PouyaShafipourMDMS

Bariatric Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Obesity Medicine & Nutrition

Attending Physician

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Office
1831 Wilshire Blvd
Ste b
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone+1 310-400-5565

Fax+1 310-400-5566

Dr. Pouya Shafipour is a family medicine physician based in Santa Monica, CA, with subspecialties in bariatric, preventive, and obesity medicine, as well as nutrition. He completed his residency at Kaiser Permanente Southern California and internships at the University of California, Irvine. His academic background includes an MD from Loma Linda University, with previous studies in physiology, biophysics, and molecular cell biology. Since 2017, he has served as an attending physician at Doctors of Saint John’s. His expertise includes hypertension, sleep medicine, and obstructive sleep apnea, among other areas. Dr. Shafipour has contributed to the field with a publication focused on bariatric surgery case studies in "The Permanente Journal."

Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)Residency, Family Medicine, 2008
University of California (Irvine)Internship, Family Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 2003
Georgetown UniversityMD, Physiology and Biophysics, 1998 - 1999
University of California, BerkeleyBA, Molecular Cell Biology , 1996 - 1998

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