susanne E. Strand, Kevin Morris
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2020-01-01 - 14 citationsEvaluation of human obstructive sleep apnea using computational fluid dynamicsShahab Taherian, Hamid Rahai, Samuel Lopez, Jamie Shin, Behrouz Jafari
Communications Biology. 2019-11-21
Journal Articles
- Evaluation of human obstructive sleep apnea using computational fluid dynamicsTaherian S, Rahai H,Lopez s, Shin J, Jafari B, Communications Biology, 11/21/2019
- An analysis of fear inhibition and fear extinction in a sample of veterans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Implications for co-morbidity with post-traumatic stress...Reist C, Jovanovic T, Kantarovich D, Weingast L, Hollifield M, Novin M, Khalaghizadeh S, Jafari B, George R, Riser M, Woodford J, Norrholm SD., Behav Brain Res., 4/23/2021
- Cerebrovascular Regulation and Sleep ApneaJafari Behrouz M.D., Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 7/17/2018
Press Mentions
- Sleep Medicine Expert Mohsenin Retires from Clinical WorkSeptember 30th, 2021
- Skipping CPAP May Mean Return to the Hospital for Apnea PatientsMarch 1st, 2018
- Adherence to Sleep Apnea Treatment Affects Risk of Hospital ReadmissionFebruary 22nd, 2018
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