Zavaro Cardiovascular Institute Team

Dr Rayan Hourani, MD

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Diplomate, Subspecialty of Interventional Cardiology
• Board certified in Echocardiography
• Board certified in Nuclear cardiology

Education

• Medical School: Wayne State University
• Internship: Wayne State University
• Residency:Wayne State University
• Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital
• Fellowship: Providence Hospital

Biography

Age: 38

Dr. Hourani received his medical education at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He completed his residency at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC). He then completed a fellowship in cardiology at St. John Providence Hospital in Southfield and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. His undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Hourani is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology and the National Board of Echocardiography.

Dr. Hourani has special interest in valvular heart disease, coronary and peripheral interventions as well as adult congenital heart disease.

Dr. Hourani believes that building a strong relationship with both patients and their primary care physician allows him to understand and work towards their needs and provide them with updated Cardiovascular management to enhance their well-being and prevent the need for invasive procedures.

Dr Ali Delbakhsh, MD

• Board certified Cardiovascular Disease
• Board certified in Echocardiography
• Board certified in Nuclear cardiology

Biography

• Age: 57
• In practice since: 2004
• Gender: Male
• Additional Language Spoken: Arabic

Education

• Medical School: Umea University Medical School (Sweden)
• Internship: Graduate Hospital (Philadelphia)
• Residency: St. Agnes Hospital (Baltimore, MD)
• Fellowship: Graduate Hospital (Philadelphia)

Treatments and conditions

• Cardiac Cath - Angiogram
• Cholesterol Management
• Echocardiogram (ECHO)
• Exercise Stress Test
• Holter Monitoring
• Weight management

Dr Kotak, MD,MS, FHRS

Dr. Kotak is a board certified cardiac electrophysiologist. He is an expert in treating various heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmia) especially Atrial fibrillation (Afib). Dr. Kotak has extensive experience in performing advanced complex procedures to treat heart rhythm disorders such as ablation. He is also expert in implanting pacemakers and defibrillators.

Work Philosophy

Dr. Kotak is passionate about the heart rhythm disorder specialty as well as its ability to improve lives of patients with these serious disorders. He takes pride in taking time to explain disease condition and treatment options in detail. He believes that well informed patients who feel confident about their doctor, make the best decision for themselves. He makes sure that his patients well informed and feel confident as well as comfortable with their treatment plan.

Education

After completing six-year medical school from prestigious SP University, Dr. Kotak completed internship in general surgery at University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. He also completed Masters in Clinical Research. Dr. Kotak has published several publications and a book chapter. Subsequently, he completed his Internal Medicine and Cardiology training from University of California San Francisco (UCSF-FMEP). He then went on to compete a fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology from UCLA-Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Awards

Fellow of the year award – Cardiology Fellowship

Board Certification

Dr. Kotak is board certified in Internal medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a Fellow of Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS).

Services:

Dr. Kotak performs procedures in a very advanced state of the art electrophysiology lab at Sharp Grossmont Hospital which has the best available tools and technology in US. Dr. Kotak is expert in performing minimally invasive procedure where patients go home same day after most of the procedures. Dr. Kotak has performed hundreds of ablation procedures and also holds experience in advanced robotics ablation. He performs treatment for various heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation (Afib), Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), Premature ventricular complexes (PVC/Skipped beats), Ventricular tachycardia (VT) etc. In addition, he implants various cardiac devices such as pacemaker, defibrillator and loop recorder. He also provides device clinic services where patients devices can be monitored both by visiting clinic and remotely through computer.

About the Heart Rhythm Society

The Heart Rhythm Society is the international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards. Incorporated in 1979 and based in Washington, DC, the Society has a membership of heart rhythm professionals in more than 70 countries around the world.

Publications

• Master's Thesis defense and Submission – The role of CAP gene in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function – Published at USC 03/05/2009
  (Access: USC digital library – www. Digitallibrary.usc.edu – search "Kotak" or "CAP gene")
• Lineage Analysis of Mesp1 Expressing Cells in Cardiac Conduction System
  Reza Rafie, Amir R Hajrasouliha, Sina Tavakoli, Kamal Kotak, M Pashmforoush, Circulation. 2008; 118:S_330
• Role of Ponsin in myocardial glucose metabolism and function: preliminary observations with molecular imaging
  Kotak K, Tavakoli S, Jadvar H, Pashmforoush M
  NIH Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging Symposium, Bethesda, MD,
  In J Nucl Med 50(4):662; 2009.
• Improvement in Adherence to Guideline Based Therapy in Diabetic Patients Admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Findings from AHA GWTG Program
  Deedwania P, Kotak K, Fonarow G, Cannon C, Laskey W, Peacock F, Pan W, Bhatt D
  Oral presentation, November 6, 2012 AHA Meeting, Los Angeles
• Acute Myocardial Infarction in Postpartum Patient: Is this Coronary Dissection
  Kamal Kotak MD, Shradha Rathi MD, Grace Huang DO, Henning Rasmussen, MD
  Challenging Video Case presentation at TCT 2012, Miami, FL
• Public Reporting of Outcomes Affects Patient Selection for PCI in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and STEMI.
  Kotak K, Ambrose J, Singh M, Baghdasarian S, Mills P, Brindis R.
  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61(10_S):. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(13)61550-8.
• A single controlled exposure to second hand smoke may not alter thrombogenesis or trigger platelet activation
  Srikanth S, Kotak K, Kiel R, Swanson E, Sy F, Aftab W, Tandon A, Ambrose J
  Abtract: JACC 2012, 59(13s1):E557-E557. (Presented at ACC 2012)
  Journal Article: Nicotine Tobacco Research, 2015 Jun 22. pii: ntv133. [Epub ahead of print]
• Paradoxical preexcitation following successful ablation of a concealed accessory pathway
  Nageh M, Kotak K
  Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2016; 2:149–152
• Compliance with Guideline directed Medical Therapy in diabetic patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome, Findings from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) program
  Deedwania P, Acharya T, Kotak K, Fonarow GC, Cannon CP, Laskey WK, Peacock WF, Pan Q, Bhatt DL; GWTG Steering committee and Investigators.
  Am Heart J. 2017 May; 187:78-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.02.025. Epub 2017 Feb 23.
• Book Chapter
  Saturated Fats: Metabolism, Disease Risks and Public Awareness
  Dietary Macronutrients, Plasma Lipoproteins & Cardiovascular Disease Risk
  Singh M, Reddy K, Bangit J, Batsell R, Kotak K
  Pub. Date: 2011 - 4th Quarter, ISBN: 978-1-62081-073-6

Treatments and conditions

• Atrial fibrillation
• Heart Rhythm Disorders
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Implantation of loop recorder
• Internal Defibrillator Insertion
• Pacemaker Insertion
• PVC (Premature Ventricular Contractions)
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
• Syncope